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The Lions de Genève are a professional
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club based in the city of
Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...
,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The Lions currently play in the Swiss top-tier
Swiss Basketball League The Swiss Basketball League, also known as SB League or SBL, is the top-tier professional club basketball league in Switzerland. It is organized by Swiss Basketball. The winners of the SBL are crowned Swiss national basketball champions. Curren ...
(SBL). The team is based in the 2,000 capacity Pavillon des Sports.


History

Founded as the Genève Devils in the summer of 2000, the club rebranded itself as Les Lions de Genève in 2010 after merging with Meyrin Grand-Saconnex. Les «Lions de Genève» sont nés, 20min.ch, June 10 2010
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Trophies

Total trophies: 11 *
Swiss Basketball League The Swiss Basketball League, also known as SB League or SBL, is the top-tier professional club basketball league in Switzerland. It is organized by Swiss Basketball. The winners of the SBL are crowned Swiss national basketball champions. Curren ...
(2): :2012–13, 2014–15 *
Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference L ...
(4): :2003–04, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2020–21 * SBL Cup (5): :2003–04, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019, 2021


Current roster


Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have played at least two seasons for the club AND either: – Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
– Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.


Head coaches

* Rodrigue M'Baye * Ivan Rudež *
Jean-Marc Jaumin Jean-Marc Jaumin (born 5 February 1970) is a Belgian retired basketball player and current head coach for Circus Brussels of the BNXT League. Coaching career After being an assistant-coach for two years with BC Oostende, the club Jaumin also pl ...
: (2016–2017) * Vedran Bosnić: (2017–2019) * Andrej Štimac: (2020–2022) *
Alain Attalah Alain Pierre Joseph Attalah (; born 5 October 1964) is an Egyptian basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Lions de Genève of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL). As a player, Attallah competed with the Egypt national ...
: (2022–present)


References


External links


Official Lions de Genève websiteProfile
- Eurobasket.com
Profile
- Facebook.com
Profile (fans)
- Facebook.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lions de Geneve Basketball teams established in 2000 Basketball teams in Switzerland Sport in Geneva