SIG Strasbourg explained

SIG Strasbourg
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Leagues:Pro A
Arena:Rhénus Sport
Capacity:6,200
Location:Strasbourg, France
Colors:Red and White
President:Olivier Klotz
Coach:Laurent Vila
Championships:1 French Championship
2 French Cup
2 Leaders Cup
1 Match des Champions
1 French Second Division
Website:sigstrasbourg.fr
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Board Governor:Robert Fedida

Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at Rhénus Sport. The players wear white and red uniforms.

History

The club was founded in 1929, and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938.

Starting from the 2004–05 season, new head coach Éric Girard took over the team. In the regular season, SIG finished 3rd and Giard was named Coach of the Year. Strasbourg won the top-tier French League for the first time in the 2004–05 season. SIG beat its rival SLUC Nancy 72–68.

In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg played in the EuroLeague. The team had some outstanding results, as they beat top-tier team Saski Baskonia. In the Pro A, the team was defeated by Nancy 1–2 in the Semi-finals.

In the 2006–07 season, the team wouldn't reach further than the Quarter-finals. After some down years, the team started to revive when Vincent Collet took over as head coach in 2012. The team reached the Pro A Finals for three straight years in 2013, 2014, 2015. Along with that, the team won the 2015 Leaders Cup and 2014–15 French Basketball Cup. Important players for the team were Antoine Diot and Louis Campbell, who won MVP Awards in the won competitions.

In 2020, Vincent Collet left the team after he had served as head coach for almost a decade. For the 2020–21 Pro A season, the team started a recommencement as new head coach Lassi Tuovi recruited almost entirely new players. Strasbourg aims to regain success in both the national league as well as in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League.[1]

Arenas

The 6,200 seat Rhénus Sport has been used as the home arena of SIG for many years. In January 2017, the club announced their building plans for a new arena that is to be finished in 2020, that will accommodate 10,000 people.[2] Later, the date was corrected to the year 2024.

Rivalries

The Eastern Rivalry

The Eastern Derby is the name of the matches that are played between Strasbourg IG and SLUC Nancy. The rivalry has a strong emotional history.

Budgets

According to Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) guidelines, SIG has to publish its budget for each season.

SeasonBudget
2012–13 €5,700,000
2013–14 €6,500,000
2014–15 €5,900,000
2015–16 €6,200,000
2016–17 €6,700,000
2017–18 €7,700,000
2018–19 €7,700,000
2019–20 €7,600,000
2020–21 €6,300,000
2021–22 €7,000,000
2022–23 €7,000,000
2023–24 €7,000,000

Players

Depth chart

Season by season

SeasonTierLeagueFrench CupLeaders CupEuropean competitions
2006–071Pro A5thRound of 16Quarterfinalist
2007–081Pro A12thRound of 16
2008–091Pro A8thSemifinalistQuarterfinalist
2009–101Pro A14thRound of 16
2010–111Pro A11thRound of 32
2011–121Pro A10thRound of 16
2012–131Pro A2ndQuarterfinalistRunner-up
2013–141Pro A2ndRound of 32Semifinalist
2014–151Pro A2ndChampionChampion
2015–161Pro A2ndRound of 32Semifinalist1 Euroleaguealign=center
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2016–171Pro Abgcolor=silver align=center 2ndRound of 32Quarterfinalistalign=center
2017–181Pro A3rdbgcolor=goldChampionQuarterfinalistalign=center
2018–191Pro A6thRound of 16bgcolor=goldChampionalign=center
2019–201Pro A10thQuarterfinalistalign=center
2020–211Pro A3rdQuarterfinalistalign=center 4th
2021–221Pro A7thRunner-upalign=center
2022–231Pro A8thSemifinalistalign=center
2023–241Pro A12thRunner-upalign=center

Honours

Winners (1): 2004–05

Winners (2): 2014–15, 2017–18

Runners-up (2): 1998–99, 2021–22, 2023–24

Winners (2): 2015, 2019

Runners-up (1): 2013

Winners (1): 2015

Winners (1): 1998–99

Winners (1): 2015

Winners (1): 2015

Winners (1): 2015

Head coaches

CoachTenure
2011–2016
2016
2016–2020
2020–2022
2022–2023
2023–2024
2024–present

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Luc Dreosto . Basket : Strasbourg lance son opération reconquête. 14 October 2020 . . 25 September 2020 . fr.
  2. News: La future Arena SIG Strasbourg dévoilée. 30 January 2017. Sigstrasbourg.fr.