Força Lleida CE

Basketball team in Lleida, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Força Lleida Club Esportiu, also known as Hiopos Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Lleida, Spain. It plays in the Liga ACB with it home games played at the Espai Fruita Barris Nord.

LeagueLiga ACB
Founded2012; 14 years ago (2012)
ArenaEspai Fruita Barris Nord
Capacity5,500[1]
Quick facts Hiopos Lleida, League ...
Hiopos Lleida
Hiopos Lleida logo
LeagueLiga ACB
Founded2012; 14 years ago (2012)
ArenaEspai Fruita Barris Nord
Capacity5,500[1]
LocationLleida, Spain
Team colorsBordeaux, pear and black
     
PresidentAlbert Aliaga
Head coachGerard Encuentra
Websiteflleida.cat
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History

The club born in the summer of 2012 with the aim to substitute existent CE Lleida Bàsquet, which had several economic problems.[2]

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.

Força Lleida promoted to the Liga ACB following the 2023–24 season, after beating Estudiantes in the semi-final and finished second, after they were granted a license.[3] The 2024–25 season will mark Lleida's debut season in the Spanish top level division.[4]

Sponsorship naming

  • ICG Força Lleida (2019–2024)
  • Hiopos Lleida (2024-)

Logos

  • Non-commercial logo (2012–2021)
    Non-commercial logo (2012–2021)[5]

Season by season

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Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup Competitions
2012–13 2LEB Oro 7th 13–18
2013–14 2LEB Oro 10th 11–15
2014–15 2LEB Oro 5th 18–15
2015–16 2LEB Oro 16th[a] 9–21
2016–17 2LEB Oro 10th 18–16
2017–18 2LEB Oro 16th 12–22
2018–19 2LEB Oro 11th 16–18
2019–20 2LEB Oro 15th[b] 9–15
2020–21 2LEB Oro 17th[c] 12–14
2021–22 2LEB Oro 4th 25–15
2022–23 2LEB Oro 7th 23–15
2023–24 2LEB Oro 2nd 31–8
2024–25 1Liga ACB 15th 11–23
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Players

See also: Category:Força Lleida CE players

Current roster

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

More information Hiopos Lleida roster, Players ...
Hiopos Lleida roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG 4 Nigeria Canada Agada, Caleb 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1994-08-31)31 August 1994
SG 1 United States Batemon, James 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1997-04-08)8 April 1997
C 52 Senegal Dabo, Ibou (Y) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – (2006-07-11)11 July 2006
C 12 Senegal Diagne, Atoumane 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 27 – (1998-12-31)31 December 1998
PF 3 Canada Nigeria Ejim, Melvin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 35 – (1991-03-04)4 March 1991
PG 6 Spain García, Dani 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1998-01-30)30 January 1998
C 7 Hungary Golomán, György 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 29 – (1996-04-02)2 April 1996
SF 16 Spain Jiménez, Millán 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2002-09-16)16 September 2002
C 25 United States Krutwig, Cameron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1998-12-21)21 December 1998
SF 5 Spain Paulí, Oriol (C) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1994-05-20)20 May 1994
PG 50 Spain Ríos, Pol (Y) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2004-07-30)30 July 2004
PG Spain Rodríguez, Adrià 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2003-04-28)28 April 2003
SF 14 Spain Sanz, Mikel 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1999-02-01)1 February 1999
PF 22 United States Lithuania Shurna, John 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 35 – (1990-04-30)30 April 1990
PG 55 Spain Torrens, Pau (Y) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2007-12-24)24 December 2007
SG 2 United States Serbia Walden, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992
Head coach
  • Spanish Basketball Federation Gerard Encuentra
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (Y) Youth player
  • Injured Injured
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Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Atoumane Diagne † György Golomán Cameron Krutwig * Ibou Dabo ‡
PF Melvin Ejim John Shurna
SF Oriol Paulí † Mikel Sanz † Millán Jiménez †
SG James Batemon * Caleb Agada Pau Torrens ‡
PG Corey Walden Dani García † Adrià Rodríguez † Pol Ríos ‡
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Notes: Blue † – homegrown player;[d] Red * – overseas player;[e] Green ‡ – youth player[f]

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Notable players

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

More information Criteria ...
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.
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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 nationalities not displayed.

More information Players, Coaches ...
Força Lleida roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF 22 Hungary Biczó, Laura 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (2000-12-22)22 December 2000
PG 93 Spain Castellana, Laura 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 21 – (2005-02-02)2 February 2005
SF 5 Spain Cerqueda, Maria 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998
SG 15 Spain Conca, Leticia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 22 – (2004-02-23)23 February 2004
SF 3 Spain Fernández, Andrea 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 24 – (2002-01-29)29 January 2002
SF 14 Spain Fernández, Carla 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 24 – (2001-11-06)6 November 2001
PF 9 Spain Gil, Laura 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 24 – (2001-07-02)2 July 2001
PF 1 France Mertz, Clara 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (2000-06-26)26 June 2000
PG 7 Spain Rexach, Abril 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 26 – (1999-04-27)27 April 1999
SF 11 Spain Tribó, Iris 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 26 – (1999-11-17)17 November 1999
Head coach
  • Spanish Basketball Federation Rubén Petrus
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.
  2. [b]
    Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. [c]
    Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.
  4. [d]
    A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players.
  5. [e]
    An overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players.
  6. [f]
    In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.

References

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