B.B.C. Amicale Steesel is a

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ish professional basketball club based in

Steinsel Steinsel ( ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg. It is located north of Luxembourg City. , the town of Steinsel, which lies in the west of the commune, has a population of 1,844. Other towns within the commune include Heisdorf and Mull ...

. The club is one of the most successful in Luxembourg, as Amicale has won seven national championships.

History

Founded in 1947, BBC Amicale was the first Luxembourg club with its own clubhouse and private sports hall, where the club was based in 1958. These good structural conditions were not initially reflected in sporting performance and it was only in the early-1970s the club established itself as the top team in the highest Luxembourg Basketball League, winning the championship in 1970-71 and 1972-73. Consequently, BBC Amicale fought mainly against the

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for national supremacy and subject to the first mid-70s. However, Amicale closed the 1977-78 season again as a master from, as well as in 1980 and 1981. With five domestic league titles, Amicale is the fifth most successful basketball team in Luxembourg. In addition, the club won the Luxembourg Cup five times between 1971 and 2015. Although they could only celebrate championships in the youth section in the recent past, after thirteen years they reached the finals in 2013 for the Championship for Men in which they ran against defending champion T71 Dudelange. Better-known players who played in the

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, were the Estonian national player

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and the Czech international player Kamil Novák. In the league finals in 2013 including the Americans Reggie Golson and the Luxembourg national player Samy Picard were members of the squad.

Honours

Luxembourgian League * Winners (9): 1970-71, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2021-22 Luxembourgian Cup * Winners (7): 1970-71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18

Notable players

Alex Laurent Alex Laurent (born 6 June 1993) is a Luxembourgian-German professional basketball player. He currently plays for BBC Amicale Steinsel. He is also a member of the Luxembourg national basketball team. Professional career From 2012 until 2017, Laur ...

Head coaches

* Dragoş Nosievici

External links

Amicale Steesel
– Homepage
BBC Amicale auf den Seiten von flbb.lu

Amicale Steinsel basketball – team details, stats, news, roster
– Profil auf den Webseiten von Eurobasket.com
Women BBC Amicale
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