ASVEL Basket

The parent club was founded in 1948, with the merger of two multi-sport clubs in Lyon and vicinity; ASVEL is an acronym combining the names of the predecessor clubs—Association Sportive Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais. In its history, ASVEL has won 21 French Pro A League championships, 10 French Cups, two French Supercups, one French Federation Cup, and one Semaine des As Cup (French Pro A Leaders Cup), which makes it the most titled basketball club in France.

In 2014, former San Antonio Spurs star and France national team player, Tony Parker, became the club's president.

In the French Pro A League 2015–16 season, ASVEL won its 18th French League title, after beating Strasbourg IG 3 games to 2 in the French Pro A League Finals. ASVEL was down 2–0 in the series, but won three games in a row to take the championship.^[5]

In March 2017, NBA player, Nicolas Batum, became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, the main investment company behind the club, and took over the position as director of basketball operations. Tony Parker remained majority owner, and ASVEL President.^[6] In 2018, the club signed a 10-year name sponsorship agreement with Groupe LDLC. The club also changed its main team colors from the original white and green to white and black, and changed its main logo design.^[1]

In 2019, ASVEL returned to the EuroLeague after the organisation decided to give the team a wild card for two years.^[7]

In the 2021–22 season, ASVEL won its third Pro A championship in a row, its first three-peat in 32 years after beating Monaco in the Finals.^[8]

In July 2016, ASVEL announced that it would build a new multi-functional arena, with a projected seating capacity between 12,000 and 16,000 people, depending on the configuration.^[9] The arena is projected to cost €60 million.^[10] The new arena will be named the LDLC Arena, and its design and construction were given to architectural firm Populous and Citinea.^[11] Construction began in January 2022 and was opened in November 2023.^[12][9]

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  Astroballe
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  LDLC Arena

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  (The official logo of the club, 2011–2018)
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  (The official logo of the club, 2018–present)

On September 11, 2018, the club changed its name to LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons. Along with this change, the club changed its main colors from green to black and white.^[13] The decision was made with the explanation that, "when you are European, green is a colour that does not make you dream", and was followed by criticism from fans.^[14] The new logo, used since 2018, consists of the number four, which refers to ASVEL legend Alain Gilles, while also keeping the V that was used in the previous logo.

Season by season results of the club in national, cup, and European competitions.

Individual club record holders, while players of ASVEL.

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Category	Player	Club Tenure	Record
Total Points Scored	Alain Gilles	1965–86	6,141
Points Per Game	Norris Bell	1984–88	21.8
Total Assists	Delaney Rudd	1993–99	1,208
Assists Per Game	Delaney Rudd	1993–99	7.3
Total Rebounds	Willie Redden	1983–92	1,472
Rebounds Per Game	Willie Redden	1983–92	8.5
Games Played	Alain Gilles	1965–86	372

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ASVEL players with the most French League championships won, while members of the club.

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Player	French Championships	Club Tenure
Alain Gilles	8	1965–86
Henri Grange	7	1955–69
Raymond Sahy	6	1948–57
Alain Durand	5	1963–72
Henri Rey		1949–60
Michel Duprez		1968–77
Gilbert Lamothe		1959–71
Bruno Recoura		1967–75
André Buffière	4	1948–55
Michel Le Ray		1967–73
Gérard Sturla		1951–60
Jean-Pierre Castellier		1963–69
Gérard Moroze		1967–75

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