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Spirou
Nickname	Karolo's
Leagues	BNXT League FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1989; 35 years ago (1989)
History	Spirou Monceau 1989–1990 Spirou Basket de Charleroi 1990–present
Arena	Spiroudome
Capacity	6,300
Location	Charleroi, Belgium
President	Jean-Jacques Cloquet
Head coach	Sam Rotsaert
Championships	10 Belgian Championships 5 Belgian Cups 7 Belgian Supercups
Website	www.spiroubasket.be
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Spirou Basket, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome which can host 6,300 people.

Established in 1989, the team is named after the long-running Belgian comics magazine Spirou, the publisher of which, Dupuis, is based in Marcinelle, Charleroi.

History

Spirou Charleroi has won the Belgian League championship ten times (1996–99, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the Belgian Cup 5 times (1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009), and the Belgian Supercup 7 times (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010).

In the 2010–11 season, Spirou made its debut in the Euroleague, the highest continental league of Europe. The following season, Spirou played in the regular season for the second time in a row.

On July 29, 2014, Jacques Stas became the new head coach of the club while his predecessor Giovanni Bozzi replaced him as team president.

Since the 2021–22 season, Spirou plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Sponsorship names

Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

• Spirou Monceau (1989–1990)
• Spirou Charleroi (1990–2011)
• Belgacom Spirou (2011–2014)
• Proximus Spirou (2014–2018)

Current roster

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

Spirou roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 1 Félix, Menth 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2002-02-04)4 February 2002 SG 5 Polet, Adedayo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2005-07-01)1 July 2005 F 7 Adzeh, Craig 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 21 – (2003-05-26)26 May 2003 SF 8 Knudsen, Gustav 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 PG 10 Samardzic, Milan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-05-25)25 May 1999 PF 11 Minchev, Yordan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-10-17)17 October 1998 C 12 Bilolo, Maxime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2004-05-17)17 May 2004 PF 17 Pintelon, Xander 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 21 – (2003-01-10)10 January 2003 F 19 Brandwijk, Willem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1995-04-03)3 April 1995 SG 22 Smout, Quinten 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002 PG 24 Williams, Cobe 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2000-07-13)13 July 2000 SG 25 Hollanders, Sander 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2001-09-13)13 September 2001 C 47 Izaw-Bolavie, Archange 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 23 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001	Head coach Sam Rotsaert Assistant coach(es) Frederic Wilmot Legend (C) Team captain Injured Transactions Updated: October 13, 2024

Honours

• Belgian League
  • Champions (10): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
    • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2011–12
• Belgian Cup
  • Winners (5): 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
• Belgian Supercup
  • Winners (7): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
• Charleroi, Belgium Invitational Game
  • Winners (1): 2008

Season by season

1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable players

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• Christophe Beghin
• Ralph Biggs
• Marcus Faison
• Niels Marnegrave
• Sacha Massot
• Didier Mbenga
• Wen Mukubu
• Jacques Stas
• Eric Struelens
• Kevin Tumba
• Damir Krupalija
• Tornike Shengelia
• Mike Batiste
• Ron Ellis
• Justin Hamilton
• Dario Hunt
• Demond Mallet
• Andre Riddick
• Mitch Smith
• Matt Walsh
• Alexander Lindqvist

References

1. "Jacques Stas coach Belgacom Spirou Charleroi". Eurobasket.com. July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
2. "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Eurocup – Team profile
• Eurobasket.com – Team page

• Basketball teams in Belgium
• Sport in Charleroi
• Basketball teams established in 1989
• Dupuis
• Pro Basketball League teams