Jeanne d'Arc (basketball)

Jeanne d'Arc de Dakar, also known as simply JA, is a Senegalese basketball team based in Dakar. It is part of the ASC Jeanne d'Arc multi-sports club which is most known for its football section. They have won seven Nationale 1 championships, the most recent being in 2002. In 1991, JA won the African Clubs Championship and was crowned the continental champion.

Jeanne d'Arc
Leagues	Nationale 1
Founded	23 April 1923; 102 years ago (1923-04-23)
History	Jeanne d'Arc de Dakar 1923–present
Location	Dakar, Senegal
Head coach	Mouhamed Sène
Home

The most famous player of JA was Mathieu Faye, who has been enshrined into the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame.^[1]

Honours

African Clubs Championship

• Champions (1): 1991
  • Runners-up: 1992

Nationale 1

• Champions (7): 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002

Saint-Michel Cup (record)

• Winners (7): 1978, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2003, 2022^[2]

Season by season

Season	Group	Regular season				Playoffs
		Finish	Wins	Losses	Pct.
Jeanne d'Arc
2019	–	9th	9	8	.529	–
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Group A	2nd	9	5	.643	Won quarterfinals (SLBC, 2–1) Lost semifinals (DUC, 1–2)
2022	Group B	2nd	9	5	.643	Won quarterfinals (UGB, 2–1) Lost semifinals (AS Douanes, 0–2)
2023	Group B	1st	12	2	.857	Won quarterfinals (UGB, 2–1) Won semifinals (DUC, 2–0) Lost finals (AS Douanes, 1–2)
2024	Group B	1st	13	1	.929	2nd in Group A of Final Eight (4–2) Lost semifinals (ASCVD, 0–2)
Regular season record			52	21	.716
Playoff record			13	13	.500