Union Sportive Monastirienne (), commonly known as US Monastir, is a Tunisian professional basketball club based in Monastir. Established in 1959, the team plays in the Pro A the first division league in Tunisia and has won ten national championships. USMonastir also plays in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) since the inaugural season in 2021. Home games are played in the Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall.
US Monastir has won ten Tunisian Leagues and six Tunisian Cups. US Monastir won the BAL championship in 2022, becoming the first and only Tunisian team to win the competition until the present.
History The club was established in 1923 and won its first Tunisian League title in 1998 after defeating Ezzahra Sports in the league finals. As the national champions, USMonastir played in the Arab Club Basketball Championship where it lost all three group stage games.. In the 1999–2000 season, USMonastir won its first-ever double after winning both the league and cup title. USMonastir beat Club Africain in the league final and Ezzahra in the cup final (66–61). In 2005, USMonastir won its third Tunisian championship, defeating Stade Nabeulien 66–51. The first international title for USMonastir arrived in 2012, when they won the Maghreb Basketball Championship after defeating ES Radès in the final.. In 2014, USMonastir made its debut in the FIBA Africa Club Championship, Africa's top continental league, for the first time. In 2017, the club ended at third place in the continental league. In 2019, USMonastir won its fourth Tunisian championship defeating ES Rades. Again in 2020 USMonastir won its fifth Tunisian championship and the second in row defeating the same ES Rades. In 2021, USMonastir defeated Ezzahra Sports in the Tunisian finals and won its sixth championship, and the third in a row.
In 2021, USMonastir was one of the twelve teams to play in the new Basketball Africa League (BAL) as they qualified as Tunisian national champions. In the inaugural season of the league, USMonastir reached the Finals where it lost to Zamalek despite being favourites in the competition. Three players of USMonastir (Omar Abada, Makrem Ben Romdhane and Wael Arakji) were named to the All-BAL First Team. In the following season, the 2021–22 season, USMonastir won the national double after capturing the CNA and Tunisian Cup titles. On 28 May 2022, USMonastir won its first-ever BAL and African championship after defeating Petro de Luanda in the 2022 BAL Finals, becoming the first Tunisian team to win the BAL. Point guard Michael Dixon was named the league's MVP; Ater Majok and Radhouane Slimane were named to the All-BAL First Team. Representing the African continent, USMonastir played in the 2023 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, where it finished in fourth place after losing to the Spanish team CB Canarias and the American team Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
In the 2023 BAL season, USMonastir brought back coach Perišić three days before the tournament. However, USMonastir was unable to qualify for the playoffs as the team ended with a 3–2 record and was ranked fifth based on a tiebreaker. USMonastir began the 2023–24 season with Adel Tlatli as head coach, but hired Mohamed Kardani in April 2024.
Arenas Since its opening on 6 April 2006, USMonastir plays its home games in the Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, which has a capacity of 5,000 people.
Players Current roster
Past rosters 2021 BAL season 2022 BAL season 2023 BAL season
Notable players
Individual awards
Honours National Championnat Pro A Champions (10): 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2025–26 Runner-up (2): 2017–18, 2024–25 Tunisian Basketball Cup Champions (6): 1999–2000, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 Runner-up (10): 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2023–24 Tunisian Basketball Super Cup Champions (1): 2024 Runner-up (2): 2005, 2023, 2025 Tunisian Basketball Federation Cup Champion (1): 2012
International Basketball Africa League Champion (1): 2022 Runner-up (1): 2021 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions CupAfrica Champions Cup Third place (1): 2017 Arab Club Basketball Championship Third place (1): 2019 Maghreb Championship Champion (1): 2012 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Fourth Place (1): 2023
Season by season Overall (2018–present) Season Tier League Regular seasonPlayoffsTunisian CupInternational competitionsHead coach Finish Played Wins Losses Win% League Result US Monastir2018–191CNA2nd14104ChampionsFinalistDNQSaid El Bouzidi2019–201CNA1st19181ChampionsWinner N/AMiodrag Perišić2020–211CNA1st14122ChampionsWinnerBALRunner-up Safouane FerjaniMounir Ben Slimane2021–221CNA2nd18135ChampionsWinnerBALChampionsToni VujanicMiodrag Perišić 2022–231CNA1st19181ChampionsWinnerBALRegular SeasonMarouan KechridLinos Gavriel2023–241CNA1st18180ChampionsRunners-upBALQuarterfinalistAdel TlatliMohamed Kirdani
BAL (2021–present) BAL championsConference championsPlayoff berth SeasonLeagueRegular seasonPostseasonHead coachCaptainConferenceFinishWinsLossesWin %US Monastir2021BALGroup A 1st301.000Won quarterfinals (Douanes) 86–62Won semifinals (Patriots) 87–46Lost finals (Zamalek) 63–76Mounir Ben SlimaneRadhouane Slimane2022BALSahara2nd41.800Won quarterfinals (Cape Town) 106–67Won semifinals (Zamalek) 88–81Won finals (Petro) 83–72Miodrag Perišić2023BALSahara4th32.600Did not qualify2024BALSahara 3rd33.500Won seeding game (Petro) 70–67Lost quarterfinals (Hoopers) 88–92Mohamed KirdaniMokhtar Ghyaza2025BAL Sahara 1st42Won seeding game (Hoopers) 89–81Lost quarterfinals (Petro) 84–95Vasco CuradoRadhouane SlimaneRegular season record1781 BAL championshipPlayoffs record73
Head coaches The following people have been head coach of US Monastir (since 2009):
References
External links U.S. Monastir at Eurobasket.com