Stade Rochelais Basket

Stade Rochelais
Stade Rochelais
Nickname	Les Maritimes (The Maritimes)
Leagues	Pro A
Founded	1932
History	Rupella; (1932–1996); La Rochelle Basket 17; (1996–2000); Rupella Basket; (2000-2012); Union Basket La Rochelle; (2012-2015); Rupella Basket(2015-2018); Stade Rochelais Rupella; (2018-2023); Stade Rochelais; (2023–present)
Arena	Salle Gaston-Neveur
Capacity	1,994
Location	La Rochelle, France
Team colors	Yellow, Black and Grey;
Head coach	Julien Cortey
Championships	1 French Second League
Website	basket.staderochelais.com
Home	Away

Stade Rochelais basket is a French professional basketball team based in La Rochelle. The team plays in the Pro A, having been promoted from the LNB Pro B in the 2023–24 season.^[1]^[2]

Founded in 1932 as Ruppela, the team promoted to the Pro B, the second level league, for the first time in 1988. The Rochelais remained in the league for eight years, and had several former Pro A players on its team throughout the years, including Don Collins and Freddy Hufnagel.

In 1996, the club relegated back to the sixth level Nationale Masculine 4 (NM4). They returned to the third level Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1) in 2012, under coach Gregory Thiélin.

The club merged with the rugby union club Stade Rochelais in 2017, adopting the rugby club's traditional team colors of yellow and black. The basketball section became part of the omnisport club named Stade Rochelais Omnisports. In April 2020, former France national team player Aymeric Jeanneau became the director of the club and expressed the goal of bringing the team to the highest level Pro A. After a promotion to the Pro B in 2021 and a championship in 2024, they will make their debut in the LNB Élite (formerly the Pro A) in the 2024–25 season.

Honours

LNB Pro B
- Champions (1): 2023–24

Players

Current roster

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

Stade Rochelais basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name
PG	1	Saibou, Joshiko	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	35 – (1990-03-07)7 March 1990
PF	5	Sanchez, Jerome	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	35 – (1990-03-02)2 March 1990
G	10	Clerc, Gaëtan	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	34 – (1991-01-13)13 January 1991
F	12	Digbeu, Tom	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	23 – (2001-09-24)24 September 2001
C	13	Belo, Jubrile	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	27 – (1998-06-27)27 June 1998
PG	20	Leray, Mathéo	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (2003-03-25)25 March 2003
G/F	24	Caicedo, Michael	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	22 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003
PF	33	Hawkins, Ryan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	28 – (1997-05-12)12 May 1997
G/F	69	Hergott, Lucas	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1997-12-26)26 December 1997

Head coach

Julien Cortey

Assistant coach(es)

Josselyn Rallec
Dominik Günthner

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: May 22, 2025

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Henry Pwono
Kiady Razanamahenina

References

^ Arnaud Marchais (24 December 2022). "Stade Rochelais Basket : « Il fallait aller au contact », analyse Julien Cortey après le 4e succès des Jaune et Noir". Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ Corentin Cousin (16 December 2022). "La Rochelle. Opération solidarité lors du prochain match du Stade Rochelais Basket". aunistv.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2022.

External links

[1] Arnaud Marchais (24 December 2022). "Stade Rochelais Basket : « Il fallait aller au contact », analyse Julien Cortey après le 4e succès des Jaune et Noir". Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[2] Corentin Cousin (16 December 2022). "La Rochelle. Opération solidarité lors du prochain match du Stade Rochelais Basket". aunistv.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 December 2022.

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LNB Élite
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Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Other competitions	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

current roster
1 Saibou 3 Sessoms 5 Sanchez 10 Clerc 12 Digbeu 13 Belo 20 Leray 33 Hawkins 35 Nizioł 69 Hergott
Head coach: Cortey Assistant coach: Rallec Günthner