CB ESTUDIANTES

'MMT Estudiantes'

'Club Name'	CB Estudiantes
'Image'
'Founded'	1948
'Arena'	Madrid Arena, Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
'Capacity'	10.400
'Chairman'	Fernando Bermúdez
'Coach'	Mariano de Pablos
'League'	ACB
'2006-07'	'9th'
'Website'	'www.clubestudiantes.com'

'Club Baloncesto Estudiantes' is a basketball team based in Madrid, Spain. CB Estudiantes plays in the Spanish professional league, organised by the ACB, the Spanish Basketball Association.

Contents

History

Current squad 2007/08

Historic basketball players

Trophies

External link

History

The club was founded in 1948 by a group of pupils (the "students") of a public secondary school (The Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu) 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 to that tournament, as second best team from Madrid. Since then, it has always participated at the top Spanish championship. It is one of only three of such clubs, together with Real Madrid and Joventut.
It is also one of two only Spanish basketball clubs with teams both at the top male and female Spanish championships.

Current squad 2007/08

''The numbers are established according to the official website: www.clubestudiantes.com and www.acb.com
''As of August 29 2007''

★ 'Point Guard:' ★ ★ 8 Sergio Sánchez ★ ★ 20 Gonzalo Martínez ★ 'Shooting Guard:' ★ ★ 10 Txemi Urtasun ★ ★ 18 Domen Lorbek ★ 'Small Forward:' ★ ★ 14 Hernán Jasen ★ ★ 15 Carlos Suárez ★ ★ 33 Javier Beirán ★ 'Power Forward:' ★ ★ 4 Daniel Clark ★ ★ 9 Viktor Sanikidze ★ ★ 11 Florent Pietrus ★ ★ 22 Larry Lewis ★ 'Center:' ★ ★ 31 Caio Torres ★ ★ 41 Yannick Driesen ★ ★ — Jesse Young ★ 'Coach:' ★ ★ Mariano de Pablos

Historic basketball players

★ '1950s': Antonio Diaz-Miguel,

★ '1960s': Jose Ramón Ramos, Vicente Ramos, Aíto García Reneses, Jesús Codina, Juan Antonio Martinez Arroyo,

★ '1970s': Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Miguel Ángel Estrada.

★ '1980s': Fernando Martín, Slab Jones, Juan Carlos López Rodríguez, Vicente Gil, Jose Antonio Montero, , Antonio Martín, Chuck Alecksinas, John Pinone, Javier García-Coll, Chinche La Fuente, Alfonso del Corral, Terry Stotts, David Russell, Ricky Winslow, Alberto Herreros, Ron Taylor, Randy Meister.

★ '1990s': Nacho Azofra, Alfonso Reyes, Juan Antonio Orenga, Rodrigo De la Fuente, Danko Cvjetičanin, Mikhail Mikhailov, Chandler Thompson, Carlos Jiménez, Shaun Vandiver.

★ '2000s': Felipe Reyes, Iñaki De Miguel, Iker Iturbe, Sergio Rodríguez.

Trophies

★ European competitions

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★ 'Euroleague' : Semifinalist Final Four, Istanbul 1992.

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★ 'Korac Cup': Runner-up, 1999

★ Spanish competitions

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★ 'Copa del Rey de Baloncesto': 1962/63, 1991/92, 1999/2000: '3' (and four times more runner-up)

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★ 'Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto': 1985/86 : '1'

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★ 'Spanish league or ACB': Four times runner-up: 1962/63, 1967/68, 1980/81, 2003/04

External link

★ CB Estudiantes Official Website

★ Unofficial CB Estudiantes forum and website

★ ENGLISH Arena, club & matchday guide for visitors to Madrid