Club Deportivo Estela is a

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team based in

Torrelavega Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

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History

Estela was founded in 1999 in

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. In June 2011, the team tried to be promoted into one of the vacant berths in

LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated t ...

, but the club continues playing at Liga EBA due to a lack of funds. However, after several years being so close to promote to LEB Plata, the club achieved a vacant berth after the expansion of the league from 16 to 24 teams. In March 2020, the club announced the relocation from Santander to

Current roster

Season by season

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Estela Basketball teams in Cantabria Sport in Santander, Spain Liga EBA teams Torrelavega