AS Monaco Basket

AS Monaco Basket
AS Monaco Basket
Nickname	Les Rouges et Blancs ; (The Red and Whites) ; La Rocca Team
Leagues	LNB Pro A; Champions League
Founded	1928
History	AS Monaco Basket; (1928–present)
Arena	Salle Gaston Médecin
Capacity	3,700
Location	Fontvieille, Monaco
Team colors	Red, White and Gold;
Championships	1 French Leaders Cup
Website	asmbasket.org
Home	Away

Association Sportive de Monaco Basketball Club, commonly referred to as AS Monaco Basket, is a French-registered Monaco-based basketball club. They are a part of the Monaco-based multi-sports club AS Monaco.

They were founded in 1924, and currently play in the LNB Pro A and Basketball Champions League. The team plays their home games at Salle Gaston Médecin, and they are coached by Savo Vučević.

History

About four years after the parent athletic club, AS Monaco, was itself founded, AS Monaco Basket was founded in 1928. They finished as runners-up in the French top-tier Nationale 1 (current LNB Pro A) following the 1950 season, which is regarded as one of their greatest successes in their history. Monaco also won the LNB Pro B (French 2nd Division) championship for the 1973 season, with one of the greatest offenses on the European continent.

AS Monaco Basket joined the Nationale 1 for the 1973–74 season, where they finished in ninth place. They made their first appearance in the European 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup in the 1974–75 season, losing in the group stage to other notable teams such as ASVEL Basket, Levski Sofia, and Brina AMG Sebastiani Basket. They entered the same tournament again for the 1982–83 season, but lost out to Dynamo Moscow in the semifinals qualification battle in the Top 16 group stage, despite a far better finish in the tournament overall.^[1]^[2]

Entering the 1980s, Monaco was in the process of securing their title as one of the most dangerous teams in French basketball. They reached the finals game of the French Federation Cup, losing to Limoges CSP, by a score of 96-81. The Red and Whites also became a threat in the LNB Pro A (French 1st Division), what the league had been renamed to, after former NBA player, Robert Smith, joined the team in 1985. Smith was named the 1987 French League All-Star Game MVP.^[3]

After Smith left the team, Monaco found themselves descending in the league. They were relegated to the second division LNB Pro B later in the decade, and eventually ended up in the Nationale 1 Division. They would not return to the LNB Pro A, the highest division of basketball in France, for many years to come. In 2014, AS Monaco Basket was crowned the champions of the French third-tier league, the NM1, and they returned to the LNB Pro B (French 2nd Division).^[4]

In the 2014–15 season, Monaco became the French 2nd-tier LNB Pro B champions, and they were finally promoted back to the top-tier league in France, the LNB Pro A.

In the 2015–16 season, Monaco won the French Leaders Cup, after beating Élan Chalon in the finals, by a score of 99-74.^[5] Monaco player, Jamal Shuler, was named the French Leaders Cup MVP.

In the 2016–17 season, Monaco returned to Europe when it qualified for the Basketball Champions League.^[6]

Logos

AS Monaco Basket Amateur^[7]
AS Monaco Basket

Players

Current roster

Template:AS Monaco Basket roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Bangaly Fofana	John Bryant
PF	Nik Caner-Medley	Brandon Davies
SF	Amara Sy	Jordan Aboudou
SG	Jamal Shuler	Sergiy Gladyr
PG	Dee Bost	Zackary Wright

Trophies and honors

LNB Pro B

Champions (2): 1973, 2015

French Cup

Runners-up (1): 1983

NM1 (French 3rd Division)

Champions (1): 2014

French Leaders Cup

Winners (1): 2016

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2015–16	1	Pro A	1	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Champion	–
2016–17	1	Pro A					3	Champions League	TBD

Notable players

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.
Woody Edwards
Robert Smith
Billy Joe Williams
Mehdi Hafsi
Derrick Obasohan

References

^ "Korac Cup 1982-83". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ "Korac Cup 1974-75". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ "HISTORIQUE". ASMonacoBasket.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ Bosi, Kévin. "Monaco, champion de NM1". FFBB.com. Fédération Française de Basket-Ball. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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^ Informations générales asmonacobasket.com

External links

Official website Template:Fr icon
AS Monaco Basket at Eurobasket.com

[1] "Korac Cup 1982-83". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[2] "Korac Cup 1974-75". LinguaSport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[3] "HISTORIQUE". ASMonacoBasket.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[4] Bosi, Kévin. "Monaco, champion de NM1". FFBB.com. Fédération Française de Basket-Ball. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

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[7] Informations générales asmonacobasket.com

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LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues Awards French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame
2023–24 teams	AS Monaco ASVEL Blois Bourg-en-Bresse Cholet Dijon Élan Chalon Gravelines-Dunkerque Le Mans Le Portel Levallois Limoges Nancy Nanterre Paris Roanne Saint-Quentin 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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Other competitions	Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup)
Awards	Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach
Other	All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions

v t e AS Monaco current roster
00 Brown 0 Okobo 3 Loyd 4 Blossomgame 11 Diallo 12 Cornelie 14 Jaiteh 15 Walker 20 Motiejūnas 22 Tarpey 24 Ouattara 32 Strazel 45 Hall 55 James
Head coach: Obradović Assistant coach: Ocokoljic Gladyr