Élan Chalon

Leagues

LNB Pro A,
FIBA Europe Cup

Founded

1955

Arena

Le Colisée

Capacity

5,000

Location

Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Team colors

White, Red, Silver

President

Dominique Juillot

Head coach

Mickaël Hay

Championships

1 French Championship
2 French Cups
1 Semaine des As Cup

Website

elanchalon.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Élan Chalon, full name, Élan Sportif Chalonnais, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. The team's main colors are red and white, and their mascot is a moose. They play their national domestic league games in the LNB Pro A league and internationally in the Eurocup. The team's home arena is called, Le Colisée, which seats 5,000 spectators.

History

The club was originally founded in 1955, after the merger of Association Sportive Chalonnaise and Élan de Saint-Jean des Vignes. The club then merged with the football club Bourgneuf Val d'Or Mercurey of Bourgneuf Mercurey in 1970. The club reached full professional status in 1994.

In the 2011–12 season, Chalon won the LNB Pro A title which meant they had won their first ever French championship.^[1] Élan Chalon won the Final of the league 95–76 over Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Billy Ouattara (24 points) and NBA prospect Clint Capela (22 points) lead the team to the win.

In the 2012–13 season, the team played its first Euroleague season in history and finished competition in the group stage with 3 wins and 7 loses.^[2]

In the 2015–16 season, Chalon had European success and reached the Final Four of the FIBA Europe Cup.^[3]

Logos

2007–2013
2013–present

Players

Current roster

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

Élan Chalon roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
3.0 !SF	7001830000000000000♠83	FRA !	Bouteille, Axel	7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-04-14)14 April 1995
1.0 !PG	7001210000000000000♠21	USA !	Roberson, John	7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-10-28)28 October 1988
4.0 !PF	7001230000000000000♠23	USA !	Clark, Cameron	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991
5.0 !C	7001100000000000000♠10	FRA !	Fall, Moustapha	7000218000000000000♠2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)		7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-02-23)23 February 1992
4.0 !PF	7000500000000000000♠5	LVA !	Mejeris, Mareks	7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-09-02)2 September 1991
2.0 !SG	7000900000000000000♠9	CMR !	Nzeulie, Jérémy	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-02-15)15 February 1991
2.0 !SG	7000300000000000000♠3	USA !	Harris, Lance			7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-11-14)14 November 1984

Head coach

Jean-Denys Choulet

Assistant coach(es)

Romain Chenaud

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: 16 April 2016

Honors

French League: (1)
- 2012
French Cup: (2)
- 2011, 2012
Semaine des As Cup: (1)
- 2012
FIBA Saporta Cup: Runners-up (1)
- 2000–01
FIBA Europe Cup: Third place (1)
- 2015–16

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2006–07	1	Pro A	3	Semifinalist		Quarterfinalist	–	–
2007–08	1	Pro A	9	–	Round of 16	–	2 ULEB Cup	R32
2008–09	1	Pro A	7	Quarterfinalist	Round of 16	–	–	–
2009–10	1	Pro A	12	–	Quarterfinalist	–	3 EuroChallenge	L16
2010–11	1	Pro A	5	Quarterfinalist	Champion	Runner-up	–	–
2011–12	1	Pro A	2	Champion	Champion	Champion	3 EuroChallenge	RU
2012–13	1	Pro A	4	Semifinalist	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2013–14	1	Pro A	8	Quarterfinalist	Round of 32	–	2 Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	Pro A	8	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–
2015–16	1	Pro A	4	Quarterfinalist		Runner-up	FIBA Europe Cup	3rd

Notable players

Notable coaches

Philippe Hervé
Gregor Beugnot
Jean-Denys Choulet

References

↑ LES ESPOIRS CHAMPIONS
↑ "Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone". euroleague.net. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
↑ Chalon Hold Off Khimik To Punch Final Four Ticket

External links

Official website (French)
Eurobasket.com Team Page

Élan Chalon – current roster

3 Harris 5 Mejeris 7 Pitard 9 Nzeulie 10 Fall 21 Roberson 23 Clark 28 Ndoye 42 Gipson 83 Bouteille

Head coach: Choulet Assistant coaches: Chenaud

Pro A

FFBB Awards French League System

2016–17 teams	AS Monaco Antibes Sharks Chalon-sur-Saône Châlons-Reims Cholet Dijon Gravelines-Dunkerque Hyères-Toulon Le Mans Limoges Lyon-Villeurbanne Nancy Nanterre Orléans Paris-Levallois Pau-Lacq-Orthez Le Portel Strasbourg

Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Other competitions	French Leaders Cup French Cup Match des Champions

Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP

2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague

Champions	Olympiacos Piraeus

Runners-up	Real Madrid

Third place	CSKA Moscow

Fourth place	FC Barcelona Regal

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Anadolu Efes Caja Laboral Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Panathinaikos Athens

Eliminated in the Top 16	Group E Group F Alba Berlin BC Khimki Beşiktaş Brose Baskets Fenerbahçe Ülker Montepaschi Siena Unicaja Žalgiris Kaunas

Eliminated in the Regular season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Asseco Prokom Gdynia Emporio Armani Milano Élan Chalon KK Cedevita Lietuvos Rytas Mapooro Cantù Partizan mt:s Belgrade Union Olimpija Ljubljana

Eliminated in the third qualifying round	Le Mans Sarthe Basket

Eliminated in the second qualifying round	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk Unics Kazan

Eliminated in the first qualifying round	BC Donetsk PBC Lukoil Academic Ratiopharm Ulm Telenet BC Oostende

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