JL Bourg Basket

JL Bourg
JL Bourg
Nickname	La Jeu; La JL
Leagues	Pro A
Founded	1910
Arena	Ekinox
Capacity	3,548
Location	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
President	Julien Desbottes
Head coach	Savo Vucevic
2019–20 position	Pro A, 5th of 18
Website	www.jlbourg-basket.com
Home	Away

Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A.[1] Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people.

History

In 2014, JL Bourg adopted its new home arena Ekinox which replaced the Salle des Sports. This year the team also promoted to the Pro A after it won the Pro B Playoffs. They relegated back after the 2014–15 season.

In the 2019–20 season, Bourg was in the 5th place until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020–21 season, Bourg will make its European debut when it will play in the EuroCup.[2]

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	French Cup	Other competitions		European competitions
2011–12	2	Pro B	9th
2012–13	2	Pro B	8th
2013–14	2	Pro B	2nd
2014–15	1	Pro A	18th
2015–16	2	Pro B	5th			Pro B Leaders Cup	C
2016–17	2	Pro B	1st			Pro B Leaders Cup	SF
2017–18	1	Pro A	9th	17–17	Eightfinalist
2018–19	1	Pro A	9th	19–15	Round of 32
2019–20[lower-alpha 1]	1	Pro A	5th	16–9	Eightfinalist
2020–21	1	Pro A						2 EuroCup	TBD

The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bourg played only 25 games and had a 16–9 record.

Honours

Pro B

Champions (1): 2016–17

Leaders Cup

Runners-up (1): 2006

Pro B Leaders Cup

Champions (1): 2016

Players

Current roster

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JL Bourg roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	3	Sim, Garrett	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		29 – (1990-07-10)10 July 1990
SF	4	Johnson, Chris	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	30 – (1990-04-29)29 April 1990
SF	7	Courby, Maxime	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		29 – (1990-11-23)23 November 1990
PG	8	Wright, Zackary	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	35 – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985
SG	9	Randriamananjara, Johan	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		20 – (2000-01-09)9 January 2000
F/C	13	Pelos, Pierre	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)		27 – (1992-08-16)16 August 1992
C	14	Zerbo, Fréjus	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	122 kg (269 lb)	31 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989
C	15	Peacock, Zachery	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		32 – (1987-10-13)13 October 1987
G	19	Čarapić, Ognjen	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	21 – (1998-09-01)1 September 1998
PG	31	Wilson, Jamar	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	36 – (1984-02-22)22 February 1984
PF	32	Carmichael, Jackie	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	30 – (1990-01-02)2 January 1990
SG	33	Anđušić, Danilo	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	29 – (1991-04-22)22 April 1991

Head coach

Savo Vučević

Assistant coach(es)

Gérald Simon

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2019-09-23

Individual awards

Pro A Most Valuable Player
- Zachery Peacock – 2018

Logos

Primary logo used from 2013 till 2017

References

LNB Profile
"EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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[3] The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bourg played only 25 games and had a 16–9 record.

[1] LNB Profile

[2] "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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

JL Bourg current roster
3 Sim 4 Johnson 7 Courby 8 Wright 9 Randriamananjara 13 Pelos 14 Zerbo 15 Peacock 19 Čarapić 32 Carmichael 33 Anđušić
Head coach: Vučević Assistant coach: Simon