AS Salé (basketball)

Association Sportive Salé (Arabic: جمعية سلا‎), commonly known as AS Salé, is a Morrocan basketball club from Salé. The club competes in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Notable players of the team include senior men's Moroccan national basketball team members Abdelhakim Zouita, Abderrahim Najah, Zakaria El Masbahi and Soufiane Kourdou.

AS Salé
NicknameLes Corsaires (Corsairs)
Pirates
LeaguesBAL
Division Excellence
Founded1928 (1928)
ArenaSalle el-Bouâzzaoui
Capacity2,000
LocationSalé, Morocco
Head coachSaid Bouzidi
Websiteass-team.c.la
Active departments of
AS Salé Sports Club
Football Basketball

Salé has won the Moroccan championship seven times and the Moroccan cup eleven times. The team won one continental title, the FIBA Africa Champions Cup which it won in 2017.

History

The basketball section of multi-sports club AS Salé was established on 1928. The team played in the Division Excellence, Morocco's first tier, for years but did not win its first league title until 2010.[1]

On 20 December 2017, Salé won the 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup, Salé's first international title and the first title of a Moroccan team at the event in almost 20 years.[2] It did so by defeating Étoile de Radès in Radès, winning the final 77–69.[3] After the tournament, Salé's Abdelhakim Zouita was named Most Valuable Player of the competition while Abderrahim Najah was honoured with a place in the All-Star Five.

In the following continental season, Salé had another outstanding year. The team reached the final for its second consecutive year but failed to defeat Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto.

As winners of the 2018–19 Moroccan League, Salé qualified for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Honours
Honours Number Years
Domestic
Division Excellence Winners
7
 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Runners-up
4
2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Moroccan Cup Winners
11
 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Runners-up
1
2004
International
FIBA Africa Basketball League Winners
1
 2017
Runners-up
1
 2018–19
Third place
1
 2010, 2011, 2016
Arab Championship Runners-up
4
 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017
Third place
4
 2018

Players

Current roster

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

AS Salé roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG Stoglin, Terrell (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1991-11-10)10 November 1991
G Bello, Deuce (I) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992
PG Mitchell, Tony (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 30 – (1989-08-07)7 August 1989
Head coach
  • Said Bouzidi [4]
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: March 6, 2020

Notable players

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

Head coaches
  • Željko Zečević (2019)
  • Rachid Yatribi (2019–present)

References
  1. "AS de Sale – History". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. Basketball : L’AS Salé champion d’Afrique, La Vie éco, 21 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017 (in French)
  3. "Association Sportive de Salé v Etoile Sportive Radès boxscore - FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017 - 20 December". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. "Said Bouzidi is back in Morocco,take over the Pirates of Sale". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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