JL Bourg Basket

JL Bourg
JL Bourg
	JL Bourg logo
Nickname	La Jeu; La JL
Leagues	Pro A; EuroCup
Founded	1910; 114 years ago
Arena	Ekinox
Capacity	3,548
Location	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
President	Julien Desbottes
Head coach	Frederic Fauthoux
2020–21 position	5th
Website	jlbourg-basket.com
Home	Away

Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A.^[1] Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people.

History

In 2014, JL Bourg adopted its new home arena Ekinox which replaced the Salle des Sports. This year the team also promoted to the Pro A after it won the Pro B Playoffs. They relegated back after the 2014–15 season.

In the 2019–20 season, Bourg was in the 5th place until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020–21 season, Bourg will make its European debut when it will play in the EuroCup.^[2]

Honours

Pro B

Champions: 2016–17

Leaders Cup

Runners-up: 2006

Pro B Leaders Cup

Champions: 2016

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	French Cup	Other competitions		European competitions
2011–12	2	Pro B	9th
2012–13	2	Pro B	8th
2013–14	2	Pro B	2nd
2014–15	1	Pro A	18th
2015–16	2	Pro B	5th			Pro B Leaders Cup	C
2016–17	2	Pro B	1st			Pro B Leaders Cup	SF
2017–18	1	Pro A	9th	17–17	Eightfinalist
2018–19	1	Pro A	9th	19–15	Round of 32
2019–20^[a]	1	Pro A	5th	16–9	Eightfinalist
2020–21	1	Pro A	5th	22–12				2 EuroCup	R16

^ The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bourg played only 25 games and had a 16–9 record.

Players

Current roster

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

JL Bourg roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	5	Benitez, Hugo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	23 – (2001-01-20)20 January 2001
SF	7	Courby, Maxime	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		33 – (1990-11-23)23 November 1990
G/F	9	Galin, Maxime	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	22 – (2002-06-09)9 June 2002
PG	10	Massenat, Frantz	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	32 – (1992-01-17)17 January 1992
G	11	Floyd, Jordan	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	27 – (1997-05-22)22 May 1997
SG	12	Palmer, James	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	27 – (1996-07-31)31 July 1996
F/C	13	Pelos, Pierre	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)		31 – (1992-08-16)16 August 1992
PF	22	Chassang, Alexandre	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	29 – (1994-11-22)22 November 1994
F	24	Mike, Isiaha	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	26 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997
F/C	34	Kokila, Kevin	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		22 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001
PG	83	Julien, Axel	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		31 – (1992-07-27)27 July 1992

Head coach

Laurent Legname

Assistant coach(es)

Gérald Simon
Frédéric Wiscart-Goetz

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 26, 2022

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

Individual awards

Pro A Most Valuable Player
- Zachery Peacock – 2018

References

^ LNB Profile
^ "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

External links

Official website

[3] The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bourg played only 25 games and had a 16–9 record.

[1] LNB Profile

[2] "EuroCup Board meets to plan the 2020-21 season". Euroleague Basketball. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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Other competitions	Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup)
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Other	All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions

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Regular season	Group A Group B Budućnost VOLI Cedevita Olimpija Dolomiti Energia Trento Frutti Extra Bursaspor Germani Brescia Gran Canaria Hapoel Tel Aviv JL Bourg Joventut Lietkabelis London Lions Paris Basketball Prometey Promitheas ratiopharm Ulm Türk Telekom U-BT Cluj-Napoca Umana Reyer Venezia Veolia Towers Hamburg WKS Śląsk Wrocław

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Contents

History

Honours

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Individual awards

References

External links

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v t e JL Bourg current roster
5 Benitez 7 Courby 9 Galin 10 Massenat 11 Floyd 12 Palmer 13 Pelos 22 Chassang 24 Mike 34 Kokila 61 Julien
Head coach: Legname Assistant coach: Simon Wiscart-Goetz