Hockey Club Liceo (also known as Deportivo Liceo for sponsorship reasons) is a Spanish

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club based in

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. Founded in 1972, Liceo is the only team from outside

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to have won the Spanish league.

History

Founded in 1972 at the school Liceo La Paz, the club achieved the promotion to the first division in only seven years. In the 1980–81 season, only their second at the top tier, the club ended in the third position and secured the qualification to the

World Skate Europe Cup The WSE Cup is an annual European club roller hockey competition organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey The World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey,Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

. In 1983 Liceo won their first

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and later, the club would win two consecutive European Cups in 1987 and 1988. The golden years of the club ended in the 1990s with six national leagues, eight cups and three European Cups. At the end of the 1990s the club starts a decline of results, winning no titles for several years until the European League of 2003. Years later, the club grew again until it returned to the European elite by winning the European Leagues of

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and

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and, later, the

2012–13 OK Liga The 2012–13 season of the OK Liga was the 44th season of top-tier rink hockey in Spain. Coinasa Liceo won the championship by a single point difference. It was its seventh overall title and the first since 1992–93 season. Teams Standin ...

. In 2016, the women's team would make their debut in the

OK Liga Femenina OK Liga Femenina is a Spanish rink hockey league for women. It has been held since 2008 and is the women's version of the men's OK Liga. History The OK Liga Femenina was created in 2008. In its first edition, it was played without Catalan team ...

. Liceo promoted also in 2014, but in that time, refused to play in the Spanish women's roller hockey first division. In 2016 and 2018 the men's team enlarged their list of trophies by winning the

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Season to season

Trophies

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: 8 **1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2012–13, 2021–22 *

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: 10 **1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2021 *

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: 3 **2016, 2018, 2021 *

European League The WSE Champions League is an annual club roller hockey competition organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey and contested by teams from the top-ranked European leagues. The current champions are Italian side Trissino, which secured their ...

: 6 **1987, 1988, 1992, 2003,

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: 2 **1990, 1996 * Continental Cup: 6 **1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2012 * Intercontinental Cup: 5 **1987, 1989, 1993, 2004, 2012 * Ciudad de Vigo Tournament: 13 **1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005, 2006

Notable players

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* Carlos Gil *

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* Daniel Martinazzo *

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Jordi Bargalló Jordi Bargalló i Poch (born 5 December 1979, in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia) is a Spanish Roller hockey (quad), rink hockey player. He plays as a midfielder. Club career Bargalló first played at Noia Freixenet, from 1997/98 to 2001/02, where he won ...

* Mario Agüero * Mario Rubio * Martín Payero * Pablo Álvarez * Ramón Canalda * Reinaldo García * Ricardo Barreiros *

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* Willy Duarte

References

External links

HC Coinasa Liceo Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liceo Spanish rink hockey clubs Sport in A Coruña Sports clubs established in 1972 Sports teams in Galicia (Spain) Deportivo de La Coruña