ASVEL Basket

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 Sportive Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais. In its history, ASVEL has won 20 French Pro A League championships, 10 French Cups, two French Supercups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As Cup (French Pro A Leaders 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.^[5]

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.^[6] In 2018, the club signed a 10-year name sponsorship agreement with 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.^[7]

In 2019, ASVEL returned to the EuroLeague after the organisation decided to give the team a wild card for two years.^[8]

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.^[9]

L'Astroballe, with a seating capacity of 5,556 has been used as the long-time home arena of ASVEL.

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.^[10] The arena is projected to cost €60 million.^[11] The new arena will be named the LDLC Arena, and its design and construction were given to architectural firm Populous and Citinea.^[12] Construction began in January 2022 and was opened in November 2023.^[13][14]

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  (The official logo of the club, 2011–2018)
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  (The official logo of the club, 2018–present)

On September 11, 2018, the club changed its name to LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons. Along with this change, the club changed its main colors from green to black and white.^[15] 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.^[16] 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.

Domestic competitions edit

• French League

Winners (21): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22

Runners-up (7): 1953–54, 1958–59, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03

• French Cup

Winners (10): 1952–53, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2018-19, 2020–21

Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1958–59, 2001–02, 2015–16

• A Leaders Cup

Winners (2): 2010, 2023

Runners-up (2): 2017, 2020

• French Super Cup

Winners (2): 2009, 2016

Runners-up (1): 2008

• Federation Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1983–84

Runners-up (1): 1981–82

European competitions edit

• EuroLeague

Semifinalists (1): 1975–76

3rd place (1): 1977–78

4th place (1): 1996–97

Final Four (1): 1997

• FIBA Saporta Cup

Runners-up (1): 1982–83

Semifinalists (2): 1984–85, 1986–87

• FIBA Korać Cup

Semifinalists (1): 1995–96

• Latin Cup

3rd place (2): 1953, 1966

Other competitions edit

• Villeurbanne, France Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2020

Season by season results of the club in national, cup, and European competitions.

Current roster edit

LDLC ASVEL roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 00 Scott, Mike 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 35 – (1988-07-16)16 July 1988 F 1 Thomas, Deshaun 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 32 – (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 PG 3 Lee, Paris 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1995-04-20)20 April 1995 F 5 Kahudi, Charles 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 37 – (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 F/C 7 Lauvergne, Joffrey 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 32 – (1991-09-30)30 September 1991 SF 9 Luwawu-Cabarrot, Timothé 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 SG 11 Jackson, Edwin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 34 – (1989-09-18)18 September 1989 G 12 de Colo, Nando 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 36 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 C 19 Fall, Youssoupha 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995 G/F 23 Lighty, David 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 36 – (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 PF 24 N'Diaye, Mbaye 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1999-01-04)4 January 1999 PG 31 Yaacov, Noam 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 19 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004	Head coach Pierric Poupet Assistant coach(es) Jean-Christophe Prat Bryan George Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Transactions Updated: 1 March 2024

Depth chart edit

Retired numbers edit

Notable players edit

Individual club record holders, while players of ASVEL.

Category	Player	Club Tenure	Record
Total Points Scored	Alain Gilles	1965–86	6,141
Points Per Game	Norris Bell	1984–88	21.8
Total Assists	Delaney Rudd	1993–99	1,208
Assists Per Game	Delaney Rudd	1993–99	7.3
Total Rebounds	Willie Redden	1983–92	1,472
Rebounds Per Game	Willie Redden	1983–92	8.5
Games Played	Alain Gilles	1965–86	372

ASVEL players with the most French League championships won, while members of the club.

Player	French Championships	Club Tenure
Alain Gilles	8	1965–86
Henri Grange	7	1955–69
Raymond Sahy	6	1948–57
Alain Durand	5	1963–72
Henri Rey		1949–60
Michel Duprez		1968–77
Gilbert Lamothe		1959–71
Bruno Recoura		1967–75
André Buffière	4	1948–55
Michel Le Ray		1967–73
Gérard Sturla		1951–60
Jean-Pierre Castellier		1963–69
Gérard Moroze		1967–75

• LDLC

• Official website
• Euroleague.net Team Page
• French League Profile (in French)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page