# 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.

## History

The club born in the summer of 2012 with the aim to substitute existent CE Lleida Bàsquet, which had several economic problems.
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. The 2024–25 season will mark Lleida's debut season in the Spanish top level division.

## Logos

* Non-commercial logo (2012–2021)

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L |
| 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 | 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 | 9–15 |
| 2020–21 | 2 | LEB Oro | 17th | 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 |

## Players
### 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 | Bench 3 |
| C | Pierre Oriola † | Johnny Hamilton | | |
| PF | Alexander Madsen | Luka Božić | | |
| SF | Oriol Paulí † | Edo Murić | Michael Caicedo † | |
| SG | Thomas Bropleh | Corey Walden | Kenny Hasbrouck | Ferran Mauri ‡ |
| PG | Rafa Villar † | James Batemon * | Keye van der Vuurst | |
Notes: Blue † – homegrown player; Red * – overseas player; Green ‡ – youth player

## 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 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.