Chorale Roanne Basket

Chorale Roanne
Leagues	LNB Pro B
Founded	1937 (1937)
Arena	Halle André Vacheresse
Capacity	5,020
Location	Roanne, France
Team colors	White, Navy, Blue, Orange
President	Daniel Pérez
Head coach	Jean-Dennis Choulet
Championships	2 French Championships 2 Pro B 2 Pro B Leaders Cup 1 La Semaine des As Cup
Website	chorale-roanne.com
Home Away

Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue and white. Their mascot is a black woman named Putriphelia.

History

In Chorale's history, the team won two national titles; in 1959 and most recent in 2007. The teams honour list also includes a La Semaine des As Cup (in 2007) and multiple European campaigns. In the 2007–08 season, the club even played in the top level Euroleague. In the 2013–14 season, the club was relegated to the LNB Pro B.

In the 2018–19 season, Roanne won the Pro B championship and promoted back to the Pro A after a five-year absence.

Current roster

Former logo (2007–2014)

Chorale Roanne roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 5 Cooper, D. J. 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990 F 7 Roos, Maxime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-03-23)23 March 1995 G 8 Diot, Antoine 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 C 10 Langevine, Cyril 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-08-16)16 August 1998 C 12 Morin, Yannis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 PF 13 Pierre-Justin, Théo 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2005-01-20)20 January 2005 PF 21 Jones, Jalen 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-05-27)27 May 1993 F 24 Tucker, Jordan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-04-03)3 April 1998 SG 31 Grady, Kellan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-09-11)11 September 1997 SG 55 Moendadze, Kadri 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 PG Gomez, Terrell 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-02-05)5 February 1998	Head coach Jean-Denys Choulet Assistant coach(es) Loic Bard Emilie Duvivier Marc Berjoan Vincent Gineys Frederic Titre Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: June 2, 2024

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

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2006–07	1	Pro A	1st		Champion
2007–08	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2008–09	1	Pro A	5th	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2009–10	1	Pro A	3rd	Round of 32	Semifinalist	3 EuroChallenge	3rd
2010–11	1	Pro A	6th	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	QR1
						2 Eurocup	RS
2011–12	1	Pro A	8th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge	QF
2012–13	1	Pro A	6th	Round of 16	Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	Pro A	15th	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	2	Pro B	8th
2015–16	2	Pro B	16th
2016–17	2	Pro B	15th

Achievements

• French Championship
  • Champions (2): 1958–59, 2006–07
• French Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 1963–64
• La Semaine des As Cup
  • Winners (1): 2007
• LNB Pro B Leaders Cup
  • Winners (2): 2017, 2019

Players

Individual awards

Pro A Foreign MVP

• Dewarick Spencer – 2007
• Marc Salyers – 2008

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: 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 Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Ben Mbala 2018-present
• Antti Kanervo 2016–17
• Matti Nuutinen
• Pape Badiane 2005-08
• Laurent Cazalon 2000-03; 2006-
• Alain Gilles 1962-65
• Marc-Antoine Pellin 2005-10
• André Vacheresse 1942-60
• Luc-Arthur Vebobe
• Henri Villecourt 1956-60
• Guerschon Yabusele 2013-15
• Arthur Rozenfeld 2016-17
• Makhtar N'Diaye 1999–01; 2003–04
• Dušan Kecman 2012-13
• Kenny Grant
• John Holland
• Mike Bauer 2005-06
• Ricky Davis 2011
• Fennis Dembo 1990-92
• Aaron Harper 2005-07
• Cedric Henderson 1990-92
• Marc Salyers 2006-08
• Dewarick Spencer 2005-07
• Terry Stotts 1988-89
• David Thirdkill 1989-90
• Justin Wright-Foreman

Head coaches

The 2007-08 team before a match with Fenerbahçe Ülker.

The 2007-08 team huddle before a match with Fenerbahçe Ülker.

• 2011-14 : Luka Pavićević
• 2000-11 : Jean-Denys Choulet
• 1998-00 : Mike Gonsalves
• 1996-98 : Patrick Macazaga
• 1993-96 : Gilles Versier
• 1988-93 : Alain Thinet
• 1985-88 : André Jacquemot
• 1984-85 : Yvon Leca
• 1983-84 : Alain Monestier
• 1982-83 : Jacky Odin
• 1980-82 : Jean-Paul Pupunat
• 1977-80 : André Vacheresse
• 1975-77 : Jeff Dubreuil
• 1974-75 : Dick Smith
• 1972-74 : Ludvick Luttna
• 1971-72 : Gérard Sturla
• 1970-71 : Lucien Piegad
• 1961-69 : Maurice Marcelot
• 1945-61 : André Vacheresse

External links

• Official website