Alsace de Bagnolet or Alsace Bagnolet is a French basketball club founded in 1924 and based in

Bagnolet Bagnolet () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune ...

in the eastern suburbs of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. It is a part of the sports club of the same name founded in 1908. It belonged to the highest level championship of France in the 1960s, winning three league titles. In 2006, the club tried to restructure itself in order to regain entry to the Championship of France. It currently operates in National League Three.

History

The club was formed in 1908 by Father Rouan, the patronage of St. Léon devient l'Alsace de Bagnolet en 1921 en souvenir de l'

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redevenue française becomes Alsace de Bagnolet in 1921 in tribute to the Alsace soldiers returning to the French state after World War I. The basketball section, even though the first team was founded in 1924, first achieved prominence in 1938 by winning the National Cup in gymnastics under the Sports Federation of France (FGSPF). In the 1950s, the club experienced a new momentum thanks to Emile Touzet who took the presidential chair. He built a club house in the courtyard of patronage and the Michel-Saudemont gym. From 1960 to 1970 Alsace succeeds sports association awakening

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awards at the federal championship France Sports Federation (FSF). In the same years, the club won three league titles in France in 1960-61, 1961–62 and 1966–67, came twice in the round of 16 of the FIBA European Champions Cup in 1961-62 and 1962-63. Ιn the first case the obstacle was the Belgian Antwerpse and in the second

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. The 1967-68 season, Alsace Bagnolet returned to European Champions Cup but eliminated in the first round by

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. Despite the second place in 1972-73, the club does not always pays its players except the American reinforcements. Alsace de Bagnolet permanently leaves the world of French basketball high level in 1978. The club refuses upmanship of professional sports, but still exists with 220 graduates in 2008.

Honours

French League * Winners (3): 1960-61, 1961–62, 1966–67

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* ''Runners-up (3)'': 1962-63, 1964–65, 1968–69 French League 2 * Winners (1): 1958-59

Notable players

* Christian Berté * Gérard Berté * Franck Cazalon * Laurent Dorigo * Maxime Dorigo * George Eddy * Jean-Marie Jouaret * Michel Longueville * Gérard Mayeur * Bernard Mayeur * Léon Toffolon * Victor Toffolon

Head coaches

* Auguste Taravella (?-1966) * Maxime Dorigo (1966-76 & 1978) * Pascal Esquillian (1976–78)

Bibliography

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References

{{Alsace topics Basketball teams in Paris Basketball teams established in 1924 1924 establishments in France Sport in Seine-Saint-Denis