Spirou Charleroi

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Spirou
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NicknameKarolo's
LeaguesBNXT League
Founded1989; 37 years ago (1989)
HistorySpirou Monceau
1989–1990
Spirou Basket de Charleroi
1990–present
ArenaSpiroudome
Capacity6,300
LocationCharleroi, Belgium
PresidentJean-Jacques Cloquet
Head coachSam Rotsaert
Championships10 Belgian Championships
5 Belgian Cups
7 Belgian Supercups
Websitewww.spiroubasket.be

Spirou Basket, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome which can host 6,300 people.

Established in 1989, the team is named after the long-running Belgian comics magazine Spirou, the publisher of which, Dupuis, is based in Marcinelle, Charleroi.

History

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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 7 times (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010).

In the 1996–97 season, Spirou made its debut in the Euroleague, the highest continental league of Europe. The club participated in the regular phase of the tournament in four other seasons (2000–01, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12).

During the 2004–05 season, Spirou reached the quarter-finals of the EuroCup, its best result on the European stage to date.

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]

Since the 2021–22 season, Spirou plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.[2]

Sponsorship names

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The Spiroudome

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

  • Spirou Monceau (1989–1990)
  • Spirou Charleroi (1990–2011)
  • Belgacom Spirou (2011–2014)
  • Proximus Spirou (2014–2018)

Current roster

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

Spirou roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 2 Error creating thumbnail: Jackson, Zeb 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2001-11-14)14 November 2001
SF 3 Error creating thumbnail: Styles, Dontrez 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2002-06-26)26 June 2002
PF 4 Error creating thumbnail: Gary, Juwan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (2001-02-17)17 February 2001
SG 5 Belgium Polet, Adedayo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2005-07-01)1 July 2005
C 12 Belgium Bilolo, Maxime 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2004-05-17)17 May 2004
G/F 13 Belgium Zecevic, Lukijan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2005-06-15)15 June 2005
F 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sikiraš, Njegoš 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1999-04-11)11 April 1999
C 19 France Colson, Lionel 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2002-05-05)5 May 2002
SG 22 Belgium Smout, Quinten 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002
PG 23 Error creating thumbnail: Lykes, Chris 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 27 – (1998-07-22)22 July 1998
C 25 Belgium Tlarhi Amrani, Mohammed Ali 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2005-05-25)25 May 2005
Head coach
  • Belgium Sam Rotsaert
Assistant coach(es)
  • Belgium Frederic Wilmot
Legend
Updated: September 30, 2025

Honours

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  • Belgian League
  • Belgian Cup
    • Winners (5): 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
      • Runners-up (7): 1996-97, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2019-20, 2023-24
  • Belgian Supercup
    • Winners (7): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
  • Charleroi, Belgium Invitational Game
    • Winners (1): 2008

Season by season

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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 Runner-up 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 3rd Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2018–19 1 First Division 5th Semifinalist 3 Champions League QR3
4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2019–20 1 First Division 5th[a] Runner-up 4 FIBA Europe Cup R2
2020–21 1 First Division 8th Quarterfinalist
2021–22 1 BNXT BE 6th Last 16
BNXT 11th
2022–23 1 BNXT BE 5th Semifinalist
BNXT 4th
2023–24 1 BNXT BE 5th Runner-up
BNXT 6th
2024–25 1 BNXT BE 9th Quarterfinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup R2
BNXT 11th
  1. ^ The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable players

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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.

References

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