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	Christian Monschau
Website	essm-basket.fr
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.	Age
SG	3	Umeh, Michael	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	35 – (1984-09-18)18 September 1984
F/C	5	Krubally, Ousman	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1988-03-13)13 March 1988
PG	6	Mangin, Benoît	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	32 – (1988-06-03)3 June 1988
F	8	Ballard, Antonio	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	22 – (1998-04-30)30 April 1998
PG	9	Tabu, Jonathan	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	34 – (1985-10-07)7 October 1985
F/C	11	Želionis, Edgaras	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	31 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989
F/C	26	Eliezer-Vanerot, Cyrille	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	23 – (1996-08-01)1 August 1996
C	33	Smallwood, Thomas	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	25 – (1995-03-30)30 March 1995
F/C	55	Cheatham, Kwan	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	24 – (1995-08-21)21 August 1995
SG	72	Drouault, Pierre-Étienne	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	29 – (1990-12-09)9 December 1990
SF	––	McIntosh, MiKyle	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1994-07-19)19 July 1994
SF	––	Wojciechowski, Mathieu	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1992-10-20)20 October 1992

Head coach

Christian Monschau

Assistant coach(es)

Jacky Périgois
Bertrand Van Butsele

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 22 June 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Ousman Krubally	Thomas Smallwood
PF	Kwan Cheatham	Edgaras Želionis
SF	Antonio Ballard	Cyrille Eliezer-Vanerot
SG	Michael Umeh	Pierre-Étienne Drouault
PG	Jonathan Tabu	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

Pro A
LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues Awards French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame
2019–20 teams	AS Monaco ASVEL Boulazac Bourg-en-Bresse Chalon-sur-Saône Châlons-Reims Cholet Dijon Gravelines-Dunkerque Le Mans Levallois Limoges Nanterre Orléans Pau-Lacq-Orthez Roanne Le Portel Strasbourg
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Other competitions	Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup)
Awards	Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach
Other	All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions