Força Lleida CE

Força Lleida
Leagues LEB Oro
Founded 2012 (2012)
Arena Barris Nord
Location Lleida, Catalonia
Team colors Black, White and Orange
              
President Félix González
Head coach Jorge Serna
Website flleida.cat
Uniforms

Força Lleida Club Esportiu is a professional basketball team based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain and plays in the Barris Nord, in LEB Oro league.

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 achievied 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
  1. ↑ 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.

Força Lleida roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 15 Spain Brià, Nil 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (1997-03-14)14 March 1997
PG 8 Spain Chapela, Adrián 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1994-04-16)16 April 1994
SF 7 Serbia Đuran, Filip 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991
C 31 Senegal Fall, Massine 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
SF 10 Spain Feliu, Miquel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1985-05-17)17 May 1985
PF 0 United Kingdom Kyei, Obi 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (1994-12-03)3 December 1994
C 12 Senegal Mbaye, Ablaye 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1990-06-13)13 June 1990
SG 42 Spain Quintela, Sergi 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (1996-04-21)21 April 1996
SG 9 Spain Sierra, Fernando 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (1995-05-06)6 May 1995
PF 6 United States Stutz, Eric 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1992-09-09)9 September 1992
PG 3 United States Turner, Robert 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1993-08-04)4 August 1993
Head coach
  • Spain Jorge Serna
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Ablaye Mbaye Massine Fall
PF Obi Kyei Eric Stutz Juan Oliva
SF Filip Đuran Miquel Feliu Nil Brià Víctor Vinós
SG Sergi Quintela Fernando Sierra Jordi Bergadà
PG Robert Turner Adrián Chapela Albert Lafuente

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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