Real Estelí Baloncesto

Real Estelí
Real Estelí
	BCL Americas
Founded	2018; 6 years ago
History	Real Estelí Baloncesto; 2018–present
Arena	Alexis Arguello Sports Complex
Capacity	8,057
Location	Managua, Nicaragua
President	Fidel Moreno
Head coach	David Rosario
Championships	4 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Website	realestelifc.com/basket
Home	Away

Real Estelí Baloncesto is a Nicaraguan basketball team based in Managua. Founded in 2018, it is the basketball section of the Real Estelí FC football club, which was founded in 1959. The team entered the Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB) for its debut season in 2018 season.^[1]

Real Estelí's home arena is the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, which was opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 8,057 people.^[2]

History

The first game of the team in the

Leones de Managua

.

In 2019, head coach

Brumas de Jinotega

in the playoff finals.

In April 2021, Real Estelí played in the Final Eight of the

2020–21 BCL Americas and hosted the tournament in Managua. The team managed to reach the final for the first time in club history,^[5] where it narrowly lost to Flamengo 80–84.^[6]

Real Estelí qualified for the 2021–22 BCL Americas season, which was its fourth in a row. El Tren del Norte was allotted into Group A alongside Cangrejeros de Santurce and the Edmonton Stingers.^[3]

On 3 December 2021, the club repeated as LSB champions after beating Brunas de Jinotega in the final. The following 2022 season, Real Estelí captured their fourth title.^[7]

Honours

National

Liga Superior de Baloncesto

Champions (4): 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Carlos Ulloa Tournament

Champions (1): 2022

International

BCL Americas

Runner-up (1):
2020–21

Liga Centroamericana

Winners (1): 2018

Players

Current roster

Real Estelí roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PF	2	Williams, Andy	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	34 – (1990-01-01)1 January 1990
G	3	Martínez, Josmel	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	24 – (1999-07-11)11 July 1999
PG	4	Hodgson, Sharlon	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	29 – (1994-07-01)1 July 1994
F	11	Pérez, Andy	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (1999-09-23)23 September 1999
C	23	López, Bartel	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	34 – (1989-10-27)27 October 1989
PG	24	Thomas, Vansdell	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	37 – (1986-08-27)27 August 1986
G	27	Torres, Aaron	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	26 – (1998-02-23)23 February 1998
G/F	29	Garth, Francisco	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	25 – (1999-03-14)14 March 1999
F/C	34	Furgeson, Ponce	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	28 – (1995-05-01)1 May 1995
SF	35	Campbell, Jensen	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1998-02-17)17 February 1998
PG	52	Holloway, Tu	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	34 – (1989-08-21)21 August 1989

Head coach

David Rosario

Assistant coach(es)

Giovanni Rivera
Jose Rios

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 1, 2022

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	–	Bartel López
PF	Andy Pérez	Ponce Furgeson	Andy Williams
SF	Josmel Martínez	Jensen Campbell
SG	Vansdell Thomas	Franisco Garth	Aaron Torres
PG	Tu Holloway	Sharlon Hodgson

Performance in international competitions

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Basketball Champions League Americas

Below are all the seasons of Real Estelí in the

BCL Americas

competition.

Champions Runners-up

Season	League	Result	W–L	%
2019–20	BCL Americas	Quarter-finals (lost to Instituto)	5–2	.714
2020–21		Runners-up (lost to Flamengo)	6–3	.667
2021–22		Quarter-finalist (lost to São Paulo)	3–4	.429
2022–23		Quarter-finalist (lost to Quimsa)	4–4	.500
2023–24		Quarter-finalist (lost to Quimsa)	4–5	.444
Totals		0 titles	22–18	.556

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

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