Étoile Sportive Saint-Michel Le Portel Côte d'Opale, commonly known as ESSM Le Portel or simply Le Portel, is a professional
basketball team based in
Le Portel,
France. The team currently plays in the
Pro A, the first tier in France.
History
In the 2014–15 season, ESSM had a historic run to the
Coupe de France Final. They beat Pro A teams Le Mans, Le Havre, ASVEL and reigning French champion Limoges CSP to qualify for their first cup final ever. In the Final they lost
74–87 to
SIG Strasbourg
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, and i ...
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In the 2015–16 season, Le Portel won the
Pro B
The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the French basketball league system, 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since t ...
play-offs which gained the team promotion to the
LNB Pro A
The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league. ...
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Basket : Le Portel en Pro A
/ref> In the first Pro A season of the club, they reached the playoffs after they captured the eight-seed. In the following 2017–18 season, Le Portel made its European debut in the FIBA Europe Cup. In this competition, the team reached the quarter-finals, where it lost to Bakken Bears.
Arenas
*Georges Carpentier (2003–2007)
*Salle Damrémont (2007–2013)
*Lycée Giraux-Sannier (2013–2015)
*Le Chaudron (2015–present)
Honours
* Coupe de France:
**Runners-up (1): 2014–15
European record
Season by season
: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, and all ...
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Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
References
External links
Official website
{{LNB Pro A
Basketball teams in France