Spirou Charleroi

Proximus Spirou
Nickname	Karolo's
Leagues	Pro Basketball League
Founded	1989; 30 years ago (1989)
History	Spirou Monceau 1989–1990 Spirou Charleroi 1990–present
Arena	Spiroudome
Capacity	6,300
Location	Charleroi, Belgium
Team colors	Red, White
President	Jean-Jacques Cloquet
Head coach	Brian Lynch
Championships	10 Belgian Championships 5 Belgian Cups 3 Belgian Supercups
Website	www.proximusspirou.be
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Spirou Charleroi, for sponsorship reasons Proximus Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the top Belgian League. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome.

The team is named after the long-running Belgian comics magazine Spirou.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Sponsorship names
  


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  3 Current roster
  


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  4 Trophies
  


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  5 Season by season
  


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  6 Notable players
  


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  7 Notes
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

History

Non-sponsorship team logo

Spirou Charleroi has won the Belgian League championship ten times (1996–99, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the Belgian Cup 5 times (1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009), and the Belgian Supercup 3 times (2001, 2002, 2008).

On July 29, 2014, Jacques Stas became the new head coach of the club while his predecessor Giovanni Bozzi replaced him as team president.^[1]

Sponsorship names

Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

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  Spirou Monceau (1989–1990)


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  Spirou Charleroi (1990–2011)


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  Belgacom Spirou (2011–2014)


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  Proximus Spirou (2014–present)

Current roster

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Spirou Charleroi roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. C 7000400000000000000♠4 Hunt, Dario 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) G 7000500000000000000♠5 Libert, Alexandre 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) PF 7000700000000000000♠7 Hervelle, Axel 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PG 7000900000000000000♠9 Marnegrave, Niels 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 7001110000000000000♠11 Demirtas, Sami 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PF 7001120000000000000♠12 Ford, Quincy 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PF 7001130000000000000♠13 Penninck, Boris 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) C 7001140000000000000♠14 Katić, Raško  7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) F 7001140000000000000♠14 Sorokas, Paulius 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) SF 7001150000000000000♠15 Marchant, Dorian 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) SG 7001210000000000000♠21 Mobley, Matt 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PG 7001250000000000000♠25 Hammonds, Cliff 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G Beane, Anthony 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Nikša Bavčević Assistant coach(es) Kristof Michiels Thomas Roijakkers Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 23 April 2018

Trophies

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  Basketball League Belgium Division I
  
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    Winners (10): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
    
    • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2011–12
      
    
    
  
  


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  Belgian Cup
  
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    Winners (5): 1995-96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
  
  


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  Belgian Supercup
  
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    Winners (3): 2001, 2002, 2008
  
  

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Belgian Cup	Supercup	European competitions
2006–07	1	First Division	3rd			3 FIBA EuroCup	RS
2007–08	1	First Division	1st			2 ULEB Cup	RS
2008–09	1	First Division	1st	Champion		2 Eurocup	T16
2009–10	1	First Division	1st	Finalist	Runner-up	2 Eurocup	RS
2010–11	1	First Division	1st	Semifinalist	Winner	1 Euroleague	RS
2011–12	1	First Division	2nd		Runner-up	1 Euroleague	RS
2012–13	1	First Division	3rd	Last 16		2 Eurocup	RS
2013–14	1	First Division	5th	Semifinalist		2 Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	First Division	5th	Quarterfinalist		2 Eurocup	RS
2015–16	1	First Division	5th	Quarterfinalist		2 Eurocup	RS
2016–17	1	First Division	4th	Quarterfinalist		3 Champions League	RS
2017–18	1	First Division		Semifinalist		4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least two seasons for the club AND either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.

- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

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  Christophe Beghin
  


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  Ralph Biggs
  


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  Marcus Faison
  


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  Amaury Jadin
  


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  Sacha Massot
  


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  Wen Mukubu
  


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  Jacques Stas
  


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  Eric Struelens
  


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  Kevin Tumba
  


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  Niels Marnegrave
  


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  Damir Krupalija
  


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  Justin Hamilton
  


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  Andre Riddick
  


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  Matt Walsh
  

Notes

References

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spirou Charleroi.

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  Official website (in French)
  


• Eurocup – Team profile


• Eurobasket.com – Team page

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