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. The team currently competes in the Primera FEB and in the Spain Cup.
Some of its achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. Playing on the courts of Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, with a large number of teams of all categories from children to juniors, the club's youth academy has produced many players and coaches of Spanish basketball throughout its history, such as Alberto Herreros, Nacho Azofra, Aíto García Reneses, José Miguel Antúnez, Jesús Codina, José Sagi-Vela, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Fernando Martín, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Jiménez, Fran Guerra, Sergio Rodríguez, Iñaki de Miguel, Javier Beirán, Pepu Hernández, Carlos Suárez, Darío Brizuela, Jaime Fernández, Daniel Clark, Jayson Granger, Sebas Saiz or Juancho Hernangómez.
History The club Estudiantes was founded in April 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. It 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 1986, after several decades without sporting success, Estudiantes won their first Copa Príncipe de Asturias against Granollers, led by the American forward David Russell. The 1990s and 2000s would be the golden age of the college club. While competing every year in ACB and European competitions, he achieved success and won trophies. 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.Comunicado oficial Asefa Estudiantes ACB.com, 15 June 2012 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. The club's irregular sporting situation could have been resolved with more efficient management, but 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 back to the ACB and gradually resolving its financial situation. Even so, during this negative period, Estudiantes has managed to expand their trophy collection, winning the Copa Princesa de Asturias twice more against Granada (2022) and Básquet Coruña (2024). In January 2026, Estudiantes added to its list of achievements once again, winning the newly created competition, the Spain Cup, against Palencia Baloncesto, the host team of the Final Four.
Logos
Sponsorship naming Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names: No sponsorship name (1948-1971) Estudiantes Monteverde (1971–1977) No sponsorship name (1977–1978) Estudiantes Mudespa (1978–1981) Estudiantes Caja Postal (1981–1987), (1989–1992) Estudiantes Todagrés (1987–1988) Estudiantes Bose (1988–1989) Estudiantes Argentaria (1992–1997) No sponsorship name (1997–1998) Adecco Estudiantes (1998–2006) MMT Estudiantes (2006–2009) Asefa Estudiantes (2009–2013) Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes (2013–2014) Movistar Estudiantes (2014–present)
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)
Gallery
Rivalries Estudiantes has a rivalry with Real Madrid. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby (). Since 2011, both teams currently share their home arena, the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Until 2021, Estudiantes and Real Madrid, along with Joventut, were the only teams that had played all the seasons in the top tier. However, Estudiantes was relegated to LEB Oro after finishing 18th in the 2020–21 ACB season.
Players
Basketball Hall of Famers Antonio Díaz-Miguel, 1950–1952, 1953–1958, inducted 1997 Fernando Martín, 1979–1981, inducted 2007
Current roster
Depth chart
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 Jan 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 Patricio Garino Hernán 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 Alex Murphy Sasu Salin Jamar Wilson Tariq Kirksay Edwin Jackson Michel Morandais Florent Piétrus Ali Traoré Tyrone Ellis Viktor Sanikidze Fotios Lampropoulos 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 Aleksandar Cvetković 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: 2023–2025 Natxo Lezkano: 2025 Toni Ten: 2025–present
Presidents
Antonio Magariños: 1948–1964 Anselmo López: 1964 (int.) José Hermida: 1964–1971 Pedro Dellmans: 1971–1983 Juan Francisco Moneo: 1983–1998 Alejandro González Varona: 1998–2004 Juan Francisco García: 2004–2005, 2008–2014 Fernando Bermúdez: 2005–2008 Javier Tejedor: 2008 Fernando Galindo: 2014–2022 Ignacio Triana: 2022–present
Season by season