Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto

Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto Alicante, also known as HLA Alicante for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Alicante, Valencian Community.

Fundación Lucentum
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	June 17, 2015
Arena	Pabellón Pedro Ferrándiz
Location	Alicante, Valencian Community
Team colors	White, Blue, Navy Blue
President	Antonio Gallego
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Zapata
Championships	1 Copa LEB Plata
Website	fundacionlucentum.com
Home Away

History

The club was founded on 17 June 2015 with the aim to save the basketball in the city after the financial problems of the main club CB Lucentum.[1]

Fundación Lucentum made its debut in the 2015–16 LEB Plata season after receiving the spot of CB Lucentum.[2] On 23 December 2018, the club achieved their first title after defeating 86–68 CB Zamora in the Copa LEB Plata, played during the 2018–19 season.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions
2015–16	3	LEB Plata	7th	16–12
2016–17	3	LEB Plata	7th	22–13	Copa LEB Plata	RU
2017–18	3	LEB Plata	3rd	29–14
2018–19	3	LEB Plata	1st	28-6	Copa LEB Plata	C
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	4th[lower-alpha 1]	16–8

1. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Current roster

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

HLA Alicante roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age C 45 Bilbao, Jorge 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – 27 June 1995 PF 57 Galán, Álex 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – 12 September 1999 PF 11 Gjuroski, Stojan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – 6 November 1991 SG 25 Huertas, Rafa 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – 2 August 1984 PG 9 Llompart, Pedro 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 39 – 9 January 1982 SF 15 Martínez, Edu 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – 5 May 1990 SF 5 Ortega, Chumi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – 13 August 1997 PG 3 Pitts, Justin 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – 26 October 1994 PF 12 Rodríguez, Samuel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – 2 August 1997 SG 23 Urtasun, Txemi 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – 30 April 1984 C 6 Zohore, Jonas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – 6 July 1991	Head coach Pedro Rivero Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jonas Zohore	Jorge Bilbao
PF	Stojan Gjuroski	Álex Galán	Samuel Rodríguez
SF	Chumi Ortega	Edu Martínez
SG	Txemi Urtasun	Rafa Huertas
PG	Pedro Llompart	Justin Pitts

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

Trophies

• Copa LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2018

References

1. "Mañana nace la Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto Alicante" (in Spanish). Lucentum Blogging. 16 June 2015.
2. "La Fundación Lucentum toma el relevo del CB Lucentum" (in Spanish). Dario Información. 5 August 2015.

External links

• Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto Official Website