Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

Carplus Fuenlabrada
Carplus Fuenlabrada
Nickname	Fuenla
Leagues	Liga ACB
Founded	1983; 41 years ago
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
Team colors	Blue, White, Black;
President	José Quintana
Head coach	Oscar Quintana
Team captain	Christian Eyenga
Championships	1 LEB championship; 2 Copa Príncipe de Asturias
Website	baloncestofuenlabrada.com
Home	Away

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

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

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

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

Non-commercial logo
2005–2009
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

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Carplus Fuenlabrada roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	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)	27 – (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

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

Head coaches

Managers since 1993:

Óscar Quintana 1993–1995, 1997–2004
Martín Fariñas 1995–1996
Andreu Casadevall 1996–1997
Luis Casimiro 2004–2008, 2014–2015
Luis Guil 2008–2009
Chus Mateo 2009, 2013-14
Salva Maldonado 2009–2011
Porfirio Fisac 2011–2012
Trifón Poch 2012–2013
Hugo López 2015
Jesús Sala 2015
Žan Tabak 2015
Jota Cuspinera 2015–2017, 2019–2020
Che García 2017–2018, 2018–2019
Agustí Julbe 2018
Paco García 2020
Javier Juárez 2020–present

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

^ Bought the ACB berth to Grupo AGB Huesca.
^ Remained in Liga ACB due to the non-promotion of Ford Burgos and Club Ourense Baloncesto.
^ Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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

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

^ Resigned to promote to LEB Oro.

Trophies

LEB Plata: (1)
- 2014

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2016-17 Team Profile: Montakit Fuenlabrada". EuroCup Basketball. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
^ "ACB.COM - Un quinteto histórico de camisetas retiradas en Fuenlabrada". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

External links

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Official Website

[3] Bought the ACB berth to Grupo AGB Huesca.

[4] Remained in Liga ACB due to the non-promotion of Ford Burgos and Club Ourense Baloncesto.

[5] Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

[6] Resigned to promote to LEB Oro.

[History-1] "2016-17 Team Profile: Montakit Fuenlabrada". EuroCup Basketball. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[2] "ACB.COM - Un quinteto histórico de camisetas retiradas en Fuenlabrada". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

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