CD CREF

CREF ¡Hola!

Leagues

Liga Femenina

Founded

1960 (re-founded in 1990)

History

CREFF Madrid
(1960–1980)
CD CREF
(1990–present)

Arena

Pabellón Canal de Isabel II

Location

Madrid

Team colors

Red, white and navy

President

Teresa Pérez de Villota

Head coach

Antonio Pernas

Championships

7 Spanish Leagues
4 Spanish Cups

Website

cdcref.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Club Deportivo CREF is a women's basketball team based in Madrid that currently plays in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.

History

1960–1980: CREFF

Colegios Reunidos de Educación Física Femenina de Madrid was founded in 1960 by the Sección Femenina of the Movimiento Nacional, during the Francoism.

Its women's basketball team dominated the early stages of the Spanish League, winning seven titles between 1964 and 1971, and representing Spain in the FIBA European Cup with few success. Back then the team was considered the Real Madrid of women's basketball, and it shared arena with Real Madrid's male basketball team. Raimundo Saporta tried to convince Santiago Bernabéu to turn CREFF into the women's basketball section of Real Madrid, but failed in his attempt.^[1]

After the Movimiento Nacional was disbanded in 1977 the team couldn't find a sponsor and disappeared three years later.

1990–present: re-foundation

In 1990 it was refounded as Deportivo CREF, also known as CREF ¡Hola! by sponsorship reasons. The club had also a men's basketball section that played in Liga EBA, but its senior team was dissolved in 2007.

On 26 April 2015, the club achieved the promotion to the top tier after beating Fundal Alcobendas by 77–68 in the final game of the promotion playoffs.^[2]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason
2012–13	3	1ª División	2	Promoted
2013–14	2	Liga Femenina 2	6	Promotion playoffs
2014–15	2	Liga Femenina 2	1	Promoted
2015–16	1	Liga Femenina	7	–
2016–17	1	Liga Femenina

Titles

LFB (7)
- 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Copa de la Reina (4)
- 1962, 1963, 1972, 1974

Current roster

CREFF ¡Hola! roster roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Age
2.0 !SG	7000900000000000000♠9	USA !	Amukamara, Promise	7000173000000000000♠1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-06-22)22 June 1993
1.0 !PG	7001100000000000000♠10	POR !	Bettencourt, Maria	7000172000000000000♠1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-02-28)28 February 1991
2.0 !SG	7001510000000000000♠51	SRB !	Butulija, Dajana	7000176000000000000♠1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986
3.0 !SF	7001120000000000000♠12	ESP !	Espín, María	7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989
5.0 !C	7000700000000000000♠7	USA !	Leary, Shakeja	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-11-03)3 November 1990
2.0 !SG	7000500000000000000♠5	ESP !	Moreno, Esther	7000178000000000000♠1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-08-21)21 August 1985
4.0 !PF	7000400000000000000♠4	LAT !	Rubene, Linda	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-02-03)3 February 1987
4.0 !PF	7001410000000000000♠41	GBR !	Thompson, Jamila	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-06-27)27 June 1992
3.0 !SF	7000100000000000000♠1	USA !	Weaver, Lynda	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-02-03)3 February 1987
1.0 !PG	7001130000000000000♠13	ESP !	Ygueravide, Sandra	7000172000000000000♠1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-12-28)28 December 1984

Head coach

Antonio Pernas

Assistant coach(es)

Marcos Forondia
Javier Lombardía

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: September 25, 2015

References

↑ CREF, a classic with feminine accent. Madrid Basketball Federation, 17/02/11
↑ "Plenilunio D.O. y CREF ¡Hola! ascienden a Liga Femenina" (in Spanish). FBM.es. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

External links

Official website (Spanish)
Profile at FEB.es

Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

FEB Spanish League Pyramid

2016–17 teams	Al-Qázeres Extremadura Cadí La Seu Campus Promete CREF ¡HOLA! Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre IDK Gipuzkoa Lacturale Araski Lointek Gernika Bizkaia Mann–Filter Perfumerías Avenida Quesos El Pastor de la Polvorosa Spar Citylift Girona Spar Gran Canaria Star Center–Uni Ferrol

Seasons	1964 1965 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Other competitions	Copa de la Reina Supercopa de España

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