UNES FC Barcelona is a Spanish wheelchair basketball team. It is part of both the FC Barcelona family and the UNES Unió Esportiva.
History From 2001 until 2009, the team agreed collaboration terms with Fundació Institut Guttmann. The latter is a hospital in Catalonia that provides treatment and rehabilitation for people with spinal injury, brain damage, and other neurological disabilities. It is named after Dr. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, founder of the Paralympics and a pioneer of wheelchair sports. Club Esportiu Institut Guttmann was founded in 1967 and is the oldest disabled sports club in Spain. As well as a basketball team it also has boccia, hockey, and wheelchair tennis teams, and promotes athletics, weightlifting, archery, and table tennis.
In 2009, UNES Unió Esportiva collaborates with FC Barcelona which manages the main wheelchair basketball squad.History of UNES Unió Esportiva
In 2011, the club resigned to its berth in División de Honor, where it competed since 2000.CAI Deporte Adaptado vuelve a la División de Honor de Baloncesto en Silla de Ruedas; CAI Deporte Adaptado, 16 August 2001
In 2012 UNES FC Barcelona won the 2011-12 Primera División.
Honours Primera División: 2011-12 Catalan Wheelchair Basketball Cup: 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 Catalan Wheelchair Basketball Super Cup: 2017, 2021, 2023
Season by season
Season Tier League Pos Copa del Rey 2000–01 1 Div. Honor 10th 2001–02 1 Div. Honor 6thQuarterfinalist 2002–03 1 Div. Honor 7thQuarterfinalist 2003–04 1 Div. Honor 7thQuarterfinalist 2004–05 1 Div. Honor 4thQuarterfinalist 2005–06 1 Div. Honor 6thQuarterfinalist 2006–07 1 Div. Honor 6th4th position 2007–08 1 Div. Honor 4th4th position 2008–09 1 Div. Honor 3rd4th position 2009–10 1 Div. Honor 9th 2010–11 1 Div. Honor 9th 2011–12 3 1ª División 1st 2012–13 2 Div. Honor B 5th 2013–14 2 1ª División 2014–15 2 1ª División 4th 2015–16 2 1ª División 2016–17 2 1ª División 3rd 2017–18 3 2ª División 4th 2018–19 3 2ª División
References
External links UNES website The section at FC Barcelona website