Real Madrid Baloncesto B (English: Real Madrid Basketball B) is the

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. The team currently plays in the

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level 4th tier level league of Spain, the

Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered ...

History

The

was founded in 1955, as CB Fiesta Alegre, but it had played games since 1931. Fiesta Alegre was also known later as, Club Hesperia. With this name it played during three seasons, in the

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, the top-tier level Spanish league, and in a final of the

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 ...

(Spanish Cup). Hesperia was the only reserve team which could play in these games. Hesperia resigned from its place in the league in 1960. In 1998, the team was re-founded, and since then, it has continued competing, despite a break between 2003 and 2006. In 2006, it started to play in the

LEB 2 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 Liga Española de Baloncesto, LEB Oro ...

division.

Squad information

Season by season

As Club Hesperia

Since its re-foundation in 1998

Notable players

Nicolás Richotti Nicolás "Nico" Richotti (born 17 October 1986) is an Argentine professional basketball player. At a height of 1.84 m (6'0 ") tall, he plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, with shooting guard being his main position. Profes ...

Nedžad Sinanović Nedžad Sinanović (born 29 January 1983) is a Bosnian former basketball player. Professional career In 2003, Sinanović was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers as the 54th overall selection of the 2003 NBA draft. Since then, he has played prof ...

* Konstantin Kostadinov * Bojan Bogdanović *

Ondřej Starosta Ondřej Starosta (born 28 May 1979) is a Czech former professional basketball player. Player career *1995/98 Slavia Praha *1998/00 Sparta Praha *2000/01 Real Madrid ''youth team'' *2001/02 Go Pass Pepinster *2002/03 Le Mans *2003/04 S ...

* Henri Veesaar * Nikos Pappas * Matteo Spagnolo *

Dino Radončić Dino Radončić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Дино Радончић; born 8 January 1999) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player of Basketball Bundesliga and EuroLeague team FC Bayern Munich (basketball), Bayern Munich. Early life Rado ...

Maciej Lampe Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a Polish professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays at the power forward and center positions. Professional career Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden ...

Emanuel Cățe Emanuel Ion Cățe (born 30 July 1997) is a Romanian basketball player for U BT Cluj-Napoca of the Liga Națională and the Romanian national team. Professional career In April 2018, Cățe declared for the 2018 NBA draft. During the 2019-20 sea ...

* Mansour Kasse * Luka Dončić * Pablo Aguilar *

Víctor Arteaga Víctor Jesús Arteaga González (born 7 July 1992), commonly known as Víctor Arteaga, is a Spanish professional basketball player for Rio Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is a 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) tall center who last played for Movistar ...

Jonathan Barreiro Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

Antonio Bueno Antonio Bueno (21 July 1918 – 26 September 1984) was an Italian painter of Spanish origin, who acquired Italian citizenship in 1970. He was born in Berlin while his journalist father was posted there by the newspaper ''ABC'' of Madrid. Life and ...

Dani Díez Daniel Díez de la Faya (born 7 April 1993) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Spain national team. Professional career Spanish League Díez star ...

Usman Garuba Destiny Usman Garuba Alari (born 9 March 2002) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at , he plays the power forward and center positions. Garuba was born in Mad ...

Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca Lorenzo (born 21 June 1983) is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for Basket Navarra of the LEB Plata. Professional career Hernández-Sonseca starts his career in the reserve team of Baloncesto, and ...

* Willy Hernangómez * Iñaki de Miguel *

Nikola Mirotić Nikola Mirotić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Миротић; born 11 February 1991) is a Montenegrin-Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. The power forward is a four-time All-EuroLeague Team memb ...

* Juan Núñez *

Santiago Yusta Santiago Yusta García (born April 28, 1997) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. Professional career After coming through the youth ranks of Club Baloncesto Torrejón and Real Madrid, Yusta ma ...

* Melwin Pantzar

External links

Real Madrid Baloncesto academy website

Real Madrid B on FEB.es
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