Nanterre 92 is a professional

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club from the city of

Nanterre Nanterre (, ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering t ...

(a western suburb of

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. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays its home games in the Palais des Sports, which has a capacity of 3,000 people. The honor list of Nanterre includes one French championship and two French Cup titles as well as a

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championship.

History

Nanterre 92 played in the French 2nd Division, for the first time, in the 2004–05 season. In 2007, the club made it to the finals of the

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. In 2011, the club won the French 2nd Division championship, and got promoted to the top national domestic level French League. In the 2012–13 French League season, after finishing in the eighth position of the regular season, Nanterre 92 won its first top-tier national domestic title, and thus qualified to play in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 2013–14 season. In the French League 2013–14 season, Nanterre didn't manage to reach the league's playoffs, after finishing 10th in the Pro A regular season. Despite the disappointment in the national league competition, Nanterre 92 won the

title that season. They beat

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, by a score of 55–50, in the Cup's Final. In the French Leaders Cup, Nanterre 92 also reached the Cup Final, but lost to

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. Nanterre also made its debut in the EuroLeague that season. To start the 2014–15 season, Nanterre won the Match des Champions (French Super Cup). On April 26, 2015, Nanterre won its first European-wide trophy. In the 2015,

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Final, it beat Trabzsonspor, 63–64, on a buzzer-beater by T.J. Campbell. In February 2016, the team's name was changed from JSF Nanterre, to Nanterre 92, with "92" representing the numeric code of the club's home department of Hauts-de-Seine.

Arenas

Nanterre 92 plays its home French League national domestic league games, and home EuroCup games, at the 3,000 seat Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez. For home EuroLeague games, when the club played in that competition, in the 2013–14 season, they used the Halle Georges Carpentier, which has a capacity of 5,009 seats for basketball. On 11 March, 2018, Nanterre 92 beat ASVEL Basket, by a score of 81–80, in a French League 2017–18 season game, which was held at the U Arena. The game had an attendance of 15,220, which was the highest attendance of any game in the French League's history.15.220 fans in the U Arena!
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Logos

Logo JSF Nanterre.png, The club's JSF Nanterre logo (used until 2016). Nanterre 92 logo.png, The club's Nanterre 92 logo (2016–present).

Season by season

Trophies

Domestic

French League * Champion (1):

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* Winners (2): 2013–14, 2016–17 * ''Runners-up'': 2006–07, 2012–13 French Super Cup * Winners (2):

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* ''Runners-up (1)'': 2013 French League 2 * Champion (1): 2010–11

European

* Champion (1): 2016–17

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* Champion (1): 2014–15

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Head coaches

Pascal Donnadieu Pascal Donnadieu (born May 29, 1964) is a French former basketball player, and professional basketball coach, for Nanterre 92. Playing career Donnadieu ended his basketball playing career in 1991, at age 27. He retired due to knee injuries. Co ...

References

External links

Official website

Former official website

Former official website

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