AS Salé (basketball)

Association Sportive Salé (Arabic: جمعية سلا‎), commonly known as AS Salé, is a Moroccan basketball club from Salé. The club competes in the Division Excellence. Notable players of the team include senior men's Moroccan national basketball team members Abdelhakim Zouita, Abderrahim Najah, Zakaria El Masbahi and Soufiane Kourdou.

AS Salé
NicknameLes Corsaires (Corsairs)
Pirates
LeaguesDivision Excellence
Founded1928
ArenaSalle el-Bouâzzaoui
Capacity2,000
LocationSalé, Morocco
Head coachSaid El Bouzidi
Championships1 FIBA Africa League
8 Moroccan Leagues
11 Moroccan Cups
Websiteassbasketball.com
Active departments of
AS Salé Sports Club
Football Basketball

Salé has won the Moroccan championship seven times and the Moroccan cup eleven times. The team won one continental title, the FIBA Africa Champions Cup which it won in 2017. Salé also participated in the inaugural 2021 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

History

The basketball section of multi-sports club AS Salé was established on 1928. The team played in the Division Excellence, Morocco's first tier, for years but did not win its first league title until 2010.[1]

On 20 December 2017, Salé won the 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup, Salé's first international title and the first title of a Moroccan team at the event in almost 20 years.[2] It did so by defeating Étoile de Radès in Radès, winning the final 77–69.[3] Head coach of the winning team was Said El Bouzidi. After the tournament, Salé's Abdelhakim Zouita was named Most Valuable Player of the competition while Abderrahim Najah was honoured with a place in the All-Star Five.

In the following continental season, Salé had another outstanding year. The team reached the final for its second consecutive year but failed to defeat Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto.

As winners of the 2018–19 Moroccan League, Salé qualified for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). In its debut season, Salé reached the quarterfinals behind league top scorer Terrell Stoglin who averaged 30.8 points per game. After two seasons were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team won its eight national title on 27 July 2021, after edging FUS Rabat in the final.[4]

Honours
Honours Number Years
Domestic
Division Excellence Winners
8
 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
Runners-up
4
2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Moroccan Throne Cup Winners
11
 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Runners-up
1
2004
International
FIBA Africa Basketball League Winners
1
 2017
Runners-up
1
 2018–19
Third place
3
 2010, 2011, 2016
Arab Championship Runners-up
4
 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017
Third place
1
 2018

Players

Current roster

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

AS Salé roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 2 El Masbahi, Zakaria 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 42 – (1979-03-29)29 March 1979
G 5 El Mahsini, Yassine 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993
SG 11 Allal, Chems Eddine 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2000-02-15)15 February 2000
SG 12 Belhaddar, Mohammed 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1994-02-20)20 February 1994
PF 14 Jaddi, Hamza 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1993-08-25)25 August 1993
SG 20 Harouna, Abdoulaye (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992
PF 21 Azouga, Badreddine 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995
PF 24 Chaoui Kouraichi, Mohammed 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (1999-09-10)10 September 1999
C 33 Kourdou, Soufiane 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 36 – (1985-05-21)21 May 1985
F/C 44 Najah, Abderrahim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1984-11-20)20 November 1984
C 50 El Ghazi, Adam 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1995-08-22)22 August 1995
Head coach
  • Vacant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: November 21, 2021

Past rosters

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.

Head coaches
  • Željko Zečević (2019)
  • Rachid Yatribi (2019–2020)
  • Said El Bouzidi (2020–present)[5]

References
  1. "AS de Sale – History". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. Basketball : L’AS Salé champion d’Afrique, La Vie éco, 21 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017 (in French)
  3. "Association Sportive de Salé v Etoile Sportive Radès boxscore - FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017 - 20 December". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. "Basket: l'AS Salé sacrée championne du Maroc". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. "Said Bouzidi is back in Morocco, take over the Pirates of Sale". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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