Nanterre 92
Nanterre 92 logo
LeaguesPro A
Founded1927 (1927)
HistoryJSF Nanterre
1927–2016
Nanterre 92
2016–present
ArenaPalais des Sports
(occasional home games in Halle Georges Carpentier)
Capacity3,000
LocationNanterre, France
Team colorsGreen, white
   
PresidentJean Donnadieu
Head coachPascal Donnadieu
Championships1 FIBA Europe Cup
1 FIBA EuroChallenge
1 French Championship
2 French Cups
1 French Second Division
2 Match des Champions
Websitenanterre92.com

Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays its home games in the Palais des Sports, which has a capacity of 3,000 people. The honor list of Nanterre includes one French championship and two French Cup titles as well as a FIBA Europe Cup championship.

History

Nanterre 92 played in the French 2nd Division, for the first time, in the 2004–05 season. In 2007, the club made it to the finals of the French Cup. In 2011, the club won the French 2nd Division championship, and got promoted to the top national domestic level French League.

In the 2012–13 French League season, after finishing in the eighth position of the regular season, Nanterre 92 won its first top-tier national domestic title, and thus qualified to play in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 2013–14 season.

In the French League 2013–14 season, Nanterre didn't manage to reach the league's playoffs, after finishing 10th in the Pro A regular season. Despite the disappointment in the national league competition, Nanterre 92 won the French Cup title that season. They beat SLUC Nancy Basket, by a score of 55–50, in the Cup's Final. In the French Leaders Cup, Nanterre 92 also reached the Cup Final, but lost to Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Nanterre also made its debut in the EuroLeague that season.

To start the 2014–15 season, Nanterre won the Match des Champions (French Super Cup). On April 26, 2015, Nanterre won its first European-wide trophy. In the 2015, EuroChallenge Final, it beat Trabzsonspor, 63–64, on a buzzer-beater by T.J. Campbell.[1]

In February 2016, the team's name was changed from JSF Nanterre, to Nanterre 92, with "92" representing the numeric code of the club's home department of Hauts-de-Seine.[2]

Arenas

Nanterre 92 plays its home French League national domestic league games, and home EuroCup games, at the 3,000 seat Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez. For home EuroLeague games, when the club played in that competition, in the 2013–14 season, they used the Halle Georges Carpentier, which has a capacity of 5,009 seats for basketball.

On 11 March, 2018, Nanterre 92 beat ASVEL Basket, by a score of 81–80, in a French League 2017–18 season game, which was held at the U Arena. The game had an attendance of 15,220, which was the highest attendance of any game in the French League's history.[3]

Logos

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. French Cup Leaders Cup European competitions
2006–07 2 Pro B 5th Runner-up
2007–08 2 Pro B 7th Semifinalist
2008–09 2 Pro B 9th Round of 32
2009–10 2 Pro B 6th Round of 16
2010–11 2 Pro B 1st Round of 32
2011–12 1 Pro A 11th Round of 16
2012–13 1 Pro A 1st Runner-up
2013–14 1 Pro A 10th Champion Runner-up 1 EuroleagueRS
2 EurocupEF
2014–15 1 Pro A 5th 3 EuroChallengeC
2015–16 1 Pro A 8th Semifinalist Quarterfinalist 2 EurocupRS
2016–17 1 Pro A 6th Champion Semifinalist 3 FIBA Europe CupC
2017–18 1 Pro A 7th Semifinalist Semifinalist 3 Champions LeagueR16
2018–19 1 Pro A 4th Quarterfinalist 3 Champions LeagueQF
2019–20[lower-alpha 1] 1 Pro A 7th Round of 16 2 EuroCup
RS
2020–21 1 Pro A 10th Round of 16 2 EuroCup
R16
  1. ↑ The 2019–20 season was canceleld prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies

Domestic

French League

French Cup

French Super Cup

  • Winners (2): 2014, 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2013

French League 2

  • Champion (1): 2010–11

European

FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA EuroChallenge

Players

Current roster

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

Nanterre 92 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 1 United States Bibbins, Justin 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 27 – (1996-01-23)23 January 1996
F/C 7 Senegal Fall Faye, Ibrahima 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 27 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997
PG 8 France Sene, Benjamin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994
SG 9 France Pinault, Bastien 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1993-10-18)18 October 1993
SG 11 France Ayayi, Joël 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2000-03-05)5 March 2000
C 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kamanda, Rollings 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-06-01)1 June 2003
SF 20 United States Rodriguez, Desi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1996-03-23)23 March 1996
SF 22 France Dussoulier, Lucas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1996-07-27)27 July 1996
SG 23 France Begarin, Juhann 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 21 – (2002-08-07)7 August 2002
C 55 Senegal Ndiaye, Hamady 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 37 – (1987-01-12)12 January 1987
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • France Vincent Dziagwa
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 27, 2023

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.
Terran Petteway
Talib Zanna

Head coaches

References

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