Basket Azuqueca

Basket Azuqueca
League	LEB Plata
Founded	December 11, 1997;22 years ago (1997-12-11)
Arena	Polideportivo La Paz
Location	Azuqueca de Henares, Spain
Team colors	Red and white
Head coach	Sergio Vicente
Home Away

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.

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG Apolinario, Carlos 24 – (1996-01-20)20 January 1996 SG Ballespín, Ignacio 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (1998-04-18)18 April 1998 PG Calvo, Carlos 26 – (1994-02-24)24 February 1994 SF García, Carlos 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 PG Hidalgo, Carlos 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (1997-03-26)26 March 1997 SG Mitchell, Ervin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) C Mukendi, Gullit 24 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 PF Radunović, Mihailo 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1996-03-27)27 March 1996 SF Rodríguez, Nacho 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1994-01-06)6 January 1994 PG Rojas, Álvaro  (C) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 35 – (1984-10-12)12 October 1984 PF Solarin, Jeff 27 – (1992-11-16)16 November 1992 SF Valera, Luis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1988-10-21)21 October 1988	Head coach Sergio Vicente Legend (C) Team captain 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	6	1ª Autonómica	1st	26–2
2004–05	5	1ª División	9th	13–17
2005–06	5	1ª División	8th	13–15
2006–07	5	1ª División	6th	16–14
2007–08	5	1ª División	11th	12–16
2008–09	6	1ª División	5th	17–9
2009–10	5	1ª División	2nd	23–5
2010–11	5	1ª División	2nd	27–3
2011–12	4	Liga EBA	12th	11–19
2012–13	4	Liga EBA	12th	9–19
2013–14	4	Liga EBA	8th	16–14
2014–15	4	Liga EBA	8th	12–14
2015–16	4	Liga EBA	4th	16–10
2016–17	4	Liga EBA	5th	21–9
2017–18	4	Liga 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.

• Gullit Mukendi
• 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.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)