# Real Canoe NC (basketball)

Real Canoe Natación Club is the basketball team of this club based in Madrid, Spain. The section was founded in 1940.
The men's team played in the top division of Spanish basketball from 1957 to 1965, but nowadays plays in LEB Oro. The women's team was Liga Femenina champion three times, but now plays in Liga Femenina 2.

## History
### Men's team

Founded in 1940, after achieving several titles of second division and Regional Castilian championships, made its debut in the Liga Nacional in 1957, where it remained until 1965.
After reaching the second division in several stages during its whole history, it finally joined the Liga EBA since its foundation in 1994, where it played 20 of its 23 seasons before promoting and accepting to play in LEB Plata, third tier since 2000, league that refused to play after promoting in 2012.
On 5 June 2018, despite finishing the regular season in the ninth position, Real Canoe promoted to LEB Oro, thus coming back to a second-tier league 22 years after.

### Women's team

The women's team made its debut in the first division in 1980 after merging with Club de Vacaciones
Real Canoe achieved three consecutive leagues between 1983 and 1986 and a Copa de la Reina in 1996. The club resigned voluntarily to continue playing in the top tier in 2000 and since that resign, they only played two more seasons in Liga Femenina.
After resigning to play in Liga Femenina 2 in 2012, the club spent four years in the third tier before promoting again to the second division.

## Players (men's)
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Chema Gil | Sami Eleraky | |
| PF | Kevin Bercy | Randy White | |
| SF | Ander Martínez | Miguel González | |
| SG | Conner Toolson | Guillermo Ruiz | Nacho Arribas |
| PG | Alberto Martín | Daniel de la Rúa | |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

## Season by season

| Men's team Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa del Rey 1957–58 1 1ª División 10th 4–16 1958–59 1 1ª División 12th 4–1–19 1959–60 1 1ª División 12th 3–1–18 Round of 16 1960–61 1 1ª División 8th 10–12 Round of 16 1961–62 1 1ª División 9th 2–1–19 1962–63 1 1ª División 11th 2–10 1963–64 1 1ª División 10th 5–7 1964–65 1 1ª División 8th 4–10 1965–66 Lower divisions 1966–67 2 2ª División 1967–68 2 2ª División 1968–69 2 2ª División 3rd 9–3 1969–70 2 2ª División 4th 14–1–5 1970–71 2 2ª División 3rd 16–6 1971–72 2 2ª División 3rd 18–6 1972–73 2 2ª División 2nd 19–8 1973–79 Lower divisions 1979–80 2 1ª División B 13th 9–1–20 1980–82 Lower divisions 1982–83 2 1ª División B 8th 12–2–12 1983–84 2 1ª División B 5th 14–12 1984–85 2 1ª División B 8th 12–14 1985–86 2 1ª División B 15th 4–24 1986–94 Lower divisions 1994–95 2 Liga EBA 7th 14–12 1995–96 2 Liga EBA 6th 1996–97 3 Liga EBA 4th 1997–98 3 Liga EBA 2nd 15–7 1998–00 Lower divisions 2000–01 4 Liga EBA 7th 16–14 2001–02 4 Liga EBA 4th 23–11 2002–03 4 Liga EBA 3rd 22–10 2003–04 4 Liga EBA 2nd 26–7 2004–05 4 Liga EBA 1st 26–6 2005–06 4 Liga EBA 3rd 21–1–10 2006–07 4 Liga EBA 6th 13–13 2007–08 5 Liga EBA 4th 22–8 2008–09 5 Liga EBA 9th 14–14 2009–10 4 Liga EBA 3rd 24–12 2010–11 4 Liga EBA 6th 18–12 2011–12 4 Liga EBA 1st 29–5 2012–13 4 Liga EBA 1st 27–4 2013–14 4 Liga EBA 15th 8–22 2014–15 5 1ª División 2nd 22–8 2015–16 4 Liga EBA 7th 14–12 2016–17 4 Liga EBA 2nd 26–7 2017–18 3 LEB Plata 2nd 23–20 2018–19 2LEB Oro 15th 11–23 2019–20 2LEB Oro 17th 5–19 2020–21 2LEB Oro 19th 5–21 2021–22 3 LEB Plata 20th 11–15 2022–23 3 LEB Plata 23th 9–19 2023–24 4 Liga EBA 5th 14–12 2024–25 4 Tercera FEB | Women's Season Tier Division Pos. Copa de la Reina European competitions 1980–81 1 1ª División 3rd Group stage 1981–82 1 1ª División 3rd Quarterfinalist 1982–83 1 1ª División 2nd Quarterfinalist 1983–84 1 1ª División 1st Runner-up 1984–85 1 1ª División 1st Third position 1 Champions CupR16 1985–86 1 1ª División 1st Runner-up 1 Champions CupQR 1986–87 1 1ª División 9th 1 Champions CupQR 1987–88 1 1ª División 8th 1988–89 1 1ª División 11th 1989–90 1 1ª División 11th 1990–91 1 1ª División 3rd Runner-up 1991–92 1 1ª División 7th 1992–93 1 1ª División 6th 1993–94 1 1ª División 5th Quarterfinalist 1994–95 1 1ª División 3rd Semifinalist 1995–96 1 1ª División 3rd Champion 1996–97 1 Liga Femenina 2nd Third position 1997–98 1 Liga Femenina 11th 1998–99 1 Liga Femenina 5th Quarterfinalist 1999–00 1 Liga Femenina 7th 2000–01 2 1ª División 2001–02 2 Liga Femenina 2 9th 2002–03 2 Liga Femenina 2 10th 2003–04 2 Liga Femenina 2 1st 2004–05 1 Liga Femenina 14th 2005–06 2 Liga Femenina 2 3rd 2006–07 2 Liga Femenina 2 5th 2007–08 2 Liga Femenina 2 5th 2008–09 2 Liga Femenina 2 2nd 2009–10 1 Liga Femenina 12th 2010–11 2 Liga Femenina 2 2nd 2011–12 2 Liga Femenina 2 3rd 2012–13 2 Liga Femenina 2 3rd 2013–14 3 1ª Nacional 1st 2014–15 3 1ª Nacional 2nd 2015–16 3 1ª Nacional 1st 2016–17 3 1ª Nacional 1st 2017–18 2 Liga Femenina 2 7th |
* 1 2 Remained in the league.
* ↑ Withdrew from the competition before the semifinals, even though Real Canoe qualified for them.
* ↑ Resigned to promote to LEB Plata.
* ↑ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Resigned to their place in Liga Femenina.
* ↑ Resigned to play in Liga Femenina due to financial problems.
* ↑ Resigned to their place in Liga Femenina 2.

## Trophies and honors (women's)

Titles
* 3 Leagues: 1984, 1985, 1986
* 1 Cup: 1996

## Notable players

    To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. - Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
* José María Gil
* Tyson Pérez
* Chris Gabriel
* Kristian Kullamäe