Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

     PresidentJosé QuintanaHead coachOscar QuintanaTeam captainChristian EyengaChampionships1 LEB championship
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Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons, or just as Fuenlabrada, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at Fernando Martín.

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.^[1]

Fuenlabrada acquired Club Peñas Recreativas de Huesca's rights to earn the right to compete in the Spanish first division in the 1996–97 season. The club went down to the second division, but inked scoring machine Velimir Perasović and returned to the elite level a year later. With Perasović, Carlos Cazorla, Ferran Lopez and Salvador Guardia as its main pillars, the addition of Nate Huffman allowed Fuenlabrada to make it to the Spanish League playoffs in 1999 and their debut in the Korać Cup. Perasović kept filling the baskets for several seasons, leading Fuenlabrada to two more playoffs appearances in 2001 and 2002, helped by David Wood, Chuck Kornegay and a young José Manuel Calderón and coached by Óscar Quintana.^[1]

Fuenlabrada made its ULEB Cup debut in the 2002–03 season, in which Herrmann was chosen as the Spanish League MVP. The club returned to the 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 first division for years without much trouble. The club returned to the Spanish League playoffs in the 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 EuroChallenge by 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 Ford Burgos and Club Ourense Baloncesto would not fulfill the requirements for promoting.

Fuenlabrada took advantage and led by Marko Popović, Jonathan Tabu and Ivan Paunić, Fuenlabrada made it to the Spanish League playoffs, earning the right to return to the EuroCup 13 years later.^[1] 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:

Maná Fuenlabrada 1986–1987 Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada 1999–2004 Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada 2005–2009 Ayuda en acción Fuenlabrada 2009–2010 Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 2012–2013 Montakit Fuenlabrada 2014–2020 Urbas Fuenlabrada 2020–2022 Carplus Fuenlabrada 2022–present

Team logos

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  Non-commercial logo
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  2005–2009
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  2009–2010

Home arenas

• San Esteban Public High School Court (1983–88).
• Miguel Hernández Public High School Gymnasium (1988–91).
• Pabellón Fernando Martín (1991–present).

Players

Retired numbers

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
2		Marko Popović	PG	2015–2019
6		Velimir Perasović	SG	1997–2002
8		Salva Guardia	PF	1996–2001, 2003–2008, 2010–2011
10		Ferrán López	PG	1997–2001, 2004–2009
13		Francesc Solana	SF	2002–2007

Source: ^[2]

Other notable players

• Kyle Alexander
• Anthony Brown
• Maurice Kemp
• James Feldeine
• Mareks Mejeris
• Rolands Šmits
• Siim-Sander Vene
• Egidijus Mockevičius

Current roster

Carplus Fuenlabrada roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 0 Abu, Abdul-Malik 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-09-16)16 September 1995 C 1 Sy, Khadim 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997 PG 4 Díaz, Mateo 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2002-03-06)6 March 2002 G 5 Aranitović, Petar 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 PG 7 Bellas, Tomás 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 36 – (1987-06-24)24 June 1987 F/C 9 Bilbao, Jorge 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1995-06-27)27 June 1995 C 12 Ehigiator, Osas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 F 15 McGrew, Tanner 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 G 16 Durán, Edu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1991-05-01)1 May 1991 SF 17 Macoha, Rodijs 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2002-10-29)29 October 2002 C 21 van Zegeren, Joey 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 33 – (1990-12-07)7 December 1990 SF 29 Garino, Patricio 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1993-05-17)17 May 1993 G/F 44 Swing, Jordan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1990-12-31)31 December 1990	Head coach Antonio Ten López de Lerma Assistant coach(es) Rubén Perelló Legend (C) Team captain (IN) Inactive player Injured Roster Updated: March 20, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Viny Okouo	Bassala Bagayoko	Juan Fernández
PF	Christian Eyenga	Jordan Caroline	Osas Ehigiator
SF	Marc García	Rodijs Machoa	Malique Lewis
SG	Lasan Kromah	Matija Samar	Adama Traoré
PG	Jovan Novak	Prince Ali	Mehdy-Sofian Ngouama

Head coaches

Managers since 1993:

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1986–87	5	2ª Autonómica
1987–88	4	1ª Autonómica
1988–89	4	1ª Autonómica
1989–90	4	1ª Autonómica
1990–91	3	2ª División
1991–92	3	2ª División	11th	6–16
1992–93	2	1ª División	17th	16–18
1993–94	2	1ª División	12th	22–10
1994–95	2	Liga EBA	2nd	26–10
1995–96	2	Liga EBA	3rd[a]
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	18th	4–33
1997–98	2	LEB	2nd	23–11		Copa Príncipe	C
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	7th	18–19	Quarterfinalist
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	15th	11–23				3 Korać Cup	GS	3–3
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	7th	20–17	Quarterfinalist
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	7th	19–18				3 Korać Cup	QF	5–5
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	14th	14–20				2 ULEB Cup	RS	3–7
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	17th	13–21
2004–05	2	LEB	1st	34–9		Copa Príncipe	C
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	10th	15–19
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	12th	14–20
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	13th	13–21
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	9th	15–17
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	15th	12–22
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	7th	20–16
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	16th	12–22	Quarterfinalist			3 EuroChallenge	QF	11–4
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	15th	12–22
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	18th[b]	8–26
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–19	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	12th	12–20				2 Eurocup	T16	6–8
2017–18	1	Liga ACB	9th	17–17	Quarterfinalist
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	13th	13–21				3 Champions League	RS	3–11
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	17th[c]	5–17		Supercopa	SF
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	15th	12–24
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	18th	4–30

Team records and awards

Records

• 20 seasons in ACB
• 2 seasons in LEB
• 2 seasons in EBA
• 2 seasons in Primera División B

Trophies

• LEB Oro: (1)
  • 2005
• Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (2)
  • 1998, 2005
• Torneo Comunidad de Madrid: (1)
  • 1998

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

• Wálter Herrmann – 2003

EuroCup Basketball Rising Star

• Rolands Šmits – 2017

ACB Rising Star

• Brad Oleson – 2009
• Gustavo Ayón – 2011

All-ACB Second Team

• Marko Popović – 2016

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

• Sergiy Gladyr – 2012

Baloncesto 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 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 2011–2012
• Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada 2013–2014
• Viten Getafe (see CB Getafe) 2014–2016
• Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada 2016–

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions
1996–97	3	Liga EBA	7th
1997–98	3	Liga EBA	11th	6–16
1998–99	3	Liga EBA	15th	9–21
1999–00	3	Liga EBA	12th	9–17
2000–01	4	Liga EBA	11th	12–18
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	9th	17–17
2002–03	4	Liga EBA	13th	11–19
2003–04	5	1ª División
2004–05	4	Liga EBA	16th	7–23
2005–06	5	1ª División	3rd	18–8
2006–07	5	1ª División	1st	24–5
2007–08	5	Liga EBA	7th	14–16
2008–09	5	Liga EBA	7th	15–13
2009–10	4	Liga EBA	11th	11–19
2010–11	4	Liga EBA	15th	7–23
2011–12	4	Liga EBA	16th	3–27
2012–13	Did not enter any competition
2013–14	3	LEB Plata	1st[a]	17–7	Copa LEB Plata	RU

Trophies

• LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2014

References

External links

• Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Official Website