Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional

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club based in the city of

Limoges Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...

History

The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became the first French club to win a major European-wide title in a team sport, by winning the FIBA European League (EuroLeague) in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

. In the 1999–2000 season, Limoges won its 9th top-tier level French League title, but it was

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to the French second division

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, after winning it, because of financial problems. The club didn't get back to its old state for a long time, as it spent the next 3 years in the Pro A, but was relegated again in 2004 after finishing dead last. Starting with the 2004–05 season, Limoges played in the NM1, the French third division, due to continued financial problems. It took the club six seasons to eventually return to the Pro A. In the 2013–14 season, Limoges returned to its old glory, as the team captured its 10th French League national championship, by beating Strasbourg IG 0–3 in the French League Finals. Alex Acker was named Finals MVP. The club thus qualified for the 2014–15 EuroLeague by winning the French League championship, which would be their first appearance in the top European-wide league in 17 seasons. In the EuroLeague, Limoges lost 8 out of 10 games, managing to win against UNICS and Cedevita, before being relegated to the European-wide second tier level EuroCup. In the EuroCup Round of 32, Limoges was eliminated, after finishing 3rd in Group J. In the French Pro A, Limoges once again had a successful season. In the regular season, Limoges finished in 3rd place behind JSF Nanterre and Strasbourg IG, but in the French League playoffs, they made up for that. In the French League Finals, Limoges beat Strasbourg 1–3, to win back-to-back French League titles. Ousmane Camara was named Finals MVP.

Arena

Limoges plays its home games at the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, which has a

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of 6,500 people.

Roster

Retired numbers

Current roster

Honours

Domestic competitions

* French League : Winners (11): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2013–14, 2014–15 : Runners-up (4): 1986–87, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1997–98 * French Cup : Winners (1): 1999–00 : Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2011–12 *

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: Winners (2): 1988, 1990 : Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992 * French Super Cup : Winners (1):

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* Federation Cup (defunct) : Winners (3): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85 * League Cup (defunct) : Winners (2): 1993–94, 1994–95 * French League Pro B : Winners (2): 2000–01, 2011–12

European competitions

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: Winners (1): 1992–93 : 3rd place (1): 1989–90 : 4th place (1): 1994–95 : Final Four (3):

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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(defunct) : Winners (1): 1987–88 *

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(defunct) : Winners (3): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1999–00 : Runners-up (1): 1986–87 * European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, defunct) : Runners-up (1):

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Worldwide competitions

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: 3rd place (1):

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

: 4th place (1):

Other competitions

* FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct) : 4th place (1):

* Tournoi de Beaublanc : Winners (1): 2014 * Tournoi de Bourge : Winners (1): 2014 * Tarere, France Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2015 * St. Chamond & St. Étienne, France Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2015

Individual club awards

* Small Triple Crown : Winners (3): 1982–83, 1987–88, 1999–00

Successive shirts

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Supporters and rivalries

The club has a large fan-base, with a dedicated ultras group called ''Ultras Green''. Their biggest rival is another legendary French club Pau-Orthez, and they have been trading blows with one another for national supremacy on the hardwood, both figuratively and literally, since the early 1980s. In the 22 seasons between 1983 and 2004, the two clubs combined for 18 French League championships, and multiple games between the two teams resulted in fights among the players, including one that ended in a brawl between Élan supporters and Limoges players, at the old Orthez venue, La Moutète.

Season by season

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

International record

In European and worldwide competitions

The road to the European Cup victories

1981–82 FIBA Korać Cup 1982–83 FIBA Korać Cup 1987–88 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 FIBA European League 1999–00 FIBA Korać Cup

Notable players

* Gregor Beugnot * Jim Bilba * Yann Bonato * Nobel Boungou Colo * Axel Bouteille * Ousmane Camara * Richard Dacoury * Yakhouba Diawara * Sekou Doumbouya * Stéphane Dumas * Vasco Evtimov * Apollo Faye * Mickaël Gelabale * Joseph Gomis * William Howard * Damien Inglis * Mouhammadou Jaiteh * Adrien Moerman * Jacques Monclar * Hugues Occansey * Stéphane Ostrowski * Johan Petro * Jonathan Rousselle * Thierry Rupert * Jean-Michel Sénégal * Steed Tchicamboud * Ali Traoré * Georges Vestris * Frédéric Weis * Léo Westermann * Edin Bavčić * Zack Wright * João Paulo Batista * Bruno Caboclo * Dwight Hardy * John Amaechi * Spencer Dunkley * Ville Kaunisto * Taurean Green * Yassin Idbihi * Heiko Schaffartzik * Angelos Tsamis *

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* Pape-Philippe Amagou * Fréjus Zerbo * Samardo Samuels * Siim-Sander Vene * Bo McCalebb * J. R. Reynolds * Mathieu Wojciechowski * Klemen Prepelič * Jure Zdovc * Radoslav Rančík * Mileta Lisica * Dragan Lukovski * Branko Milisavljević * Óscar Yebra * Eugene Jeter * Jerome Randle * Alex Acker * Tommy Adams * Cedrick Banks * Travarus Bennett * Steffon Bradford * Kevin Braswell * Michael Brooks * Anthony Brown * Marcus Brown * Don Collins * Brian Conklin * Randy Culpepper * Ramel Curry * Will Daniels *

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* Grant Gondrezick * R.T. Guinn * Kenny Hayes * Dru Joyce * Clarence Kea *

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* J. R. Koch * Kyle McAlarney * Kevin McGee * George Montgomery * Glenn Mosley * Ed Murphy *

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* Mark Payne * London Perrantes * Dawan Robinson * Clinton Smith * Jamar Smith * Jordan Taylor * Ronnie Taylor * Carl Thomas * Kelly Tripucka * Joah Tucker * Ty Walker * Brad Wanamaker * Harper Williams * DaShaun Wood * Michael Young

Head coaches

References

External links

Official website

Encyclocsp.eu

Beaublanc.com
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