CB Estudiantes

Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., (English: Club Basketball Students) known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain.

Some of its achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth programme that has produced many Spanish talents over the years such as Alberto Herreros, Nacho Azofra, Aíto García Reneses, Fernando Martín, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Jiménez, Sergio Rodríguez, Iñaki de Miguel, Pepu Hernández or Juancho Hernangómez.

History
The club Estudiantes was founded in 1948 by a group of students (the "Estudiantes") of a public preparatory school (the Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, IRM) in Madrid to form a team to practice sport during the school recesses. Mr. Antonio Magariños, Professor of Latin and head of studies of the high school, was the first president of the club. He held the position until 1964. From 1949 it has played in the maximum category of the Spanish basketball. By the time when the first Spanish-wide season-long championship was organized in 1955, by the Spanish Basketball Association (FEB), it was one of the six clubs participating in that tournament, as the second best team from the Province of Madrid (the first being Real Madrid. Until 2021, it had always participated in the premier Spanish basketball league along with Real Madrid and Joventut. It was also one of two only Spanish basketball clubs with teams both at the top male and female Spanish championships. In May 1963, Estudiantes won their first trophy, the Spanish Cup, against Real Madrid. In April 1992, a month after winning his second Spanish Cup against CAI Zaragoza, Estudiantes reached the 1992 EuroLeague Final Four in Istanbul, finishing in 4th place. It was his Annus mirabilis. In March 1999, the team played his only European final, in the 1998–99 Korać Cup, by defeated by FC Barcelona. In January 2000, Estu won his third Spanish Cup against Valencia, the last one until today. In the 2003–04 ACB season, it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win against FC Barcelona.

In May 2012, after several irregular seasons, marked by a bad economic situation, Estudiantes was relegated for the first time in its history from the top tier of Spanish basketball, but remained in the league because LEB Oro champion CB 1939 Canarias didn't present the required documentation and money. In May 2016, again, the team was relegated, but remained in the ACB because champion Palencia Baloncesto didn't present the required documentation and money. Finally, after several relatively stable years, the team's relegation was completed during the coronavirus pandemic in May 2021. Since then, Estu remains in LEB Oro, fighting for promotion and returning to the ACB.

Sponsorship naming
Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names:

Home arenas

 * La Nevera (The IRM Arena): (1948–71)
 * Polideportivo Antonio Magariños: (1971–87)
 * Palacio Vistalegre: (2001–2005)
 * Madrid Arena: (2005–2010)
 * Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid: (1987–2001, 2010–present)

Rivalries
Estudiantes has a rivalry with Real Madrid. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby.

Basketball Hall of Famers

 * Antonio Díaz-Miguel, F, 1950–1952, 1953–1958, Inducted 1997

Notable players

 * 🇪🇸 José Miguel Antúnez
 * 🇪🇸 Víctor Arteaga
 * 🇪🇸 Nacho Azofra
 * 🇪🇸 Javier Beirán
 * 🇪🇸 Darío Brizuela
 * 🇪🇸 Jesús Codina
 * 🇪🇸🇦🇩 Quino Colom
 * 🇪🇸 Rodrigo de la Fuente
 * 🇪🇸 Iñaki de Miguel
 * 🇪🇸 Antonio Díaz-Miguel
 * 🇪🇸 Miguel Estrada
 * 🇪🇸 Jaime Fernández
 * 🇪🇸🇻🇪 Germán Gabriel
 * 🇪🇸 Aíto García Reneses
 * 🇪🇸 Fran Guerra
 * 🇪🇸 Juancho Hernangómez
 * 🇪🇸 Alberto Herreros
 * 🇪🇸 Iker Iturbe
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Jiménez
 * 🇪🇸 Oriol Junyent
 * 🇪🇸 Antonio Martín
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Martín
 * 🇪🇸 Nacho Martín
 * 🇪🇸 Juan Antonio Martínez
 * 🇪🇸 Javier Mendiburu
 * 🇪🇸 Albert Oliver
 * 🇪🇸 Juan Antonio Orenga
 * 🇪🇸 Xavi Rabaseda
 * 🇪🇸 Vicente Ramos
 * 🇪🇸 Xavi Rey
 * 🇪🇸 Alfonso Reyes
 * 🇪🇸 Felipe Reyes
 * 🇪🇸 Sergio Rodríguez
 * 🇪🇸 Guille Rubio
 * 🇪🇸 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela
 * 🇪🇸 José Sagi-Vela
 * 🇪🇸 Javi Salgado
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Suárez
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Vecina
 * 🇪🇸 Édgar Vicedo
 * 🇦🇷🇮🇹 Pancho Jasen
 * 🇦🇷🇮🇹 Nicolás Laprovíttola
 * 🇦🇷🇪🇸 Federico Van Lacke
 * 🇦🇹🇮🇱🇺🇸 Sylven Landesberg
 * 🇦🇿🇺🇸 Nik Caner-Medley
 * 🇧🇪 Yannick Driesen
 * 🇧🇦🇺🇸John Roberson
 * 🇧🇷 Lucas Nogueira
 * 🇧🇷 Caio Torres
 * 🇧🇬 Dejan Ivanov
 * 🇨🇦 Carl English
 * 🇨🇦 Levon Kendall
 * 🇨🇦 Philip Scrubb
 * Nacho Arroyo
 * 🇨🇴🇪🇸 Hansel Atencia
 * 🇨🇴🇪🇸 Juan Palacios
 * Junior Etou
 * Marko Banić
 * Danko Cvjetičanin
 * Željko Šakić
 * 🇺🇸 Goran Suton
 * 🇨🇿 Ondřej Balvín
 * 🇨🇿 Jiří Welsch
 * Kevin Larsen
 * 🇩🇴🇺🇸 Josh Asselin
 * 🇩🇴 Ángel Delgado
 * 🇩🇴🇺🇸 Luis Flores
 * 🇫🇮🇺🇸 Jamar Wilson
 * 🇫🇷🇺🇸 Tariq Kirksay
 * 🇫🇷 Edwin Jackson
 * 🇫🇷 Michel Morandais
 * 🇫🇷 Florent Piétrus
 * 🇫🇷 Ali Traoré
 * 🇺🇸 Tyrone Ellis
 * Viktor Sanikidze
 * 🇮🇹 Pietro Aradori
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Gentile
 * Mārtiņš Laksa
 * Toms Leimanis
 * Dovydas Giedraitis
 * 🇲🇰🇺🇸 Shayne Whittington
 * 🇲🇪🇺🇸 Omar Cook
 * 🇲🇪 Nemanja Đurišić
 * 🇲🇪 Goran Nikolić
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas de Jong
 * 🇳🇴 Torgeir Bryn
 * 🇳🇴 Karamo Jawara
 * 🇵🇦🇪🇸 Rubén Garcés
 * J. J. Barea
 * Gian Clavell
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Mikhailov
 * 🇸🇳🇪🇸 Sitapha Savané
 * Aleksa Avramović
 * Stefan Birčević
 * Nemanja Dangubić
 * 🇪🇸 Nikola Lončar
 * Petar Popović
 * Vladimir Štimac
 * 🇸🇮 Domen Lorbek
 * 🇸🇮 Uroš Slokar
 * 🇸🇮 Samo Udrih
 * 🇸🇰 Martin Rančík
 * 🇸🇪 Ludvig Håkanson
 * Daniel Clark
 * 🇺🇦 Vitaly Potapenko
 * 🇮🇹 Jayson Granger
 * 🇻🇪 Michael Carrera
 * 🇺🇸 Gary Alexander
 * 🇺🇸 Corey Brewer
 * 🇺🇸 Alec Brown
 * 🇺🇸 Louis Bullock
 * 🇺🇸 Vonteego Cummings
 * 🇺🇸 Johnny Dee
 * 🇺🇸 Toney Douglas
 * 🇺🇸🇧🇿 Marlon Garnett
 * 🇺🇸 Keith Jennings
 * 🇺🇸 Adam Keefe
 * 🇺🇸🇸🇮 Kyle Kuric
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Lofton
 * 🇺🇸 Will McDonald
 * 🇺🇸 Tony Mitchell
 * 🇺🇸 Andrae Patterson
 * 🇺🇸 John Pinone
 * 🇺🇸 Phil Pressey
 * 🇺🇸 David Russell
 * 🇺🇸 Walker Russell
 * 🇺🇸🇧🇬 Cedric Simmons
 * 🇺🇸 Terry Stotts
 * 🇺🇸 Ron Taylor
 * 🇺🇸 Shaun Vandiver
 * 🇺🇸 Glen Whisby
 * 🇺🇸 Eric White
 * 🇺🇸 Harper Williams
 * 🇺🇸 Rickie Winslow
 * 🇺🇸 Antoine Wright

Head coach

 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Laborde: 1948–1949, 1953–1955, 1956
 * 🇪🇸 Miguel Parrilla: 1949–1951
 * 🇪🇸 Leopoldo Bermúdez: 1951–1953
 * 🇪🇸 Víctor Díaz: 1955–1956
 * 🇪🇸 Héctor Rodríguez: 1956 (int.)
 * 🇪🇸 José Antonio Garrido: 1956–1957
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Bermúdez: 1957, 1959–1960, 1974–1975
 * 🇪🇸 Emilio Tejada: 1957–1958
 * 🇪🇸 Ramón Uturbi: 1958–1959
 * 🇪🇸 Jaime Bolea: 1960–1963
 * 🇪🇸 Jesús Codina: 1963–1964, 1973–1974, 1979–1981
 * 🇪🇸 Francisco Hernández: 1964–1965
 * 🇪🇸 Ignacio Pinedo: 1965–1973
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Bermúdez: 1975–1976
 * 🇪🇸 José Ramón Ramos: 1976–1979
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Martínez Arroyo: 1979
 * 🇪🇸 Antonio Gómez Carra: 1981–1983
 * 🇪🇸 Paco Garrido: 1983–1988
 * 🇪🇸 Miguel Ángel Martín: 1988–1994
 * 🇪🇸 Pepu Hernández: 1994–2001, 2001–2005, 2011–2012
 * 🇪🇸 Charly Sáinz de Aja: 2001
 * 🇪🇸 Juan Antonio Orenga: 2005–2006
 * 🇪🇸 Pedro Martínez: 2006–2007
 * 🇪🇸 Mariano de Pablos: 2007
 * 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 Javier Carlos González: 2007 (int.)
 * Velimir Perasović: 2007–2008
 * 🇪🇸 Luis Casimiro: 2008–2011
 * 🇪🇸 Trifón Poch: 2012
 * 🇪🇸 Txus Vidorreta: 2012–2015
 * 🇪🇸 Diego Ocampo: 2015–2016
 * 🇪🇸 Alberto Lorenzo: 2016 (int.), 2023
 * 🇪🇸 Sergio Valdeolmillos: 2016
 * 🇪🇸 Salva Maldonado: 2016–2018
 * 🇪🇸 Josep Maria Berrocal: 2018–2019
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandar Džikić: 2019–2020
 * 🇪🇸 Javier Zamora: 2020–2021
 * 🇪🇸 Jota Cuspinera: 2021–2022
 * 🇪🇸 Diego Epifanio: 2022
 * 🇪🇸 Javi Rodríguez: 2022–2023
 * 🇪🇸 Pedro Rivero: 2023–present

Presidents

 * Antonio Magariños: 1948–1964
 * Anselmo López: 1964 (int.)
 * José Hermida: 1964–1971
 * Pedro Dellmans: 1971–1983
 * Juan Francisco Moneo: 1983–1999
 * Alejandro González Varona: 1999–2004
 * Juan Francisco García: 2004–2005
 * Fernando Bermúdez: 2005–2008
 * Javier Tejedor: 2008
 * Juan Francisco García: 2008–2014
 * Fernando Galindo: 2014–2022
 * Ignacio Triana: 2022–present

Domestic competitions

 * Liga ACB
 * Runners-up (4): 1962–63, 1967–68, 1980–81, 2003–04


 * Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spanish King's Cup)
 * Winners (3): 1963, 1992, 2000
 * Runners-up (4): 1962, 1973, 1975, 1991


 * Copa Princesa de Asturias (Spanish Princess' Cup)
 * Winners (3): 1986, 2022, 2024

European competitions

 * EuroLeague
 * 4th place (1): 1991–92
 * Final Four (1): 1992


 * FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
 * Semifinalists (2): 1973–74, 1975–76


 * FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
 * Runners-up (1): 1998–99


 * EuroCup Basketball
 * Semifinalists (2): 2002–03, 2003–04


 * FIBA EuroChallenge (defunct)
 * 4th place (1): 2006–07
 * Final Four (1): 2007

Other competitions

 * FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)
 * Winners (1):1992
 * 4th place (4): 1972, 1974, 1975, 1993


 * Torneo Comunidad de Madrid (defunct)
 * Winners (8): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003


 * Albacete, Spain Invitational Game
 * Winners (1): 2014


 * Torneo Ciudad de Getafe
 * Winners (1): 2019

Individual awards
Spanish Cup MVP
 * Juan Antonio Orenga – 1991
 * John Pinone – 1992
 * Alfonso Reyes – 2000

ACB Rising Star
 * Sergio Rodríguez – 2005
 * Carlos Suárez – 2006
 * Juancho Hernangómez – 2016

ACB Slam Dunk Champion
 * David Russell – 1986, 1987
 * Rickie Winslow – 1990
 * Chandler Thompson – 1996, 1998

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion
 * Danko Cvjetičanin – 1993
 * Keith Jennings – 1996

All-ACB First Team
 * Carlos Jiménez – 2006
 * Carlos Suárez – 2010
 * Nik Caner-Medley – 2011
 * Edwin Jackson – 2017
 * Sylven Landesberg – 2018

Spanish Princess' Cup MVP
 * David Russell – 1986
 * Álex Urtasun – 2022
 * Alec Wintering – 2024

Women's team
CB Estudiantes has also a women's team which was founded in 1989 and played during several seasons in Liga Femenina, the Spanish women's basketball top tier. It currently plays in Liga Femenina.