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Chorale Roanne
Leagues	LNB Pro B
Founded	1937; 87 years ago (1937)
Arena	Halle André Vacheresse
Capacity	5,020
Location	Roanne, France
Team colors	White, Navy, Blue, Orange
President	Daniel Pérez
Head coach	Jean-Dennis Choulet
Championships	2 French Championships 2 Pro B 2 Pro B Leaders Cup 1 La Semaine des As Cup
Website	chorale-roanne.com
Home Away

Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue and white. Their mascot is a black woman named Putriphelia.

History

In Chorale's history, the team won two national titles; in 1959 and most recent in 2007. The teams honour list also includes a La Semaine des As Cup (in 2007) and multiple European campaigns. In the 2007–08 season, the club even played in the top level Euroleague. In the 2013–14 season, the club was relegated to the LNB Pro B.

In the 2018–19 season, Roanne won the Pro B championship and promoted back to the Pro A after a five-year absence.

Current roster

Chorale Roanne roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 5 Cooper, D. J. 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 34 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990 F 7 Roos, Maxime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-03-23)23 March 1995 G 8 Diot, Antoine 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 C 10 Langevine, Cyril 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-08-16)16 August 1998 C 12 Morin, Yannis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 PF 13 Pierre-Justin, Théo 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2005-01-20)20 January 2005 PF 21 Jones, Jalen 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-05-27)27 May 1993 F 24 Tucker, Jordan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-04-03)3 April 1998 SG 31 Grady, Kellan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-09-11)11 September 1997 SG 55 Moendadze, Kadri 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 PG Gomez, Terrell 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-02-05)5 February 1998	Head coach Jean-Denys Choulet Assistant coach(es) Loic Bard Emilie Duvivier Marc Berjoan Vincent Gineys Frederic Titre Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: June 2, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Season by season

Achievements

• French Championship
  • Champions (2): 1958–59, 2006–07
• French Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 1963–64
• La Semaine des As Cup
  • Winners (1): 2007
• LNB Pro B Leaders Cup
  • Winners (2): 2017, 2019

Players

Individual awards

Pro A Foreign MVP

• Dewarick Spencer – 2007
• Marc Salyers – 2008

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

• Ben Mbala 2018-present
• Antti Kanervo 2016–17
• Matti Nuutinen
• Pape Badiane 2005-08
• Laurent Cazalon 2000-03; 2006-
• Alain Gilles 1962-65
• Marc-Antoine Pellin 2005-10
• André Vacheresse 1942-60
• Luc-Arthur Vebobe
• Henri Villecourt 1956-60
• Guerschon Yabusele 2013-15
• Arthur Rozenfeld 2016-17
• Makhtar N'Diaye 1999–01; 2003–04
• Dušan Kecman 2012-13
• Kenny Grant
• John Holland
• Mike Bauer 2005-06
• Ricky Davis 2011
• Fennis Dembo 1990-92
• Aaron Harper 2005-07
• Cedric Henderson 1990-92
• Marc Salyers 2006-08
• Dewarick Spencer 2005-07
• Terry Stotts 1988-89
• David Thirdkill 1989-90
• Justin Wright-Foreman

Head coaches

• 2011-14 : Luka Pavićević
• 2000-11 : Jean-Denys Choulet
• 1998-00 : Mike Gonsalves
• 1996-98 : Patrick Macazaga
• 1993-96 : Gilles Versier
• 1988-93 : Alain Thinet
• 1985-88 : André Jacquemot
• 1984-85 : Yvon Leca
• 1983-84 : Alain Monestier
• 1982-83 : Jacky Odin
• 1980-82 : Jean-Paul Pupunat
• 1977-80 : André Vacheresse
• 1975-77 : Jeff Dubreuil
• 1974-75 : Dick Smith
• 1972-74 : Ludvick Luttna
• 1971-72 : Gérard Sturla
• 1970-71 : Lucien Piegad
• 1961-69 : Maurice Marcelot
• 1945-61 : André Vacheresse

References

1. Captain of the France national team in 1954, with 92 career caps.

External links

• Official website

• Basketball teams in France
• Sport in Roanne
• Basketball teams established in 1937
• 1937 establishments in France