2024–25 Stade Malien basketball season

Stade Malien (basketball)
2025 season
Stade Malien in the opening game of the 2025 BAL season in April
Head coachBoubacar Kanouté
Ligue 1Runners-up
(lost to CRB Tombouctou)
BALGroup phase
(4th place in Kalahari Conference)
Scoring leaderMahamane Coulibaly
14.7
Rebounding leaderMouhamed Doumbya
6.3
Assists leaderMahamane Coulibaly
2.2

The 2025 Stade Malen men's basketball season is the 65th season in club history and the 2nd season of the team in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The Whites of Bamako qualified for their second BAL after Road to BAL.

After a third place in 2023, Stade Malien did not qualify for the BAL the previous season as they withdrew their place in the qualifying tournament due to financial reasons. This season, Boubacar Kanouté took over the team from Kaba Kanté.[1]

In the buildup for the Road to BAL, the team acquired Cartier Diarra, who had previously played with the Cape Town Tigers, They officially qualified on November 10, 2024, following the semifinal win over KSA from Cameroon.[2]

In the 2025 BAL season, Stade Malien lost all six games in the Kalahari Conference of the group phase, and was thus eliminated. They became the first team in league history to finish a season 0–6.[3]

In the 2024–25 Ligue 1, Stade Malien lost the finals to CRB Tombouctou by a 2–3 score.[4]

Roster

The following was Stade Malien's roster for the 2025 BAL season.

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

2025 Stade Malien roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
F 4 Tounkara, Hinda Mady 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2003-06-30)30 June 2003
G/F 6 Doumbya, Mouhamed (I) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1997-03-27)27 March 1997
G 7 Diarra, Cartier (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1998-02-06)6 February 1998
SF 10 Sambe, Ousseynou (E) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2006-10-20)20 October 2006
PF/C 13 Thiero, Abdrahamane 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2002-11-09)9 November 2002
PG 14 Togo, Allaye 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 21 – (2003-08-08)8 August 2003
C 15 Haidara, Abdoulaye 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2003-03-11)11 March 2003
F 23 Coulibaly, Mahamane 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2001-01-28)28 January 2001
C 24 Doucoure, Mamadou 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1998-09-28)28 September 1998
PF 28 Dade, Haman 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2003-04-18)18 April 2003
PF/C 34 Enan, Romeo (I) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 31 – (1993-09-29)29 September 1993
PF/C 41 Sane, Landing (I) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 34 – (1990-12-19)19 December 1990
CG 45 Fofana, Gaoussou 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-12-25)25 December 2000
Head coach
  • Kaba Kanté
Assistant coach(es)
  • Boubacar Kounaté
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • (E): BAL Elevate player
  • Injured
Updated: April 4, 2025


Transactions

Additions

Date Player Former team
N/A Cartier Diarra Cape Town Tigers
March 29, 2025 Romeo Enan[5] Al Seeb
April 3, 2025[6][a] Landing Sané Fos-sur-mer
Mouhamed Doumbya ASC Ville de Dakar
Ousseynou Sambe NBA Academy Africa

Games

Road to BAL

Main article: 2025 BAL qualification

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Al Ahli Tripoli (H) 2 2 0 185 143 +42 4 Advance to Elite 16
2 Stade Malien 2 1 1 147 161 −14 3
3 Kriol Star (W) 2 0 2 153 181 −28 2
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (W) Wild card
10 October 2024 Al Ahli Tripoli 85–66 Stade Malien Tripoli
19:30 (GMT+2) Scoring by quarter: 32–11, 14–21, 15–20, 24–14
Pts: Eric 23
Rebs: Almeida 13
Asts: Almeida, Hodge 7 		Boxscore Pts: Coulibaly 20
Rebs: Pare 8
Asts: Keïta 8 		Arena: Great Hall
Referees: BANZA KALUME, Tonton (COD), GAGA, Didier (RWA),LAROUCI, Adlen (ALG)
11 October 2024 Stade Malien 81–76 Kriol Star Tripoli
19:30 (GMT+2) Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 16–21, 24–17, 21–16
Pts: Coulibaly, Kanoute 16
Rebs: Pare 11
Asts: Kante 5 		Boxscore Pts: Lahrichi, Ndizeye 14
Rebs: Brown 12
Asts: Lahrichi 7 		Arena: Great Hall
Referees: KAMATE, Hassane (CIV), BANZA KALUME, Tonton (COD), TABOUBI, Amir (TUN)


Elite 16

Group phase

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SMAL ABC CHS MDA
1 Stade Malien 3 3 0 241 198 +43 6 Advance to final round — 90–80 72–65 79–53
2 ABC Fighters 3 1 2 255 229 +26 4 80–90 — 85–88 90–51
3 Chaux Sport 3 1 2 218 229 −11 4 65–72 88–85 — 65–72
4 MDA Basket 3 1 2 176 234 −58 4 53–79 51–90 72–65 —
Source: FIBA
Semifinals
9 November 2024 Stade Malien 80–59 KSA Abidjan, Ivory Coast
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 28–14, 18–15, 17–16
Pts: Coulibaly 19
Rebs: Djambo 11
Asts: Keïta 7 		Boxscore Pts: Kadji 12
Rebs: Bileg 10
Asts: Nzeulie 3 		Arena: Palais des Sports de Treichville
Attendance: 110
Final
10 November 2024 Stade Malien 68–71 Al Ahli Tripoli Abidjan, Ivory Coast
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 22–24, 16–11, 14–6
Pts: Kanoute 19
Rebs: Dade Haman, Kanoute 7
Asts: Kante 7 		Boxscore Pts: Badrush 26
Rebs: Deng 15
Asts: Sadi 5 		Arena: Palais des Sports de Treichville
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Tonton Banza Kalume (COD), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Hassane Kamate (CIV)

BAL

Main article: 2025 BAL season

Kahalari Conference

See also: 2025 BAL season group phase § Kalahari Conference
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 6 6 0 526 428 +98 1.000 Advance to playoffs
2 Rivers Hoopers 6 4 2 484 466 +18 .667
3 FUS Rabat (H) 6 2 4 456 475 −19 .333
4 6 0 6 395 492 −97 .000
Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
5 April 2025 Stade Malien 60–81 Rivers Hoopers Rabat, Morocco
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 12–25, 12–21, 13–19
Pts: Coulibaly 20
Rebs: Doumbya 11
Asts: Coulibaly 6 		Boxscore Pts: Amayo 19
Rebs: Olisemeka 12
Asts: Akec, Shamba 4 		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah
Attendance: 3,329
Referees: Ian Mcclenny, Oumar Sy, Natascha Onono
6 April 2025 Stade Malien 69–72 Al Ittihad Alexandria Rabat, Morocco
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–18, 11–15, 15–20
Pts: Diarra 19
Rebs: Doumbya 7
Asts: Coulibaly 5 		Boxscore Pts: Deng 21
Rebs: Khalaf 11
Asts: Vinales 4 		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah
Referees: Yann Davidson, Arnold Moseya, Dorothy Okatch
8 April 2025 FUS Rabat 92–72 Stade Malien Rabat, Morocco
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 16–29, 21–19, 26–12
Pts: Zouzoua 22
Rebs: Diagne 6
Asts: Zouita 8 		Boxscore Pts: Doumbya 15
Rebs: Coulibaly 5
Asts: Diarra, Doumbia 5 		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah
Attendance: 3,520
Referees: Julian McFadden, Yann Vezo Davidson, Natascha Onono
10 April 2025 Al Ittihad Alexandria 91–68 Stade Malien Rabat, Morocco
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 22–15, 20–15, 29–23
Pts: King 22
Rebs: Deng 9
Asts: Metwaly 5 		Boxscore Pts: Coulibaly 25
Rebs: Enan 8
Asts: Coulibaly, Enan 3 		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah
Attendance: 915
Referees: Ian Mcclenny, Erick Otieno, Sarty Nghixulifwa
12 April 2025 Stade Malien 67–77 FUS Rabat Rabat, Morocco
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 16–22, 17–17, 19–20
Pts: Coulibaly 26
Rebs: Doumbya
Asts: Three players 3 		Boxscore Pts: Jordan 18
Rebs: Diagne, Fofana 9
Asts: Fofana 6 		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah
Attendance: 5,279
Referees: Erik Aellig, Arnold Moseya, Dorothy Okatch
13 April 2025 Rivers Hoopers 79–59 Stade Malien Rabat, Morocco
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 27–10, 20–7, 15–21
Pts: Putney 15
Rebs: Olisemeka 9
Asts: Olisemeka 6 		Boxscore Pts: Tounkara 14
Rebs: Doumbya 8
Asts: Sane 3 		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah
Referees: Julian McFadden, Erick Otieno, Sarty Nghixulifwa

Notes

  1. ^ The roster was officially released before the first game of the season on the official BAL website.

References

  1. ^ "Introducing the 2025 Kalahari Conference". The BAL. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Stade Malien outpace KSA, qualify for the 2025 BAL". www.fiba.basketball. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Rivers Hoopers hand Stade Malien unwanted BAL first - An 0-6 season". ESPN.com. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  4. ^ "CRB Tombouctou become 2024/25 Champions". www.afrobasket.com. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Romeo Enan (ex Al Seeb) signs at Stade". www.afrobasket.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Stade Malien (MALI)". The BAL. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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