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| LDLC ASVEL | |
| Leagues: | LNB Pro A EuroLeague |
| Arena: | LDLC Arena Astroballe |
| Capacity: | 12,500 5,556 |
| Location: | Villeurbanne, Lyon, France |
| Sponsor: | LDLC OL |
| President: | Tony Parker |
| Coach: | Pierrick Poupet |
| Championships: | 21 French Championships 10 French Cups 2 French Supercups 1 French Federation Cup 1 French Leaders Cup |
| Website: | ldlcasvel.com |
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ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons,[1] is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports club, competes in the top-tier level French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at L'Astroballe, which seats 5,556 people.[2]
Founded in 1948, the team is the most successful in French basketball with 21 Pro A championships and 10 French Cup titles.
In 2014, Tony Parker became the president of the club. In 2017, Nicolas Batum became the club's director of basketball operations. In June 2019, football club Olympique Lyonnais's holding company OL Groupe purchased a 25% stake in the ASVEL men's team, plus a 10% stake in the ASVEL women's team, in a deal worth around €3.7 million.[3] The deal also included a plan for a new EuroLeague-standard arena.[4]
The parent club was founded in 1948, with the merger of two multi-sport clubs in Lyon and vicinity; ASVEL is an acronym combining the names of the predecessor clubs—Association Sportive Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais. In its history, ASVEL has won 20 French Pro A League championships, 10 French Cups, two French Supercups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As Cup (French Pro A Leaders Cup), which makes it the most titled basketball club in France.
In 2014, former San Antonio Spurs star and France national team player, Tony Parker, became the club's president.
In the French Pro A League 2015–16 season, ASVEL won its 18th French League title, after beating Strasbourg IG 3 games to 2 in the French Pro A League Finals. ASVEL was down 2–0 in the series, but won three games in a row to take the championship.[5]
In March 2017, NBA player, Nicolas Batum, became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, the main investment company behind the club, and took over the position as director of basketball operations. Tony Parker remained majority owner, and ASVEL President.[6] In 2018, the club signed a 10-year name sponsorship agreement with LDLC. The club also changed its main team colors from the original white and green to white and black, and changed its main logo design.[7]
In 2019, ASVEL returned to the EuroLeague after the organisation decided to give the team a wild card for two years.[8]
In the 2021–22 season, ASVEL won its third Pro A championship in a row, its first three-peat in 32 years after beating Monaco in the Finals.[9]
L'Astroballe, with a seating capacity of 5,556 has been used as the long-time home arena of ASVEL.
In July 2016, ASVEL announced that it would build a new multi-functional arena, with a projected seating capacity between 12,000 and 16,000 people, depending on the configuration.[10] The arena is projected to cost €60 million.[11] The new arena will be named the LDLC Arena, and its design and construction were given to architectural firm Populous and Citinea.[12] Construction began in January 2022 and was opened in November 2023.[13] [14]
On September 11, 2018, the club changed its name to LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons. Along with this change, the club changed its main colors from green to black and white.[15] The decision was made with the explanation that, "when you are European, green is a colour that does not make you dream", and was followed by criticism from fans.[16] The new logo, used since 2018, consists of the number four, which refers to ASVEL legend Alain Gilles, while also keeping the V that was used in the previous logo.
Winners (21): 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Runners-up (7): 1953–54, 1958–59, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03
Winners (10): 1952–53, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2018-19, 2020–21
Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1958–59, 2001–02, 2015–16
Winners (2): 2010, 2023
Runners-up (2): 2017, 2020
Winners (2): 2009, 2016
Runners-up (1): 2008
Winners (1): 1983–84
Runners-up (1): 1981–82
3rd place (1): 1977–78
4th place (1): 1996–97
Final Four (1): 1997
Runners-up (1): 1982–83
Semifinalists (2): 1984–85, 1986–87
Semifinalists (1): 1995–96
Winners (1): 2020
Season by season results of the club in national, cup, and European competitions.
| Season | Tier | League | French Cup | A Leaders Cup | European competitions | |||
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| 2008–09 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | |||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Pro A | 9th | Round of 16 | Champion | |||
| 2010–11 | 1 | Pro A | 11th | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Pro A | 12th | Round of 16 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Pro A | 3rd | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | Pro A | 7th | Round of 32 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Pro A | 6th | Quarterfinalist | ||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | Semifinalist | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | Pro A | 4th | Round of 32 | Runner-up | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | Pro A | 6th | Quarterfinals | Semifinalist | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Champion | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Pro A | – | – | Runner-up | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Pro A | 1st | Champion | ||||
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| EuroLeague | |||
| 1964–65 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Real Madrid, 65–83 (L) in Villeurbanne and 65–84 (L) in Madrid | |
| 1966–67 | Quarter-finals | 4th place in a group with Simmenthal Milano, AŠK Olimpija and Racing Mechelen | |
| 1969–70 | Quarter-finals | 3rd place in a group with CSKA Moscow, Ignis Varese and Crvena zvezda | |
| 1975–76 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Real Madrid, 77–113 (L) in Madrid and 101–99 (W) in Villeurbanne | |
| 1977–78 | Semi-final group stage | 3rd place in a group with Real Madrid, Mobilgirgi Varese, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Jugoplastika and Alvik | |
| 1996–97 | Final Four | 4th place in Rome, lost to FC Barcelona 70–77 in the semi-final, lost to Smelt Olimpija 79–86 in the 3rd place game | |
| 1998–99 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–0 by Olympiacos, 57–70 (L) in Piraeus and 77–81 (L) in Villeurbanne | |
| 1999–00 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 by Efes Pilsen, 85–93 (L) in Istanbul, 77–60 (W) in Villeurbanne and 66-68 (L) in Istanbul | |
| 2000–01 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–0 by CSKA Moscow, 63–78 (L) in Moscow and 76–82 (L) in Villeurbanne | |
| FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
| 1967–68 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Ignis Varese, 88–73 (W) in Villeurbanne and 51–70 (L) in Varese | |
| 1976–77 | Quarter-finals | 4th place in a group with Forst Cantù, Juventud Schweppes and Steaua București | |
| 1978–79 | Quarter-finals | 3rd place in a group with EBBC, Gabetti Cantù and Śląsk Wrocław | |
| 1982–83 | Final | lost to Scavolini Pesaro 99–111 in the final (Palma de Mallorca) | |
| 1984–85 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Žalgiris, 78–84 (L) in Kaunas and 93–88 (W) in Villeurbanne | |
| 1986–87 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Cibona, 82–98 (L) in Villeurbanne and 93–109 (L) in Zagreb | |
| 1997–98 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 58–67 (L) in Villeurbanne and 70–62 (W) in Milan | |
| FIBA Korać Cup | |||
| 1973–74 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Forst Cantù, 68–99 (L) in Cantù and 94–76 (W) in Villeurbanne | |
| 1995–96 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 69–73 (L) in Milan and 72–81 (L) in Villeurbanne | |
| EuroCup | |||
| 2005–06 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Aris TT Bank, 60–67 (L) in Villeurbanne and 67–77 (L) in Thessaloniki | |
| LDLC ASVEL retired numbers | ||||
| No. | Player | Position | Tenure | |
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| 4 | Alain Gilles | G | 1965–1986 | |
| 4 | Delaney Rudd | G | 1993–1999 | |
| 5 | Amara Sy | G | 1999–2002, 2005–2007, 2008–2009, 2012–2015 | |
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| Tenure | Club President | |
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| 1948–1963 |  Pierre Millet | |
| 1963–1988 | Raphaël de Barros | |
| 1988–1990 | Charles Hernu | |
| 1990 | Philippe Charvieux | |
| 1990–1992 | Gaston Charvieux | |
| 1992–2001 | Marc Lefebvre | |
| 2001–2014 | Gilles Moretton | |
| 2014–present | Tony Parker |
Individual club record holders, while players of ASVEL.
| Category | Player | Club Tenure | Record | |
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| Total Points Scored | 1965–86 | 6,141 | ||
| Points Per Game | 1984–88 | 21.8 | ||
| Total Assists | 1993–99 | 1,208 | ||
| Assists Per Game | 1993–99 | 7.3 | ||
| Total Rebounds | 1983–92 | 1,472 | ||
| Rebounds Per Game | 1983–92 | 8.5 | ||
| Games Played | 1965–86 | 372 |
ASVEL players with the most French League championships won, while members of the club.
| Player | French Championships | Club Tenure |
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| 8 | 1965–86 | |
| 7 | 1955–69 | |
| Raymond Sahy | 6 | 1948–57 |
| Alain Durand | 5 | 1963–72 |
| 1949–60 | ||
| Michel Duprez | 1968–77 | |
| Gilbert Lamothe | 1959–71 | |
| Bruno Recoura | 1967–75 | |
| 4 | 1948–55 | |
| Michel Le Ray | 1967–73 | |
| 1951–60 | ||
| Jean-Pierre Castellier | 1963–69 | |
| Gérard Moroze | 1967–75 |
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