CB Estudiantes
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| Club Baloncesto Estudiantes | |||
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| Club Baloncesto Estudiantes logo | |||
| Leagues | ACB | ||
| Founded | 1948 | ||
| Arena | Madrid Arena | ||
| Location | Madrid, Spain | ||
| President |  Fernando Bermúdez | ||
| Head coach |  Velimir Perasovic | ||
| Website | www.clubestudiantes.com | ||
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Club Baloncesto Estudiantes is a basketball team based in Madrid, Spain, which plays in the Spanish professional league, organised by the ACB, the Spanish Basketball Association.
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
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, Danko Cvjetičanin, Mikhail Mikhailov, Chandler Thompson, Carlos Jiménez, Shaun Vandiver.
- 2000s: Felipe Reyes, Iñaki De Miguel, Iker Iturbe, Sergio Rodríguez.
Trophies
- European competitions
- Cup Winners Cup : twice semifinalist (1974, 1976)
- Euroleague : Semifinalist Final Four, Istanbul 1992.
- Korac Cup: Runner-up, 1999
- ULEB Cup : twice semifinalist (2003, 2004)
- FIBA EuroCup: Semifinalist Final Four (Girona, 2007)
- Spanish competitions
- Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: 1962/63, 1991/92, 1999/2000: 3 (and four times more runner-up)
- Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto: 1985/86 : 1
- Spanish league or ACB: Four times runner-up: 1962/63, 1967/68, 1980/81, 2003/04