SIG Strasbourg
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| Nickname | SIG | |||
| Leagues | LNB Pro A Basketball Champions League | |||
| Founded | 1929 | |||
| History | Strasbourg (1929–present) | |||
| Arena | Rhénus Sport | |||
| Capacity | 6,200 | |||
| Location | Strasbourg, France | |||
| Team colors | Red, Silver and White | |||
| President | Martial Bellon | |||
| Head coach | Vincent Collet | |||
| Championships | 1 French Championship 1 Leaders Cup 1 Match des Champions 1 French Second Division | |||
| Website | www.sigbasket.fr | |||
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Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG or simply Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League, and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. The club's home games are played at Rhénus Sport. The players wear white and red uniforms.
History
The club was founded in 1929, and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938.
Starting from the 2004–05 season, new head coach Éric Girard took over the team. In the regular season, SIG finished 3rd and Giard was named Coach of the Year. Strasbourg won the top-tier French League for the first time in the 2004–05 season. SIG beat its rival SLUC Nancy 72–68.
In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg played in the Euroleague. The team had some outstanding results, as they beat top tier team Saski Baskonia. In the Pro A, the team was defeated by Nancy 1–2 in the Semi-finals.
In the 2006–07 season, the team wouldn't reach further than the Quarter-finals. After some down years, the team started to revived when Vincent Collet took over as head coach in 2012. The team reached the Pro A Finals for three straight years in 2013, 2014, 2015. Along with that, the team won the 2015 Leaders Cup and 2014–15 French Basketball Cup. Important players for the team were Antoine Diot and Louis Campbell, who won MVP Awards in the won competitions.
Rivalries
"The Eastern Rivalry"
The Eastern Derby is the name a match between Strasbourg IG and SLUC Nancy is given, because of its strong emotional history.
Budgets
| Season | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2012–13 | €5,700,000 |
| 2013–14 | €6,500,000 |
| 2014–15 | €5,900,000 |
| 2015–16 | €6,200,000 |
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Mouhammadou Jaiteh | Matt Howard | |
| PF | Romeo Travis | Erik Murphy | Olivier Cortale |
| SF | Pape Sy | Jérémy Leloup | |
| SG | A.J. Slaughter | Paul Lacombe | |
| PG | Erving Walker | Frank Ntilikina |
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | French Cup | Leaders Cup | European competitions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | 1 | Pro A | 5 | Quarterfinalist | Round of 16 | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Pro A | 12 | – | Round of 16 | – | – | – |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Pro A | 8 | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Pro A | 14 | – | Round of 16 | – | – | – |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Pro A | 11 | – | Round of 32 | – | – | – |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Pro A | 10 | – | – | Round of 16 | – | – |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Pro A | 2 | Runner-up | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | – | – |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Pro A | 1 | Runner-up | Round of 32 | Semifinalist | 1 Euroleague | RS |
| 2 Eurocup | L32 | |||||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Pro A | 1 | Runner-up | Champion | Champion | 2 Eurocup | L32 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Pro A | 2 | Runner-up | Round of 16 | Semifinalist | 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup |
RS RU |
Honours
- Winners (1): 2004–05
- Winners (1): 2014–15
- Runners-up (1): 1998–99
- Winners (1): 2015
- Runners-up (1): 2013
- Winners (1): 2015
- Winners (1): 1998–99
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.
Alexis Ajinça- Mouhammadou Jaiteh
- Axel Toupane
- /
Crawford Palmer 
Kornél Dávid
Mindaugas Timinskas
Afik Nissim
/ Jarod Stevenson
/ Ricardo Greer- Michael Brooks
- Chuck Eidson
- Rick Hughes
- Keith Jennings
- J. R. Reid
- Anthony Roberson
- Brion Rush
- Terence Stansbury
Head coaches
| Coach | From | To | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|
 Vincent Collet |
2016 | 1 Leaders Cup, 1 French Cup, 1 Match des Champions |
External links
- Official website Template:Fr icon
- Strasbourg IG at Eurobasket.com
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