UNES FC Barcelona

UNES FC Barcelona
Leagues 1ª División
Founded 1967
History CE Institut Guttmann
(1967–2001)
FC Barcelona-Institut Guttmann
(2001–2007)
FC Barcelona
(2007–2009)
UNES FC Barcelona
(2009–present)
Arena Pavelló Municipal Juan Carlos Navarro
Location Sant Feliu de Llobregat,
Catalonia, Spain
Team colors Blue, Maroon, Yellow
              
Website unes.cat
Uniforms

UNES FC Barcelona is a Spanish wheelchair basketball team. It is part of both the FC Barcelona family and the UNES Unió Esportiva.

History

From 2001 until 2009, the team agreed collaboration terms with Fundació Institut Guttmann. The latter is a hospital in Catalonia that provides treatment and rehabilitation for people with spinal injury, brain damage, and other neurological disabilities. It is named after Dr. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, founder of the Paralympics and a pioneer of wheelchair sports. Club Esportiu Institut Guttmann was founded in 1967 and is the oldest disabled sports club in Spain. As well as a basketball team it also has boccia, hockey, and wheelchair tennis teams, and promotes athletics, weightlifting, archery, and table tennis.

In 2009, UNES Unió Esportiva collaborates with FC Barcelona which manages the main wheelchair basketball squad.[1]

In 2011, the club resigned to its berth in División de Honor, where it competed since 2000.[2]

FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman 2006–07 roster

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePosCopa del Rey
2000–011Div. Honor10 N/A
2001–021Div. Honor6 Quarterfinalist
2002–031Div. Honor7 Quarterfinalist
2003–041Div. Honor7 Quarterfinalist
2004–051Div. Honor4 Quarterfinalist
2005–061Div. Honor6 Quarterfinalist
2006–071Div. Honor6 4th position
2007–081Div. Honor4 4th position
2008–091Div. Honor3 4th position
2009–101Div. Honor9 N/A
2010–111Div. Honor9 N/A
2011–1231ª División1 N/A
2012–132Div. Honor B5 N/A
2013–1421ª División2 N/A
2014–1521ª División4 N/A
2015–1621ª División3 N/A

References

  1. ↑ History of UNES Unió Esportiva (in Catalan)
  2. ↑ CAI Deporte Adaptado vuelve a la División de Honor de Baloncesto en Silla de Ruedas; CAI Deporte Adaptado, 16 August 2001
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