Club Esportiu Lleida Basquetbol is a professional basketball team based in Lleida, Catalonia and plays in the Barris Nord, in Liga EBA league. The club born in the summer of 1997 like a need of unify the basketball in Lleida, with the origin of Maristes team, that played in the Second National Division. The team spend two seasons in the EBA League linked by Bàsquet Manresa and under the name of Baró de Maials. Caprabo Lleida (the new name of the team) jump to the LEB League in 1999 and to the ACB League in 2001. Under the name of Plus Pujol Lleida, the club returns to LEB League in 2005. In 2009, is relegated to EBA League due economic problems and changed the name to Avantmèdic Lleida. [edit] History [edit] ULEB era In the 2002/03 season, Caprabo Lleida started playing the ULEB Cup. The team ranked second in the group round with a record of 6-4, the same as Varese (Italy), first. In the first round, Caprabo won Ural Great (Russia) but in the second lost with Krka Novo Mesto (Slovenia). In the 2003/04 season, the team played again ULEB Cup by invitation. Caprabo ranked first in the group round with a record of 8-2. In the first round, the theam won Makedonikos (Greece) but they lost again in the second round, this time against Estudiantes (Spain). [edit] Trophies [edit] Season-by-season records Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win–Loss % | Season | W | L | % | Playoffs | Results | | Oli Baró de Maials | | EBA 1997-98 | 18 | 8 | .692 | Lost EBA First Round | Ferrol 3, Lleida 2 | | EBA 1998-99 | 12 | 18 | .400 | | | | Caprabo Lleida | | LEB 1999-00 | 19 | 11 | .633 | Won LEB First Round
Lost LEB Semifinals | Lleida 3, Tenerife 2
Alicante 3, Lleida 2 | | LEB 2000-01 | 22 | 8 | .733 | Won LEB First Round
Won LEB Semifinals
Won LEB Finals | Lleida 3, Cajasur 0
Lleida 3, Manresa 1
versus Granada | | ACB 2001-02 | 19 | 15 | .558 | Lost ACB First Round | FC Barcelona 3, Lleida 1 | | ACB 2002-03 | 16 | 18 | .470 | | | | ULEB 2002-03 | 6 | 4 | .600 | Won ULEB First Round
Lost ULEB Second Round | versus Ural Great
versus Krka Novo Mesto | | ACB 2003-04 | 13 | 21 | .382 | | | | ULEB 2003-04 | 8 | 2 | .800 | Won ULEB First Round
Lost ULEB Second Round | versus Makedonikos
versus Estudiantes | | Plus Pujol Lleida | | ACB 2004-05 | 8 | 26 | .235 | | | | LEB 2005-06 | 14 | 20 | .411 | | | | LEB 2006-07 | 17 | 17 | .500 | | | | LEB Oro 2007-08 | 19 | 15 | .559 | Lost LEB Oro First Round | Tenerife 2, Lleida 1 | | LEB Oro 2008-09 | 18 | 16 | .529 | | | | Avantmèdic Lleida | | EBA 2009-10 | 3 | 3 | .500 | | | | Totals | 212 | 202 | .512 | | | | Playoffs | 20 | 19 | .513 | | | [edit] Roster | | | Players | Coaches | | Pos. | # | Nat. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | | 4.0 PF | 4 | Spain  | Aparicio, Iván | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | | | 2.0 SG | 6 | Spain | Saiz, Rubén | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | | | 5.0 C | 7 | Spain | Villacampa, Edu | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | | | 2.0 SG | 8 | Argentina  | Sutina, Juampi | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | | | 1.0 PG | 9 | Spain | Jorge, Oriol | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | | | 1.0 PG | 11 | Spain | López, Pau | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | | | 4.0 PF | 13 | Spain | Muñoz, Jordi | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | | | 3.5 F | 14 | Spain | Villegas, Sergi | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | | | 3.5 F | 15 | Côte d'Ivoire  | Konan, Serge | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | | | 4.0 PF | 16 | Spain | Solà, Pau | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | | | 2.0 SG | 18 | Spain | Solsona, Edgar | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | | | 4.0 PF | 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | Koutouan, Wilfried | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | | | 2.0 SG | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Hadanzić, Almir | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | | | - Head coach
- Josep Maria Torres
- Assistant coach(es)
- Sergi Llurba
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (*) Playing only in Euroleague
 Injured
Roster • updated 2009-09-01 | [edit] Current season [edit] Retired numbers [edit] Records [edit] Career Statistical Leaders - Games - Jaume Comas (313)
- Field Goals Made - AJ Bramlett (834)
- Field Goals Attempted - AJ Bramlett (1,530)
- 3-Point Field Goals Made - Berni Álvarez (264)
- 3-Point Field Goals Attempted - Berni Álvarez (683)
- Free Throws Made - Jaume Comas (642)
- Free Throws Attempted - Jaume Comas (899)
- Rebounds - AJ Bramlett (1,112)
- Assists - Jaume Comas (770)
- Blocked Shots - AJ Bramlett and Michael Ruffin (138)
- Points - Jaume Comas (2,495)
[edit] Team Records -
- 115 - versus Abeconsa Ferrol (115-66) on November 3, 2000
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- Largest Margin of Victory in a Game
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- 49 - versus Abeconsa Ferrol (115-66) on November 3, 2000
- Largest Margin of Defeat in a Game
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- 7 from March 9, 2002, to April 24, 2002
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- 7 from November 15, 2003 to January 3, 2004
- 7 from January 30, 2005 to March 26, 2005
- 7 from October 29, 2005 to December 4, 2005
[edit] Coaches As of October 31, 2009. Only competitive matches are counted. | Name | Nat | From | To | Record | | P | W | L | % | | Pere Romero | | September 1997 | September 1999 | 61 | 32 | 29 | 52.46% | | Eduard Torres | | September 1999 | December 2003 | 185 | 105 | 80 | 56.76% | | Miquel Domingo | | December 2003 | December 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | | Aleksandar Petrović |  | December 2003 | December 2004 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 42.5% | | Paco García | | December 2004 | May 2005 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 23.81% | | Andreu Casadevall | | May 2005 | September 2006 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 38.89% | | Josep Maria Torres | | September 2006 | October 2006 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.33% | | Eduard Torres | | October 2006 | June 2009 | 100 | 54 | 46 | 54% | | Josep Maria Torres | | June 2009 | Present | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | [edit] Former players with NBA experience [edit] Top game players [edit] External links |
