ASVEL Basket

History

The parent club was founded in 1948, with the merger of two multi-sport clubs in Lyon and vicinity; ASVEL is an acronym combining the names of the predecessor clubs—Association Sportive Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais. In its history, ASVEL has won 21 French Pro A League championships, 10 French Cups, two French Supercups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As Cup (French Pro A Leaders Cup), which makes it the most titled basketball club in France.

In 2014, former San Antonio Spurs star and France national team player, Tony Parker, became the club's president.

In the French Pro A League 2015–16 season, ASVEL won its 18th French League title, after beating Strasbourg IG 3 games to 2 in the French Pro A League Finals. ASVEL was down 2–0 in the series, but won three games in a row to take the championship.

In March 2017, NBA player, Nicolas Batum, became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, the main investment company behind the club, and took over the position as director of basketball operations. Tony Parker remained majority owner, and ASVEL President. In 2018, the club signed a 10-year name sponsorship agreement with Groupe LDLC. The club also changed its main team colors from the original white and green to white and black, and changed its main logo design.

In 2019, ASVEL returned to the EuroLeague after the organisation decided to give the team a wild card for two years.

In the 2021–22 season, ASVEL won its third Pro A championship in a row, its first three-peat in 32 years after beating Monaco in the Finals.

Arenas

In July 2016, ASVEL announced that it would build a new multi-functional arena, with a projected seating capacity between 12,000 and 16,000 people, depending on the configuration. The arena is projected to cost €60 million. The new arena will be named the LDLC Arena, and its design and construction were given to architectural firm Populous and Citinea. Construction began in January 2022 and was opened in November 2023.

File:Pro A basket-ball - ASVEL-Cholet 2017-09-30 - 17.JPG| Astroballe File:Match Basketball ASVEL x Real Madrid LDLC Arena - Décines-Charpieu (FR69) - 2023-12-28 - 23.jpg| LDLC Arena

Logos and branding

ASVEL Basket logo.svg | (The official logo of the club, 2011–2018) LDLC ASVEL Basket logo.png | (The official logo of the club, 2018–present)

On September 11, 2018, the club changed its name to ASVEL for sponsorship reasons. Along with this change, the club changed its main colors from green to black and white. The decision was made with the explanation that, "when you are European, green is a colour that does not make you dream", and was followed by criticism from fans. The new logo, used since 2018, consists of the number four, which refers to ASVEL legend Alain Gilles, while also keeping the V that was used in the previous logo.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• French League : Winners (21): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 : Runners-up (7): 1953–54, 1958–59, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03

• French Cup : Winners (10): 1952–53, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2018-19, 2020–21 : Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1958–59, 2001–02, 2015–16

• A Leaders Cup : Winners (2): 2010, 2023 : Runners-up (2): 2017, 2020

• French Super Cup : Winners (2): 2009, 2016 : Runners-up (1): 2008

• Federation Cup (defunct) : Winners (1): 1983–84 : Runners-up (1): 1981–82

European competitions

• EuroLeague : Semifinalists (1): 1975–76 : 3rd place (1): 1977–78 : 4th place (1): 1996–97 : Final Four (1): 1997
• FIBA Saporta Cup : Runners-up (1): 1982–83 : Semifinalists (2): 1984–85, 1986–87
• FIBA Korać Cup : Semifinalists (1): 1995–96
• Latin Cup : 3rd place (2): 1953, 1966

Other competitions

• Villeurbanne, France Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2020

Season by season

Season by season results of the club in national, cup, and European competitions.

: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

International record

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Retired numbers

Notable players

• France Éric Beugnot
• France Jim Bilba
• France Yann Bonato
• France André Buffière
• FranceMali Nouha Diakité
• France Alain Digbeu
• France Antoine Diot
• France Makan Dioumassi
• France Boris Dallo
• France Nando de Colo
• France Antoine Eito
• France Moustapha Fall
• FranceSenegal Youssoupha Fall
• France Laurent Foirest
• France Mickaël Gelabale
• France Alain Gilles
• France Henri Grange
• France Thomas Heurtel
• France William Howard
• France Edwin Jackson
• France Livio Jean-Charles
• France Paul Lacombe
• France Charles Lombahe-Kahudi
• France Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
• France Théo Maledon
• France Jacques Monclar
• France Ferenc Németh
• France Amine Noua
• France Élie Okobo
• France Tony Parker
• France Yves Pons
• France Henri Rey
• France Zaccharie Risacher
• FranceISR Arthur Rozenfeld
• France Yohann Sangaré
• France Laurent Sciarra
• France Matthew Strazel
• France Gérard Sturla
• FranceMali Amara Sy
• France Philip Szanyiel
• France Kim Tillie
• France Ali Traoré
• France Ronny Turiaf
• France Saint-Ange Vebobe
• France Victor Wembanyama
• France Léo Westermann
• France Guerschon Yabusele
• Belgium Ismaël Bako
• Belgium Retin Obasohan
• Greece Kostas Antetokounmpo
• ISRDEN Noam Yaacov
• Italy Nikola Radulović
• Croatia Nikola Vujčić
• Croatia Miro Bilan
• Croatia Andrija Žižić
• Hungary François Németh
• Estonia Kristjan Kangur
• LTU Rolandas Alijevas
• LTU Mantas Kalnietis
• LTU Mindaugas Lukauskis
• Serbia Marko Kešelj
• Serbia Nikola Radulović
• Turkey Hüseyin Beşok
• UK Steve Bucknall
• UK Pops Mensah-Bonsu
• Nigeria Tonye Jekiri
• AUS David Andersen
• JAM Adrian Uter
• Canada Rowan Barrett
• Puerto RicoU.S. Virgin Islands Walter Hodge
• USA Hilton Armstrong
• USA Tarik Black
• USA Lawrence Boston
• USA Eric Campbell
• USA John Celestand
• USA Norris Cole
• USA Corey Crowder
• USATurkey Bobby Dixon
• USA Charles Gaines
• USA James Gist
• USA Shaquille Harrison
• USA Brian Howard
• USA Frank Jackson
• USA Jaren Jackson
• USAArmenia Chris Jones
• USA Marcos Knight
• USAIreland Jay Larranaga
• USACameroon Paris Lee
• USA David Lighty
• USA Terrell Lyday
• USAGuyanaRawle Marshall
• USA Marlon Maxey
• USABrazil Scott Machado
• USA Trenton Meacham
• USA Jay Murphy
• USA DeMarcus Nelson
• USAGermany Dylan Osetkowski
• USA Ahmad Nivins
• USA André Roberson
• USA Delaney Rudd
• USA Mike Scott
• USAPoland A. J. Slaughter
• USAISR Alex Tyus
• USA Chevon Troutman
• USA Darryl Watkins
• USA Casper Ware
• USA Lamayn Wilson

Head coaches

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Club Presidents

Individual club records

Individual club record holders, while players of ASVEL.

ASVEL players with the most French League championships

ASVEL players with the most French League championships won, while members of the club.

Sponsors

• Groupe LDLC

References

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