Jeanne d'Arc | ||
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Leagues | Nationale 1 | |
Founded | 23 April 1923 | |
History | Jeanne d'Arc de Dakar 1923–present | |
Location | Dakar, Senegal | |
Head coach | Mouhamed Sène | |
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Jeanne d'Arc de Dakar, also known as simply JA, is a Senegalese basketball team based in Dakar. It is part of the ASC Jeanne d'Arc multi-sports club which is most known for its football section. They have won seven Nationale 1 championships, the most recent being in 2002. In 1991, JA won the African Clubs Championship and was crowned the continental champion.
The most famous player of JA was Mathieu Faye, who has been enshrined into the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame.[1]