CD CREF

CREF ¡Hola!
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
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 disbanded 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]

CREF remained two seasons in the top league before being relegated to Liga Femenina 2. However, due to the lack of support and sponsorships, the club decided to dissolve the senior team and to continue playing only in youth competitions.^[3]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.
2012–13	3	1ª División	2nd
2013–14	2	Liga Femenina 2	4th
2014–15	2	Liga Femenina 2	1st
2015–16	1	Liga Femenina	7th
2016–17	1	Liga Femenina	13th

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.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	9	Amukamara, Promise	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	31 – (1993-06-22)22 June 1993
PG	10	Bettencourt, Maria	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	33 – (1991-02-28)28 February 1991
SG	51	Butulija, Dajana	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	38 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986
SF	12	Espín, María	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	35 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989
C	7	Leary, Shakeja	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	34 – (1990-11-03)3 November 1990
SG	5	Moreno, Esther	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	39 – (1985-08-21)21 August 1985
PF	4	Rubene, Linda	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	37 – (1987-02-03)3 February 1987
PF	41	Thompson, Jamila	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	32 – (1992-06-27)27 June 1992
SF	1	Weaver, Lynda	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	37 – (1987-02-03)3 February 1987
PG	13	Ygueravide, Sandra	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	39 – (1984-12-28)28 December 1984