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

Uniforms

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^[1]
AS Monaco Basket

^ Informations générales asmonacobasket.com

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

AS Monaco roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
4.0 !PF	5000000000000000000♠0	USA !	Davies, Brandon	7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	7002109000000000000♠109 kg (240 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991
1.0 !PG	7000100000000000000♠1	USA !	Bost, Dee	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-10-12)12 October 1989
1.0 !PG	7000300000000000000♠3	BIH !	Wright, Zack	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985
3.0 !SF	7000800000000000000♠8	UKR !	Gladyr, Sergii	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-10-17)17 October 1988
4.0 !PF	7001110000000000000♠11	FRA !	Aboudou, Jordan	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-01-30)30 January 1991
2.5 !G/F	7001130000000000000♠13	FRA !	Rigot, Paul	7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
5.0 !C	7001210000000000000♠21	FRA !	Fofana, Bangaly	7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-06-03)3 June 1989
3.5 !F	7001220000000000000♠22	AZE !	Caner-Medley, Nik	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb)	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-10-20)20 October 1983
2.0 !SG	7001230000000000000♠23	USA !	Shuler, Jamal	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-01-11)11 January 1986
2.0 !SG	7001240000000000000♠24	FRA !	Ouattara, Billy	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
1.0 !PG	7001250000000000000♠25	SLO !	Jeram, Thomas	7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
3.5 !F	7001350000000000000♠35	FRA !	Sy, Amara	7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1981-08-28)28 August 1981
5.0 !C	7001540000000000000♠54	USA !	Bryant, John	7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	7002127000000000000♠127 kg (280 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987

Head coach

Zvezdan Mitrovic

Assistant coach(es)

Olivier Basset

Team manager

Oleksiy Yefimov

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: 24 November 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1
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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External links

Official website (French)
AS Monaco Basket at Eurobasket.com

AS Monaco – current roster

0 Davies 1 Bost 3 Wright 5 Sy 8 Gladyr 10 Poinas 11 Aboudou 13 Rigot 21 Fofana 22 Caner-Medley 23 Shuler 24 Ouatarra 25 Jeram 54 Bryant

Head coach: Mitrović

Pro A

FFBB Awards French League System

2016–17 teams	AS Monaco Antibes Sharks Chalon-sur-Saône Châlons-Reims Cholet Dijon Gravelines-Dunkerque Hyères-Toulon Le Mans Limoges Lyon-Villeurbanne Nancy Nanterre Orléans Paris-Levallois Pau-Lacq-Orthez Le Portel 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

Other competitions	French Leaders Cup French Cup Match des Champions

Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP

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