Real Estelí Baloncesto

Real Estelí Baloncesto is a Nicaraguan basketball team based in Estelí. Founded in 2018, it is the basketball section of the Real Estelí FC football club, which was founded in 1959. The team entered the Liga Superio de Baloncesto (LSB) for its debut season in 2018 season.[1] The team's home arena is the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, which was opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 8,057 people.[2]

Real Estelí
NicknameEl Tren del Norte (The Train of the North)
Leagues Liga Superior de Baloncesto
BCL Americas
Founded2018 (2018)
HistoryReal Estelí Baloncesto
2018–present
ArenaAlexis Arguello Sports Complex
Capacity8,057
LocationEstelí, Nicaragua
PresidentFidel Moreno
Head coachDavid Rosario
Championships3 (2019, 2020, 2021)
Websiterealestelifc.com/basket
Active departments of Real Estelí
Football Basketball

History

The first game of the team in the LSB was played on 9 February 2018 against Leones de Managua. In 2019, Real Estelí played in the inaugural season of the newly founded, Basketball Champions League Americas.[3] Real reached the quarterfinals. A year later, the team won its first LSB championship after defeating Brumas de Jinotega in the playoff finals.

In April 2021, Real Estelí played in the Final Eight of the 2020–21 BCL Americas and hosted the tournament in Managua. The team managed to reach the final for the first time in club history,[4] where it narrowly lost to Flamengo 80–84.[5]

On 3 December 2021, the club repeated as LSB champions after beating Brunas de Jinotega in the final.

Honours

National

Liga Superior de Baloncesto

  • Champions (3): 2019, 2020, 2021

International

BCL Americas

Liga Centroamericana

  • Winners (1): 2018

Players

Current roster
Real Estelí roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 Vansdell, Thomas 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 35 – (1986-08-27)27 August 1986
PG 4 Hodgson, Sharlon 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1994-01-07)7 January 1994
PF 5 Basabe, Melsahn 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1992-05-29)29 May 1992
SF 7 Cacho, Dalton 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1993-08-22)22 August 1993
C 11 Perez, Andy 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (1999-09-23)23 September 1999
PG 16 Farrell Pauth
CG 21 Valdez, Jaison 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1995-05-22)22 May 1995
C 23 Lopez, Bartel 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 32 – (1989-10-27)27 October 1989
SF 24 Ruiz, Jared 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1992-09-14)14 September 1992
G/F 29 Garth, Francisco 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (1999-03-14)14 March 1999
PG 30 Pizarro, Christian 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1995-02-16)16 February 1995
F/C 35 Jensen Campbell
Head coach
  • David Rosario
Assistant coach(es)
  • Giovanni Rivera
  • Jose Rios
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 9 June 2021

In international competitions

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

BCL Americas

Below are all the seasons of Real Estelí in the BCL Americas competition.

Season Round W L W%
2019–20Quarterfinals52.714
2021 Runners-up63.667
2021–22TBD–
Total 0 Titles 11 5 .688

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

References
  1. "Real Estelí debutará en torneo de baloncesto - Metro". Metro Nicaragua. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. "Real Esteli reaches BCLAmericas Final for first time in club history". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. "Flamengo wins 2021 BCLAmericas Championship". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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