| LDLC ASVEL | ||||
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| Leagues | LNB Élite EuroLeague | |||
| Founded | 1948 | |||
| Arena | LDLC Arena Astroballe | |||
| Capacity | 12,500 5,556 | |||
| Location | Villeurbanne, Lyon, France | |||
| Main sponsor | LDLC OL | |||
| President | Tony Parker | |||
| Head coach | Pierrick Poupet | |||
| Championships | 21 French Championships 10 French Cups 2 French Supercups 1 French Federation Cup 1 French Leaders Cup | |||
| Retired numbers | 3 (4, 4, 5) | |||
| Website | ldlcasvel.com | |||
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ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons,[1] is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports club, competes in the top-tier level French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at L'Astroballe, which seats 5,556 people.[2]
Founded in 1948, the team is the most successful in French basketball with 21 LNB Élite championships and 10 French Cup titles.
In 2014, Tony Parker became the president of the club. In 2017, Nicolas Batum became the club's director of basketball operations. In June 2019, football club Olympique Lyonnais's holding company OL Groupe purchased a 25% stake in the ASVEL men's team, plus a 10% stake in the ASVEL women's team, in a deal worth around €3.7 million.[3] The deal also included a plan for a new EuroLeague-standard arena.[4]
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- ^ "0 ME,Astroballe (5556 places)" (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Lyon seal €3.7m Asvel investment deal". SportsPro. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Lyon invests in Euroleague club, reveals arena plans". SportBusiness. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.