Paris Basket Racing

Paris Basket Racing
Paris Basket Racing
Founded	1922
Dissolved	2007
History	Racing Club de France Basket ; (1922–1989); Racing Paris Basket ; (1989–1992); PSG Racing Basket ; (1992–2000); Paris Basket Racing; (2000–2007);
Arena	Stade Pierre de Coubertin
Capacity	4,016
Location	Paris, France
Team colors	White and Blue;
Championships	4 French League Championships ; 4 French 2nd Division Championships
Uniforms
Home	Away

Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, was a French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in 1922, as the basketball section of the multi-sports club Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000. In 2007, the club merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form the current version of the club, called Levallois Metropolitans.

History

Paris Basket Racing won three consecutive French national championships, in the 1950–51, 1952–53, and 1953–54 seasons, plus a French Pro A title in the 1996–97 season.

In 2007, the club merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form the club's newest incarnation, Paris-Levallois Basket. After the merger, Paris-Levallois Basket retained all of the history of both Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket. Paris-Levallois Basket was then renamed Levallois Metropolitans in 2017.

Names of the club

Racing Club France Basket (RC France Basket): (1922–1989)
Racing Paris Basket: (1989–1992)
Paris Saint Germain Racing Basket (PSG Racing Basket): (1992–2000)
Paris Basket Racing: (2000–2007)

Arena

Paris Basket Racing played its home games at the 4,016 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin.

Honors

French League
- Champions (4): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1997
  - Runner-up (1): 1956
French Cup
- Runners-up (3): 1956, 1993, 2000
French Second Division
- Champions (4): 1936, 1954, 1977, 1985

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	European competitions
1991–92	1	Pro A	11th	3 Korać Cup	QF
1992–93	1	Pro A	6th
1993–94	1	Pro A	6th
1994–95	1	Pro A	5th
1995–96	1	Pro A	5th	3 Korać Cup
1996–97	1	Pro A	1st
1997–98	1	Pro A	5th	1 Euroleague	R2
1998–99	1	Pro A	5th	3 Korać Cup
1999–00	1	Pro A	6th
2000–01	1	Pro A	8th	2 Saporta Cup	RS
2001–02	1	Pro A	7th	3 Korać Cup	RS
2002–03	1	Pro A	7th
2003–04	1	Pro A	13th	3 Europe League	RS
2004–05	1	Pro A	4th	3 Europe League	EF
2005–06	1	Pro A	13th
2006–07	1	Pro A	14th

Players

Notable players

Head coaches

Robert Busnel: (1949–1952)
Jean Perniceni: (1952–1954)
Robert Monclar: (1954–1959, 1965–1966)
Jacques Freimuller: (1959–1961)
Laurent Franchescini: (1961–1963, 1967–1968)
Edmond Gondal: (1969–1971)
Antoine Schneider & Jacques Pocquet: (1971–1972)
Gérard de Félices: (1973–1974)
Gérard Mullon & Marko Ostarčević: (1977–1978)
Dominique Richard Laurent Dorigo: (1985–1986)
George Eddy & André Buffière: (1986–1987)
Jean-Michel Sénégal: (1987–1989)
Laurent Dorigo: (1989)
George Fischer & Grég Beugnot & Laurent Bosc: (1989–1990)
Grég Beugnot: (1989–92)
Chris Singleton: (1993–97)
Jacky Renaud & Didier Dobbels: (1997)
Božidar Maljković: (1997–98)
Erik Lehmann: (2001–02)
Jacques Monclar: (2002–05)
Gordon Herbert: (2005–06)
Ilias Zouros: (2006–07)

External links

Paris Basket Racing's Club History (in French)

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