Étoile Charleville-Mézières

Étoile Charleville-Mézières (in English: Charleville-Mézières Star) is a French professional basketball club, that is based in Charleville-Mézières. The team currently plays in the Nationale masculine 2 (4th division of the French basketball championship)

Étoile Charleville-Mézières
Leagues	Nationale masculine 2
Founded	1921
Arena	L'Arena
Capacity	2960
Location	Charleville-Mézières, France
Team colors	Blue and White
President	Luc Torres
Head coach	Jimmy Ploegaerts
Championships	2 French League 2 French Cups 1 French Second League
Website	Official website
Home Away

History

The club founded in 1921 in Charleville-Mézières. In 1958, the club moved to Charleville and after the merger of Charleville Mézières and in 1966, the association became Etoile of Charleville-Mézières. Ardenne's club disappears from the top French level, then it rises in national 2 (NM2) in 1999, NM1 in 2004 and Pro B in 2005 before declining in NM1 after the season 2005- 2006. At the end of the 2007–2008 season, the Etoile of Charleville Mézières back in Pro B being second NM1 and during the 2008–2009 season, the Etoile of Charleville Mézières surprised everyone by integrating into the play- Pro B offs while back only 1 of the National.

The club plays at the Salle Dubois-Crancé, but manages to negotiate to play matches at the Salle Bayard from 2011 onwards until a common facility with 2,903 seats is available in hall B of the exhibition center. This new hall, called Caisse d'Epargne Arena following a partnership agreement, was inaugurated in September 2015.

Ending last Pro B in the 2010–11 season, the team is demoted in NM1 but there remains one season: it is promoted in Pro B at the end of the 2011–12 season NM1 winning the final of the playoffs against Blois. The Etoile of Charleville Mézières is only one season in Pro B in NM1 and down for the 2013–14 season. But she did not stay long because for the 2014–15 season will be again in Pro B, despite the announcement of his late accession. After six wins for twenty-eight losses in the 2017-2018 French Pro B Basketball Championship, the Etoile is relegated to NM1 for the following season. In the summer of 2019, the club is administratively relegated to NM2.

Sports results

Awards

French League 2

• Winners (1): 1954–55

French Cup

• Winners (2): 1957–58, 1958–59

French League

• Winners (2): 1957–58, 1959–60

European Champion Clubs Cup

• 1/4 finals (1): 1958-59

NM1

• Vice-champion (1): 2007-08

NM1

• Play-Off Champion (1): 2011-12

NM1

• Play-Off finalist (1): 2013-14

Report by season

Season	Div.	Rank.	%Vic	Vic	Def	Playoffs	French Cup	Leaders Cup	Coach
2002-2003	NM2	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mike Gonsalves
2003-2004	NM1	3rd	66,6%	20	10	-	-	-	Mike Gonsalves
2004-2005	Pro B	16th	21,8%	7	25	-	First phase	-	Mike Gonsalves
2005-2006	Pro B	18th	32,3%	11	23	-	Second phase	-	Mike Gonsalves -   Youssou Cissé
2006-2007	NM1	3rd	76,4%	26	8	-	First phase	-	Nikola Antić
2007-2008	NM1	2nd	76,4%	26	8	-	Second phase	-	Nikola Antić
2008-2009	Pro B	6th	38,2%	13	21	Quarter finals	-	-	Nikola Antić
2009-2010	Pro B	12th	38,2%	13	21	-	First phase	-	Nikola Antić
2010-2011	Pro B	18th	17,6%	6	28	-	First phase	-	Rodrigue M'Baye -   Francis Charneux
2011-2012	NM1	4th	70,5%	24	10	Winner	First phase	-	Francis Charneux
2012-2013	Pro B	18th	14,7%	5	29	-	First phase	-	Francis Charneux
2013-2014	NM1	3rd	70,5%	24	10	Finalist	First phase	-	Cédric Heitz
2014-2015	Pro B	16th	35,2%	12	22		Round of 16	Pro B : Group phase	Cédric Heitz
2015-2016	Pro B	11th	50%	17	17		Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Cédric Heitz
2016-2017	Pro B	5th	55,8%	19	15	Quarter finals	Round of 32	Pro B : Group phase	Cédric Heitz
2017-2018	Pro B	18th	17,6%	6	28	-	Round of 16	Pro B : Group phase	Alexandre Casimiri
2018-2019	NM1	8th	46,1%	12	14	-	Round of 64	-	Alexandre Casimiri
2019-2020	NM2	5th	63,1%	12	7	-	-	-	Fabien Calvez
2020-2021	NM2	4th	80%	4	1	-	-	-	Fabien Calvez
2021-2022	NM2	4th	61,5%	16	10	-	-	-	Fabien Calvez
2022-2023	NM2	8th	42,3%	11	15	-	-	-	Jimmy Ploegaerts

Players and personalities

Current roster (2022-2023)

Étoile de Charleville-Mézières roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 4   Torres, Noé 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 PG 5   Depaix, Lucas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2001-01-20)20 January 2001 PF 6   Nadjilem Ngali, Yanick 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1993-11-20)20 November 1993 PG 7   Aït-Alia, Melvin 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2000-12-07)7 December 2000 PG 8   Courtois, Martin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1997-12-04)4 December 1997 SF 9   Kieger, Pierre-Baptiste 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 SG 10   Boyer, Hugo (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1992-10-30)30 October 1992 SF 11   Lissossi, Ted 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1990-01-19)19 January 1990 PF 12   Auburtin, Alexis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-07-06)6 July 1994 PF 13   Depaix, Loïc 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 PF 14   Djadjo, José 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1988-11-25)25 November 1988 C 15   Rakočević, Žarko 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 39 – (1984-01-04)4 January 1984	Head coach   Jimmy Ploegaerts Assistant coach(es)   Ludovic Depaix Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: December 01, 2022

Notable players

•     Frédéric Bourdillon
•   François De Pauw
•   Jean-Paul Beugnot
•   Martin Hermannsson

Coaches

• 19??-1956:   Roland Marlet
• 1956-1958:   Jean-Paul Beugnot
• 1958-1967:   Jean Perniceni
• 2002-2006:   Mike Gonsalves
• March 2006-June 2006:   Youssou Cissé
• 2007-2010:   Nikola Antić
• 2010-December 2010:   Rodrigue M'Baye
• December 2010-2013:   Francis Charneux
• 2013-2017:   Cédric Heitz
• 2017-2019:     Alexandre Casimiri
• 2019-2022:   Fabien Calvez
• 2022-present:   Jimmy Ploegaerts