ASVEL Basket
ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team located in the commune of Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports club, competes at the highest level of French basketball, the LNB Élite. The club's home games are played in both the OL Arena and the Astroballe which have a seated capacities of 12,523 and 5,560 respectively.
Founded in 1948, the team is the most successful in French basketball with 21 LNB Élite 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 €3.7 million. The deal also included a plan for a new EuroLeague-standard arena.
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 S'portive Villeurbanne and Éveil L'yonnais. In its history, ASVEL has won 21 French Pro A League championships, 10 French Cups, two French Supercups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As 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 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 won three games in a row to 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 Groupe 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 2021–22 season, ASVEL won its third Pro A championship in a row, its first three-peat in 32 years after beating Monaco in the Finals.
Arenas
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 €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 branding
On September 11, 2018, the club changed its name to 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.Honours
Domestic competitions
- French League
- French Cup
- A Leaders Cup
- French Super Cup
- '''Federation Cup'''
European competitions
- EuroLeague
- FIBA Saporta Cup
- FIBA Korać Cup
- '''Latin Cup'''
Other competitions
- '''Villeurbanne, France Invitational Game'''
Season by season
International record
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Retired numbers
Notable players
- Éric Beugnot
- Jim Bilba
- Yann Bonato
- André Buffière
- Nouha Diakité
- Alain Digbeu
- Antoine Diot
- Makan Dioumassi
- Boris Dallo
- Nando de Colo
- Antoine Eito
- Moustapha Fall
- Youssoupha Fall
- Laurent Foirest
- Mickaël Gelabale
- Alain Gilles
- Henri Grange
- Thomas Heurtel
- William Howard
- Edwin Jackson
- Livio Jean-Charles
- Paul Lacombe
- Charles Lombahe-Kahudi
- Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
- Théo Maledon
- Jacques Monclar
- Ferenc Németh
- Amine Noua
- Élie Okobo
- Tony Parker
- Yves Pons
- Henri Rey
- Zaccharie Risacher
- Arthur Rozenfeld
- Yohann Sangaré
- Laurent Sciarra
- Matthew Strazel
- Gérard Sturla
- Amara Sy
- Philip Szanyiel
- Kim Tillie
- Ali Traoré
- Ronny Turiaf
- Saint-Ange Vebobe
- Victor Wembanyama
- Léo Westermann
- Guerschon Yabusele
- Ismaël Bako
- Retin Obasohan
- Kostas Antetokounmpo
- Noam Yaacov
- Nikola Radulović
- Nikola Vujčić
- Miro Bilan
- Andrija Žižić
- François Németh
- Kristjan Kangur
- Rolandas Alijevas
- Mantas Kalnietis
- Mindaugas Lukauskis
- Marko Kešelj
- Nikola Radulović
- Hüseyin Beşok
- Steve Bucknall
- Pops Mensah-Bonsu
- Tonye Jekiri
- David Andersen
- Adrian Uter
- Rowan Barrett
- Walter Hodge
- Hilton Armstrong
- Tarik Black
- Lawrence Boston
- Eric Campbell
- John Celestand
- Norris Cole
- Corey Crowder
- Bobby Dixon
- Charles Gaines
- James Gist
- Shaquille Harrison
- Brian Howard
- Frank Jackson
- Jaren Jackson
- Chris Jones
- Marcos Knight
- Jay Larranaga
- Paris Lee
- David Lighty
- Terrell Lyday
- Rawle Marshall
- Marlon Maxey
- Scott Machado
- Trenton Meacham
- Jay Murphy
- DeMarcus Nelson
- Dylan Osetkowski
- Ahmad Nivins
- André Roberson
- Delaney Rudd
- Mike Scott
- A. J. Slaughter
- Alex Tyus
- Chevon Troutman
- Darryl Watkins
- Casper Ware
- Lamayn Wilson
Head coaches
Club Presidents
Individual club records
Individual club record holders, while players of ASVEL.| Category | Player | Club Tenure | Record | ||
| Total Points Scored |  ASVEL players with the most French League championshipsASVEL players with the most French League championships won, while members of the club.
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