Fos Provence Basket

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LeaguesLNB Pro A
Founded13 January 1972; 49 years ago (1972-01-13)
HistoryFrat Fosséenne
(1972–?)
Fos Ouest Provence Basket
(?–2014)
Provence Basket
(2014–present)
ArenaComplexe sportif Parsemain
Capacity2,000
LocationFos-sur-mer, France
Team colorsYellow, Black, Sky Blue
     
PresidentJean-Pierre Barnes
Head coachMohamed Sy
Championships1 French Second League
Websitewww.fosprovencebasket.com

Fos Provence Basket, also known as Fos-sur-mer, is a professional basketball team based in Fos-sur-mer, France. The team currently plays in the first tier LNB Pro A, after its promotion in the 2020–21 season.[1] Home games are played in the Complexe sportif Parsemain, which has a capacity of 2,000 people.

History[]

The club was founded on 13 January 1972 as Frat Fosséenne by its founders Paul Bruyère and Jean Lovato.

On 18 January 2020, Fos received Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball at the Palais des Sports in Marseille and set its attendance record with 3,384 spectators.

On 15 June 2018, Fos Provence promoted to the first-tier LNB Pro A for the first time in history, after defeating Roanne in the finals of the promotion play-offs.[1]

In the 2020–21 season, Provence won the Pro B championship again and was promoted.

Honours[]

LNB Pro B[2][3]

  • Champions (1): 2020–21
  • Promoted (1): 2017–18

LNB Pro B Leaders Cup

  • Winners (1): 2021

Players[]

Current roster[]

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

Fos Provence Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 United States Diggs, Jamar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 32 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988
G 3 United States McClain, Kevin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (1996-10-21)21 October 1996
F 4 Central African Republic Dokossi, Allan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 21 – (1999-10-14)14 October 1999
PG 8 France 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – (1988-03-16)16 March 1988
F 22 Azerbaijan Caner-Medley, Niklas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 37 – (1983-10-20)20 October 1983
SF 31 Republic of the Congo Mipoka, Jean-Michel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 35 – (1985-09-28)28 September 1985
G/F United States Kromah, Lasan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1991-06-24)24 June 1991
PG United States Trice, D'Mitrik 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996
Head coach
  • France
Assistant coach(es)
  • France
  • France

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: September 16, 2021

Notable players[]

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Season by season[]

Season Tier League Pos. French Cup Other competitions
2011–12 2 Pro B 5th
2012–13 2 Pro B 6th
2013–14 2 Pro B
7th
2014–15 2 Pro B
13th
2015–16 2 Pro B
4th
2016–17 2 Pro B 4th
2017–18 2 Pro B 4th[a]
  1. ^ Promoted as promotion play-off winners.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b [1]
  2. ^ "Basket : Fos Provence retrouve l'élite !". LaProvence.com (in French). 2021-06-11. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Basket-Pro B : le doublé pour Fos Provence". LaProvence.com (in French). 2021-06-14. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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