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Revision as of 07:33, 5 January 2022

Real Estelí
Real Estelí logo
NicknameEl Tren del Norte (The Train of the North)
Leagues Liga Superior de Baloncesto
BCL Americas
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
HistoryReal Estelí Baloncesto
2018–present
ArenaAlexis Arguello Sports Complex
Capacity8,057
LocationEstelí, Nicaragua
PresidentFidel Moreno
Head coachDavid Rosario
Championships3 (2019, 2020, 2021)
Websiterealestelifc.com/basket

Template:Real Estelí sections Real Estelí Baloncesto is a Nicaraguan basketball team based in Estelí. Founded in 2018, it is the basketball section of the Real Estelí FC football club, which was founded in 1959. The team entered the Liga Superio de Baloncesto (LSB) for its debut season in 2018 season.[1] The team's home arena is the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, which was opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 8,057 people.[2]

History

The first game of the team in the LSB was played on 9 February 2018 against Leones de Managua.

In 2019, head coach David Rosario took over the team. Before he joined Estelí, Rosario had been a the three-time Baloncesto Superior Nacional champion with Capitanes de Arecibo.[3] In the same year, Real Estelí played in the inaugural season of the newly founded, Basketball Champions League Americas.[4] Real reached the quarterfinals. A year later, the team won its first LSB championship after defeating Brumas de Jinotega in the playoff finals.

In April 2021, Real Estelí played in the Final Eight of the 2020–21 BCL Americas and hosted the tournament in Managua. The team managed to reach the final for the first time in club history,[5] where it narrowly lost to Flamengo 80–84.[6]

Real Estelí qualified for the 2021–22 BCL Americas season, which was its fourth in a row. El Tren del Norte was allotted into Group A alongside Cangrejeros de Santurce and the Edmonton Stingers.[3]

On 3 December 2021, the club repeated as LSB champions after beating Brunas de Jinotega in the final.

Honours

National

Liga Superior de Baloncesto

  • Champions (3): 2019, 2020, 2021

International

BCL Americas

Liga Centroamericana

  • Winners (1): 2018

Players

Main category: Real Estelí Baloncesto players

Current roster

Real Estelí roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 0 Puerto Rico De Jesus, Jezreel 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – (1991-05-05)5 May 1991
PG 4 Nicaragua Hodgson, Sharlon 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 30 – (1994-01-07)7 January 1994
SF 7 Nicaragua Cacho, Dalton 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-08-22)22 August 1993
C 23 Nicaragua Lopez, Bartel 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 35 – (1989-10-27)27 October 1989
C 28 Puerto Rico Romero, Ismael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-06-23)23 June 1991
G/F 29 Nicaragua Garth, Francisco 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-03-14)14 March 1999
F 32 Puerto Rico Balkman, Renaldo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 40 – (1984-07-14)14 July 1984
F/C 35 Nicaragua Campbell, Jensen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-02-17)17 February 1998
SG 44 Puerto Rico Mojica, Javier 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 40 – (1984-08-31)31 August 1984
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 9 June 2021

In international competitions

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

BCL Americas

Below are all the seasons of Real Estelí in the BCL Americas competition.

Season Round W L W%
2019–20 Quarterfinals 5 2 .714
2021 Silver Runners-up 6 3 .667
2021–22 TBD –
Total 0 Titles 11 5 .688

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

References

  1. ^ "Real Estelí debutará en torneo de baloncesto - Metro". Metro Nicaragua. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b Real Estelí lleva su sabor boricua a la Basketball Champions League Giovanny Vega (El Vocero), 12 September 2021. Accessed 3 January 2022.(in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Real Esteli reaches BCLAmericas Final for first time in club history". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Flamengo wins 2021 BCLAmericas Championship". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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