Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball

Saint-Quentin
Saint-Quentin
Nickname	SQBB
Leagues	LNB Pro A; Champions League
Founded	1973; 51 years ago
Arena	Palais des Sports Pierre Ratte
Capacity	3,800
Location	Saint-Quentin, France
President	Laurent Prache
Head coach	Julien Mahé
Team captain	Giovan Oniangue
Website	sqbb.fr
Home	Away

Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball, commonly known as Saint-Quentin BB, is a French basketball club playing in the LNB Pro A (the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France), based in the commune of Saint-Quentin in the department of Aisne.

History

Saint-Quentin BB was founded in 1973^[1] from the merger of the Amicale Jumentier and Union sportive des Cheminots. The new club disputes the regional championship Excellence. In 1982, became a new merger between Saint-Quentin BB and Foyer laïque d'Harly.

In 1988, Saint-Quentin BB accessed by 1A (now Pro A). The club then competed with the best teams in the league and finished fifth. In 1990 the club qualifies for the FIBA Korać Cup of the next season. They compete in 1991 with a home victory over the Greek powerhouse of Panathinaikos, but an away defeat.^[2]

In 1993, following financial difficulties, Saint-Quentin relegated to National 4 and briefly found Pro B in 2000 (back down the following year) only to return in 2001 until 2009. The team regularly attended the Playoffs, losing in the semifinals in 2006 (opposite Entente Orléanaise) and 2007 (facing Quimper). In 2009, SQBB was relegated to the Men's National 1 league (NM1).

In the 2011-2012 season, SQBB won the National Basketball 1 title and was promoted to the LNB Pro B league for the 2012-2013 season. In the 2022-23 season, SQBB won the Pro B title and was promoted to the LNB Pro A league for the 2023-24 season, its first season in the elite league in 31 years.

Players

Current roster

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Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	0	Schwartz, Loïc	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	32 – (1992-12-04)4 December 1992
SF	1	Diakité, Mohamed	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	18 – (2006-04-08)8 April 2006
PG	2	Traoré, Nolan	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	18 – (2006-05-28)28 May 2006
PG	3	Goudou-Sinha, Enzo	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	26 – (1998-11-26)26 November 1998
SF	4	Oniangue, Giovan (C)	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	33 – (1991-04-22)22 April 1991
PF	5	Pfister, William	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	29 – (1995-01-05)5 January 1995
SG	9	Robinson, Jerome	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	27 – (1997-02-22)22 February 1997
PG	10	Boucaud, Lucas	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	24 – (2000-08-30)30 August 2000
PF	12	Moore, Khalid	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (2000-07-29)29 July 2000
C	13	Olejniczak, Dominik	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	28 – (1996-07-01)1 July 1996
C	14	Santos-Silva, Marcus	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1997-06-07)7 June 1997
SG	22	Kirkwood, Noah	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (1999-12-27)27 December 1999