AS Salé (basketball)
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Nickname | Les Corsaires (Corsairs) Pirates | ||
Leagues | BAL Division Excellence | ||
Founded | 1928 | ||
Arena | Salle el-Bouâzzaoui | ||
Capacity | 2,000 | ||
Location | Salé, Morocco | ||
Head coach | Said El Bouzidi | ||
Championships | 1 FIBA Africa League 8 Moroccan Leagues 11 Moroccan Cups | ||
Website | assbasketball.com | ||
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Football | Basketball |
Association Sportive Salé (Arabic: جمعية سلا), commonly known as AS Salé, is a Moroccan basketball club from Salé. The club competes in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Notable players of the team include senior men's Moroccan national basketball team members Abdelhakim Zouita, Abderrahim Najah, Zakaria El Masbahi and Soufiane Kourdou.
Salé has won the Moroccan championship seven times and the Moroccan cup eleven times. The team won one continental title, the FIBA Africa Champions Cup which it won in 2017.
History[]
The basketball section of multi-sports club AS Salé was established on 1928. The team played in the Division Excellence, Morocco's first tier, for years but did not win its first league title until 2010.[1]
On 20 December 2017, Salé won the 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup, Salé's first international title and the first title of a Moroccan team at the event in almost 20 years.[2] It did so by defeating Étoile de Radès in Radès, winning the final 77–69.[3] Head coach of the winning team was Said El Bouzidi. After the tournament, Salé's Abdelhakim Zouita was named Most Valuable Player of the competition while Abderrahim Najah was honoured with a place in the All-Star Five.
In the following continental season, Salé had another outstanding year. The team reached the final for its second consecutive year but failed to defeat Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto.
As winners of the 2018–19 Moroccan League, Salé qualified for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). In its debut season, Salé reached the quarterfinals behind league top scorer Terrell Stoglin who averaged 30.8 points per game. After two seasons were supsended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team won its eight national title on 27 July 2021, after edging FUS Rabat in the final.[4]
Honours[]
Honours | Number | Years | |
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Division Excellence | Winners | 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 | |
Runners-up | 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 | ||
Moroccan Throne Cup | Winners | 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | |
Runners-up | 2004 | ||
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FIBA Africa Basketball League | Winners | 2017 | |
Runners-up | 2018–19 | ||
Third place | 2010, 2011, 2016 | ||
Arab Championship | Runners-up | 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 | |
Third place | 2018 |
Players[]
Current roster[]
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Notable players[]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Head coaches[]
(2019)
(2019–2020)
Said El Bouzidi (2020–present)[5]
References[]
- ^ "AS de Sale – History". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Basketball : L’AS Salé champion d’Afrique, La Vie éco, 21 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017 (in French)
- ^ "Association Sportive de Salé v Etoile Sportive Radès boxscore - FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017 - 20 December". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Basket: l'AS Salé sacrée championne du Maroc". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Said Bouzidi is back in Morocco, take over the Pirates of Sale". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
External links[]
- Basketball teams established in 1928
- Basketball teams in Morocco
- Sport in Salé
- Basketball Africa League teams