Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional

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club that is based in the city of

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Loiret Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.< ...

. The club plays in the French Pro A League.

History

Entente Orléanaise was founded in 1993. The club was the

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runner-up and the French Pro B League champion in 2006. Orléans Loiret Basket competed in the French Pro A League for the first time in the 2006-07 season. In 2009 and 2010, the club was the French La Semaine des As Cup runner-up. In 2010, the club won the

, which was the first national cup title win in their history.

Arenas

The club's home arena for French League national domestic games is the 3,222 seat Palais des Sports; for games that require a larger capacity (such as EuroLeague and EuroCup games) the club plays their home games at the 5,338 seat Zénith d'Orléans.

Honours and titles

Domestic

* Pro B **Champions (1): 2005–06 *

**Winners (1): 2009–10

European record

Season by season

Players

Roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Head coaches

* Philippe Herve

External links

Official websiteEurobasket.com Team PageOfficial Fan Site
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