Força Lleida CE

Força Lleida Club Esportiu, also known as Hiopos Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Lleida, Spain. It plays in the Liga ACB with it home games played at the Espai Fruita Barris Nord.

Hiopos Lleida
League	Liga ACB
Founded	2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Arena	Espai Fruita Barris Nord
Capacity	5,500[1]
Location	Lleida, Spain
Team colors	Bordeaux, black and white
President	Albert Aliaga
Head coach	Gerard Encuentra
Website	flleida.cat
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History

The club born in the summer of 2012 with the aim to substitute existent CE Lleida Bàsquet, which had several economic problems.^[2]

In its first season, Força Lleida qualified for the playoffs, after finalizing 7th in Regular Season, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Palencia. The next season, the team got the same number of victories than the past year (11), but this time just could get the 10th position.

In 2015 the club achieved its best performance after reaching to the semifinals of the playoffs, but just one season later, Força Lleida finished in the last position becoming relegated to LEB Plata. But a few months later, the club achieved a vacant berth in the same league, so they could avoid the descent and play in LEB Oro the next season.

In 2017, despite the team could finish the competition with more victories than lost games, they just could get the tenth position at the table, thus not qualifying for the postseason.

Força Lleida promoted to the Liga ACB following the 2023–24 season, after beating Estudiantes in the semi-final and finished second, after they were granted a license.^[3] The 2024–25 season will mark Lleida's debut season in the Spanish top level division.^[4]

Logos

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  Non-commercial logo (2012–2021)^[5]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup Competitions
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	7th	13–18
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	10th	11–15
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	5th	18–15
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	16th[a]	9–21
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	10th	18–16
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	16th	12–22
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	11th	16–18
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	15th[b]	9–15
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	17th[c]	12–14
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	4th	25–15
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	7th	23–15
2023–24	2	LEB Oro	2nd	31–8
2024–25	1	Liga ACB

Players

See also: Category:Força Lleida CE players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Hiopos Lleida roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 1 Batemon, James 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1997-04-08)8 April 1997 SF 8 Božić, Luka 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 SF 3 Bropleh, Thomas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1991-08-17)17 August 1991 C 7 Hamilton, Johnny 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 31 – (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 SG 41 Hasbrouck, Kenny 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 38 – (1986-08-14)14 August 1986 PF 20 Madsen, Alexander 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 SG 52 Mauri, Ferran (Y) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2007-09-30)30 September 2007 SF 10 Murić, Edo 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-11-27)27 November 1991 PF 29 Oriola, Pierre 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1992-09-25)25 September 1992 SF 5 Paulí, Oriol 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1994-05-20)20 May 1994 SF 14 Sanz, Mikel 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1999-02-01)1 February 1999 PG 4 Villar, Rafa (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2004-08-09)9 August 2004 SG 2 Walden, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 C 0 Wiggins, Demajeo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-08-10)10 August 1997	Head coach Gerard Encuentra Legend (C) Team captain (Y) Youth player Injured Roster Transactions Updated: April 29, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Pierre Oriola †	Demajeo Wiggins *	Alexander Madsen	Johnny Hamilton
PF	Luka Božić	Edo Murić
SF	Oriol Paulí †	Thomas Bropleh	Mikel Sanz †
SG	James Batemon *	Kenny Hasbrouck		Ferran Mauri ‡
PG	Corey Walden	Rafa Villar †

Notes: Blue † – homegrown player^[d]; Red * – overseas player^[e]; Green ‡ – youth player^[f]

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Lliga Catalana LEB: (3)
  • 2012, 2022, 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Emmanuel Andújar Víctor Arteaga Ibou Badji Dee Bost Diogo Brito Michael Carey Michael Carrera Leo Demetrio Fran Guerra Volodymyr Gerun Kregor Hermet

Mike Karena Kur Kuath Eddy Polanco Esben Reinholt Luka Rupnik Thomas Schreiner Amadou Sidibé Keye van der Vuurst Nacho Varela Kaspars Vecvagars Javi Vega

Women's team

Força Lleida CE has also a women's team which was founded in 2023 and plays in Liga Femenina 2, the Spanish women's basketball third tier.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Força Lleida roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 22 Biczó, Laura 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-12-22)22 December 2000 SF 5 Cerqueda, Maria 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 27 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998 3 Fernández, Andrea 23 – (2002-01-29)29 January 2002 SF 14 Fernández, Carla 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-11-06)6 November 2001 PF 9 Gil, Laura 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 23 – (2001-07-02)2 July 2001 PF 1 Mertz, Clara 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2000-06-26)26 June 2000 C 13 Peláez, Martina 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2007-03-18)18 March 2007 PG 7 Rexach, Abril (C) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 26 – (1999-04-27)27 April 1999 PG 16 Rudzka, Justyna 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-12-24)24 December 2000 SF 11 Tribó, Iris 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-11-17)17 November 1999	Head coach Rubén Petrus Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notes

1. Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.
2. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.
4. A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players.
5. A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players.
6. In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.