Spirou Charleroi
- Leagues Played
- Belgien - Basketball - Liga 183 BNXT - Belgien 89 BNXT League 63 Belgien - Pokal 33 FIBA Europe Cup 28 Klubvenskabskampe 21 Eurocup 20 Basketball - Champions League 14 Basketball - Champions League - Kvalifikation 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 blev grundlagt i 1989 og har vundet 12 belgiske mesterskaber og 11 belgiske pokaltitler. Holdet har også deltaget i EuroLeague flere gange.
Spirou Charleroi er kendt for sin aggressive og intense spillestil. Holdets hjemmebane er Spiroudome, som har en kapacitet på 4.200 tilskuere.
Holdets nuværende træner er Pascal Angillis. Nogle af de mest kendte spillere, der har spillet for Spirou Charleroi, er Sam Van Rossom, Jonathan Tabu og Ben Woodside.