ASVEL Basket

Leagues

Pro A
EuroCup

Founded

1948

History

ASVEL Basket
1948–present

Arena

L'Astroballe

Capacity

5,556

Location

Villeurbanne, Lyon, France

Team colors

Green, White, Black

President

Tony Parker

Head coach

J. D. Jackson

Championships

18 French Championships
8 French Cups
1 Federation Cup
1 Semaine des As Cup

Retired numbers

2 (4, 4)

Website

asvel.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

ASVEL Basket or ASVEL is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports club, competes in the top-tier level French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at L'Astroballe, which seats 5,556 people.^[1] The players wear green and white uniforms.

The club's current president is San Antonio Spurs star, and former France national basketball team player, Tony Parker.

History

The parent club was founded in 1948, with the merger of two multi-sport clubs in Lyon and vicinity; ASVEL is an acronym combining the names of the predecessor clubs—Association Sportive Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais. ASVEL has won 18 French Pro A League championships, 8 French Cups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As Cup, which makes it the most titled basketball club in France.

In the French Pro A League 2015–16 season, ASVEL won its 18th French League title, after beating Strasbourg IG 3 games to 2 in the French Pro A League Finals. ASVEL was down 2–0 in the series, but managed to win three games in a row to take the championship.^[2] In March 2017, Nicolas Batum became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, the company behind the club, and took over the position as director of basketball operations. Tony Parker remained majority owner and ASVEL president.^[3]

Arenas

L'Astroballe, with a seating capacity of 5,556 has been used as the long-time home arena of ASVEL. In July 2016, ASVEL announced that it would build a new multi-functional arena, with a seating capacity of 10,500 spectators.^[4] The arena is projected to cost €60 million euros.^[5]

Honours

European competitions

EuroLeague

Fourth place (1): 1996–97

FIBA Saporta Cup

Runners-up (1): 1982–83

Domestic competitions

French League

Winners (18): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 2001-02, 2008–09, 2015–16

French Cup

Winners (8): 1952–53, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08

Leaders Cup

Winners (1): 2009–10

French Super Cup

Winners (2): 2009, 2016

Federation Cup

Winners (1): 1983–84

Season by season

Former logo (used till 2011)

Season by season results of the club in national, cup and European competitions.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2008–09	1	Pro A	1st		Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2009–10	1	Pro A	9th	Champion		1 Euroleague	RS
2010–11	1	Pro A	11th	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2011–12	1	Pro A	12th			2 Eurocup	L16
2012–13	1	Pro A	3rd	Semifinalist
2013–14	1	Pro A	7th	Round of 16		2 Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	Pro A	6th			2 Eurocup	RS
2015–16	1	Pro A	1st		Semifinalist	3 FIBA Europe Cup	L16
2016–17	1	Pro A	4th	Round of 32	Runner-up	3 Champions League	QF

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
EuroLeague
1964–65	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Real Madrid, 65-83 (L) in Villeurbanne and 65-84 (L) in Madrid
1966–67	Quarter-finals	4th place in a group with Simmenthal Milano, AŠK Olimpija and Racing Mechelen
1969–70	Quarter-finals	3rd place in a group with CSKA Moscow, Ignis Varèse and Crvena Zvezda
1975–76	Semi-finals	eliminated by Real Madrid, 77-113 (L) in Madrid and 101-99 (W) in Villeurbanne
1977–78	Semi-final group stage	3rd place in a group with Real Madrid, Mobilgirgi Varèse, Maccabi Elite, Jugoplastika Split and Alvik
1996–97	Final Four	4th place in Rome, lost to FC Barcelona 70–77 in the semi-final, lost to Smelt Olimpija 79-86 in the 3rd place game
1998–99	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–0 by Olympiacos, 57–70 (L) in Piraeus and 77–81 (L) in Villeurbanne
1999-00	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–1 by Efes Pilsen, 85–93 (L) in Istanbul, 77–60 (W) in Villeurbanne and 66-68 (L) in Istanbul
2000–01	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–0 by CSKA Moscow, 63–78 (L) in Moscow and 76–82 (L) in Villeurbanne
Saporta Cup
1967–68	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Ignis Varèse, 88-73 (W) in Villeurbanne and 51-70 (L) in Varese
1976–77	Quarter-finals	4th place in a group with Forst Cantù, Joventut Schweppes and Steaua București
1978–79	Quarter-finals	3rd place in a group with Den Bosch, Gabetti Cantù and Śląsk Wrocław
1982–83	Final	lost to Scavolini Pesaro 99–111 in the final (Palma de Mallorca)
1984–85	Semi-finals	eliminated by Žalgiris, 78-84 (L) in Kaunas and 93-88 (W) in Villeurbanne
1986–87	Semi-finals	eliminated by Cibona, 82-98 (L) in Villeurbanne and 93-109 (L) in Zagreb
1997–98	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 58-67 (L) in Villeurbanne and 70-62 (W) in Milan
Korać Cup
1973–74	Semi-finals	eliminated by Forst Cantù, 68-99 (L) in Cantù and 94-76 (W) in Villeurbanne
1995–96	Semi-finals	eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 69-73 (L) in Milan and 72-81 (L) in Villeurbanne
EuroCup
2005–06	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Aris TT Bank, 60-67 (L) in Villeurbanne and 67-77 (L) in Thessaloniki

Players

Current roster

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

ASVEL Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
1.5 !G	15	ISV !	Hodge, Walter	7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	7001770000000000000♠77 kg (170 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-09-21)21 September 1986
4.0 !PF	1	SRB !	Dragović, Nikola	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-12-20)20 December 1987
2.5 !G/F	9	FRA !	Lang, Nicolas	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1990-05-01)1 May 1990
4.0 !PF	10	FRA !	Sy, Bandja	7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1987-07-30)30 July 1987
2.5 !G/F	5	FRA !	Lombahe-Kahudi, Charles	7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1986-07-19)19 July 1986
3.5 !F	8	JAM !	Uter, Adrian	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-10-27)27 October 1984
5.0 !C	22	USA !	Watkins, Darryl	7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	7002117000000000000♠117 kg (258 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-11-08)8 November 1984
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Nelson, DeMarcus	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-10-02)2 October 1985
2.5 !G/F		USA !	Lighty, David	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1988-05-27)27 May 1988
2.0 !SG		POL !	Slaughter, A. J.	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1987-08-03)3 August 1987

Head coach

J.D. Jackson

Assistant coach(es)

Elric Delord
Terence Parker

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Updated: 4 March 2017

Retired numbers

Alain Gilles played 20 seasons for the club and coached the team for 8 seasons

N°	Player	Position	Tenure
ASVEL retired numbers
4	Delaney Rudd	PG	1993–1999
4	Alain Gilles	SG	Playing: 1965–86, Coaching: 1980–89

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. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

David Andersen
Nikola Vujčić
Kristjan Kangur
Charles Lombahe-Kahudi
Alain Digbeu
Alain Durand
Alain Gilles
Alain Vincent
André Buffière
Éric Beugnot
Gérard Sturla
Henri Grange
Jacques Monclar
Jim Bilba
Laurent Pluvy
Philip Szanyiel
Tony Parker
Yann Bonato
Robert Gulyas
Nikola Radulović
Adrian Uter
Mindaugas Lukauskis
Rolandas Alijevas
Hüseyin Beşok
Bob Purckiser
Bobby Dixon
Brian Howard
Casper Ware
Delaney Rudd
J. R. Reynolds
Leslie Reynolds
Norris Bell
Ronnie Smith
Willie Redden

References

↑ 0 ME,Astroballe (5556 places) (in French).
↑ Villeurbanne completes extraordinary series comeback to win the championship.
↑ "Nicolas Batum becomes shareholder of Tony Parker's ASVEL and director of basketball operations". Sportando. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
↑ "La future ARENA dévoilée !". Asvel Basket. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
↑ "Villeurbanne: la future Arena de l’Asvel sera réalisée par le groupe Floriot et DCB International". Lemoniteur.fr. Retrieved 2017-02-23.

External links

ASVEL – current roster
2 Ware 3 Gombauld 6 Smith 7 Meacham 8 Jean-Charles 9 Lang 11 Galliou 13 Andersen 16 Chassang 18 Choquet 22 Watkins 23 Lighty 28 Lombahe-Kahudi
Head coach: Jackson Assistant coaches:

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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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