Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
ConferenceEast
LeagueLNBP
Founded2001
HistoryFuerza Regia de Monterrey
(2001–present)
ArenaGimnasio Nuevo León
Capacity5,000
LocationMonterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Team colorsBlack, yellow and white
     
PresidentSergio Ganem Velázquez
Head coachPablo García
Championships5 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
WebsiteOfficial site

The Fuerza Regia de Monterrey (Monterrey Royal Force in English) is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). They currently play their home games in the Gimnasio Nuevo León.

Franchise history

2007-2008

The team finished second in the 2007–08 LNBP Northern Zone division standings only behind Lobos Grises UAD, but failed to advance to the Northern Zone Finals after losing to the Soles de Mexicali which advanced to the LNBP final.

2016-2017

Fuerza Regia finished first on the league table and qualified to the playoffs. The team won its first championship by defeating Soles de Mexicali 4–2 in the finals.[1]

International tournaments

On December 4, 2007, Fuerza Regia was one of the 16 teams to participate in the first annual FIBA Americas League in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico that ended on February 9, 2008. Argentina's Peñarol Mar del Plata won the competition and LNBP's Soles de Mexicali were the runner-up, while Fuerza Regia finished in 9th place.

Honours

2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

Logos

Home arenas

Players

Current roster

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

Fuerza Regia de Monterrey roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 0 United States Martin, Jaron 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1995-03-06)6 March 1995
G 1 Mexico Acosta, Kevin 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 32 – (1991-11-02)2 November 1991
G 2 United States Bejarano, Daniel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991
G/F 7 Mexico Girón, Eduardo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1997-10-17)17 October 1997
G 8 Argentina Cortés, Cristian 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – (1990-09-16)16 September 1990
F 12 United States Lizarraga, Michael 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1989-02-25)25 February 1989
F 21 Mexico Ramírez, Joshua 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1994-07-02)2 July 1994
G 22 United States Ricks, Gary 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 32 – (1991-11-14)14 November 1991
F 32 Mexico Olalde, Raúl 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1996-02-21)21 February 1996
PF 42 Dominican Republic Santos, Luis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-12-06)6 December 1994
C 43 Mexico Jones, Kelvin 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997
C 44 Mexico Ibarra, Joshua 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 28 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995
Head coach
  • Spain Pablo García
Assistant coach(es)
  • Argentina Elian Villafañe
  • Mexico Felipe Sánchez
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 1 January 2023

Notable former players

Chicago Bulls superstar Dennis Rodman[2] was signed for three games and played for at least thirty minutes.

Fuerza Regia's Jamario Moon was signed by the NBA's Toronto Raptors for the 2007–08 and 2008–2009 season, and later played for other NBA teams. Altogether, he played more than 300 NBA games.

On April 25, 2007, Fuerza Regia signed Sun Mingming, the world's tallest active player at 7' 9".[3]

List

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "¡Fuerza Regia, campeón! de la Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional". El Sol de México (in Spanish). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Rodman comes back, first in Mexico October 12, 2004. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  3. ↑ Flores, Andrés (18 July 2019). "Sun Ming Ming, el gigante que deslumbró con Fuerza Regia". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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