Élan Chalon

Leagues

Pro A
Basketball Champions League

Founded

1955

History

Élan Chalon
(1955–present)

Arena

Le Colisée

Capacity

4,948

Location

Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Team colors

White, Red, Silver

President

Dominique Juillot

Head coach

Jean-Denys Choulet

Championships

2 French Championship
2 French Cups
1 Semaine des As Cup

Website

elanchalon.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

Élan Chalon (Élan Sportif Chalonnais) is a French professional basketball club that is based in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. The team's main colors are red and white, and their mascot is a moose. They play their national domestic league games in the LNB Pro A league and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. The team's home arena is called, Le Colisée, which seats 5,000 spectators.

History

Le Colisée during the 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final

The club was founded in 1955, after the merger of Association Sportive Chalonnaise and Élan de Saint-Jean des Vignes. The club then merged with the football club Bourgneuf Val d'Or Mercurey of Bourgneuf Mercurey in 1970. The club reached full professional status in 1994.

In the 2011–12 season, Chalon won the LNB Pro A title which meant they had won their first ever French championship.^[1] Élan Chalon won the Final of the league 95–76 over Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Billy Ouattara and Clint Capela, respectively 24 points and 22 points, led the team to the win in the Final.

In the 2012–13 season, Élan played its first Euroleague season in history: the club was eliminated after the regular seasons in which the club recorded 3 wins and 7 loses.^[2]

In the 2016, Chalon reached the Final Four of the FIBA Europe Cup.^[3] The club hosted the Final Four at Le Colisée and ended on the third place after beating Russian side Enisey in the third-place game.

The following 2016–17 season was another succesfull one for the club. Élan reached one further stage of the FIBA Europe Cup Final this time, by reaching the Final. In the double-legged Final, Chalon lost to other French side Nanterre 92. In the Pro, A the club captured its second national title after defeating SIG Strasbourg 3–2 in the Finals.^[4]

Logos

2007–2013
2013–present

Players

Current roster

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

Élan Chalon roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Age
3.0 !SF	7001830000000000000♠83	FRA !	Bouteille, Axel	7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	000000001995-04-14-0000 22 – (1995-04-14)14 April 1995
3.0 !SF	7001230000000000000♠23	USA !	Clark, Cameron	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	000000001991-09-16-0000 25 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991
4.0 !PF	7001220000000000000♠22	SEN !	Fall, Ibrahima Faye	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	000000001997-01-10-0000 20 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997
5.0 !C	7001100000000000000♠10	FRA !	Fall, Moustapha	7000218000000000000♠2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	000000001992-02-23-0000 25 – (1992-02-23)23 February 1992
2.0 !SG	7000300000000000000♠3	USA !	Harris, Lance	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	000000001984-11-14-0000 32 – (1984-11-14)14 November 1984
5.0 !C	7001440000000000000♠44	USA !	Marshall, Zeke	7000212000000000000♠2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	000000001990-12-13-0000 26 – (1990-12-13)13 December 1990
4.0 !PF	7000500000000000000♠5	LVA !	Mejeris, Mareks	7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	000000001991-09-02-0000 25 – (1991-09-02)2 September 1991
2.5 !G/F	7001280000000000000♠28	FRA !	Ndoye, Assane	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	000000001996-08-16-0000 21 – (1996-08-16)16 August 1996
2.0 !SG	7000900000000000000♠9	CMR !	Nzeulie, Jérémy	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	000000001991-02-15-0000 26 – (1991-02-15)15 February 1991
2.0 !SG	7000700000000000000♠7	CMR !	Pitard, Gedeon	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	000000001989-02-07-0000 28 – (1989-02-07)7 February 1989
1.0 !PG	7001210000000000000♠21	USA !	Roberson, John	7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	000000001988-10-28-0000 28 – (1988-10-28)28 October 1988

Head coach

Jean-Denys Choulet

Assistant coach(es)

Romain Chenaud

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 6 April 2017

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 one season 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.

Honors

Domestic competitions

Pro A

Champions (2): 2011–12, 2016–17

French Cup

Champions (2): 2011, 2012

Semaine des As Cup / Leaders Cup

Champions (1): 2012
Runner-up (2): 2011, 2016

European competitions

FIBA Saporta Cup

Runners-up (1): 2000–01

FIBA Europe Cup

Runners-up (1): 2016–17
Third place (1): 2015–16

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2006–07	1	Pro A	3rd		Quarterfinalist
2007–08	1	Pro A	9th	Round of 16		2 ULEB Cup	R32
2008–09	1	Pro A	7th	Round of 16
2009–10	1	Pro A	12th	Quarterfinalist		3 EuroChallenge	L16
2010–11	1	Pro A	5th	Champion	Runner-up
2011–12	1	Pro A	1st	Champion	Champion	3 EuroChallenge	RU
2012–13	1	Pro A	4th	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2013–14	1	Pro A	8th	Round of 32	–	2 Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	Pro A	8th
2015–16	1	Pro A	5th		Runner-up	3 FIBA Europe Cup	3rd
2016–17	1	Pro A	1st	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RU

Notable coaches

Philippe Hervé
Gregor Beugnot
Jean-Denys Choulet

References

↑ LES ESPOIRS CHAMPIONS
↑ "Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone". euroleague.net. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
↑ Chalon Hold Off Khimik To Punch Final Four Ticket
↑ Elan Chalon are French League champions

External links

Official website (in French)
Eurobasket.com Team Page

Pro A
FFBB Awards French League System
2017–18 teams	Antibes Sharks AS Monaco Boulazac Bourg-en-Bresse Chalon-sur-Saône Châlons-Reims Cholet Dijon Gravelines-Dunkerque Hyères-Toulon Le Mans Levallois Limoges Lyon-Villeurbanne Nanterre Pau-Lacq-Orthez 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
Other competitions	French Leaders Cup French Cup Match des Champions
Awards	Awards Most Valuable Player Finals MVP
Other	French clubs in international competitions

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Élan Chalon – current roster
0 Loum 3 Harris 7 Pitard 9 Nzeulie 10 Fall 21 Roberson 22 Faye 23 Clark 28 Gantswa 83 Bouteille
Head coach: Choulet Assistant coaches: Chenaud