ESSM Le Portel

ESSM Le Portel
ESSM Le Portel
Leagues	Pro A
Founded	1931
History	ESSM Le Portel; (1931–present)
Arena	Le Chaudron
Capacity	3,500
Location	Le Portel, France
Team colors	Green, Dark Grey, White;
Head coach	Éric Girard
Website	essm-basket.fr
Uniforms
Home	Away

Étoile Sportive Saint-Michel Le Portel Côte d'Opale, commonly known as ESSM Le Portel or simply Le Portel, is a professional basketball team based in Le Portel, France. The team currently plays in the Pro A, the first tier in France.

History

In the 2014–15 season, ESSM had a historic run to the Coupe de France Final. They beat Pro A teams Le Mans, Le Havre, ASVEL and reigning French champion Limoges CSP to qualify for their first cup final ever. In the Final they lost 74–87 to SIG Strasbourg.

In the 2015–16 season, Le Portel won the Pro B play-offs which gained the team promotion to the LNB Pro A.^[1] In the first Pro A season of the club, they reached the playoffs after they captured the eight-seed. In the following 2017–18 season, Le Portel made its European debut in the FIBA Europe Cup. In this competition, the team reached the quarter-finals, where it lost to Bakken Bears.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

ESSM Le Portel roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PF	7000500000000000000♠5	Traoré, Jean-Victor	7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb)	33 – (1985-06-20)20 June 1985
G	7000600000000000000♠6	Mangin, Benoît	7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001690000000000000♠69 kg (152 lb)	30 – (1988-06-03)3 June 1988
SG	7000800000000000000♠8	Ehambe, Moses	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	32 – (1986-05-22)22 May 1986
C		Rothbart, Robert	7000217000000000000♠2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)	7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb)	32 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986
PG		Curry, Brandyn	7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	27 – (1991-02-10)10 February 1991
PF		Williams, Darrell	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb)	29 – (1989-09-15)15 September 1989
SF		Drouault, Pierre-Étienne	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	27 – (1990-12-09)9 December 1990
SF		Crockett, Jeffrey	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	26 – (1991-10-16)16 October 1991
SG		Hilliard, Anthony	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	32 – (1986-06-28)28 June 1986

Head coach

Eric Girard

Assistant coach(es)

Jacky Périgois
Bertrand Van Butsele

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 25 July 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Robert Rothbart	Darrell Williams
PF	Jean-Victor Traoré
SF	Jeffrey Crockett	Pierre-Étienne Drouault
SG	Moses Ehambe
PG	Brandyn Curry	Benoît Mangin

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least three seasons for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Arenas

Le Chaudron, the home arena of ESSM since 2015

Georges Carpentier (2003–2007)
Salle Damrémont (2007–2013)
Lycée Giraux-Sannier (2013–2015)
Le Chaudron (2015–present)

Season by season

Former logo of the team (2007–2015)

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	French Cup	European competitions
2013–14	2	Pro B	5th		Round of 32
2014–15	2	Pro B	9th		Runner-up
2015–16	2	Pro B	2nd		Round of 32
2016–17	1	Pro A	8th	19–17	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	Pro A	11th	16–18	Round of 16	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QF	14–1–3

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	QR2	Bnei Herzliya	74–55	74–74
		RS	Donar	60–49	77–72
			Bosna	101–51	66–86
			Antwerp Giants	94–79	70–73
		SR	İstanbul BB	86–49	80–83
			Nizhny Novgorod	79–72	57–76
			Kataja	90–68	77–82
		R16	Dinamo Sassari	100–81	72–55
		QF	Bakken Bears	86–80	76–62

Honours

Coupe de France:
- Runners-up (1): 2014–15

References

↑ Basket : Le Portel en Pro A

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[1] Basket : Le Portel en Pro A

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