ESSM Le Portel

ESSM Le Portel
ESSM Le Portel
Leagues	Pro A
Founded	1931; 93 years ago
History	ESSM Le Portel; (1931–present)
Arena	Le Chaudron
Capacity	3,500
Location	Le Portel, France
Team colors	Green, Dark Grey, White;
Head coach	Éric Girard (basket-ball)
Website	essm-basket.fr
Home	Away

Étoile Sportive Saint-Michel Le Portel Côte d'Opale, commonly known as ESSM Le Portel or simply Le Portel, is a professional basketball team based in Le Portel, France. The team currently plays in the Pro A, the first tier in France.

History

In the 2014–15 season, ESSM had a historic run to the Coupe de France Final. They beat Pro A teams Le Mans, Le Havre, ASVEL and reigning French champion Limoges CSP to qualify for their first cup final ever. In the Final they lost 74–87 to SIG Strasbourg.

In the 2015–16 season, Le Portel won the Pro B play-offs which gained the team promotion to the LNB Pro A.^[1] In the first Pro A season of the club, they reached the playoffs after they captured the eight-seed. In the following 2017–18 season, Le Portel made its European debut in the FIBA Europe Cup. In this competition, the team reached the quarter-finals, where it lost to Bakken Bears.

Arenas

Georges Carpentier (2003–2007)
Salle Damrémont (2007–2013)
Lycée Giraux-Sannier (2013–2015)
Le Chaudron (2015–present)

Honours

Coupe de France:
- Runners-up (1): 2014–15

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	QR2	Bnei Herzliya	74–55	74–74
		RS	Donar	60–49	77–72
			Bosna	101–51	66–86
			Antwerp Giants	94–79	70–73
		SR	İstanbul BB	86–49	80–83
			Nizhny Novgorod	79–72	57–76
			Kataja	90–68	77–82
		R16	Dinamo Sassari	100–81	72–55
		QF	Bakken Bears	86–80	76–62

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	French Cup	European competitions
2013–14	2	Pro B	5th		Round of 32
2014–15	2	Pro B	9th		Runner-up
2015–16	2	Pro B	2nd		Round of 32
2016–17	1	Pro A	8th	19–17	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	Pro A	11th	16–18	Round of 16	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QF	14–1–3
2018–19	1	Pro A	16th	10–24
2019–20	1	Pro A	18th¹	4–20¹
2020–21	1	Pro A	13th	13–21
2021–22	1	Pro A

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

ESSM Le Portel roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SF	1	Abouo, Charles	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	34 – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989
G/F	3	Valcy, Cameron	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	20 – (2003-09-03)3 September 2003
SF	4	Fleming, Phlandrous	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1998-12-05)5 December 1998
PG	6	Mangin, Benoît	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	35 – (1988-06-03)3 June 1988
F	7	Diawara, Digué	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	25 – (1998-10-03)3 October 1998
SG	12	Le Carrer, Louis	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	20 – (2004-04-07)7 April 2004
SG	14	DiLeo, David	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1997-02-28)28 February 1997
G	15	Roberts, Anthony	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	24 – (2000-01-02)2 January 2000
PF	23	Fevrier, Ivan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	25 – (1999-02-08)8 February 1999
C	32	Vautier, Bastien	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	25 – (1998-11-15)15 November 1998
F/C	55	Gresham, Brison	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1998-01-24)24 January 1998
PG		Maxhuni, Edon	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	25 – (1998-05-21)21 May 1998

Head coach

Eric Girard

Assistant coach(es)

Arnaud Ricoux
Karim Diop
Joris Mercier

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 8 October, 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

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.

References

^ Basket : Le Portel en Pro A

External links

Official website

[1] Basket : Le Portel en Pro A

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Other competitions	Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup)
Awards	Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach
Other	All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions

v t e ESSM Le Portel current roster
1 Abouo 3 Valcy 4 Fleming 6 Mangin 7 Diawara 12 Le Carrer 14 DiLeo 15 Roberts 23 Fevrier 32 Vautier 55 Gresham
Head coach: Girard Assistant coaches: Ricoux Diop Mercier