FUS Rabat (basketball)

Fath Union Sport (Arabic: اتحاد الفتح الرياضي) commonly called FUS or FUS Rabat, is a Moroccan basketball club based in Rabat. The team currently plays in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The team is the basketball section of the multi-sports club with the same name. FUS is the most successful club in Moroccan history, having won a record 18 national titles.

FUS Rabat
League	Division Excellence BAL
Founded	10 April 1946; 77 years ago (1946-04-10)
Arena	Salle Abderrahmane Bouânane
Capacity	1,500
Location	Rabat, Morocco
President	Said El Yamani
Head coach	Said El Bouzidi
Website	fus.ma
Home Away

Home games are played in the Salle Abderrahmane Bouânane, where there is capacity for 1,500 people.

History

The club was founded on 10 April 1946. The basketball team's first championship came 22 years later, in 1968. In the 1970s, the team was the most dominant in Moroccan basketball with six titles; these were followed byfour titles in the 1980s and four titles in the 1990s.

In 2001 and 2004, FUS won its sixteenth and seventeenth national titles.

In the 2022–23 season, FUS won its record extending 18th Division Excellence title, ending a 19-year drought.^[1] The team was led by French head coach Stéphane Dumas, Abdelhakim Zouita was named the league's Finals MVP.

As the national champions, FUS played in the 2024 tournament of the Road to BAL. On 4 November 2023, FUS clinched their first-ever spot in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), following a 78-60 win over FAP in the semi-finals.^[2] FUS will be just the second Moroccan team to play in the BAL, behind AS Salé.

Honours

Division Excellence^[3]

• Champions (18): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023

Moroccan Throne Cup^[3]

• Champions (9): 1972, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1991, 2002, 2004

Players

Main category: FUS Rabat basketball players

Current roster

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

FUS Rabat roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 1   Jordan, Devante 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 31 – (1992-10-07)7 October 1992 G 3   Nouhi, Ayoub 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-01-07)7 January 1999 G 5   El Haoua, Abdelkarim 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997 PG 6   Darib, Jaouad 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1997-06-28)28 June 1997 PF 7   Zeghloul, Mohamed Anas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2004-08-04)4 August 2004 G 8   Benhmine, Soufiane 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 PF 11   Zouita, Abdelhakim 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 37 – (1986-08-12)12 August 1986 C 15   Diarra, Aliou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 21 – (2001-12-31)31 December 2001 C 17   Orizu, Prince 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 PF 24   Shepard, Winston 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 PF 32   Azouga, Badr Eddine 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 SF 55   Baeri, Yacine 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1989-04-10)10 April 1989	Head coach   Said El Bouzidi Assistant coach(es)   Ahmed Salam Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: 2 November 2023

Head coach

•   Outail Aouij: (2018–2019)
•   Mustapha Chiba: (2021–2022)
•   Stéphane Dumas: (2022–2023)^[4]
•   Said El Bouzidi: (2023–present)

References

1. "Basketball: le FUS sacré champion du Maroc". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
2. "FUS Rabat clinch BAL ticket". FIBA.basketball. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
3. History of FUS Rabat
4. "Stéphane Dumas devient coach principal du FUS de Rabat". BeBasket (in French). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.