Orléans Loiret Basket

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.

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
Home Away

History

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

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
• French Cup
  • Winners (1): 2009–10

European record

Season	Achievement	Notes
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

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	European competitions
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

Current roster

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

Orléans Loiret roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 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) 25 – (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 Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 8, 2023

Notable players

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

• Philippe Herve

External links

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