Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., (English: Club Basketball Students) known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a

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team based in the city of

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, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain. Some of its achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth programme that has produced many Spanish talents over the years such as

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, Nacho Azofra, Aíto García Reneses, Fernando Martín, Alfonso Reyes,

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, Iñaki de Miguel, Pepu Hernández or

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History

The club Estudiantes was founded in April 1948 by a group of students (the "Estudiantes") of a public preparatory school (the Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, IRM) in

to form a team to practice sport during the school recesses. Mr. Antonio Magariños, Professor of Latin and head of studies of the high school, was the first president of the club. It held the position until 1964. From 1949 it has played in the maximum category of the Spanish basketball. Foto Ramiro

By the time when the first Spanish-wide season-long championship was organized in 1955, by the Spanish Basketball Association (FEB), it was one of the six clubs participating in that tournament, as the second best team from the Province of Madrid (the first being

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). Until 2021, it had always participated in the premier Spanish basketball league along with

and Joventut. It was also one of two only Spanish basketball clubs with teams both at the top male and female Spanish championships. In May 1963, Estudiantes won their first trophy, the Spanish Cup, against

. In April 1992, a month after winning his second Spanish Cup against

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, Estudiantes reached the 1992 EuroLeague Final Four in

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, finishing in 4th place. It was his

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. In March 1999, the team played his only European final, in the 1998–99 Korać Cup, by defeated by

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. In January 2000, Estu won his third Spanish Cup against

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, the last one until today. In the

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, it reached the Spanish

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finals, where they could not win against

. In May 2012, after several irregular seasons, marked by a bad economic situation, Estudiantes was relegated for the first time in its history from the top tier of Spanish basketball, but remained in the league because

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champion CB 1939 Canarias didn't present the required documentation and money. In May 2016, again, the team was relegated, but remained in the ACB because champion

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didn't present the required documentation and money. Finally, after several relatively stable years, the team's relegation was completed during the

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in May 2021. Since then, Estu remains in

, fighting for promotion and returning to the ACB.

Logos

File:Club Baloncesto Estudiantes Madrid (logo).svg, Non-commercial logo File:Movistar Estudiantes.svg, Movistar sponsorship logo

Sponsorship naming

Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names:

Home arenas

*La Nevera (The IRM Arena): (1948–71) *Polideportivo Antonio Magariños: (1971–87) *

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: (2001–2005) *

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: (2005–2010) *

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid Sports Palace of the Community of Madrid or simply Madrid Sports Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid), officially Movistar Arena since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena locat ...

: (1987–2001, 2010–present) Nacho Azofra

Rivalries

Estudiantes has a rivalry with

. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby (). Both teams currently share their home arena, the

Players

Basketball Hall of Famers

Antonio Díaz-Miguel Antonio Díaz-Miguel Sanz (July 6, 1933 – February 21, 2000) was a Spanish professional basketball player and coach. He studied in Madrid, and graduated from the University of Bilbao. A pioneer in the worldwide promotion of basketball, he ...

, F, 1950–1952, 1953–1958, Inducted 1997

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

* José Miguel Antúnez *

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 Movist ...

* Nacho Azofra * Javier Beirán * Darío Brizuela *

Jesús Codina Jesús Codina Burgon (18 December 1938 – 19 July 1999) was a Spanish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the ...

* Quino Colom * Rodrigo de la Fuente * Iñaki de Miguel *

* Miguel Estrada * Jaime Fernández *

Germán Gabriel Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center. Professional career Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009. After s ...

* Aíto García Reneses * Fran Guerra *

* Iker Iturbe *

* Oriol Junyent * Antonio Martín * Fernando Martín * Nacho Martín * Juan Antonio Martínez * Javier Mendiburu * Albert Oliver * Juan Antonio Orenga *

Xavi Rabaseda Xavier "Xavi" Rabaseda Bertrán (born 24 February 1989) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Surne Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. He is a tall shooting guard-small forward. Professional career After being formed in the youth teams of ...

* Vicente Ramos *

Xavi Rey Xavier "Xavi" Rey Sanuy (born 13 July 1987) is a Spanish former professional basketball player . Professional career Rey saw action against the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA preseason game, despite having not yet made the regular rotation of FC ...

* Alfonso Reyes *

* Guille Rubio *

Gonzalo Sagi-Vela Gonzalo Sagi-Vela Fernández-Pérez (born 25 February 1950) is a Spanish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () a ...

* José Sagi-Vela * Javi Salgado * Carlos Suárez * Rafael Vecina *

Édgar Vicedo Édgar Vicedo Ayala (born 24 August 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB. Career After playing in the youth teams of Estudiantes, Vicedo made his debut in the Liga ACB in the first match ...

* Pancho Jasen * Nicolás Laprovíttola * Federico Van Lacke * Sylven Landesberg * Nik Caner-Medley * Yannick Driesen * John Roberson * Lucas Nogueira *

Caio Torres Caio Aparecido Da Silveira Torres (born 3 June 1987) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. Professional career Torres declared himself eligible for the 2005 NBA draft and 2007 NBA draft, but withdrew prior to both. Torres has played wi ...

* Dejan Ivanov * Carl English * Levon Kendall * Philip Scrubb * Nacho Arroyo * Hansel Atencia * Juan Palacios * Junior Etou * Marko Banić * Danko Cvjetičanin *

Željko Šakić Željko Šakić (born April 14, 1988) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Élan Chalon of the LNB Élite, French League. Standing at , he plays the Power forward (basketball), power forward position. Professional c ...

Goran Suton Goran Suton (born 11 August 1985) is a Bosnian-Croat former professional basketball player who last played for Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball with the Michigan State Spartans. Early years Suton was born o ...

Ondřej Balvín Ondřej Balvín (born 20 September 1992) is a Czech professional basketball player who last played for Obradoiro CAB of the Primera FEB. Standing at , he plays at the center position. As well as Latvia, Balvin has played club basketball in the ...

Jiří Welsch Jiří Welsch () (born 27 January 1980) is a Czech former professional basketball player for BK Pardubice of the Czech Republic National Basketball League (Czech Republic), National Basketball League. He has also represented the senior Czech Rep ...

* Kevin Larsen * Josh Asselin *

Ángel Delgado Ángel Luis Delgado Astacio (born November 20, 1994) is a Dominican professional basketball player for Galatasaray Ekmas of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates. Delgado has also played on t ...

* Luis Flores *

Jamar Wilson Jamar J. Wilson (born February 22, 1984) is an American-Finnish former professional basketball player who last played for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B. He currently works as an assistant coach for I division A team Tapiolan Honka. H ...

Tariq Kirksay Tariq Kinte Kirksay (born September 7, 1979) is a French American former professional basketball player. He was born in the Bronx, New York, where he grew up. High school Kirksay played basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York. ...

* Edwin Jackson *

Michel Morandais Michel Morandais (born 10 January 1979) is a French former professional basketball player. College career After playing with the youth teams of the French club Levallois Sporting Club, Morandais played college basketball in the United States, w ...

* Florent Piétrus * Ali Traoré *

Tyrone Ellis Tyrone Ellis (born October 5, 1977) is an American-Georgian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). He is 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) t ...

Viktor Sanikidze Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born 1 April 1986) is a Georgian politician, former professional basketball executive and former player. He played at both the small forward and power forward positions in his entire career. Saniki ...

* Pietro Aradori * Alessandro Gentile * Mārtiņš Laksa * Toms Leimanis * Dovydas Giedraitis * Shayne Whittington *

Omar Cook Omar-Sharif Cook (; born January 28, 1982) is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He represente ...

* Nemanja Đurišić * Goran Nikolić * Nicolas de Jong * Torgeir Bryn * Karamo Jawara * Rubén Garcés * J. J. Barea * Gian Clavell * Mikhail Mikhailov *

Sitapha Savané Sitapha Alfred Savané Sagna (born 20 August 1978) is a Senegalese retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Senegal national basketball team. He played his entire professional career in Spain, most of it in the ACB League. ...

* Aleksa Avramović * Stefan Birčević *

Nemanja Dangubić Nemanja Dangubić (, born 13 April 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League. His drafts rights are owned by the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 54th ...

* Nikola Lončar * Petar Popović *

Vladimir Štimac Vladimir Štimac (, born 25 August 1987) is a Serbian former professional basketball player, politician and activist. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. Standing at , he played at the center position. Štimac is a ...

Domen Lorbek Domen Lorbek (born March 6, 1985) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who last played for KK Zlatorog Laško of the Slovenian League. He also represented the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 1.99 m (6&nb ...

* Uroš Slokar *

Samo Udrih Samo Udrih (born August 2, 1979) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. Professional career Udrih played with the Dallas Mavericks NBA Summer League team in 2005. In November 2010, he signed with Panellinios ...

* Martin Rančík * Ludvig Håkanson * Daniel Clark *

Vitaly Potapenko Vitalii Mykolayovych Potapenko ( , ; born March 21, 1975) is a Ukrainian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketbal ...

Jayson Granger Jayson Antonie Granger Amodio (born September 15, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional basketball player who plays for Estudiantes of the Primera FEB. Listed at a height of 6'2" (1.89 m) tall without shoes, and 200 lbs. (91 kg) in weight ...

* Michael Carrera * Gary Alexander * Corey Brewer * Alec Brown *

Louis Bullock Louis "Lou" Bullock Jr. (born May 20, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. Although his records have officially been vacated, due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal, his vacated records are unsurpassed for mos ...

Vonteego Cummings Vonteego Marfeek Cummings (born February 29, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Atenienses de Manatí (basketball), Atenienses de Manatí of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) in Puerto Rico. A co ...

* Johnny Dee *

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* Keith Jennings * Adam Keefe * Kyle Kuric *

Chris Lofton Christopher Franklin Lofton (born March 27, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball with the University of Tennessee Volunteers. High school Chris Lofton is from Maysville, Kentucky, where he le ...

* Will McDonald * Tony Mitchell * Andrae Patterson * John Pinone *

Phil Pressey Phillip Michael Pressey (born February 17, 1991) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He currently is an assistant coach for Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. ...

* David Russell * Walker Russell * Cedric Simmons *

Terry Stotts Terry Linn Stotts (born November 25, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is the top assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as head coa ...

* Ron Taylor * Shaun Vandiver * Glen Whisby * Eric White * Harper Williams * Rickie Winslow * Antoine Wright

Head coach

* Rafael Laborde: 1948–1949, 1953–1955, 1956 * Miguel Parrilla: 1949–1951 *

Leopoldo Bermúdez Leopoldo is a given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of the English, German, Dutch, Polish, and Slovene name, Leopold. Notable people with the name include: * Leopoldo de' Medici (1617–1675), Italian cardinal and Governor o ...

: 1951–1953 * Víctor Díaz: 1955–1956 * Héctor Rodríguez: 1956 (int.) * José Antonio Garrido: 1956–1957 * Roberto Bermúdez: 1957, 1959–1960, 1974–1975 * Emilio Tejada: 1957–1958 * Ramón Uturbi: 1958–1959 * Jaime Bolea: 1960–1963 *

: 1963–1964, 1973–1974, 1979–1981 * Francisco Hernández: 1964–1965 * Ignacio Pinedo: 1965–1973 * Fernando Bermúdez: 1975–1976 * José Ramón Ramos: 1976–1979 *

Fernando Martínez Arroyo Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is e ...

: 1979 *

Antonio Gómez Carra Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...

: 1981–1983 * Paco Garrido: 1983–1988 * Miguel Ángel Martín: 1988–1994 * Pepu Hernández: 1994–2001, 2001–2005, 2011–2012 * Charly Sáinz de Aja: 2001 * Juan Antonio Orenga: 2005–2006 *

Pedro Martínez Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to . As of 2023, M ...

: 2006–2007 * Mariano de Pablos: 2007 * Javier Carlos González: 2007 (int.) *

Velimir Perasović Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. Early life Perasović was born in Stob ...

: 2007–2008 * Luis Casimiro: 2008–2011 * Trifón Poch: 2012 *

Txus Vidorreta Jesus "Txus" Gómez Vidorreta (born 20 June 1966) is a Spanish professional basketball coach, currently managing CB 1939 Canarias, Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. Vidorreta, born in Bilbao, has coached several teams in Spain. He has bee ...

: 2012–2015 * Diego Ocampo: 2015–2016 * Alberto Lorenzo: 2016 (int.), 2023 *

Sergio Valdeolmillos Sergio Valdeolmillos Moreno (born 4 April 1967) is a Spanish basketball coach who is the current coach of Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Valdeolmillos won the BAL championship with Petr ...

: 2016 * Salva Maldonado: 2016–2018 * Josep Maria Berrocal: 2018–2019 *

Aleksandar Džikić Aleksandar Džikić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Џикић; born 23 March 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and current head coach of Georgia men's national basketball team. Coaching career Early career KK Partizan youth syst ...

: 2019–2020 * Javier Zamora: 2020–2021 * Jota Cuspinera: 2021–2022 * Diego Epifanio: 2022 * Javi Rodríguez: 2022–2023 * Pedro Rivero: 2023–2025 * Natxo Lezkano: 2025 * Toni Ten: 2025–present

Presidents

*Antonio Magariños: 1948–1964 *Anselmo López: 1964 (int.) *José Hermida: 1964–1971 *Pedro Dellmans: 1971–1983 *Juan Francisco Moneo: 1983–1998 *Alejandro González Varona: 1998–2004 *Juan Francisco García: 2004–2005, 2008–2014 *Fernando Bermúdez: 2005–2008 *Javier Tejedor: 2008 *Fernando Galindo: 2014–2022 *Ignacio Triana: 2022–present

Season by season

Honours

Domestic competitions

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...

: ''Runners-up (4)'': 1962–63, 1967–68, 1980–81, 2003–04 *

Copa del Rey de Baloncesto The Copa del Rey de Baloncesto ( English: ''Basketball King's Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Spanish basketball teams organized by Spain's top professional league, the Liga ACB. History Originally known as the ''Copa de España de Bal ...

(Spanish King's Cup) : Winners (3): 1963,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

: ''Runners-up (4)'': 1962, 1973, 1975,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

* Copa Princesa de Asturias (Spanish Princess' Cup) (defunct) : Winners (3):

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

European competitions

EuroLeague The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier and the most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. The league consists of 20 teams, of which 16 are given lon ...

: ''4th place (1)'': 1991–92 : Final Four (1):

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ...

(defunct) : ''Semifinalists (2)'': 1973–74, 1975–76 *

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA Europe between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the European professional club basketball system, third-tier level club competition in European basketball, a ...

(defunct) : ''Runners-up (1)'': 1998–99 *

EuroCup Basketball EuroCup Basketball, commonly known as the EuroCup and currently called BKT EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball club competition organized by Euroleague Basketball. The league is regarded as Euroleague Basketbal ...

: ''Semifinalists (2)'': 2002–03, 2003–04 *

FIBA EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run by FIBA Europe. It is not to be confus ...

(defunct) : ''4th place (1)'': 2006–07 : Final Four (1):

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Other competitions

FIBA International Christmas Tournament FIBA International Christmas Tournament also known as the Christmas Tournament (''Torneo de Navidad'') was a men's basketball international friendly competition at the club level (and in some editions with national teams), organized by FIBA at its ...

(defunct) : Winners (1):

: ''4th place (4)'':

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Torneo Comunidad de Madrid The Torneo de la Comunidad de Madrid or Torneo de la CAM ( English: Community of Madrid Tournament) was a basketball competition played every preseason between the Spanish ACB teams from the Community of Madrid, until 2014. Real Madrid is the tea ...

(defunct) : Winners (8): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 * Albacete, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2014 * Torneo Ciudad de Getafe : Winners (1): 2019

Individual awards

Spanish Cup MVP * Juan Antonio Orenga – 1991 * John Pinone – 1992 * Alfonso Reyes – 2000 ACB Rising Star *

– 2005 * Carlos Suárez – 2006 *

– 2016 ACB Slam Dunk Champion * David Russell – 1986, 1987 * Rickie Winslow – 1990 *Chandler Thompson – 1996, 1998 ACB Three Point Shootout Champion * Danko Cvjetičanin – 1993 * Keith Jennings – 1996 All-ACB First Team *

– 2006 * Carlos Suárez – 2010 * Nik Caner-Medley – 2011 * Edwin Jackson – 2017 * Sylven Landesberg – 2018 Spanish Princess' Cup MVP * David Russell – 1986 * Álex Urtasun – 2022 * Alec Wintering – 2024

Women's team

CB Estudiantes has also a women's team which was founded in 1989 and played during several seasons in Liga Femenina, the Spanish women's basketball top tier. It currently plays in Liga Femenina.

Current roster

Season by season

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Estudiantes Basketball teams established in 1948 Liga ACB teams Basketball teams in the Community of Madrid Women's basketball teams in Spain Sports clubs and teams in Madrid