ASC Jeanne d'Arc de Dakar, also known as simply JA, is a Senegalese

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

team based in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

. It is part of the

ASC Jeanne d'Arc Association Sportive et Culturelle Jeanne d'Arc or ASC Jeanne d'Arc for short is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. It was founded in 1923 and one of the oldest in the country. They play at the Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor. The club ...

multi-sports club which is most known for its football section. In 1991, the team won the African Clubs Championship and was crowned African champion. The most famous player of the club has been

Mathieu Faye Mathieu Faye (born 27 July 1958) is a Senegalese former basketball player. Faye competed for Senegal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he scored 57 points in 6 games. He was born in Dakar. He won the 1983 Korać Cup with France's CSP Limoges bas ...

, who has been enshrined into the

FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame The FIBA Hall of Fame, or FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, honors players, coaches, teams, referees, and administrators who have greatly contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA, in 1991. It includes the " Samar ...

Honours

African Clubs Championship *Champions (1): 1991 **Runners-up: 1992

Nationale 1 The Division Excellence (DEX-H) is the top professional basketball league in Morocco. Founded in 1957, the league currently consists of 16 teams. The league is administered by the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation (FRMBB). The current defendin ...

*Champions (7): 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002 Saint Michel Cup * Winners (13): 2003, 2022

Season by season

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