Bangui Sporting Club, also known as Bangui SC, is a Central African basketball team based in

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. The team plays in the Bangui Basketball League (LBBB) and has won the championship in 2022 and 2023. In the 2024 season, Bangui played in the

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(BAL), as the first team from the Central African Republic in the league. The team colors are navy, red and white.

History

The club was founded in 2017 as GIBA-BCAGS, by former

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player Cyrille Damango. The team entered the Bangui Basketball League (LBBB) after its establishment, and finished as runners-up in 2021, losing to Tondema In the final. The team changed its name to Bangui Sporting Club on 4 April 2022. Following their 2022 national championship, Sporting represented the Central African Republic in the 2023 BAL qualification, and its roster featured national team players Max Kouguere and Steven-Emile Perriere, as well as Rwandan guard Kenny Gasana and center Kendall Gray. Sporting narrowly missed out on a place in the BAL, after losing the third place game to

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Debut season in the BAL (2023–24)

They repeated as LBBB champions in 2023 after defeating New Tech Bantou in the finals, with national team players Evans Ganapamo and Max Kouguere on the roster. As champions, they qualified once again for the Road to BAL. Before the beginning of the Road to BAL, Sporting hired

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as their new head coach. Bangui had a successful run which was highlighted by their 4 November semi-final win over Al Ahly Benghazi, which sealed their qualification to the

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. Thus, Bangui Sporting Club became the first team from the Central African Republic to qualify for the BAL. and winning the West Division title after beating

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in the final on 5 November. Following financial issues of the organization ahead of the BAL, Bangui struggled to pay its players after the successful Road to BAL campaign and coach Mills did not re-sign. In March, Bangui appointed Justin Serresse as their new head coach, however, he quickly left the team over payment disputes as well. Bangui nevertheless made a successful debut in the BAL with François Enyengue as coach, and with notable players such as Thierry Darlan and Kurt-Curry Wegscheider on their team. Bangui finished third in the

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with a 3–3 record.

Honours

Bangui Basketball League * Champions (2): 2022, 2023 ** Runners-up (1): 2021

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* West Division Champions (1):

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Players

Current roster

The following is the Bangui Sporting Club roster for the

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Notable players

* Kenny Gasana * Kendall Gray * Max Kouguère * Jimmy Djimrabaye * Rolly Fula Nganga * Thierry Darlan

Head coaches

* Alpha Mane: (2022) *

: (2023) * François Enyengue: (2024–present)

Season by season

The following are Bangui Sporting Club's results in the BAL since their debut in 2024:

References

{{Basketball Africa League Basketball teams in the Central African Republic Basketball teams established in 2017 Bangui Road to BAL teams Basketball Africa League teams