Tadamon Zouk

Tadamoun Zouk
Leagues	Lebanese Basketball League
Founded	1954
History	Tadamon Zouk 1954 - present
Arena	Nouhad Nawfal Stadium
Location	Kesrouan, Lebanon
Team colors	Red, Black, Silver, and White
Main sponsor	Cheikh Juan Hobeich, Mr Joe Ghossoub, Mr Wadih Absi
President	Rizkallah Khalil
Head coach	Elie Sfeir
Website	[1]
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Tadamon Zouk (Arabic: التضامن الزوق) is a Lebanese sports club most known for its basketball program. It is located at Zouk, Kesrouan, Lebanon.

Tadamon Zouk basketball team is part of the Lebanese Basketball League. It was part of the league's top division for many years and a regular feature of the Final Four teams in league, but has been relegated for some time but are now back to play in the 1st division.

Tadamon Zouk have had a rich history, with many of the greatest players in LBL history having played for the organization, including Elie Nasr, Richard Barbour, Wayne Butts, Wyking Jones, Imad Kanj, Tony Madison, Mousa Mousa, Roger Nasr and Patrick Saba.

History

Tadamon Zouk is a Lebanese sports club established in 1954 most known for its basketball program. It is located at Zouk Mikael, Kesrouan, Lebanon. Tadamon Zouk basketball team is part of the Lebanese Basketball League. It was part of the league's top division for many years and a regular feature of the Final Four teams in league, but has been relegated to play in the 2nd division. Tadamon Zouk was once nicknamed "The Unlucky Team", and "the runner-up champion" due to his participation in three consecutive championship finals from 1997-1999, losing against Sporting Club 3-1 in 1997, then 3-2 and 3-0 respectively in 1998 and 1999. Tadamon also reached the Lebanese basketball Cup final in 2000, losing to Sagesse as well. After the 2012-2013 season, thanks to the efforts of president Rizkallah Khalil and the rest of the administration, Tadamon Zouk was promoted back to the 1st division after 10 seasons of being out, and built a strong team to compete for the title. Their 2014-2015 ended when Byblos knocked them out in the Quarterfinal Play-offs 4-0, when the prominent players sat out due to being unpaid for several months due to economic difficulty. In 2015-2016 they were knocked out by Sagesse 3-1 in the Quarterfinals as well. This year the team and the coaching staff are doing their best to move forward and vast in the glory of their success.

Players

Current roster

Tadamoun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. C 31 Vukosavljević, Vladan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) SG 23 Pledger, Steven 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 11 Blair, Larry 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) PG 3 Zaloum, Joseph 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) PF 15 Hadidian, Gerard 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) SG 8 Jadayel, Karim 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) SF 14 Ghaleb, Elie SG 7 Alaaeddine, Salim 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) PF 55 Arnaout, Alaa 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) SF 57 El Zein, Frederic 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PG 81 Abiad, Jamil 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) C 99 Abou Karam, Elia SG 6 Abou Jaoude, Farid	Head coach Miodrag Perišić Assistant coach(es) Joe Mansour Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserves	Bench 3
C	Vladan Vukosavljević	Elia Abou Karam
PF	Gerard Hadidian	Alaa Arnaout
SF	Elie Ghaleb	Frederic El Zein
SG	Steven Pledger	Salim Alaeddine	Karim Jadayel	Farid Abou Jaoude
PG	Larry Blair	Joey Zaloum	Jamil Abiad