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Wikipedia - Spirou Charleroi

Spirou Basket, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome which can host 6,300 people.

Established in 1989, the team is named after the long-running Belgian comics magazine Spirou, the publisher of which, Dupuis, is based in Marcinelle, Charleroi.

History

Spirou Charleroi has won the Belgian League championship ten times (1996–99, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the Belgian Cup 5 times (1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009), and the Belgian Supercup 7 times (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010).

In the 2010–11 season, Spirou made its debut in the Euroleague, the highest continental league of Europe. The following season, Spirou played in the regular season for the second time in a row.

On July 29, 2014, Jacques Stas became the new head coach of the club while his predecessor Giovanni Bozzi replaced him as team president.

Since the 2021–22 season, Spirou plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Spirou Charleroi este o echipă de baschet belgiană din Charleroi, care participă în Ethias League, cea mai înaltă divizie din Belgia. Clubul a fost fondat în 1989 și joacă meciurile de acasă la Spiroudome, cu o capacitate de 6.300 de locuri.

Spirou Charleroi este una dintre cele mai de succes echipe din Belgia, câștigând 12 titluri de campionat, 13 Cupe ale Belgiei și două Supercupe ale Belgiei. De asemenea, clubul a participat la mai multe competiții europene, inclusiv EuroCup și FIBA EuroChallenge.

În sezonul 2022-23, antrenorul echipei Spirou Charleroi este Sam Rotsaert, iar căpitanul echipei este Thomas Akyazili. Lotul echipei include jucători precum Jonathan Tabu, Julien Bouhy și James Washington Jr.