Spirou Charleroi
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- Belgia - Basketball League 183 BNXT - Belgia 87 BNXT League 64 Puchar Belgii 33 Puchar Europy FIBA 28 Klubowe mecze towarzyskie 21 Euro Cup 20 Koszykówka - Champions League 14 Koszykówka - Champions League - Kwalifikacje 6
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Wikipedia - Spirou Charleroi
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
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 2010–11 season, Spirou made its debut in the Euroleague, the highest continental league of Europe. The following season, Spirou played in the regular season for the second time in a row.
On July 29, 2014, Jacques Stas became the new head coach of the club while his predecessor Giovanni Bozzi replaced him as team president.
Since the 2021–22 season, Spirou plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.
Spirou Charleroi jest jednym z najbardziej utytułowanych klubów w belgijskiej koszykówce, zdobywając 12 tytułów mistrza kraju, 10 Pucharów Belgii i 4 Superpuchary Belgii. Występował również w europejskich rozgrywkach, takich jak FIBA Europe Cup i FIBA Champions League.
Największe sukcesy Spirou Charleroi odniosły w latach 90-tych i na początku XXI wieku, kiedy to trzykrotnie triumfowały w lidze (1997, 1998, 1999) i zdobyły trzy Puchary Belgii (1997, 1999, 2000). Ostatni tytuł mistrzowski klub wywalczył w 2011 roku.
W składzie Spirou Charleroi występowało wielu znanych koszykarzy, w tym Belgowie Axel Hervelle, Christophe Beghin i Jonathan Tabu oraz Amerykanie Marcus Hatten, DJ Cooper i Travis Bader.