Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Explained

Carplus Fuenlabrada
Nickname:Fuenla
Leagues:Liga ACB
History:C.B. Fuenlabrada
(1983–1989)
A.D. Fuenlabrada
(1989–1991)
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
(1991–present)
Arena:Fernando Martín
Capacity:5,700
Location:Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
Colors:Blue, White, Black
President:José Quintana
Coach:Toni Ten
Captain:Christian Eyenga
Championships:1 LEB championship
2 Copa Príncipe de Asturias
Website:baloncestofuenlabrada.com
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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.

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. 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
   

Home arenas

Players

Retired numbers

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada retired numbers
NoPlayerPositionTenure
2 PG2015–2019
6 SG1997–2002
8 1996–2001, 2003–2008, 2010–2011
10 PG1997–2001, 2004–2009
13 SF2002–2007
Source: [2]

Other notable players

Depth chart

Head coaches

Managers since 1993:

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions
1986–875 2ª Autonómica
1987–884 1ª Autonómica
1988–894 1ª Autonómica
1989–904 1ª Autonómica
1990–913 2ª División
1991–923 2ª División11th6–16
1992–932 1ª División17th16–18
1993–942 1ª División12th22–10
1994–952 Liga EBA26–10
1995–962 Liga EBA
1996–971 Liga ACB18th4–33
1997–982 LEB2nd23–11bgcolor=goldC
1998–991 Liga ACB7th18–19Quarterfinalist
1999–001 Liga ACB15th11–233–3
2000–011 Liga ACB7th20–17Quarterfinalist
2001–021 Liga ACB7th19–18QF 5–5
2002–031 Liga ACB14th14–203–7
2003–041 Liga ACB17th13–21
2004–052 LEB1st34–9bgcolor=goldC
2005–061 Liga ACB10th15–19
2006–071 Liga ACB12th14–20
2007–081 Liga ACB13th13–21
2008–091 Liga ACB9th15–17
2009–101 Liga ACB15th12–22
2010–111 Liga ACB7th20–16
2011–121 Liga ACB16th12–22QuarterfinalistQF 11–4
2012–131 Liga ACB14th12–22
2013–141 Liga ACB15th12–22
2014–151Liga ACB18th8–26
2015–161 Liga ACB8th17–19Quarterfinalist
2016–171Liga ACB12th12–206–8
2017–181Liga ACB9th17–17Quarterfinalist
2018–191Liga ACB13th13–213–11
2019–201Liga ACB17th5–17SF
2020–211Liga ACB15th12–24
2021–221Liga ACB14th12–22
2022–231Liga ACB18th4–30
2023–242LEB Oro10th16–18

Team records and awards

Records

Trophies

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Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

EuroCup Basketball Rising Star

ACB Rising Star

All-ACB Second Team

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

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

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Cup competitions
1996–973Liga EBA
1997–983Liga EBA6–16
1998–993Liga EBA9–21
1999–003Liga EBA9–17
2000–014Liga EBA12–18
2001–024Liga EBA17–17
2002–034Liga EBA11–19
2003–0451ª División
2004–054Liga EBA7–23
2005–0651ª División3rd18–8
2006–0751ª División1st24–5
2007–085Liga EBA14–16
2008–095Liga EBA15–13
2009–104Liga EBA11–19
2010–114Liga EBA7–23
2011–124Liga EBA3–27
2012–13Did not enter any competition
2013–143LEB Plata1st17–7bgcolor=silverRU

Trophies

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-17 Team Profile: Montakit Fuenlabrada. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828043828/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/75cqymxwbo7sd77c. dead. August 28, 2016. EuroCup Basketball. 22 July 2016. 19 August 2016.
  2. News: ACB.COM - Un quinteto histórico de camisetas retiradas en Fuenlabrada . 26 July 2019 . www.acb.com . 22 July 2019 . es-ES.

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