Força Lleida CE

     PresidentAlbert AliagaHead coachGerard EncuentraWebsiteflleida.cat

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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 Liga ACB league.

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 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.

Força Lleida promoted to the Liga ACB following the 2023–24 season, after beating Estudiantes in the semi-final and finished second, after they were granted a license.^[2] The 2024–25 season will mark Lleida's debut season in the Spanish top level division.^[3]

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[a]	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[b]	9–15
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	17th[c]	12–14
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	4th	25–15
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	7th	23–15
2023–24	2	LEB Oro	2nd	31–8

ICG Força Lleida roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF Bropleh, Thomas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1991-08-17)17 August 1991 SG Caicedo, Michael 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003 SG Hasbrouck, Kenny 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 38 – (1986-08-14)14 August 1986 C Madsen, Alexander 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 PF Oriola, Pierre 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1992-09-25)25 September 1992 SF Paulí, Oriol 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1994-05-20)20 May 1994 PG Villar, Rafa 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2004-08-09)9 August 2004 PG Walden, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992	Head coach Gerard Encuentra Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Alexander Madsen
PF	Pierre Oriola *
SF	Oriol Paulí *
SG	Thomas Bropleh	Kenny Hasbrouck	Michael Caicedo *
PG	Corey Walden	Rafa Villar *

† indicates an overseas player.

* indicates a "cupo" player.

In compliance with ACB's homegrown player policy, only 2 overseas players can be in the roster for every given match, with the exception of those holding a European citizenship, or from any country with an association treaty, such as the Cotonou Agreement. In addition to that, at least 4 of the players in a 12 or more player roster must "cupo" players (i.e., they are Spanish, or must have been in the youth systems of a Spanish club for at least 3 years).^[4]

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

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 Diogo Brito Michael Carey Michael Carrera Leo Demetrio Fran Guerra Volodymyr Gerun Kregor Hermet

Mike Karena Kur Kuath Eddy Polanco Esben Reinholt Luka Rupnik Thomas Schreiner Amadou Sidibé Nacho Varela Kaspars Vecvagars Javi Vega

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.

ICG Força Lleida roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF Biczó, Laura 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2000-12-22)22 December 2000 SF Cerqueda, Maria 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998 SF Fernández, Carla 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-11-06)6 November 2001 PF Gil, Laura 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 23 – (2001-07-02)2 July 2001 PF Mertz, Clara 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2000-06-26)26 June 2000 PG Rexach, Abril (C) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-04-27)27 April 1999 PG Rudzka, Justyna 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 23 – (2000-12-24)24 December 2000 SF Tribó, Iris 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-11-17)17 November 1999	Head coach Rubén Petrus Legend (C) Team captain Injured

• Federación Española de Baloncesto
• Official Força Lleida website