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(Top) 1 History 2 Honours and titles 3 Logos and names 3.1 Current roster 4 Season by season 5 European record 6 Players 6.1 Individual awards 6.2 Notable players 7 References 8 External links

Liège Basket

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Liège Basket

Leagues

BNXT League

Founded

1967; 57 years ago

History

Fléron Basket Club
1967–2000
Liège Basket
2000–present

Arena

Country Hall Liège

Capacity

5,000

Location

Liège, Belgium

Team colors

Black, White, Red

Main sponsor

VOO

President

Ernie Cambo

Head coach

Alex Zampier

Ownership

Ernie Cambo

Championships

1 Belgian Cup
2 Belgian Supercups
1 ENBL

Website

liegebasket.be

Home

Away

Liège Basket is a Belgian professional basketball club from Liège. The club competes in the BNXT League. Founded in 1967, the team plays at 5,600 seat Country Hall Ethias Liège.^[1]

The club is one of the traditional clubs in Belgian basketball, having played in the top flight division since 2001. Liège Basket's accolades include one Belgian Cup (in 2004) and two Belgian Supercups (in 2004 and 2009).

History[edit]

The club was founded in Fléron as the Fléron Basket Club in 1967. After being an amateur league for its first years, the team hired its first professional coach in 1975. In 1977 and 1981, the Fléron promoted to the first regional league. In 1983, the club made its debut on the national level as it promoted to the Fourth National Division. In 2000, the club decided to merge with BC Hannut and Essor Hannut, relocating to the city of Liège.

After the move to Lìege, the club quickly promoted to the First National League. In 2001, the club's debut in Europe was made after it qualified as 7th in the previous season. In the 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup, the team lost to French side Racing Paris in the first round. Three years later, in 2004, the team wins its first silverware when it captures the Belgian Basketball Cup for the first time.

In the 2008–09 season, the team had its best European campaign when it reached the Top 16 of the 2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge. In 2010, Liège played in the championship playoffs for the first time, but loses to Spirou Charleroi.

Since the 2021–22 season, Liège plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.^[2] After the 2020s were characterised mainly by financial problems for Liège, the club was purchased by an American investors group in 2022. The Mickael Sports Group, owned by Ernie Cambo, purchased all shares in the team.^[3] Following the acquisition, head coach Lionel Bosco was sacked and replaced by Brad Greenberg.

On October 3, the club announced that they will be boycotting the away-game against Antwerp Giants on October 28 because of "partisan" refereeing in away-games, also saynig that "Belgian players get better calls then foreigners. The BNXT League responded by saying that if they actually pull through, Liège will be refused access to the playoffs on top of a €2500 fine. The League put the deadline for the decision on October 10. On October 9, they announced that the will play against the Antwerp Giants.

Honours and titles[edit]

Belgian Cup
- Winners (1): 2003–04

Belgian Supercup
- Winners (2): 2004, 2009

European North Basketball League
- Winners (1): 2024

Logos and names[edit]

Sponsored logo (2014–2017)
The Liège Basket logo used until 2018

TEC Liège (2000–2001)

Dexia Liège (2001)

Euphony Liège (2001–2004)

Liège Basket (2004–2015)

betFirst Liège Basket (2015–2017)

VOO Liège Basket (2017–present)

Current roster[edit]

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

Liège Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	0	Malu, Jaden	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	22 – (2002-01-22)22 January 2002
PG	4	Potier, James	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	25 – (1998-12-31)31 December 1998
SG	6	Lemaire, Brieuc	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	31 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992
F/C	7	Iarochevitch, Ioann	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	35 – (1989-05-31)31 May 1989
SG	8	Moons, Jarno	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	23 – (2000-12-26)26 December 2000
F	9	Bogaerts, Bram	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1998-01-30)30 January 1998
SG	10	Depuydt, Maxime	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	31 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992
F	11	Bruwier, Romain	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	22 – (2001-12-19)19 December 2001
PF	13	Fifolt, Žiga	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	30 – (1993-10-09)9 October 1993
SF	17	Noterman, Moussa	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (2000-05-11)11 May 2000
PF	19	Dupperoy, Édouard	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2001-01-23)23 January 2001
SF	21	Dragan, Nik	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	24 – (2000-05-06)6 May 2000
PF	24	Tumba, Kevin	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	33 – (1991-02-23)23 February 1991
PG	99	Van Den Eynde, Niels	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	23 – (2000-12-27)27 December 2000

Head coach

Brad Greenberg

Assistant coach(es)

Daniel Gutt
Eric Rodriguez

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 30, 2021

Season by season[edit]

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Belgian Cup	Other cups		European competitions
2009–10	1	BLB	2nd		Supercup	C	3 EuroChallenge	T16
2010–11	1	BLB	8th				3 EuroChallenge	RS
2011–12	1	BLB	8th
2012–13	1	BLB	7th	Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	BLB	5th	Semifinalist
2014–15	1	BLB	7th	Runner-up
2015–16	1	BLB	8th	Round of 16
2016–17	1	BLB	10th	Round of 16
2017–18	1	BLB	9th	Quarterfinalist
2018–19	1	BLB	10th	Round of 16
2019–20	1	PBL	10th
2020–21	1	PBL	9th	Play-in Round
2021–22	1	BNXT	17th	–

European record[edit]

Season	Tier	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2001–02	2	FIBA Korać Cup	First Round	Racing Paris	62–83	74–88
2004–05	2	ULEB Cup
2006–07	3	FIBA EuroCup	First Round	BC Kalev	?	?
			First Round	BC Kyiv	?	?
			Second Round	Estudiantes	?	?
				AEL Limassol	?	?
				Šiauliai	?	?
2008–09	3	FIBA EuroChallenge	First Qualifying Round	Bakken Bears	97–64	67–55
			Second Qualifying Round	JA Vichy	74–67	80-70
			Regular Season	Cajasol	69–62	79–78
				Ventspils	89–84	73–54
				Czarni Słupsk	89–64	93–91
			Top 16	EiffelTowers Den Bosch	81–68	58–67
				Bonn	59–67	64–79
				Cholet	70–80	78–71
2009–10	3	FIBA EuroChallenge

Players[edit]

Individual awards[edit]

Belgian League MVP

Will Thomas: 2010

Belgian League Star of the Coaches

Will Thomas: 2010

Notable players[edit]

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.