Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy Basket, commonly referred to as SLUC Nancy Basket, is a French professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club based in
Nancy. The club currently competes in the
LNB Pro A
The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league ...
, the top league in France, and holds two league titles. SLUC was also a regular member of the
EuroCup competition.
History
SLUC Nancy was founded in 1967. The club won the
French 2nd Division championship in 1994. The club won the
French 1st Division
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championship in the years 2008 and 2011. They also won the
French Leaders Cup title in 2005, and the
French Super Cup
title in 2008 and 2011.
In pan European competition, SLUC Nancy won the
European-wide 3rd-tier level league, the
FIBA Korać Cup
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, in the
2001–02 season.
Arena
SLUC Nancy plays its home games at the 6,027 seat
Palais des Sports Jean Weille
Palais de Sports Jean Weille is an indoor sporting arena located in Nancy, France. The seating capacity of the arena is 6,027 people. It is currently home to the SLUC Nancy professional basketball
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.
Titles
Domestic
LNB Pro A
The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league ...
* Winners (2): 2007–08,
2010–11
LNB Pro B
The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since the year 1987. The regular seaso ...
* Winners (2): 1993–94, 2021–22
Leaders Cup
The LNB Pro A Leaders Cup, or French Basketball League Cup, is the annual national league cup competition for teams from the top-tier level of French professional basketball, the LNB Pro A. It was created in its current form in 2003 (after origin ...
* Winners (1): 2005
French Super Cup
* Winners (2): 2008, 2011
European
FIBA Korać Cup
The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...
* Winners (1):
2001–02
Other competitions
Nancy, France Basketball Tournament
* Winners (1): 2008
Logos
SLUC Nancy logo 2015.png, Primary logo (since 2015).
Players
Current roster
Notable players
*
Nicolas Batum
Nicolas Batum (; born December 14, 1988)
is a French professional
*
Hervé Dubuisson
*
Joseph Gomis
*
Sy Ismaïla
*
Jonathan Jeanne
*
Cyril Julian
*
Tariq Kirksay
*
Vincent Masingue
Vincent Masingue, born 31 January 1976 in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, is a French former professional basketball player, who plays at N°5 (2.05 m).
Biography
Career
Clubs
*1993-1996 : Levallois Sporting Club Basket ( Pro A)
*1996-19 ...
*
Mickaël Piétrus
*
Maxime Zianveni
Maxime Zianveni (born 29 December 1979) is a French-born Central African professional basketball coach and former player, who played at the power forward position. He is assistant coach for SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A and also current h ...
*
Ricardo Greer
*
Pekka Markkanen
*
Brandon Brown
*
Tremmell Darden
*
Willie Deane
*
Leon Gobczynski
*
Donte Grantham
Donte Grantham (born March 19, 1995) is an American basketball player for SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for Clemson University.
College career
Grantham competed for the Clemson Tigers, averaging 8.8 points pe ...
*
Phil Handy
*
Mike James
*
Derrick Lewis
Derrick James Lewis (born February 7, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he currently holds the record for most knockouts i ...
*
Jimmy Oliver
*
Mike Scott
*
Marcus Slaughter
Marcus Anthony Slaughter (born March 18, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at , he plays at the center position. He completed ...
*
John Cox
Head coaches
*
Hervé Dubuisson
*
Grégor Beugnot
Grégor "Grég" Beugnot (born October 7, 1957 in Cliron, France) is a former French professional basketball player and a current professional coach. During his playing career, he played at the point guard position.
Playing career Club career
...
External links
Official website
Sluc Nancy Basketat Eurobasket.com
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Basketball teams in France
Basketball teams established in 1967