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
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	2012 (2012)
Arena	Barris Nord
Location	Lleida, Catalonia
Team colors	Bordeaux, Blue and White
President	Albert Aliaga
Head coach	Gerard Encuentra
Website	flleida.cat
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History

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

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	2	LEB Oro	7th	13–18
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	10th	11–15
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	5th	18–15
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	16th	9–21
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	10th	18–16
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	16th	12–22
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	11th	16–18
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	15th	9–15
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	17th	12–14
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	4th	25–15
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	7th	23–15

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 0 Brito, Diogo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 PF 1 Castellnou, David  2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2004-05-09)9 May 2004 SF 6 Cuéllar, David (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-09-08)8 September 1997 SG 41 Hasbrouck, Kenny 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1986-08-14)14 August 1986 C 23 Kuath, Kur 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998 C 25 Krutwig, Cameron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1998-12-21)21 December 1998 SG 13 Lobo, Jaume 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997 SF 3 Matulionis, Osvaldas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 C 26 Ogunsipe, Marvin  2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 PF 33 Simeunović, Đorđe 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 PG 24 Varela, Nacho 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2000-01-24)24 January 2000 PF 10 Vega, Javi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 PG 4 Villar, Rafa 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2004-08-09)9 August 2004	Head coach Gerard Encuentra Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2		Inactive
C	Kur Kuath	Cameron Krutwig			Marvin Ogunsipe
PF	Đorđe Simeunović	Javi Vega			David Castellnou
SF	Osvaldas Matulionis	Diogo Brito	David Cuéllar
SG	Kenny Hasbrouck	Jaume Lobo
PG	Rafa Villar	Nacho Varela

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

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Lliga Catalana LEB: (3)
  • 2012, 2022, 2023

Notable players

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.

Emmanuel Andújar Víctor Arteaga Ibou Badji Michael Carey Michael Carrera Leo Demetrio Fran Guerra Volodymyr Gerun Kregor Hermet

Mike Karena Pierre Oriola Eddy Polanco Esben Reinholt Luka Rupnik Thomas Schreiner Amadou Sidibé Kaspars Vecvagars

See also: Category:Força Lleida CE players

Women's team

Força Lleida CE has also a women's team which was founded in 2023 and plays in Liga Femenina 2, the Spanish women's basketball third tier.

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age C 18 Boladeres, Judit 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 SF 5 Cerqueda, Maria 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998 PG 3 Comella, Pilar 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-06-07)7 June 1995 SF 14 Fernández, Carla 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-11-06)6 November 2001 PF 9 Gil, Laura 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 22 – (2001-07-02)2 July 2001 PG 16 Maza, Milagros 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 21 – (2003-03-03)3 March 2003 SF 7 Peña, Cristina 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 33 – (1990-07-15)15 July 1990 PG 4 Rexach, Abril (C) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 24 – (1999-04-27)27 April 1999 C 23 Traoré, Aya 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 40 – (1983-07-27)27 July 1983 SF 11 Tribó, Iris 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-11-17)17 November 1999 PF 20 Vilches, Magalí 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 21 – (2002-06-01)1 June 2002	Head coach Rubén Petrus Legend (C) Team captain Injured

External links

• Federación Española de Baloncesto
• Official Força Lleida website