ESSM Le Portel

ESSM Le Portel
Leagues	Pro A FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1931; 93 years ago (1931)
History	ESSM Le Portel (1931–present)
Arena	Le Chaudron
Capacity	3,500
Location	Le Portel, France
Team colors	Green, Dark Grey, White
Head coach	Eric Girard
Website	essm-basket.fr
Home Away

Étoile Sportive Saint-Michel Le Portel Côte d'Opale, commonly known as ESSM Le Portel or simply Le Portel, is a professional basketball team based in Le Portel, France. The team currently plays in the Pro A, the first tier in France.

In the 2014–15 season, ESSM had a historic run to the Coupe de France Final. They beat Pro A teams Le Mans, Le Havre, ASVEL and reigning French champion Limoges CSP to qualify for their first cup final ever. In the Final they lost 74–87 to SIG Strasbourg.

In the 2015–16 season, Le Portel won the Pro B play-offs which gained the team promotion to the LNB Pro A.^[1] In the first Pro A season of the club, they reached the playoffs after they captured the eight-seed. In the following 2017–18 season, Le Portel made its European debut in the FIBA Europe Cup. In this competition, the team reached the quarter-finals, where it lost to Bakken Bears.

• Georges Carpentier (2003–2007)
• Salle Damrémont (2007–2013)
• Lycée Giraux-Sannier (2013–2015)
• Le Chaudron (2015–present)

• Coupe de France:
  • Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	QR2	Bnei Herzliya	74–55	74–74
		RS	Donar	60–49	77–72
			Bosna	101–51	66–86
			Antwerp Giants	94–79	70–73
		SR	İstanbul BB	86–49	80–83
			Nizhny Novgorod	79–72	57–76
			Kataja	90–68	77–82
		R16	Dinamo Sassari	100–81	72–55
		QF	Bakken Bears	86–80	76–62

ESSM Le Portel roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 1 Pinckney, DeAndre 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-02-29)29 February 2000 G 2 Ebunangombe, Christopher 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2007-07-26)26 July 2007 C 3 Ba, Idrissa 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 22 – (2002-06-07)7 June 2002 G 4 Gholston, Deandre 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (2000-07-08)8 July 2000 G/F 5 Konaté, Lahaou 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1991-11-17)17 November 1991 F 7 Diawara, Digue 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-10-03)3 October 1998 PG 9 Meyniel, Gaëtan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-07-15)15 July 2000 G/F 10 Esso Essis, Jess 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2005-08-11)11 August 2005 G 15 Kelly, C.J. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1998-04-14)14 April 1998 C 19 Le Meut, Izan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2004-05-27)27 May 2004 PF 23 Fevrier, Ivan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-02-08)8 February 1999 F/C 24 Nunge, Jack 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 25 – (1999-02-20)20 February 1999 G 66 Zoriks, Kristers 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-05-25)25 May 1998	Head coach Eric Girard Assistant coach(es) Arnaud Ricoux Karim Diop Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 5, 2024

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