Orléans Loiret Basket

Basketball team in Orléans, France

Orléans Loiret Basket

Leagues| Pro B
Founded| 1993; 32 years ago (1993)
History| Entente Orléanaise Loiret
(1993–2010)
Orléans Loiret Basket
(2010–present)
Arena| Palais des Sports
Capacity| 3,222
Location| Orléans, France
Team colors| Maroon, Gold

President| Christophe Dupont
Head coach| Vacant
Championships| 1 Pro B Championship
1 French Cup
Website| orleansloiretbasket.fr

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Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of Loiret. The club plays in the French Pro B League.

## History

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Entente Orléanaise was founded in 1993. The club was the French Cup 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 French Cup, which was the first national cup title win in their history.

## Arenas

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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

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### Domestic

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* Pro B
* Champions (1): 2005–06
* French Cup
* Winners (1): 2009–10

## European record

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Season  | Achievement  | Notes

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EuroLeague
2009–10 | Regular season | 6th place in Group B with Olympiacos, Unicaja, Partizan, Efes Pilsen and Lietuvos rytas
EuroCup
2010–11 | Qualifying round | Eliminated by Azovmash in the qualifying round
2012–13 | Regular season | 4th place in Group H with Spartak Saint Petersburg, Ulm and Dinamo Sassari
FIBA EuroChallenge
2010–11 | Regular season | 4th place in Group H with Oostende, Mons-Hainaut and SLUC Nancy

## Season by season

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Season  | Tier | League  | Pos. | French Cup | European competitions

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2009–10 | 1  | Pro A | 6th  | Champions  | 1 Euroleague | RS
2010–11 | 1  | Pro A | 11th  |  | 3 EuroChallenge | RS
2011–12 | 1  | Pro A | 3rd  |  |
2012–13 | 1  | Pro A | 10th  |  | 2 Eurocup | RS
2013–14 | 1  | Pro A | 9th  |  |
2014–15 | 1  | Pro A | 16th  |  |
2015–16 | 1  | Pro A | 11th  |  |
2016–17 | 1  | Pro A | 17th  |  |

## Players

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### Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Orléans Loiret roster

Players | Coaches
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SG | 6 |  | Difuidi, Neftali | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  23 – (2001-11-03)3 November 2001  |
C | 7 |  | Dossou, Jean-Fabrice | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)  |  |  24 – (2000-04-06)6 April 2000  |
PF | 9 |  | Leloup, Jérémy | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  38 – (1987-01-31)31 January 1987  |
C | 14 |  | Mbida, Junior | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  35 – (1990-01-19)19 January 1990  |
PG | 21 |  | Mutuale, Malela | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  |  |  33 – (1991-06-18)18 June 1991  |
PF | 23 |  | de Lattibeaudiere, Tyran | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  34 – (1991-01-25)25 January 1991  |
SF | 31 |  | Mipoka, Jean-Michel | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  39 – (1985-09-28)28 September 1985  |
PF |  |  | Gabrić, Tomislav | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  29 – (1995-08-17)17 August 1995  |

Head coach

*   * Germain Castano

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Emmanuel Coeuret
*   * Pierre Tillay

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

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* Roster

Updated: January 8, 2023

## Notable players

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

* Antoine Eito
* Marc-Antoine Pellin
* Laurent Sciarra
* Kris Joseph
* Amara Sy
* Maleye N'Doye
* Jonathan Kazadi
* Cedrick Banks
* Mo Charlo
* Brian Greene
* Brandon Heath
* Chris King
* David Noel
* J. R. Reynolds
* Theron Smith
* Chevon Troutman
* Emanuel Terry
* Abdel Raho

## Head coaches

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* Philippe Herve

## External links

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* Official website
* Eurobasket.com Team Page
* Official Fan Site (in French)

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Orléans Loiret Basket current roster

* 6 Difuidi
* 7 Dossou
* 9 Leloup
* 14 Mbida
* 21 Mutuale
* 23 De Lattibeaudiere
* 31 Mipoka
* Gabrić

* Head coach: Castano
* Assistant coaches: Coeuret
* Tillay

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Pro B

* LNB
* FFBB
* List of Clubs
* List of Venues
* French League System

Seasons|

* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22

Teams|

* Aix Maurienne
* Alliance Alsace
* Antibes
* Boulazac
* Chalon
* Châlons-Reims
* Denain Voltaire
* Évreux
* La Rochelle
* Lille
* Nantes
* Orléans
* Quimper
* Saint-Chamond
* Saint-Quentin
* Saint-Vallier
* Vichy-Clermont

Cup competition|

* Pro B Leaders Cup (League Cup)

Awards|

* MVP
* Finals MVP
* Best Scorer

Other|

* French clubs in international competitions

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data

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