Cb Estudiantes

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.

Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D.
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Nickname	Estu, Los del Ramiro, Dementes, Madrid Students (NBA form)
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	April 1948; 76 years ago (April 1948)
History	Ramiro de Maeztu (1948) CB Estudiantes (1948–present)
Arena	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Capacity	17,500
Location	Madrid, Spain
Team colors	Light Blue, Black, White
President	Ignacio Triana
Head coach	Pedro Rivero
Team captain	Adams Sola
Championships	3 Spanish Cup 3 Princess' Cup
Website	www.movistarestudiantes.com
Home Away Third

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, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Jiménez, Iñaki de Miguel, Pepu Hernández or Juancho Hernangómez.

Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names:

 

The club was founded in 1948 by a group of students (the "Estudiantes") of a public preparatory school (the Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, IRM) in Madrid.

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 2012, 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.

 

• 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)

Estudiantes has a rivalry with Real Madrid. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby.

 

 

Basketball Hall of Famers

• Antonio Díaz-Miguel, F, 1950–1952, 1953–1958, Inducted 1997

Current roster

CB Estudiantes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 00   Frazier, Branden 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992 SG 1   Dee, Johnny 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 PG 2     Wintering, Alec 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 C 3   Nzosa, Yannick 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2003-11-15)15 November 2003 SF 4   Rodríguez, Sergio 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-10-18)18 October 1993 SF 5   Sola, Adams (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2000-07-27)27 July 2000 SG 6   Giovanetti, Lucas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2005-06-14)14 June 2005 PG 9   Ferrando, Guillem 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2002-01-08)8 January 2002 SG 10   Alonso, Francis 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 SF 11     Murphy, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 C 13   Larsen, Kevin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 SG 17   Robles, Pedro 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 17 – (2006-05-24)24 May 2006 C 19   Cáffaro, Francisco 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 23 – (2000-05-19)19 May 2000 SG 22   Rakočević, Nikola 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1991-01-22)22 January 1991 PF 43   Suárez, Carlos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 PG 44   Leimanis, Toms 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1994-08-07)7 August 1994	Head coach   Pedro Rivero Assistant coach(es)   Alberto Lorenzo   Alberto Antuña Team manager   Javier Cabrerizo Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster

Depth chart

Notable players