Fos Provence Basket, also known as Fos-sur-mer, is a professional

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team based in

Fos-sur-mer Fos-sur-Mer (, literally ''Fos on Sea''; Provençal: ''Fòs'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Geography Fos-sur-Mer is situated about north west of Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast, and to the w ...

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. The team currently plays in the second tier

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. Home games are played in the Complexe sportif Parsemain, which has a capacity of 2,000 people.

History

The club was founded on 13 January 1972 as Frat Fosséenne by its founders Paul Bruyère and Jean Lovato. On 18 January 2020, Fos received Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball at the Palais des Sports in Marseille and set its attendance record with 3,384 spectators. On 15 June 2018, Fos Provence promoted to the first-tier

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for the first time in history, after defeating

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in the finals of the promotion play-offs. In the 2020–21 season, Provence won the Pro B championship again and was promoted.

Honours

*Champions (1): 2020–21 *Promoted (1): 2017–18 LNB Pro B Leaders Cup *Winners (1): 2021

Players

Current roster

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time. * Jordan Aboudou *

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* Abdoulaye M'Baye * Samuel Haanpää * David Huertas *

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* Marcus Dove *

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* Ron Lewis * Jarvis Varnado

Season by season

References

External links

Official website
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