Club Esportiu Lleida Llista Blava, also known as ICG Software Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish rink hockey club based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951, the club currently plays in the OK Liga, holding its home games at the Pavelló Onze de Setembre, with capacity of 2,000 seats.
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| Full name | Club Esportiu Lleida Llista Blava | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Listados, Llistats | ||
| Founded | 6 April 1951 | ||
| Home ground | Pavelló Onze de Setembre, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain (Capacity 2,200) | ||
| Chairman |  Enric Duch | ||
| Manager | Albert Folguera | ||
| League | OK Liga | ||
| 2016–17 | 10 | ||
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History edit
Founded on 6 April 1951 with the name Lérida Lista Azul by a group of friends, the club promoted for the first time to the honour division in 1956.[1] In its first season in it, Lleida ended the league in the fourth position, and would continue playing in the top tier until its relegation in 1960.
In 1993 the team translates its name to Catalan and changes it to the current Lleida Llista Blava. In 2000, it comes back to the OK Liga, in that time called División de Honor and in 2003 makes its debut in European competition. In its first experience, the club reaches the final of the CERS Cup, but fails to win it after losing against Reus Deportiu.[2]
In 2005, Lleida repeated participation, but this time was eliminated by Hockey Breganze in the round of 16. That season was a disaster as the club relegated to Primera División, but immediately comes back to OK Liga. Four years later, in 2010, Lleida Llista Blava would be relegated again,[3] but after spending two seasons in the second tier, promoted again and consolidates as an OK Liga team.
In 2013 took place the third participation of the club in the CERS Cup, eliminated again in the round of 16, this time by Italian Forte dei Marmi.[4]
On 29 April 2018, Lleida conquered their first European title by winning after a penalty shootout the 2017–18 CERS Cup, played at home, against Portuguese team Óquei Clube de Barcelos.[5] They repeated achievement in the following season, again at home and this time defeating Italian squad Sarzana by 6–3.
Season to season edit
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Copa del Rey | Europe | |
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| 2001–02 | 1 | OK Liga | 7th | Semifinalist | ||
| 2002–03 | 1 | OK Liga | 9th | Quarterfinalist | 2 CERS Cup | RU |
| 2003–04 | 1 | OK Liga | 7th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2004–05 | 1 | OK Liga | 16th | 2 CERS Cup | R16 | |
| 2005–06 | 2 | 1ª División | 3rd | |||
| 2006–07 | 1 | OK Liga | 13th | |||
| 2007–08 | 1 | OK Liga | 11th | |||
| 2008–09 | 1 | OK Liga | 8th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2009–10 | 1 | OK Liga | 14th | |||
| 2010–11 | 2 | 1ª División | 12th | |||
| 2011–12 | 2 | 1ª División | 4th | |||
| 2012–13 | 1 | OK Liga | 7th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2013–14 | 1 | OK Liga | 13th | Quarterfinalist | 2 CERS Cup | R16 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | OK Liga | 11th | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | OK Liga | 13th | |||
| 2016–17 | 1 | OK Liga | 9th | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | OK Liga | 5th | Quarterfinalist | 2 CERS Cup | C |
| 2018–19 | 1 | OK Liga | 6th | Semifinalist | 2 WS Europe Cup | C |
Titles edit
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References edit
- ^ "Una aposta de qualitat" [A bet of quality] (PDF) (in Catalan). Mundo Deportivo. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "El Reus Deportiu d'hoquei patins s'imposa al Lleida i guanya la copa de la CERS" (in Catalan). Vila Web. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "El Lleida certifica el seu descens a la Primera Divisió tot i guanyar a la pista de l'Igualada" (in Catalan). Esport3. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "L'ICG Software Lleida lluita fins al final però cau eliminat de la Copa Cers" (in Catalan). Lleida Diari. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Lleida Lista Blava wins the 38th edition of the Cers Cup defeating OC Barcelos after penalties". CERS Rink Hockey. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.