LDLC ASVEL | ||||
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Leagues | LNB Pro A EuroLeague | |||
Founded | 1948; 76 years ago (1948) | |||
Arena | LDLC Arena Astroballe | |||
Capacity | 12,500 5,556 | |||
Location | Villeurbanne, Lyon, France | |||
Main sponsor | LDLC OL | |||
President | Tony Parker | |||
Head coach | Pierrick Poupet | |||
Championships | 21 French Championships 10 French Cups 2 French Supercups 1 French Federation Cup 1 French Leaders Cup | |||
Retired numbers | 3 (4, 4, 5) | |||
Website | ldlcasvel.com | |||
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ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, 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 theββbasketball 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.
Founded in 1948, the team is the most successful in French basketball with 21 Pro A championships and 10 French Cup titles.
In 2014, Tony Parker became the "president of the club." In 2017, Nicolas Batum became the club's director of basketball operations. In June 2019, football club Olympique Lyonnais's holding company OL Groupe purchased a 25% stake in the ASVEL men's team, plus a 10% stake in the ASVEL women's team, in a deal worth around β¬3.7 million. The deal also included a plan for a new EuroLeague-standard arena.
Historyβ»
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 clubsβAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne and Γveil Lyonnais. In its history, ASVEL has won 20 French Pro A League championships, 10 French Cups, two French Supercups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As Cup (French Pro A Leaders Cup), which makes it the most titled basketball club in France.
In 2014, former San Antonio Spurs star and France national team player, Tony Parker, became the club's president.
In the French Pro A League 2015β16 season, ASVEL won its 18th French League title, after beating Strasbourg IG 3 gamesββto 2 in the French Pro A League Finals. ASVEL was down 2β0 in the series. But won three games in a rowββto take the championship.
In March 2017, NBA player, Nicolas Batum, became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, "the main investment company behind the club." And took over the position as director of basketball operations. Tony Parker remained majority owner, and ASVEL President. In 2018, the club signed a 10-year name sponsorship agreement with LDLC. The club also changed its main team colors from the original white and "green to white and black," and changed its main logo design.
In 2019, ASVEL returned to the EuroLeague after the organisation decided to give the team a wild card for two years.
In the 2021β22 season, ASVEL won its third Pro A championship in a row, its first three-peat in 32 years after beating Monaco in the Finals.
Arenasβ»
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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 projected seating capacity between 12,000 and 16,000 people, depending on the configuration. The arena is projected to cost β¬60 million. The new arena will be, named the LDLC Arena, and its design and construction were given to architectural firm Populous and Citinea. Construction began in January 2022 and was opened in November 2023.
Logos and brandingβ»
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(The official logo of the club, 2011β2018)
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(The official logo of the club, 2018βpresent)
On September 11, 2018, the club changed its name to LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons. Along with this change, the club changed its main colors from green to black and white. The decision was made with the explanation that, "when you are European, green is a colour that does not make you dream", and was followed by, criticism from fans. The new logo, used since 2018, consists of the number four, which refers to ASVEL legend Alain Gilles, while also keeping the V that was used in the previous logo.
Honoursβ»
Domestic competitionsβ»
- Winners (21): 1948β49, 1949β50, 1951β52, 1954β55, 1955β56, 1956β57, 1963β64, 1965β66, 1967β68, 1968β69, 1970β71, 1971β72, 1974β75, 1976β77, 1980β81, 2001β02, 2008β09, 2015β16, 2018β19, 2020β21, 2021β22
- Runners-up (7): 1953β54, 1958β59, 1995β96, 1996β97, 1998β99, 1999β00, 2002β03
- Winners (10): 1952β53, 1956β57, 1964β65, 1966β67, 1995β96, 1996β97, 2000β01, 2007β08, 2018-19, 2020β21
- Runners-up (5): 1953β54, 1954β55, 1958β59, 2001β02, 2015β16
- Winners (2): 2010, 2023
- Runners-up (2): 2017, 2020
- Winners (2): 2009, 2016
- Runners-up (1): 2008
- Federation Cup (defunct)
- Winners (1): 1983β84
- Runners-up (1): 1981β82
European competitionsβ»
- Semifinalists (1): 1975β76
- 3rd place (1): 1977β78
- 4th place (1): 1996β97
- Final Four (1): 1997
- Semifinalists (1): 1995β96
Other competitionsβ»
- Villeurbanne, France Invitational Game
- Winners (1): 2020
Season by seasonβ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/ASVEL_2008-09.jpg/250px-ASVEL_2008-09.jpg)
Season by season results of the club in national, cup, and European competitions.
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | French Cup | A Leaders Cup | European competitions | |
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2008β09 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | 2 Eurocup | RS |
2009β10 | 1 | Pro A | 9th | Round of 16 | Champion | 1 Euroleague | RS |
2010β11 | 1 | Pro A | 11th | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | 1 Euroleague | QR2 |
2 Eurocup | RS | ||||||
2011β12 | 1 | Pro A | 12th | Round of 16 | 1 Euroleague | QR2 | |
2 Eurocup | L16 | ||||||
2012β13 | 1 | Pro A | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | ||
2013β14 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | Round of 32 | 2 Eurocup | RS | |
2014β15 | 1 | Pro A | 6th | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague | QR3 | |
2 Eurocup | RS | ||||||
2015β16 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Runner-up | Semifinalist | 3 FIBA Europe Cup | L16 |
2016β17 | 1 | Pro A | 4th | Round of 32 | Runner-up | 3 Champions League | QF |
2017β18 | 1 | Pro A | 6th | Quarterfinals | Semifinalist | 2 EuroCup | T16 |
2018β19 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Champion | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | QF |
2019β20 | 1 | Pro A | β | β | Runner-up | 1 EuroLeague | RS |
2020β21 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Champion | 1 EuroLeague | RS |
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
International recordβ»
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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EuroLeague | |||
1964β65 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Real Madrid, 65β83 (L) in Villeurbanne and 65β84 (L) in Madrid | |
1966β67 | Quarter-finals | 4th place in a group with Simmenthal Milano, AΕ K Olimpija and Racing Mechelen | |
1969β70 | Quarter-finals | 3rd place in a group with CSKA Moscow, Ignis Varese and Crvena zvezda | |
1975β76 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Real Madrid, 77β113 (L) in Madrid and 101β99 (W) in Villeurbanne | |
1977β78 | Semi-final group stage | 3rd place in a group with Real Madrid, Mobilgirgi Varese, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Jugoplastika and Alvik | |
1996β97 | Final Four | 4th place in Rome, lost to FC Barcelona 70β77 in the semi-final, lost to Smelt Olimpija 79β86 in the 3rd place game | |
1998β99 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2β0 by Olympiacos, 57β70 (L) in Piraeus and 77β81 (L) in Villeurbanne | |
1999β00 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2β1 by Efes Pilsen, 85β93 (L) in Istanbul, 77β60 (W) in Villeurbanne and 66-68 (L) in Istanbul | |
2000β01 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2β0 by CSKA Moscow, 63β78 (L) in Moscow and 76β82 (L) in Villeurbanne | |
FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
1967β68 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Ignis Varese, 88β73 (W) in Villeurbanne and 51β70 (L) in Varese | |
1976β77 | Quarter-finals | 4th place in a group with Forst CantΓΉ, Juventud Schweppes and Steaua BucureΘti | |
1978β79 | Quarter-finals | 3rd place in a group with EBBC, Gabetti CantΓΉ and ΕlΔ sk WrocΕaw | |
1982β83 | Final | lost to Scavolini Pesaro 99β111 in the final (Palma de Mallorca) | |
1984β85 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Ε½algiris, 78β84 (L) in Kaunas and 93β88 (W) in Villeurbanne | |
1986β87 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Cibona, 82β98 (L) in Villeurbanne and 93β109 (L) in Zagreb | |
1997β98 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 58β67 (L) in Villeurbanne and 70β62 (W) in Milan | |
FIBA KoraΔ Cup | |||
1973β74 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Forst CantΓΉ, 68β99 (L) in CantΓΉ and 94β76 (W) in Villeurbanne | |
1995β96 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 69β73 (L) in Milan and 72β81 (L) in Villeurbanne | |
EuroCup | |||
2005β06 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Aris TT Bank, 60β67 (L) in Villeurbanne and 67β77 (L) in Thessaloniki |
Current rosterβ»
LDLC ASVEL roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated: June 20, 2024 |
Depth chartβ»
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench | |||
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C | Joffrey Lauvergne | Youssoupha Fall | |||
PF | Mike Scott | Deshaun Thomas | |||
SF | Charles Kahudi | Mbaye N'Diaye | |||
SG | David Lighty | Edwin Jackson | |||
PG | Paris Lee | Nando de Colo |
Retired numbersβ»
LDLC ASVEL retired numbers | |||
No. | Player | Position | Tenure |
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4 | Alain Gilles | G | 1965β1986 |
4 | Delaney Rudd | G | 1993β1999 |
5 | Amara Sy | G | 1999β2002, 2005β2007, 2008β2009, 2012β2015 |
Notable playersβ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Alain_Gilles.jpg/200px-Alain_Gilles.jpg)
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Γric Beugnot
Jim Bilba
Yann Bonato
André Buffière
Alain Digbeu
Alain Gilles
Henri Grange
Charles Lombahe-Kahudi
ThΓ©o Maledon
Jacques Monclar
Amine Noua
Tony Parker
Yves Pons
Henri Rey
GΓ©rard Sturla
Philip Szanyiel
Victor Wembanyama
Arthur Rozenfeld
Noam Yaacov
Nikola RaduloviΔ
Nikola VujΔiΔ
François Németh
Kristjan Kangur
Rolandas Alijevas
Mantas Kalnietis
Mindaugas Lukauskis
HΓΌseyin BeΕok
Bobby Dixon
Steve Bucknall
David Andersen
Adrian Uter
Corey Crowder
Brian Howard
Scott Machado
Delaney Rudd
Alex Tyus
Casper Ware
Head coachesβ»
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Club Presidentsβ»
Tenure | Club President |
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1963β1988 | ![]() |
1988β1990 | ![]() |
1990 | ![]() |
1990β1992 | ![]() |
1992β2001 | ![]() |
2001β2014 | ![]() |
2014βpresent | ![]() |
Individual club recordsβ»
Individual club record holders, while players of ASVEL.
Category | Player | Club Tenure | Record |
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Total Points Scored | ![]() |
1965β86 | 6,141 |
Points Per Game | ![]() |
1984β88 | 21.8 |
Total Assists | ![]() |
1993β99 | 1,208 |
Assists Per Game | ![]() |
1993β99 | 7.3 |
Total Rebounds | ![]() ![]() |
1983β92 | 1,472 |
Rebounds Per Game | ![]() ![]() |
1983β92 | 8.5 |
Games Played | ![]() |
1965β86 | 372 |
ASVEL players with the most French League championshipsβ»
ASVEL players with the most French League championships won, while members of the club.
Player | French Championships | Club Tenure |
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8 | 1965β86 |
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7 | 1955β69 |
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6 | 1948β57 |
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5 | 1963β72 |
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1949β60 | |
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1968β77 | |
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1959β71 | |
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1967β75 | |
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4 | 1948β55 |
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1967β73 | |
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1951β60 | |
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1963β69 | |
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1967β75 |
Sponsorsβ»
Referencesβ»
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