Basket Azuqueca

Basket Azuqueca, also known as Isover Basket Azuqueca for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Azuqueca de Henares, Castile-La Mancha, that currently plays in LEB Plata, the third tier of Spanish basketball.

Basket Azuqueca
LeagueLEB Plata
FoundedDecember 11, 1997 (1997-12-11)
ArenaPolideportivo La Paz
LocationAzuqueca de Henares, Spain
Team colorsRed and white
   
Head coachSergio Vicente

History

Basket Azuqueca was founded on 11 December 1997 after the dissolution of former CB Azuqueca, that played in the second tier during the 1991–92 season, and as a merge of the two local clubs: Baloncesto Azuqueca and Construcciones Diego Velásquez.[1]

In 2004, the club achieved promotion to Primera División after only losing two games in all the season. Three years later, Azuqueca was close to promote to Liga EBA after finishing the season in the fifth place. After several seasons being close to promote, they finally achieved that goal in 2011 in a promotion stage played in Madrid.

Basket Azuqueca remained narrowly during their first seasons in the league and in 2014 was close to be folded, but finally people of the club took the helm to avoid a new dissolution.

In 2018, after failing in the promotion playoffs, Azuqueca achieved a vacant place in LEB Plata, third division, due to its expansion to 24 teams.[2]

Players

Current roster

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

Isover Basket Azuqueca roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG Spain Apolinario, Carlos 27 – (1996-01-20)20 January 1996
SG Spain Ballespín, Ignacio 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-04-18)18 April 1998
PG Spain Calvo, Carlos 29 – (1994-02-24)24 February 1994
SF Spain García, Carlos 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998
PG Spain Hidalgo, Carlos 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1997-03-26)26 March 1997
SG United States Mitchell, Ervin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
C Democratic Republic of the Congo Mukendi, Gullit 27 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996
PF Montenegro Radunović, Mihailo 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1996-03-27)27 March 1996
SF Spain Rodríguez, Nacho 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1994-01-06)6 January 1994
PG Spain Rojas, Álvaro (C) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 39 – (1984-10-12)12 October 1984
PF Nigeria Solarin, Jeff 30 – (1992-11-16)16 November 1992
SF Venezuela Valera, Luis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1988-10-21)21 October 1988
Head coach
  • Spain Sergio Vicente
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Gullit Mukendi
PF Jeff Solarin Mihailo Radunović
SF Luis Valera Nacho Rodríguez Carlos García
SG Carlos Apolinario Ervin Mitchell Ignacio Ballespín
PG Álvaro Rojas Carlos Calvo Carlos Hidalgo

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

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2003–04 61ª Autonómica 1st26–2
2004–05 51ª División 9th13–17
2005–06 51ª División 8th13–15
2006–07 51ª División 6th16–14
2007–08 51ª División 11th12–16
2008–09 61ª División 5th17–9
2009–10 51ª División 2nd23–5
2010–11 51ª División 2nd27–3
2011–12 4Liga EBA 12th11–19
2012–13 4Liga EBA 12th9–19
2013–14 4Liga EBA 8th16–14
2014–15 4Liga EBA 8th12–14
2015–16 4Liga EBA 4th16–10
2016–17 4Liga EBA 5th21–9
2017–18 4Liga EBA 2nd[lower-alpha 1]25–8
2018–19 3 LEB Plata 12th[lower-alpha 2] 13–21
2019–20 4 Liga EBA 8th 12–11
  1. Achieved a vacant place after the expansion of the LEB Plata.
  2. Resigned to its place in LEB Plata.

Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either:

- 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.

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Gullit Mukendi
  • United States Phil Henry

References
  1. "Basket Azuqueca | Historia" [Basket Azuqueca | History] (in Spanish). Basket Azuqueca. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. "Azuqueca anuncia que jugará en LEB Plata" [Azuqueca announces that will play in LEB Plata] (in Spanish). Guadalajara Diario. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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