SIG Strasbourg

SIG Strasbourg
SIG Strasbourg
Leagues	Pro A
Founded	1929; 95 years ago
Arena	Rhénus Sport
Capacity	6,200
Location	Strasbourg, France
Team colors	Red and White;
President	Olivier Klotz
Board governor	Robert Fedida
Head coach	Massimo Cancellieri
Championships	1 French Championship; 2 French Cup; 2 Leaders Cup; 1 Match des Champions; 1 French Second Division
Website	sigstrasbourg.fr

Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at Rhénus Sport. The players wear white and red uniforms.

History edit

SIG Strasbourg team in 1928

SIG Strasbourg home game against Gravelines in February 2022

The club was founded in 1929, and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938.

Starting from the 2004–05 season, new head coach Éric Girard took over the team. In the regular season, SIG finished 3rd and Giard was named Coach of the Year. Strasbourg won the top-tier French League for the first time in the 2004–05 season. SIG beat its rival SLUC Nancy 72–68.

In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg played in the EuroLeague. The team had some outstanding results, as they beat top-tier team Saski Baskonia. In the Pro A, the team was defeated by Nancy 1–2 in the Semi-finals.

In the 2006–07 season, the team wouldn't reach further than the Quarter-finals. After some down years, the team started to revive when Vincent Collet took over as head coach in 2012. The team reached the Pro A Finals for three straight years in 2013, 2014, 2015. Along with that, the team won the 2015 Leaders Cup and 2014–15 French Basketball Cup. Important players for the team were Antoine Diot and Louis Campbell, who won MVP Awards in the won competitions.

In 2020, Vincent Collet left the team after he had served as head coach for almost a decade. For the 2020–21 Pro A season, the team started a recommencement as new head coach Lassi Tuovi recruited almost entirely new players. Strasbourg aims to regain success in both the national league as well as in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League.^[1]

Arenas edit

The 6,200 seat Rhénus Sport has been used as the home arena of SIG for many years. In January 2017, the club announced their building plans for a new arena that is to be finished in 2020, that will accommodate 10,000 people.^[2] Later, the date was corrected to the year 2024.

Rivalries edit

The Eastern Rivalry edit

The Eastern Derby is the name of the matches that are played between Strasbourg IG and SLUC Nancy. The rivalry has a strong emotional history.

Budgets edit

According to Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) guidelines, SIG has to publish its budget for each season.

Season	Budget
2012–13	€5,700,000
2013–14	€6,500,000
2014–15	€5,900,000
2015–16	€6,200,000
2016–17	€6,700,000
2017–18	€7,700,000
2018–19	€7,700,000
2019–20	€7,600,000
2020–21	€6,300,000
2021–22	€7,000,000
2022–23	€7,000,000
2023–24	€7,000,000

Players edit

Current roster edit

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SIG Strasbourg roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	0	Booth, Phil	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	28 – (1995-12-31)31 December 1995
C	3	Brooks, Nysier	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	27 – (1996-12-05)5 December 1996
PF	4	Cavalière, Léopold	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	28 – (1996-04-27)27 April 1996
G/F	6	Lacombe, Paul	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	33 – (1990-06-12)12 June 1990
PF	10	Invernizzi, Hugo	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	31 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993
G/F	12	Dallo, Boris	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	30 – (1994-03-12)12 March 1994
PG	21	Hooker, Quinton	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	29 – (1995-01-22)22 January 1995
PG	23	Maille, Jean-Baptiste	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	30 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993
G	25	McGee, Tyrus	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	33 – (1991-03-14)14 March 1991
F/C	30	Akin, Daniel	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	25 – (1998-06-16)16 June 1998
G	95	Pietrus, Illan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		18 – (2005-06-20)20 June 2005

Head coach

Massimo Cancellieri

Assistant coach(es)

Thomas Drouot
Mikko Larkas

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 12, 2023

Depth chart edit

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Nysier Brooks	Daniel Akin
PF	Hugo Invernizzi	Léopold Cavalière
SF	Paul Lacombe	Boris Dallo
SG	Phil Booth	Tyrus McGee
PG	Quinton Hooker	Jean-Baptiste Maille	Illan Piétrus

Season by season edit

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2006–07	1	Pro A	5th	Round of 16	Quarterfinalist
2007–08	1	Pro A	12th	Round of 16
2008–09	1	Pro A	8th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
2009–10	1	Pro A	14th	Round of 16		3 EuroChallenge	RS
2010–11	1	Pro A	11th	Round of 32
2011–12	1	Pro A	10th		Round of 16
2012–13	1	Pro A	2nd	Quarterfinalist	Runner-up
2013–14	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 32	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2013–14	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 32	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	L32
2014–15	1	Pro A	2nd	Champion	Champion	2 Eurocup	L32
2015–16	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 32	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2015–16	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 32	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	RU
2016–17	1	Pro A	2nd	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	POQ
2017–18	1	Pro A	3rd	Champion	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	QF
2018–19	1	Pro A	6th	Round of 16	Champion	3 Champions League	RS
2019–20^[a]	1	Pro A	10th		Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	RS
2020–21	1	Pro A	3rd	Quarterfinalist		3 Champions League	4th
2021–22	1	Pro A	7th	Runner-up		3 Champions League	QF
2022–23	1	Pro A	8th	Semifinalist		2 Champions League	QF

^ The 2019–20 season was canceleld prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours edit

French League

Winners (1): 2004–05

French Cup

Winners (2): 2014–15, 2017–18

Runners-up (2): 1998–99, 2021–22

Leaders Cup

Winners (2): 2015, 2019

Runners-up (1): 2013

Match des Champions

Winners (1): 2015

French Second Division

Winners (1): 1998–99

Brussels, Belgium Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2015

Luxeuil-les-Bains, France Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2015

Besançon, France Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2015

Notable players edit

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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.