Nanterre 92

History

The club was established in 1927 as JSF Nanterre.

Nanterre played in the French 2nd Division, for the first time, in the 2004–05 season. In 2007, the club made it to the finals of the French Cup. In 2011, the club won the French 2nd Division championship, and got promoted to the top national domestic level French League.

In the 2012–13 French League season, after finishing in the eighth position of the regular season, Nanterre won its first top-tier national domestic title, and thus qualified to play in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 2013–14 season.

In the French League 2013–14 season, Nanterre didn't manage to reach the league's playoffs, after finishing 10th in the Pro A regular season. Despite the disappointment in the national league competition, Nanterre won the French Cup title that season. They beat SLUC Nancy Basket, by a score of 55–50, in the Cup's Final. In the French Leaders Cup, Nanterre also reached the Cup Final, but lost to Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Nanterre also made its debut in the EuroLeague that season.

To start the 2014–15 season, Nanterre won the Match des Champions (French Super Cup). On April 26, 2015, Nanterre won its first European-wide trophy. In the 2015, EuroChallenge Final, it beat Trabzsonspor, 63–64, on a buzzer-beater by T.J. Campbell.

In February 2016, the team's name was changed from JSF Nanterre, to Nanterre 92, with "92" representing the numeric code of the club's home department of Hauts-de-Seine.

Arenas

Nanterre 92 plays its home French League national domestic league games, and home EuroCup games, at the 3,000 seat Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez. For home EuroLeague games, when the club played in that competition, in the 2013–14 season, they used the Halle Georges Carpentier, which has a capacity of 5,009 seats for basketball.

On 11 March, 2018, Nanterre 92 beat ASVEL Basket, by a score of 81–80, in a French League 2017–18 season game, which was held at the U Arena. The game had an attendance of 15,220, which was the highest attendance of any game in the French League's history.

Logos

Logo JSF Nanterre.png|The club's JSF Nanterre logo (used until 2016). Nanterre 92 logo.png|The club's Nanterre 92 logo (2016–present).

Season by season

Trophies

Domestic

French League

• Champion (1): 2012–13 French Cup
• Winners (2): 2013–14, 2016–17
• Runners-up: 2006–07, 2012–13 French Super Cup
• Winners (2): 2014, 2017
• Runners-up (1): 2013 French League 2
• Champion (1): 2010–11

European

FIBA Europe Cup

• Champion (1): 2016–17 FIBA EuroChallenge
• Champion (1): 2014–15

Players

Current roster

Notable players

• FRA Juhann Bégarin
• FRA Souarata Cissé
• FRA Isaia Cordinier
• FRA Mamoutou Diarra
• FRA Evan Fournier
• FRA Joseph Gomis
• FRA William Howard
• FRA Hugo Invernizzi
• FRA Edwin Jackson
• FRA Mouhammadou Jaiteh
• FRA Marc Judith
• FRA Alpha Kaba
• FRA Lahaou Konaté
• FRA Mathias Lessort
• FRA Adrien Moerman
• FRA Adam Mokoka
• FRA Johan Passave-Ducteil
• FRA Ali Traoré
• FRA Victor Wembanyama
• ALB Dallas Moore
• ARG Patricio Garino
• ARM Luke Fischer
• AUS Brock Motum
• AUS Kevin Lisch
• BEL Ajay Mitchell
• BEL Hans Vanwijn
• BIH Miralem Halilović
• CAN Johnny Berhanemeskel
• CAN Kenny Chery
• CAN Justin Edwards
• CGO Loic Akono
• CMR Joachim Ekanga-Ehawa
• CMR Jeremy Nzeulie
• COL Juan Palacios
• DOM Ivan Almonte
• FIN Erik Murphy
• FIN Jamar Wilson
• GBR Zeb Cope
• GBR Laurence Ekperigin
• GBR Myles Hesson
• GER Heiko Schaffartzik
• ISL Haukur Palsson
• LIT Adas Juškevičius
• NGA Alade Aminu
• NGA Talib Zanna
• POR Miguel Cardoso
• SEN Malick Badiane
• SEN Ibrahima Fall Faye
• SEN Hamady Ndiaye
• SEN Youssou Ndoye
• SRB Nikola Rebić
• SWE Mats Levin
• UKR Vyacheslav Bobrov
• UKR Sergiy Gladyr
• USA Steffon Bradford
• USA Justin Bibbins
• USA Spencer Butterfield
• USA Dwight Buycks
• USA T.J. Campbell
• USA Brian Conklin
• USA Rashaun Freeman
• USA Julian Gamble
• USA Diante Garrett
• USA Keith Hornsby
• USA Chris Horton
• USA Frank Jackson
• USA Nick Johnson
• USA Kevin Jones
• USA David Lighty
• USA Deshaun Thomas
• USA Ray McCallum
• USA Ivan McFarlin
• USA Trent Meacham
• USA J.J. O'Brien
• USA Marcquise Reed
• USA Mykal Riley
• USA Gerald Robinson
• USA Desi Rodriguez
• USA Jeremy Senglin
• USA Jamal Shuler
• USA Taylor Smith
• USA Chris Warren
• USA Dominic Waters
• USA Kyle Weems

Head coaches

• FRA Pascal Donnadieu (1987-2024)
• POR Philippe da Silva (2024-2025)
• FRA Julien Mahé (2025-current)

References

References

1. [http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/cid_04nV5LW1InMnPsDwhkujE0.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.roundID_10369.season_2015.gameID_10377-8-A-1.html Trabzonspor - JSF Nanterre.]
2. [http://www.francetvsport.fr/basket/pro-a/la-jsf-nanterre-change-de-nom-et-devient-la-jsf-nanterre-92-320619 La JSF Nanterre change de nom et devient Nanterre 92 {{in lang. fr.]
3. [http://www.eurohoops.net/en/proa/633052/14-666-fans-u-arena/ 15.220 fans in the U Arena!]