Manama Club (basketball)

Manama Club, also known as simply Manama or Al Manama, is a Bahraini professional basketball team based in Manama. They play in the Bahraini Premier League and are the most decorated team in national basketball history, having won a record 25 championships,^[1] 21 Cup titles,^[2] and 5 Super Cup titles. Currently, Manama also plays in the West Asia Super League (WASL), which they won in 2023.^[3]

Manama
League	Bahraini Premier League WASL
Founded	1946
History	Manama Club (1946–present)
Arena	BBA Arena
Location	Manama, Bahrain
Team colors	Blue, red and white
Head coach	Linos Gavriel
Championships	1 West Asia Super League 25 Bahraini League 21 Bahraini Cups 5 Bahraini Super Cups

Manama plays in the BBA Arena, which is also known as the Zain Basketball Arena.

In the 2022–23 season, Manama played in the inaugural West Asia Super League under the guidance of coach Linos Gavriel. On 17 June 2023, they won the WASL championship after they defeated Kuwait Club in the final in Dubai.^[4] Because they also won the Premier League and Cup, they won their first treble.^[5] As the champions of Western Asia, Manama was invited for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.^[6]

Honours

Domestic

Bahraini Premier League^[1]

• Champions (25): 1977–78, 1988-1989, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23,^[5] 2023–24^[7]

Bahraini Cup^[1]

• Champions (9): 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022,^[2] 2023,^[8] 2024

Bahraini Super Cup^[1]

• Champions (6): 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024

International

West Asia Super League

• Champions (1): 2022–23

FIBA Asia Champions Cup

• Third place (1): 2000

Players

Main category: Manama Club basketball players

Current roster

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

Manama Club roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 1 Mohamed Buallay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PG 2 Husain Shaker 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) PG 3 Ahmed Haji 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) PF 8 Avelon Luke John Jr 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) SF 6 Mohamed Kowaid 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 10 Tony Carr 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) C 12 Ahmed Najaf 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) C 13 Clint Chapman 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) G/F 14 Hasan Nowrooz (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) PF 15 Subah Azzam 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 17 Ali Jaber Kadhem 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G 73 Mustafa Rashed (Loan) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Head coach Linos Gavriel Assistant coach(es) Alexandros Lekisvili Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notable players

Several former National Basketball Association (NBA) players have played for Manama Club.

• Josh Boone (2014–2015)
• Devin Ebanks (2021–2022)
• Jordan Crawford (2022–2023)
• Jerai Grant (2020)
• Davion Berry (2022–2023)
• Austin Daye (2016)
• D. J. Stephens (2019)

Local Legends of Manama Club.

• Nooh Najaf (#12)
• Abdulmajeed Shahram (#9)
• Mohamed Husain (Kempes) (#5)
• Hasan Nowrooz (#14)
• Abdulla Jasim (#4)

Head coaches

• Sam Vincent (2014–2016)
• Miodrag Perišić (2016–2017)
• Josep Clarós (2016–2017)
• Linos Gavriel (2021–2022; 2023–present)