SLAC (basketball club)

SLAC
SLAC
Leagues	Ligue 1 ; Basketball Africa League
Location	Conakry, Guinea
President	Abass Issaoui
Head coach	Željko Zečević
Championships	6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)
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Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club, commonly known as SLAC, is a Guinean basketball team from Conakry. The team plays in the Ligue 1, as well as in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) as of the 2022 season. SLAC has won the Ligue 1 championship six times in history.

History[]

In March 2018, SLAC made its debut in the FIBA Africa Basketball League, the top pan-African league.^[2] On 1 March 2018, SLAC played its first game ever at an African main tournament, losing 80–65 to JS Kairouan.^[3]

In 2019, SLAC won its fourth domestic championship after beating BACK in the finals.^[4] Qualified as national champion of Guinea, SLAC played in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.^[5] Before the start of the qualifiers, SLAC attracted Serbian head coach Zeljko Zecevic.^[1]

The following year, the team returned to the BAL qualifiers and qualified after beating Mali's AS Police after overtime in the semifinal.^[6] As such, SLAC becomes the first team from Guinea to play in the BAL.

Players[]

Current roster[]

The following was the SLAC roster in the 2022 BAL qualification second round:^[7]

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

SLAC roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	2		1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	27 – (1995-02-02)2 February 1995
G	3	(I)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	30 – (1992-01-13)13 January 1992
PG	4		1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	29 – (1992-03-29)29 March 1992
PF	5		2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	28 – (1993-03-31)31 March 1993
SF	6		1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	28 – (1993-10-15)15 October 1993
PF	7	Miller Jr., Dane (I)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	31 – (1990-05-10)10 May 1990
	8			21 – (2000-11-27)27 November 2000
SG	10	Keita, Mamadou (I)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1993-02-01)1 February 1993
PF	11		1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	28 – (1993-05-03)3 May 1993
PG	12	Fofana, Ibrahim	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	23 – (1998-06-24)24 June 1998
G	13		1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	23 – (1998-03-10)10 March 1998

Head coach

Željko Zečević

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 15, 2021

Notable players[]

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.