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 1980s became the golden years of the club. They started in 1982 with the title of the World Skate Europe Cup in their European debut and continued with the first

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

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. 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 *

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

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: 3 **2016, 2018, 2021 * European League: 6 **1987, 1988, 1992, 2003,

* World Skate Europe Cup: 3 **1982, 1999, 2010 *

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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: 3 **2002, 2005, 2006

Notable players

* Alberto Areces * Carlos Gil * Cristiano Pereira * Daniel Martinazzo * Facundo Salinas * Jaume Llaverola * Jordi Bargalló * Mario Agüero * Mario Rubio * Martín Payero * Pablo Álvarez * Ramón Canalda * Reinaldo García * Ricardo Barreiros *Rui Lopes * Willy Duarte *Stevie the Barber

References

External links

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