History
Founded in 1983, Fuenlabrada started to compete at a local level. The club joined national competitions two years later and worked its way up, reaching the first regional division in the late 1980s. By 1991, it already became Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and a year later, it merged with CB Torrejón de Ardoz to compete in the Spanish second division. Fuenlabrada acquired CB Peñas Huesca, Club Peñas Recreativas de Huesca's rights to earn the right to compete in the Liga ACB, Spanish first division in the 1996–97 ACB season, 1996–97 season. The club went down to the Liga Española de Baloncesto, second division, but inked scoring machine Velimir Perasović and returned to the elite level a year later. With Velimir Perasović, Perasović, Carlos Cazorla, Ferran Lopez and Salvador Guardia as its main pillars, the addition of Nate Huffman allowed Fuenlabrada to make it to the 1998–99 ACB season, Spanish League playoffs in 1999 and their debut in the Korać Cup. Velimir Perasović, Perasović kept filling the baskets for several seasons, leading Fuenlabrada to two more playoffs appearances in 2001 and 2002, helped by David Wood (basketball), David Wood, Charles Kornegay, Chuck Kornegay and a young José Calderón (basketball), José Manuel Calderón and coached by Óscar Quintana. Fuenlabrada made its EuroCup Basketball, ULEB Cup debut in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, 2002–03 season, in which Walter Herrmann, Herrmann was chosen as the ACB Most Valuable Player Award, Spanish League MVP. The club returned to the Liga Española de Baloncesto, Spanish second division in 2004 but came back, for good, a year later. Players like Saúl Blanco, Jorge García, Kristaps Valters and Brad Oleson kept Fuenlabrada in the Liga ACB, first division for years without much trouble. The club returned to the 2011 ACB Playoffs, Spanish League playoffs in the 2010–11 ACB season, 2010–11 season with Salva Maldonado as head coach and a young Gustavo Ayón as its star center. One year later, the club would be eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2011–12 EuroChallenge, EuroChallenge by BC Triumph Lyubertsy, Triumph Lyubertsy. Despite this European achievement, Fuenlabrada would continue fighting to avoid relegation, finally being relegated to LEB Oro in 2015. However, the club continued in Liga ACB as CB Tizona, Ford Burgos and Club Ourense Baloncesto would not fulfill the requirements for promoting. Fuenlabrada took advantage and led by Marko Popović (basketball, born 1982), Marko Popović, Jonathan Tabu and Ivan Paunić, Fuenlabrada made it to the 2016 ACB Playoffs, Spanish League playoffs, earning the right to return to the 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup 13 years later. In the 2016-2017 season, Fuenlabrada played well and qualified to the EuroCup Top16. However, they only finished 12th in the ACB. After a 9th-place finish in the 2017-2018 ACB season, Fuenlabrada earned the right to compete in the FIBA Basketball Champions League. Fuenlabrada won the first 3 games, before suffering a complete fiasco and finishing the tournament with 11 consecutive losses.Sponsorship naming
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:Team logos
Home arenas
*San Esteban Public High School Court (1983–88). *Miguel Hernández Public High School Gymnasium (1988–91). *Polideportivo Fernando Martin, Pabellón Fernando Martín (1991–present).Players
Retired numbers
Source:Other notable players
* Kyle Alexander * Anthony Brown (basketball), Anthony Brown * Maurice Kemp * James Feldeine * Mareks Mejeris * Rolands Šmits * Siim-Sander Vene * Virginijus Praškevičius * Egidijus MockevičiusCurrent roster
Head coaches
Managers since 1993: *Óscar Quintana 1993–1995, 1997–2004, 2023 *Martín Fariñas 1995–1996 *Andreu Casadevall 1996–1997 *Luis Casimiro 2004–2008, 2014–2015 *Luis Guil 2008–2009 *Chus Mateo 2009, 2013-14 *Salva Maldonado 2009–2011 *Porfirio Fisac 2011–2012 *Trifón Poch 2012–2013 *Hugo López (basketball), Hugo López 2015 *Jesús Sala 2015 *Žan Tabak 2015 *Jota Cuspinera 2015–2017, 2019–2020 *Néstor García (basketball), Che García 2017–2018, 2018–2019 *Agustí Julbe 2018 *Paco García 2020 *Javier Juárez Crespo, Javier Juárez 2020–2021 *Josep Maria Raventós 2021–2022 *José Luis Pichel 2022–2023 *Antonio Ten López de Lerma, Toni Ten 2023–2025Season by season
Team records and awards
Records
*20 seasons in ''ACB'' *2 seasons in ''LEB'' *2 seasons in ''EBA'' *2 seasons in ''Primera División B''Trophies
*Liga Española de Baloncesto, LEB Oro: (1) **2004–2005 LEB season, 2005 *Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto, Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (2) **1998, 2005 *Torneo Comunidad de Madrid: (1) **1998Individual awards
ACB Most Valuable Player Award, ACB Most Valuable Player *Wálter Herrmann – 2003 EuroCup Basketball Rising Star *Rolands Šmits – 2017 ACB Rising Star Award, ACB Rising Star *Brad Oleson – 2009 *Gustavo Ayón – 2011 All-ACB Team, All-ACB Second Team *Marko Popović (basketball, born 1982), Marko Popović – 2016 Liga ACB, ACB Three Point Shootout Champion *Sergiy Gladyr – 2012Baloncesto Fuenlabrada B
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada B, also known as Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, is the reserve team of Fuenlabrada. Originally created in 1995, it was re-opened in 2013 by achieving a vacant berth in LEB Plata. In its first season after the re-opening, Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada finished as champion of the 2013–14 LEB Plata season, 2013–14 LEB Plata and runner-up of the Copa LEB Plata. Despite promoting to LEB Oro, the club decided to continue playing in the same league of the previous season, but in Getafe as a result of a collaboration agreement with the town and CB Getafe, the main club in that city.Naming
*Maná Fuenlabrada 1996–2001 *Reybol Fuenlabrada 2001–2002 *Maná Fuenlabrada 2002–2003 *Fuenlabrada-Getafe 2009–2011 *Fuenlabrada-Illescas, Toledo, Illescas 2011–2012 *Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada 2013–2014 *Viten Getafe (see CB Getafe) 2014–2016 *Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada 2016–Season by season
Trophies
*LEB Plata: (1) **2013–14 LEB Plata season, 2014References
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