LDLC ASVEL Féminin (formerly ''Lyon Basket féminin'' and ''FC Lyon Basket féminin'') is a French professional women's
basketball
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club from the
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
suburb
Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France ...
. LDLC is a French e-commerce company (founded by Laurent de la Clergerie) that sponsors the club. ASVEL stands for Association Sportive de Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais, an acronym combining ASV and EL (Lyon Awakening) that merged into one club.
LDLC ASVEL
ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team located in the commune of Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports ...
is the men's basketball team owned by the same ASVEL multi-sport company.
ASVEL won the
EuroCup Women
The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the second-level basketball competition with teams from associate members of FIBA Europe.
It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup.
Unlike the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup Men, the competition is entir ...
in the
2022–23 season, after beating
Galatasaray
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in the finals and becoming the fourth French team to win the competition.
Honours
National competitions
*
Ligue Féminine
** Winners (2): 2019, 2023
* French Cup
** Winners (1): 1960
** Runner-up (2) : 2020, 2023
* Match des Champions
** Winners (1): 2019
* Challenge round
** Winners (1): 2014
* National 1 (French 3rd division)
** Winners (1): 2009
International competitions
*
EuroCup Women
The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the second-level basketball competition with teams from associate members of FIBA Europe.
It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup.
Unlike the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup Men, the competition is entir ...
** Champions (1):
2022–23
Current roster
Famous players
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Rebecca Allen
*
Julie Vanloo
*
Sandrine Gruda
*
Audrey Sauret
*
Geraldine Robert
*
Milica Dabović
Milica Dabović ( sr-cyr, Милица Дабовић; born 16 February 1982) is a former Serbian professional women's basketball player. She represented the Serbian national basketball team, winning Olympic bronze with the team at the 2016 Summ ...
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Aleksandra Crvendakić
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Haley Peters
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Alysha Clark
References
External links
Official website
Women's basketball teams in France
Women's basketball
EuroCup Women–winning clubs
Basketball teams established in 2000
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