AS Monaco Basket
AS Monaco Basket | |||
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Nickname |
La Roca Team Les Rouges et Blancs (The Red and Whites) | ||
Leagues |
LNB Pro A Champions League | ||
Founded | 1928 | ||
Arena | Salle Gaston Médecin | ||
Capacity | 3,700 | ||
Location | Fontvieille, Monaco | ||
Team colors |
Red, White and Gold | ||
President | Sergey Dyadechko | ||
General manager | Yann Boissons | ||
Championships |
3 Pro A Leaders Cups 1 NM1 | ||
Website | asmbasket.org | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Departments of AS Monaco | ||
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Football | Basketball |
Association Sportive de Monaco Basketball Club, commonly referred to as AS Monaco Basket, is a French-registered Monaco-based professional basketball club. They are a part of the Monaco-based multi-sports club AS Monaco, which was founded in 1924.
The club's basketball section was founded in 1928,[1] and it currently competes in the French top-tier level LNB Pro A and the Basketball Champions League. The team plays their home games at Salle Gaston Médecin.
History
About four years after the parent athletic club, AS Monaco, was itself founded, AS Monaco Basket was founded in 1928. They finished as runners-up in the French top-tier Nationale 1 (current LNB Pro A) following the 1950 season, which is regarded as one of their greatest successes in their history. Monaco also won the LNB Pro B (French 2nd Division) championship for the 1973 season, with one of the greatest offenses on the European continent.
AS Monaco Basket joined the Nationale 1 for the 1973–74 season, where they finished in ninth place. They made their first appearance in the European 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup in the 1974–75 season, losing in the group stage to other notable teams such as ASVEL Basket, Levski Sofia, and Brina AMG Sebastiani Basket. They entered the same tournament again for the 1982–83 season, but lost out to Dynamo Moscow in the semifinals qualification battle in the Top 16 group stage, despite a far better finish in the tournament overall.[2][3]
Entering the 1980s, Monaco was in the process of securing their title as one of the most dangerous teams in French basketball. They reached the finals game of the French Federation Cup, losing to Limoges CSP, by a score of 96–81. The Red and Whites also became a threat in the LNB Pro A (French 1st Division), what the league had been renamed to, after former NBA player, Robert Smith, joined the team in 1985. Smith was named the 1987 French League All-Star Game MVP.[4]
After Smith left the team, Monaco found themselves descending in the league. They were relegated to the second division LNB Pro B later in the decade, and eventually ended up in the Nationale 1 Division. They would not return to the LNB Pro A, the highest division of basketball in France, for many years to come. In 2014, AS Monaco Basket was crowned the champions of the French third-tier league, the Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1), and they returned to the LNB Pro B (French 2nd Division).[5]
In the 2014–15 season, Monaco became the French 2nd-tier LNB Pro B champions, and they were finally promoted back to the top-tier league in France, the LNB Pro A. In 2015, the Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist, Sergey Dyadechko, became president of AS Monaco Basket.[6] In the 2015–16 season, Monaco won the French Pro A Leaders Cup, after beating Élan Chalon in the finals, by a score of 99–74.[7] Monaco player, Jamal Shuler, was named the French Pro A Leaders Cup MVP.
In the 2016–17 season, Monaco returned to European-wide competitions, when it qualified for the Basketball Champions League.[8] In 2017, the charity fund, DSF, founded by the club's owner, Dyadechko, became a sponsor of AS Monaco Basket.[9]
Arena
AS Monaco Basket plays its home games at the 3,700 seat[10] Salle Gaston Médecin, which is a part of the Stade Louis II sports complex.
Logos
- AS Monaco Basket Amateur[11]
- AS Monaco Basket
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Updated: 17 April 2018 |
Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Elmedin Kikanovic | Georgi Joseph | |
PF | Jarrod Jones | Amara Sy | Ian Hummer |
SF | Paul Lacombe | Yakuba Ouattara | Romain Poinas |
SG | Gerald Robinson | Rémi Barry | |
PG | D. J. Cooper | Derek Needham |
Trophies and honors
Domestic competitions
- Champions (2): 1972–73, 2014–15
- Runners-up (1): 1982–83
- Champions (1): 2013–14
European competitions
Season by season
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | French Cup | Pro A Leaders Cup | European competitions | ||
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2008–09 | 4 | NM2 | 9th | |||||
2009–10 | 4 | NM2 | 7th | |||||
2010–11 | 4 | NM2 | 1st | |||||
2011–12 | 4 | NM2 | 1st | |||||
2013–14 | 3 | NM1 | 1st | Round of 64 | ||||
2014–15 | 2 | Pro B | 1st | Round of 16 | ||||
2015–16 | 1 | Pro A | 3rd | Quarterfinals | Champion | |||
2016–17 | 1 | Pro A | 5th | Quarterfinals | Champion | 3 Champions League | 3rd | 17–4 |
2017–18 | 1 | Pro A | 2nd | Quarterfinals | Champion | 3 Champions League | RU | 17–4 |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Georgy Adams Éric Beugnot George Brosterhous Christian Garnier Yakuba Ouattara Jean Perniceni Philip Szanyiel Jean-Aimé Toupane Sergii Gladyr Mehdi Hafsi Derrick Obasohan D.J. Cooper Brandon Davies Woody Edwards Jamal Shuler Robert Smith Billy Joe Williams
Head coaches
Jean-Pierre Baldwin: 1999–2000 Philippe Beorchia: 2000–2003 Claude Palanca: 2003–2004 Stéphane Dao: 2004–2007 Georgy Adams: 2007–2010 Jean-Michel Sénégal: 2010–2013 Savo Vučević: 2013–2015 Philippe Beorchia: 2015 Zvezdan Mitrović: 2015–2018
References
- ↑ L'histoire du club (in French).
- ↑ "Korac Cup 1982-83". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ "Korac Cup 1974-75". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ "HISTORIQUE". ASMonacoBasket.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ Bosi, Kévin. "Monaco, champion de NM1". FFBB.com. Fédération Française de Basket-Ball. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ http://asmbasket.org/club/authority/index.php?ID=227
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- ↑ Présentation - Quelques chiffres - Salle omnisports : 3.700 places (in French).
- ↑ Informations générales asmonacobasket.com
External links
- Official website (in French)
- AS Monaco Basket at Eurobasket.com