{{Short description|French basketball club}} {{Infobox Basketball club | name = Élan Chalon | logo = Élan Chalon logo (2018).png | image_size = 185px | leagues = LNB Pro A | founded = {{Start date and age|1955}} | history = | arena = Le Colisée | capacity = 4,540 | location = Chalon-sur-Saône, France | colors = Red, White, Silver<br>{{color box|#BE0005}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#666666}} | president = Vincent Bergeret | coach = Elric Delord | championships = '''2''' French Championship <br>'''2''' French Cup <br>'''1''' Semaine des As Cup | season = | position = | website = [https://www.elanchalon.com/ elanchalon.com] | h_body = ffffff | h_pattern_b = _redhorizontal | h_shorts = ffffff | h_pattern_s = _adidasred | a_body = E4021A | a_pattern_b = _greyhorizontal | a_shorts = E4021A | a_pattern_s = _adidaswhite | 3_body= E4021A | 3_pattern_b=_navysides | 3_shorts=E4021A | 3_pattern_s=_vegasgoldsides }}
'''Élan Sportif Chalonnais''', commonly known as '''Élan Chalon''', is a French professional basketball club that is based in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. The team's main colors are red and white, and their mascot is a moose. The team's home arena is called Le Colisée, which seats 4,540 spectators.
Founded in 1927, the club has traditionally been playing in the Pro C. In 2012, the club captured its first domestic championship by winning the Pro A Final over Le Mans. In 2013, Élan won its second domestic title. The club has also been a regular in European competitions, as the team has been runners-up in three different FIBA competitions.
==History== [[File:Elan Chalon - Limoges 1.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Chalon playing Limoges in March 1996]] [[File:Elan Chalon - Nanterre (finale Coupe d'Europe FIBA) 16.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Le Colisée during the 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final]] The club was founded in 1955, after the merger of Association Sportive Chalonnaise and Élan de Saint-Jean des Vignes. The club then merged with the football club Bourgneuf Val d'Or Mercurey of Bourgneuf Mercurey in 1970. The club reached full professional status in 1994.
In the 2011–12 season, Chalon won the LNB Pro A title which meant they had won their first ever French championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elanchalon.com/actualites/46-centreformation/353-les-espoirs-champions|title=LES ESPOIRS CHAMPIONS}}</ref> Élan Chalon won the Final of the league 95–76 over Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Billy Ouattara and Clint Capela, respectively 24 points and 22 points, led the team to the win in the Final.
In the 2012–13 season, Élan played its first Euroleague season in history: the club was eliminated after the regular seasons in which the club recorded 3 wins and 7 losses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone|url=http://www.euroleague.net/competition/teams/showteam?clubcode=CHL&seasoncode=e2012|work=euroleague.net|accessdate=25 June 2013}}</ref>
In the 2016, Chalon reached the Final Four of the FIBA Europe Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europecup/21-22|title=FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22|website=FIBA.basketball}}</ref> The club hosted the Final Four at Le Colisée and ended on the third place after beating Russian side Enisey in the third-place game.
The following 2016–17 season was another successful one for the club. Élan reached one further stage of the FIBA Europe Cup Final this time, by reaching the Final. In the double-legged Final, Chalon lost to other French side Nanterre 92. In the Pro, A the club captured its second national title after defeating SIG Strasbourg 3–2 in the Finals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/proa/469407/elan-chalon-french-league-champions/|title=Elan Chalon are French League champions|date=June 23, 2017|website=Eurohoops}}</ref>
==Logos== <gallery> Elan Chalon Official Logo.jpg |2007–2013 Elan Chalon 2014 Logo.png|2013–2018 </gallery>
==Players==
===Current roster=== {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header | team = Élan Chalon | wt= n }} <!-- list of players --> {{player3 | num = 1 |nat = FRA| first = Clarence | last = Nadolny |pos = G | m=1.91 |year=2000|month=10|date=03}} {{player3 | num = 2 |nat = NGA| first = Obinna | last = Anochili-Killen |pos = PF | m=2.03 |year=2001|month=09|date=27}} {{player3 | num = 3 |nat = CAN| first = Nate | last = Darling |pos = SG | m=1.96 |year=1998|month=08|date=30}} {{player3 | num = 6 |nat = FRA| first = Yohan | last = Choupas |pos = SG | m=1.93 |year=2000|month=03|date=11}} {{player3 | num = 8 |nat = CMR| first = Jeremiah | last = Hill |pos = SG | m=1.88 |year=1995|month=09|date=04|dab=basketball}} {{player3 | num = 13|nat = FRA| first = Lionel | last = Gaudoux |pos = PF | m=1.98 |year=1995|month=05|date=30|note=C}} {{player3 | num = 20|nat = FRA| first = Mathéo | last = Leray |pos = PG | m=1.90 |year=2003|month=03|date=25}} {{player3 | num = 22|nat = FRA| first = Yanis | last = Tonnellier |pos = C | m=2.04 |year=2004|month=02|date=04}} {{player3 | num = 25|nat = USA| first = Justyn | last = Mutts |pos = F | m=2.01 |year=1999|month=01|date=04}} {{player3 | num = 33 |nat = USA| first = Grant | last = Golden |pos = C | m=2.08 |year=1998|month=01|date=15|dab=basketball}} {{player3 | num = 40|nat = USA| first = Zac | last = Cuthbertson |pos = F | m=2.01 |year=1996|month=12|date=27}} <!-- end list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = * {{player||FRA|Elric Delord}} | asst_coach = * {{player||FRA|Romain Zwicky}} * {{player||FRA|Xavier Millet Catalan}} | team_man = | roster_url = https://www.elanchalon.com/liste-joueurs/saison-2024-2025/ | accessdate = January 19, 2026 }}
===Notable players=== {{Basketball notable players criteria}}
[[File:Arthur Rozenfeld.jpg|thumb|180px|Arthur Rozenfeld]] {{columns-list|colwidth=14em| *{{flagicon|France}} Mamoutou Diarra *{{flagicon|France}} Ilian Evtimov *{{flagicon|France}} Moustapha Fall *{{flagicon|France}} David Michineau *{{flagicon|France}} Jérémy Nzeulie *{{flagicon|France}} Stéphane Ostrowski *{{flagicon|France}} Arthur Rozenfeld *{{flagicon|France}} Steed Tchicamboud *{{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} Frédéric Bourdillon *{{Flagicon|France}}{{Flagicon|ISR}} Arthur Rozenfeld *{{flagicon|ISR}} Rafael "Rafi" Menco *{{flagicon|ISR}} Uri Cohen-Mintz *{{flagicon|Bahamas}} Trevor Harvey *{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Jérémy Nzeulie *{{flagicon|Canada}} Rowan Barrett *{{flagicon|Dominica}} Garth Joseph *{{flagicon|Latvia}} Mareks Mejeris *{{flagicon|Lithuania}} Rimas Kurtinaitis *{{flagicon|Lithuania}} Einaras Tubutis *{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Slobodan Šljivančanin *{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Alade Aminu *{{flagicon|Poland}} A.J. Slaughter *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Clint Capela *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Thabo Sefolosha *{{flagicon|USA}} John Best *{{flagicon|USA}} Devin Booker *{{flagicon|USA}} Cameron Clark *{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Crowder *{{flagicon|USA}} Malcolm Delaney *{{flagicon|USA}} Marcus Denmon *{{flagicon|USA}} Keith Gatlin *{{flagicon|USA}} Udonis Haslem *{{flagicon|USA}} Will McDonald *{{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Murray *{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Pittman *{{flagicon|USA}} John Roberson *{{flagicon|USA}} Shawnta Rogers *{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|CZE}} Blake Schilb *{{flagicon|USA}} Shelden Williams *{{flagicon|Switzerland}}{{flagicon|Canada}} Kyshawn George }}
==Honours== 250px|thumb|right|Celebration of the club's national championship in 2017 '''Total titles: 6'''
===Domestic competitions=== * '''French League''' : '''Winners (2)''': 2011–12, 2016–17 * '''French Cup''' : '''Winners (2)''': 2011, 2012 * '''Leaders Cup''' : '''Winners (1)''': 2012 : ''Runners-up (2)'': 2011, 2016 * '''French Super Cup''' : ''Runners-up (3)'': 2011, 2012, 2017
===European competitions=== * '''FIBA Saporta Cup''' : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2000–01 * '''FIBA EuroChallenge''' : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2011–12 * '''FIBA Europe Cup''' : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2016–17 : ''3rd place (1)'': 2015–16
===Other competitions=== * '''Bourg, France Basketball Tournament''' : '''Winners (1)''': 2008
==Season by season==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" !Season !Tier !League !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}} !French Cup !Leaders Cup !colspan=2|European competitions |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|3rd | | Quarterfinalist | colspan=2| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|9th | Round of 16 | | <small>'''2'''</small> ULEB Cup || align=center|{{Tooltip|R32|Round of 32}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|7th | Round of 16 | | colspan=2| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2009–10 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|12th | Quarterfinalist | | <small>'''3'''</small> EuroChallenge || align=center|{{Tooltip|L16|Last 16}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2010–11 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|5th | style="background:gold"|Champion | style="background:silver"|Runner-up | colspan=2| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | style="background:gold" align="center"|1st | style="background:gold"|Champion | style="background:gold"|Champion | <small>'''3'''</small> EuroChallenge || align=center style="background:silver"|RU |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|4th | Round of 32 | Quarterfinalist | <small>'''1'''</small> Euroleague || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2013–14 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|8th | Round of 32 | | <small>'''2'''</small> Eurocup || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2014–15 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"|8th | | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2015–16 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"| 5th | | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up |<small>'''3'''</small> FIBA Europe Cup || style="background:#e1b384; text-align:center"|3rd |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2016–17 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | style="background:gold" align="center"|1st | style="background:gold"|Champion | Quarterfinalist |<small>'''4'''</small> FIBA Europe Cup || align=center bgcolor=silver | {{Tooltip|RU|Runner-up}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2017–18 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"| 12th | Round of 16 | |<small>'''3'''</small> Champions League || align=center | {{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2018–19 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"| 14th | Round of 16 | | colspan=2 | |- |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2019–20 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"| 12th{{Efn|The 2019–20 season was declared void due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Élan Chalon was 12th in the standings at the time.}} | | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2020–21 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | bgcolor=#FFBBBB align="center"|17th | Round of 64 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2021–22 | align="center"|2 | Pro B | align="center"| 7th | Round of 64 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2022–23 | align="center"|2 | Pro B | bgcolor=silver align="center"| 2nd | Round of 32 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2023–24 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"| 14th | Round of 32 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2024–25 | align="center"|1 | Pro A | align="center"| 7th | Round of 32 | | colspan=2 | |} {{Notelist}}
==Head coaches== *{{flagicon|France}} Philippe Hervé *{{flagicon|France}} Gregor Beugnot *{{flagicon|France}} Jean-Denys Choulet
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|https://www.elanchalon.com/}} {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=France&Team=878&Page=0 Eurobasket.com Team Page]
{{Élan Chalon current roster}} {{LNB Pro A}} {{Authority control}}
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