Força Lleida CE

Força Lleida Club Esportiu, also known as ICG Força Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain and plays in the Barris Nord, in LEB Oro league.

Força Lleida
Força Lleida logo
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded2012 (2012)
ArenaBarris Nord
LocationLleida, Catalonia
Team colorsBordeaux, Black and Turquoise
     
PresidentAlbert Aliaga
Head coachGerard Encuentra
Websiteflleida.cat

History

The club born in the summer of 2012 with the aim to substitute existent CE Lleida Bàsquet, which had several economic problems.[1]

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.

Now, Força Lleida is playing in the same league with the goal of qualifying for the playoffs after the regular season.

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2012–13 2LEB Oro 7th 13–18
2013–14 2LEB Oro 10th 11–15
2014–15 2LEB Oro 5th18–15
2015–16 2LEB Oro 16th[lower-alpha 1] 9–21
2016–17 2LEB Oro 10th 18–16
2017–18 2LEB Oro 16th 12–22
2018–19 2 LEB Oro 11th 16–18
2019–20 2LEB Oro 15th[lower-alpha 2] 9–15
2020–21 2 LEB Oro 17th[lower-alpha 3] 12–14
2021–22 2 LEB Oro 4th 25–15
  1. Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.
  2. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.

Players

Current roster

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

ICG Força Lleida roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 24 Croatia Baković, Marko 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-02-22)22 February 1993
SF 0 Portugal Brito, Diogo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-04-24)24 April 1997
SG 6 Spain Cuéllar, David (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1997-09-08)8 September 1997
C 77 Senegal Faye, Biram 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – (2000-03-10)10 March 2000
SF 7 Spain González, Miguel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-03-20)20 March 1999
SG 13 Spain Lobo, Jaume 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 25 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
PF 16 Spain López de la Torre, Rubén 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2002-03-13)13 March 2002
PG 10 Italy Marcos, Juani 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2000-04-06)6 April 2000
PF 21 Ivory Coast Sidibé, Amadou 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994
SG 3 Spain Urtasun, Álex 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 39 – (1984-04-30)30 April 1984
PG 4 Spain Villar, Rafa 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2004-08-09)9 August 2004
C 33 Serbia Vučetić, Vasilije 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-05-04)4 May 1996
Head coach

Gerard Encuentra

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Amadou Sidibé Vasilije Vučetić Biram Faye
PF Rubén López de la Torre Marko Baković
SF Miguel González Diogo Brito
SG Álex Urtasun Jaume Lobo David Cuéllar
PG Juani Marcos Rafa Villar

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

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Notable players

Playing at Liga ACB

Playing on top divisions

References
  1. El nuevo Força Lleida se presenta en sociedad; Solobasket.com, 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015. (in Spanish)
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