FAP Basketball

Forces Armées et Police Basketball, better known as FAP or FAP Yaoundé, is a basketball team based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It is the basketball team of the Cameroonian armed forces and police. The team plays in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and the Elite Messieurs.

FAP
NicknameLes Lions (The Lions)
LeaguesBAL
Elite Messieurs
Founded1972
ArenaYaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex
Capacity5,263[1]
LocationYaoundé, Cameroon
Head coachFrançois Enyegue
OwnershipCameroon Armed Forces
Championships2 Cameroon Leagues
3 Central Region Championships
Websitefapbasketball.com

The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex serves as home arena of the team.

History

The club was established in 1972 in Yaoundé.[2] In November 2019, FAP entered the qualifying tournaments for the newly established Basketball Africa League (BAL), representing Cameroon as runners-up because champions Condor BC refused its invitation.[3] After a good first round run, FAP played even better in the second round. After beating ABC in the semi-finals, FAP qualified for the first edition of the BAL.[4]

In 2020, FAP won its first silverware after winning the Elite Messieurs title. It went unbeaten in the Final Four tournament with a 6–0 record.[5] Ahead of the inaugural BAL season in May 2021, FAP signed Lazare Adingono as head coach.[6] In the following season, FAP repeated as champions.

Arena
Interior view of the Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, home arena of FAP

The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, built in 2009, is the home arena of FAP Basketball. Most basketball games of the Elite Messieurs final stages are played in the complex.

Honours
Honours No. Years
National leagues
Elite Messieurs Winners22019–20, 2020–21
Runners-up12018–19
Central Region League Championship[2] Winners32011, 2016, 2018

Players

Current roster

The following is the FAP roster for the 2022 BAL qualification:

FAP roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 4 Essome, Pierre Cedric 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1989-05-31)31 May 1989
SF 5 Tsangue, Cédric 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1991-08-21)21 August 1991
PF 6 Eyaga Bidias, Brice 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (1998-10-26)26 October 1998
G/F 7 Tametong Kalume, Etienne 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1992-07-13)13 July 1992
SG 8 Almeida, Joel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1985-10-11)11 October 1985
PF 9 Akumenzoh, Ebaku (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1989-03-07)7 March 1989
PG 10 Liale Keumoe, Cyrille 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 29 – (1992-06-10)10 June 1992
C 11 Allen, Athony 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 29 – (1992-03-20)20 March 1992
SG 12 Lyle, Deon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996
C 13 Ngaransou, Yves-Louis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1994-10-20)20 October 1994
SF 14 Kolmia, Ronald 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1992-11-20)20 November 1992
G 15 Ndjonga, Yanis 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2001-02-19)19 February 2001
G/F Kome, Arnold 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1992-09-11)11 September 1992
G Bollo, Pierre 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992
Yassi Mokam, Bolivant 23 – (1998-04-06)6 April 1998
C Tabi Dzou, Blaise 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1988-09-22)22 September 1988
Head coach
  • François Enyegue
Assistant coach(es)
  • Simon Mbabi
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: December 15, 2021

Past rosters

Notable players
  • Jordan Rezendes (1 year: 2020)

Head coaches
  • Gilles Kouamo (–2021)
  • Lazare Adingono (2021)
  • François Enyegue (2021–present)

References
  1. https://latitude.to/articles-by-country/cm/cameroon/365228/yaounde-multipurpose-sports-complex
  2. "FAP". Basketball Africa League. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. "Eliminatoires Basketball Africa League : FAP affute ses armes pour le second tour". 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. "GSP, FAP qualify to the regular season of Basketball Africa League 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  5. "Hungry FAP eye BAL success after Cameroon crown". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. "New signings dominate Basketball Africa League teams' latest moves". FIBA.basketball. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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