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Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., (English: Club Basketball Students) known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain.
Some of its achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth programme that has produced many Spanish talents over the years such as Alberto Herreros, Nacho Azofra, Aíto García Reneses, Fernando Martín, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Jiménez, Sergio Rodríguez, Iñaki de Miguel, Pepu Hernández or Juancho Hernangómez.
History
The club Estudiantes was founded in 1948 by a group of students (the "Estudiantes") of a public preparatory school (the Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, IRM) in Madrid to form a team to practice sport during the school recesses. Mr. Antonio Magariños, Professor of Latin and head of studies of the high school, was the first president of the club. He held the position until 1964. From 1949 it has played in the maximum category of the Spanish basketball.
By the time when the first Spanish-wide season-long championship was organized in 1955, by the Spanish Basketball Association (FEB), it was one of the six clubs participating in that tournament, as the second best team from the Province of Madrid (the first being Real Madrid. Until 2021, it had always participated in the premier Spanish basketball league along with Real Madrid and Joventut. It was also one of two only Spanish basketball clubs with teams both at the top male and female Spanish championships.
In May 1963, Estudiantes won their first trophy, the Spanish Cup, against Real Madrid. In April 1992, a month after winning his second Spanish Cup against CAI Zaragoza, Estudiantes reached the 1992 EuroLeague Final Four in Istanbul, finishing in 4th place. It was his Annus mirabilis. In March 1999, the team played his only European final, in the 1998–99 Korać Cup, by defeated by FC Barcelona. In January 2000, Estu won his third Spanish Cup against Valencia, the last one until today. In the 2003–04 ACB season, it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win against FC Barcelona.
In May 2012, after several irregular seasons, marked by a bad economic situation, Estudiantes was relegated for the first time in its history from the top tier of Spanish basketball, but remained in the league because LEB Oro champion CB 1939 Canarias didn't present the required documentation and money. In May 2016, again, the team was relegated, but remained in the ACB because champion Palencia Baloncesto didn't present the required documentation and money. Finally, after several relatively stable years, the team's relegation was completed during the coronavirus pandemic in May 2021. Since then, Estu remains in LEB Oro, fighting for promotion and returning to the ACB.
Logos
Sponsorship naming
Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names:
Home arenas
La Nevera (The IRM Arena): (1948–71)
Polideportivo Antonio Magariños: (1971–87)
Palacio Vistalegre: (2001–2005)
Madrid Arena: (2005–2010)
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid: (1987–2001, 2010–present)
Rivalries
Estudiantes has a rivalry with Real Madrid. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby (Spanish: Derbi madrileño). Both teams currently share their home arena, the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid.
Players
= Basketball Hall of Famers
=Antonio Díaz-Miguel, F, 1950–1952, 1953–1958, Inducted 1997
= Current roster
== Depth chart
== Notable players
=Head coach
Presidents
Season by season
Honours
= Domestic competitions
=Liga ACB
Runners-up (4): 1962–63, 1967–68, 1980–81, 2003–04
Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spanish King's Cup)
Winners (3): 1963, 1992, 2000
Runners-up (4): 1962, 1973, 1975, 1991
Copa Princesa de Asturias (Spanish Princess' Cup)
Winners (3): 1986, 2022, 2024
= European competitions
=EuroLeague
4th place (1): 1991–92
Final Four (1): 1992
FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
Semifinalists (2): 1973–74, 1975–76
FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
Runners-up (1): 1998–99
EuroCup Basketball
Semifinalists (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
FIBA EuroChallenge (defunct)
4th place (1): 2006–07
Final Four (1): 2007
= Other competitions
=FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)
Winners (1):1992
4th place (4): 1972, 1974, 1975, 1993
Torneo Comunidad de Madrid (defunct)
Winners (8): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
Albacete, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2014
Torneo Ciudad de Getafe
Winners (1): 2019
= Individual awards
=Women's team
CB Estudiantes has also a women's team which was founded in 1989 and played during several seasons in Liga Femenina, the Spanish women's basketball top tier. It currently plays in Liga Femenina.
= Season by season
=References
External links
Official website (in Spanish)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Arena Madrid
- Color commentator
- Piala Interkontinental 1968
- Final Piala Dunia Antarklub FIFA 2009
- Tim nasional bola basket Pantai Gading
- Tim nasional bola basket Argentina
- CB Estudiantes
- Estudiantes
- Juancho Hernangómez
- Dovydas Giedraitis
- Khalifa Koumadje
- Terry Stotts
- Aleksa Avramović
- Lucas Nogueira
- Kenny Kadji
- Champions (2018 film)
