Union Sportive Monastirienne ( ar, الاتحاد الرياضي المنستيري‎), commonly known as US Monastir, is a Tunisian professional

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club based in Monastir. Established in 1959, the team plays in the Pro A the first division league in Tunisia and has won seven national championships. Monastir also plays in the

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(BAL) since the inaugural season in 2021. Home games are played in the

Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall (in French: Salle omnisports Mohamed-Mzali), or simply Salle Mzali, is an indoor sports arena in Monastir, Tunisia. The arena is owned by the municipality of Monastir and is the home arena of basketball club US Monastir a ...

. US Monastir is one of the most decorated clubs in Tunisian basketball history, as the club has experienced recent success including winning 7 Tunisian Leagues and 4 Tunisian Cups. Monastir won the BAL championship in

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, becoming the first Tunisian team to win the competition.

History

The club was established in 1959 and won its first Tunisian League title in 1998 after defeating

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in the league finals. As the national champions, Monastir played in the

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where it lost all three group stage games. In the 1999–2000 season, Monastir won its first-ever double after winning both the league and cup title. Monastir beat Club Africain in the league final and Ezzahra in the cup final (66–61). In 2005, Monastir won its third Tunisian championship, defeating Stade Nabeulien 66–51. The first international title for Monastir arrived in 2012, when they won the Maghreb Basketball Championship after defeating ES Radès in the final. In 2014, Monastir made its debut in the FIBA Africa Club Championship, Africa's top continental league, for the first time. In 2017, the club ended at third place in the continental league. In 2019 , Monastir won its fourth Tunisian championship defeating ES Rades. again in 2020 US Monastir won its fifth Tunisian championship and the second in row defeating the same ES Rades. In 2021, Monastir defeated

in the Tunisian finals and won its sixth championship, and the third in a row. In 2021, Monastir was one of the twelve teams to play in the new

(BAL) as they qualified as Tunisian national champions. In the inaugural season of the league, Monastir reached the

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where it lost to

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despite being favourites in the competition. Three players of Monastir (

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and Wael Arakji) were named to the

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. In the following season, the 2021–22 season, Monastir won the national double after capturing the CNA and Tunisian Cup titles. On 28 May 2022, Monastir won its first-ever BAL and African championship after defeating Petro de Luanda in the

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, becoming the first Tunisian team to win the BAL. Point guard Michael Dixon was named the league's MVP;

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and

Radhouane Slimane Radhouane Slimane (born 16 August 1980) is a Tunisian basketball player who plays for US Monastir of the Championnat National A. Standing at , Slimane mainly plays as power forward. Born in Kairouan, he started out his career playing six season ...

were named to the

. Representing the African continent, Monastir played in the

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edition of the

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, where it finished in fourth place after losing to the Spanish team

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and the American team

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Arenas

Since its opening in 2006, Monastir plays its home games in the

, which has a capacity of 4,075–5,000 people.

Players

Current roster

:''As of 8 February 2023''.

Past rosters

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Notable players

Individual awards

Honours

National competitions

Leagues

* Tunisian League :Champions (7): 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 :Runner-up (1): 2017–18

Cups

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:Champions (4): 2000, 2020, 2021, 2022 :Runner-up (9): 1992, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 * Tunisian Supercup :Runner-up (1): 2005 * Tunisian Federation Cup :Champion (1): 2012

International competitions

:Champion (1):

:Runner-up (1):

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Africa Champions Cup
/ref> :Third place (1):

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:Third place (1):

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* Maghreb Championship :Champion (1): 2012 *

:Fourth Place (1):

Season by season

Head coaches

The following people have been head coach of US Monastir (since 2009):

References

External links

U.S. Monastir
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