Manama Club, also known as simply Manama or Al Manama, is a Bahraini professional
basketball
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team based in
Manama
Manama ( ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and List of cities in Bahrain, largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is ...
. They play in the
Bahraini Premier League
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and are the most decorated team in national basketball history, having won a record 25 championships,
21 Cup titles,
and 5 Super Cup titles. Currently, Manama also plays in the
West Asia Super League (WASL), which they won in 2023.
Manama plays in the BBA Arena, which is also known as the Zain Basketball Arena.
In the 2022–23 season, Manama played in the inaugural
West Asia Super League under the guidance of coach
Linos Gavriel. On 17 June 2023, they won the WASL championship after they defeated
Kuwait Club in the
final
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in
Dubai
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. Because they also won the Premier League and Cup, they won their first
treble.
As the champions of Western Asia, Manama was invited for the
2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.
Honours
Domestic
Bahraini Premier League
* Champions (25): 1977–78, 1988-1989, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23,
2023–24
Bahraini Cup
* Champions (9): 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022,
2023,
2024
Bahraini Super Cup
* Champions (6): 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
International
West Asia Super League
* Champions (1):
2022–23
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
* Third place (1): 2000
Players
Current roster
Notable players
Several former
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) players have played for Manama Club.
*
Josh Boone (2014–2015)
*
Devin Ebanks (2021–2022)
*
Jordan Crawford
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Ear ...
(2022–2023)
*
Jerai Grant (2020)
*
Davion Berry (2022–2023)
*
Austin Daye
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(2016)
*
D. J. Stephens (2019)
Local Legends of Manama Club.
*
Nooh Najaf (#12)
*
Abdulmajeed Shahram (#9)
*
Mohamed Husain (Kempes) (#5)
*
Hasan Nowrooz (#14)
*
Abdulla Jasim (#4)
Head coaches
*
Sam Vincent (2014–2016)
*
Miodrag Perišić (2016–2017)
*
Josep Clarós
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He has been in 15 Finals so far with different teams in different countries as a Head ...
(2016–2017)
*
Linos Gavriel (2021–2022; 2023–present)
References
External links
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Basketball teams in Bahrain
Sport in Manama
Basketball teams established in 1946