Limoges CSP

Limoges Cercle Saint- Pierre, in short CSP Limoges is a basketball club from the French Limoges. Founded in 1929 as Cercle Saint- Pierre de Limoges, Limoges CSP short, he was the most successful French club of the 1980s and 1990s, and the only one who could win the European Champions Cup. This track won CSP in 1993 under the leadership of the Yugoslav coach Bozidar Maljković. He is also one of Europe of only six clubs to have won the national champion trophy, the Cup Winners Cup and the Korać Cup. Home games wearing the club from the 5516 -seat hall Palais des sports de Beaublanc.

Despite a very successful athletic season CSP had in 2000 due to financial problems in the second French league, the LNB Pro B, dismount. Although tried and failed to resurgence, but the club was finally dissolved in 2004 and established as Limoges CSP Élite new. Instead of the original club colors of yellow and red one now used the colors black and white. The team took the following season in the third tier of French league on the game mode. Followed in 2007 by another re-naming in Limoges CSP. In the season 2010/11 Limoges was the first time represented in the highest French league. 2011, the club colors were changed again, these have since green and white. After another year in the Pro B Limoges plays since 2012 back in the Pro A.

Achievements

  • French Champion: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000 ( 9)
  • French Cup Winners: 1994, 1995, 2000 (3)
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1993; Semi-finalist in 1984, 1986, 1990, 1995 (1)
  • European Cup Winners' Cup: 1988 (1)
  • Korać Cup: 1982, 1983, 2000; Finalist 1987 (3 )

(In brackets: number of titles won )

Major Players

  • Richard Dacoury France (1978-1996)
  • France Jean -Michel Sénégal (1981-1986)
  • United States Ed Murphy (1982-1985)
  • France Stéphane Ostrowski (1985-1992)
  • United States Don Collins (1987-1991)
  • United States Michael Brooks (1988-1992)
  • Slovenia Jurij Zdovc (1992-1993)
  • United States Michael Young (1992-1995)
  • Jim Bilba France (1992-1996)
  • France Yann Bonato (1995-1997, 1999-2000, 2003-2004)
  • France Frédéric Weis (1995-2000)
  • Angola Jean- Jacques Conceição (1996-1999)
  • Spain José Antonio Montero (1997-1998)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Nenad Marković (1997-1999)
  • England John Amaechi (1998-1999)
  • United States Marcus Brown (1999-2000)
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