Carplus Fuenlabrada
Nickname	Fuenla
Leagues	Liga ACB
Founded	1983 (1983)
History	C.B. Fuenlabrada (1983–1989) A.D. Fuenlabrada (1989–1991) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (1991–present)
Arena	Fernando Martín
Capacity	5,700
Location	Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
Team colors	Blue, White, Black
President	José Quintana
Head coach	Oscar Quintana
Team captain	Christian Eyenga
Championships	1 LEB championship 2 Copa Príncipe de Asturias
Website	baloncestofuenlabrada.com
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Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons, or just as Fuenlabrada, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at Fernando Martín.

History

Founded in 1983, Fuenlabrada started to compete at a local level. The club joined national competitions two years later and worked its way up, reaching the first regional division in the late 1980s. By 1991, it already became Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and a year later, it merged with CB Torrejón de Ardoz to compete in the Spanish second division.^[1]

Fuenlabrada acquired Club Peñas Recreativas de Huesca's rights to earn the right to compete in the Spanish first division in the 1996–97 season. The club went down to the second division, but inked scoring machine Velimir Perasović and returned to the elite level a year later. With Perasović, Carlos Cazorla, Ferran Lopez and Salvador Guardia as its main pillars, the addition of Nate Huffman allowed Fuenlabrada to make it to the Spanish League playoffs in 1999 and their debut in the Korać Cup. Perasović kept filling the baskets for several seasons, leading Fuenlabrada to two more playoffs appearances in 2001 and 2002, helped by David Wood, Chuck Kornegay and a young José Manuel Calderón and coached by Óscar Quintana.^[1]

Fuenlabrada made its ULEB Cup debut in the 2002–03 season, in which Herrmann was chosen as the Spanish League MVP. The club returned to the Spanish second division in 2004 but came back, for good, a year later. Players like Saúl Blanco, Jorge García, Kristaps Valters and Brad Oleson kept Fuenlabrada in the first division for years without much trouble. The club returned to the Spanish League playoffs in the 2010–11 season with Salva Maldonado as head coach and a young Gustavo Ayón as its star center.

One year later, the club would be eliminated in the quarterfinals of the EuroChallenge by Triumph Lyubertsy. Despite this European achievement, Fuenlabrada would continue fighting to avoid relegation, finally being relegated to LEB Oro in 2015. However, the club continued in Liga ACB as Ford Burgos and Club Ourense Baloncesto would not fulfill the requirements for promoting.

Fuenlabrada took advantage and led by Marko Popović, Jonathan Tabu and Ivan Paunić, Fuenlabrada made it to the Spanish League playoffs, earning the right to return to the EuroCup 13 years later.^[1] In the 2016-2017 season, Fuenlabrada played well and qualified to the EuroCup Top16. However, they only finished 12th in the ACB. After a 9th-place finish in the 2017-2018 ACB season, Fuenlabrada earned the right to compete in the FIBA Basketball Champions League. Fuenlabrada won the first 3 games, before suffering a complete fiasco and finishing the tournament with 11 consecutive losses.

Sponsorship naming

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Team logos

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  Non-commercial logo
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  2005–2009
• 
  2009–2010

Home arenas

• San Esteban Public High School Court (1983–88).
• Miguel Hernández Public High School Gymnasium (1988–91).
• Pabellón Fernando Martín (1991–present).

Players

Retired numbers

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
2		Marko Popović	PG	2015–2019
6		Velimir Perasović	SG	1997–2002
8		Salva Guardia	PF	1996–2001, 2003–2008, 2010–2011
10		Ferrán López	PG	1997–2001, 2004–2009
13		Francesc Solana	SF	2002–2007

Source: ^[2]

Current roster

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

Carplus Fuenlabrada roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 5 García, Marc 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 SF 7 Macoha, Rodijs 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2002-10-29)29 October 2002 F/C 12 Ehigiator, Osas (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 PG 15 Ngouama, Mehdy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995 G/F 17 Samar, Matija 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2004-12-28)28 December 2004 F 19 Lewis, Malique 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2004-11-10)10 November 2004 C 21 Fernández, Juan 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 21 – (2002-11-21)21 November 2002 SF 22 Caroline, Jordan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1996-01-15)15 January 1996 G/F 24 Kromah, Lasan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 C 25 Pinder, Keanu 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 28 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995 PG 30 Novak, Jovan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 SF 33 Horton, Ken 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1989-07-25)25 July 1989 SG 44 Ali, Prince 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 C 76 Bagayoko, Bassala 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 17 – (2006-09-10)10 September 2006 C 97 Okouo, Viny 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 26 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997	Head coach Jose Luis Pichel Assistant coach(es) Salvador Guardia Legend (C) Team captain (IN) Inactive player Injured Roster Updated: March 6, 2023

Head coaches

Managers since 1993:

Season by season

Team records and awards

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada B

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada B, also known as Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, is the reserve team of Fuenlabrada. Originally created in 1995, it was re-opened in 2013 by achieving a vacant berth in LEB Plata.

In its first season after the re-opening, Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada finished as champion of the 2013–14 LEB Plata and runner-up of the Copa LEB Plata. Despite promoting to LEB Oro, the club decided to continue playing in the same league of the previous season, but in Getafe as a result of a collaboration agreement with the town and CB Getafe, the main club in that city.

References

External links

• Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Official Website