Orléans Loiret Basket

Orléans Loiret Basket
Orléans Loiret Basket logo
LeaguesPro B
Founded1993 (1993)
HistoryEntente Orléanaise Loiret
(1993–2010)
Orléans Loiret Basket
(2010–present)
ArenaCO'Met Arena
Capacity10134
LocationOrléans, France
Team colorsMaroon, Gold
   
PresidentOlivier Rouet
Head coachLamine Kébé
Championships1 Pro B Championship
1 French Cup
1 Leaders Cup Pro B
Websiteorleansloiretbasket.fr

Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of Loiret. The club plays in the French Pro B League.

History

Entente Orléanaise was founded in 1993. The club was the French Cup runner-up and the French Pro B League champion in 2006. Orléans Loiret Basket competed in the French Pro A League for the first time in the 2006-07 season. In 2009 and 2010, the club was the French La Semaine des As Cup runner-up.

The following season, the club competed in the EuroLeague, Europe's most prestigious competition. At the end of the season, in 2010, OLB won the French Cup, against Gravelines-Dunkerque, which was the first national cup title win in their history.

In 2017, the club was relegated to the second division, Pro B, before returning to Betclic Elite two years later, qualifying for the play-offs in 2021 and dropping back down to Pro B in 2022.

Until the end of March 2023, they played games at the 3,222-capacity Palais des Sports, with the big games being played at the 5,500-capacity Zénith d'Orléans. 2023 was marked by their entry into their new major venue, the 10 134-capacity CO'Met Arena.

In 2025, OLB won a new trophy, the Leaders Cup Pro B, beating Boulazac.


Arena

The club's home arena for Pro B national domestic games is the 10134 seat CO'Met Arena.

Honours and titles

Domestic

  • Pro B
    • Champions (1): 2005–06
  • French Cup
    • Winners (1): 2009–10
  • 'Leaders Cup Pro B
    • Winners (1): 2024-25

European record

Season Achievement Notes
EuroLeague
2009–10 Regular season 6th place in Group B with Olympiacos, Unicaja, Partizan, Efes Pilsen and Lietuvos rytas
EuroCup
2010–11 Qualifying round Eliminated by Azovmash in the qualifying round
2012–13 Regular season 4th place in Group H with Spartak Saint Petersburg, Ulm and Dinamo Sassari
FIBA EuroChallenge
2010–11 Regular season 4th place in Group H with Oostende, Mons-Hainaut and SLUC Nancy

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. French Cup European competitions
2009–10 1 Pro A 6th Champions 1 Euroleague RS
2010–11 1 Pro A 11th 3 EuroChallenge RS
2011–12 1 Pro A 3rd
2012–13 1 Pro A 10th 2 Eurocup RS
2013–14 1 Pro A 9th
2014–15 1 Pro A 16th
2015–16 1 Pro A 11th
2016–17 1 Pro A 17th
2017–18 1 Pro B 6th
2018–19 1 Pro B 2nd
2019–20 1 Pro A 13th
2020–21 1 Pro A 8th
2021–22 1 Pro A 17th
2022–23 1 Pro B 7th
2023–24 1 Pro B 4th
2024–25 1 Pro B 3th

Players

Current roster

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

Orléans Loiret roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 88 Croatia Gabrić, Tomislav  2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1995-08-17)17 August 1995
C 99 Netherlands Kuta, Nathan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000
PG Mali Kanouté, Siriman 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (2001-09-25)25 September 2001
Head coach
  • France Lamine Kébé
Assistant coach(es)
  • France Steeve Bourgeois
  • France Pierre Tillay
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: June 8, 2025

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.

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Head coaches

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