Força Lleida CE

Força Lleida
Força Lleida
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	2012; 12 years ago
Arena	Barris Nord
Location	Lleida, Catalonia
Team colors	Bordeaux, Blue and White ;
President	Albert Aliaga
Head coach	Gerard Encuentra
Website	flleida.cat
Home	Away

Força Lleida Club Esportiu, also known as ICG Força Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

Barris Nord, in LEB Oro

league.

History

The club born in the summer of 2012 with the aim to substitute existent CE Lleida Bàsquet, which had several economic problems.^[1]

In its first season, Força Lleida qualified for the playoffs, after finalizing 7th in Regular Season, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Palencia. The next season, the team got the same number of victories than the past year (11), but this time just could get the 10th position.

In 2015 the club achieved its best performance after reaching to the semifinals of the playoffs, but just one season later, Força Lleida finished in the last position becoming relegated to LEB Plata. But a few months later, the club achieved a vacant berth in the same league, so they could avoid the descent and play in LEB Oro the next season.

In 2017, despite the team could finish the competition with more victories than lost games, they just could get the tenth position at the table, thus not qualifying for the postseason.

Now, Força Lleida is playing in the same league with the goal of qualifying for the playoffs after the regular season.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	7th	13–18
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	10th	11–15
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	5th	18–15
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	16th^[a]	9–21
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	10th	18–16
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	16th	12–22
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	11th	16–18
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	15th^[b]	9–15
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	17th^[c]	12–14
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	4th	25–15
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	7th	23–15

^ Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.
^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.

Players

Current roster

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

ICG Força Lleida roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SF	0	Brito, Diogo	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	27 – (1997-04-24)24 April 1997
PF	1	Castellnou, David	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	19 – (2004-05-09)9 May 2004
SF	6	Cuéllar, David (C)	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1997-09-08)8 September 1997
SG	41	Hasbrouck, Kenny	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	37 – (1986-08-14)14 August 1986
C	23	Kuath, Kur	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	25 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998
C	25	Krutwig, Cameron	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	25 – (1998-12-21)21 December 1998
SG	13	Lobo, Jaume	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	26 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
SF	3	Matulionis, Osvaldas	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1991-08-19)19 August 1991
C	26	Ogunsipe, Marvin	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	28 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996
PF	33	Simeunović, Đorđe	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	29 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995
PG	24	Varela, Nacho	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	24 – (2000-01-24)24 January 2000
PF	10	Vega, Javi	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	36 – (1988-01-05)5 January 1988
PG	4	Villar, Rafa	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	19 – (2004-08-09)9 August 2004

Head coach

Gerard Encuentra

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Inactive
C	Kur Kuath	Cameron Krutwig		Marvin Ogunsipe
PF	Đorđe Simeunović	Javi Vega		David Castellnou
SF	Osvaldas Matulionis	Diogo Brito	David Cuéllar
SG	Kenny Hasbrouck	Jaume Lobo
PG	Rafa Villar	Nacho Varela

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

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Lliga Catalana LEB: (3)
- 2012, 2022, 2023

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Women's team

Força Lleida CE has also a women's team which was founded in 2023 and plays in Liga Femenina 2, the Spanish women's basketball third tier.

Current roster

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

ICG Força Lleida roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
C	18	Boladeres, Judit	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	29 – (1994-10-19)19 October 1994
SF	5	Cerqueda, Maria	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	26 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998
PG	3	Comella, Pilar	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	28 – (1995-06-07)7 June 1995
SF	14	Fernández, Carla	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	22 – (2001-11-06)6 November 2001
PF	9	Gil, Laura	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	22 – (2001-07-02)2 July 2001
PG	16	Maza, Milagros	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	21 – (2003-03-03)3 March 2003
SF	7	Peña, Cristina	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	33 – (1990-07-15)15 July 1990
PG	4	Rexach, Abril (C)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	25 – (1999-04-27)27 April 1999
C	23	Traoré, Aya	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	40 – (1983-07-27)27 July 1983
SF	11	Tribó, Iris	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	24 – (1999-11-17)17 November 1999
PF	20	Vilches, Magalí	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	21 – (2002-06-01)1 June 2002

Head coach

Rubén Petrus

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

References

^ El nuevo Força Lleida se presenta en sociedad; Solobasket.com, 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015. (in Spanish)

External links

[2] Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.

[3] Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[4] Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.

[1] El nuevo Força Lleida se presenta en sociedad; Solobasket.com, 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015. (in Spanish)

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