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became the club's director of basketball operations. In June 2019, football club Olympique Lyonnais 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. The deal also included a plan for a new EuroLeague-standard arena.

History

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

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s, two French Supercups, one French Federation Cup, and one

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(French Pro A Leaders Cup), which makes it the most titled basketball club in France. In 2014, former

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star and French national team player,

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, 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. In March 2017, NBA player,

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, 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. 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. In 2019, ASVEL returned to the EuroLeague after the organisation decided to give the team a wild card for two years. In the 2021–22 season, ASVEL won its third Pro A championship in a row, its first three-peat in 32 years after beating

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in the Finals.

Arenas

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L'Astroballe Astroballe, or L'Astroballe is an indoor sports arena that is located in the Cusset neighborhood of Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. The arena is primarily used to host basketball games. The arena has a seating capacity of 5,556. History The arena o ...

, 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. The arena is projected to cost €60 million. The new arena will be named the LDLC Arena, and its design and construction were given to architectural firm Populous and Citinea. Construction began in January 2022 and is expected to be finished by the end of 2023.

Logos and branding

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ASVEL for sponsorship reasons. Along with this change, the club changed its main colors from green to black and white. 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. The new logo, used since 2018, consists of the number four, which refers to ASVEL legend

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, while also keeping the V that was used in the previous logo.

Honours

Domestic competitions

* French League : 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 *

French Cup The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and professiona ...

: 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 * A Leaders Cup : Winners (1): 2010 : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2017 * French Super Cup : Winners (2): 2009, 2016 : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2008 *

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(defunct) : Winners (1): 1983–84 : ''Runners-up (1)'': 1981–82

European competitions

* EuroLeague : ''Semifinalists (1)'': 1975–76 : ''3rd place (1)'': 1977–78 : ''4th place (1)'': 1996–97 : Final Four (1): 1997 *

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...

: ''Runners-up (1)'': 1982–83 : ''Semifinalists (2)'': 1984–85, 1986–87 *

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...

: ''Semifinalists (1)'': 1995–96 *

Latin Cup The Latin Cup was an international football tournament for club sides from the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In 1949 the football federations came together and requested FIFA to launch the competition. Europ ...

: ''3rd place (2)'': 1953, 1966

Other competitions

*Villeurbanne, France Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2020

Season by season

Season by season results of the club in national, cup, and European competitions. : Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

International record

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes for the 2022–2023 season

In

Out

Retired numbers

Notable players

Head coaches

Club Presidents

Individual club records

Individual club record holders, while players of ASVEL.

ASVEL players with the most French League championships

ASVEL players with the most French League championships won, while members of the club.

References

External links

Official websiteEuroleague.net Team Page

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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History

Arenas

Logos and branding

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Other competitions

Season by season

International record

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes for the 2022–2023 season

In

Out

Retired numbers

Notable players

Head coaches

Club Presidents

Individual club records

ASVEL players with the most French League championships

Sponsors

References

External links