Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club was founded in 1929, and competes domestically in the French LNB Élite, the top division. Strasbourg team colors are red and white, and the club's home games are played at the Rhénus Sport Arena.
History
The club was founded in 1929, and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938.
Starting from the 2004–05 season, new head coach Éric Girard took over the team. In the regular season, SIG finished 3rd and Giard was named Coach of the Year. Strasbourg won the top-tier French League for the first time in the 2004–05 season. SIG beat its rival SLUC Nancy 72–68.
In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg played in the EuroLeague. The team had some outstanding results, as they beat top-tier team Saski Baskonia. In the Pro A, the team was defeated by Nancy 1–2 in the Semi-finals.
In the 2006–07 season, the team wouldn't reach further than the Quarter-finals. After some down years, the team started to revive when Vincent Collet took over as head coach in 2012. The team reached the Pro A Finals for three straight years in 2013, 2014, 2015. Along with that, the team won the 2015 Leaders Cup and 2014–15 French Basketball Cup. Important players for the team were Antoine Diot and Louis Campbell, who won MVP Awards in the won competitions.
In 2020, Vincent Collet left the team after he had served as head coach for almost a decade. For the 2020–21 Pro A season, the team started a recommencement as new head coach Lassi Tuovi recruited almost entirely new players. Strasbourg aims to regain success in both the national league as well as in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League.
Arenas The 6,200 seat Rhénus Sport has been used as the home arena of SIG. In January 2017, the club announce plans for a new arena that would accommodate 10,000 people.
Rivalries
The Eastern Rivalry The Eastern Derby is the name of the matches that are played between Strasbourg IG and SLUC Nancy. The rivalry has a strong emotional history.
Budgets According to Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) guidelines, SIG has to publish its budget for each season. Season Budget 2012–13 €5,700,000 2013–14 €6,500,000 2014–15 €5,900,000 2015–16 €6,200,000 2016–17 €6,700,000 2017–18 €7,700,000 2018–19 €7,700,000 2019–20 €7,600,000 2020–21 €6,300,000 2021–22 €7,000,000 2022–23 €7,000,000 2023–24 €7,000,000 2024–25 €7,100,000
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueFrench CupLeaders CupEuropean competitions2006–071 Pro A 5th Round of 16 Quarterfinalist2007–081 Pro A 12th Round of 162008–091 Pro A 8th Semifinalist Quarterfinalist2009–101 Pro A 14th Round of 16 3 EuroChallenge 2010–111 Pro A 11th Round of 322011–121 Pro A 10th Round of 162012–131 Pro A 2nd QuarterfinalistRunner-up2013–141 Pro A 2nd Round of 32 Semifinalist 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2014–151 Pro A 2nd Champion Champion 2 Eurocup 2015–161Pro A 2nd Round of 32 Semifinalist 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2016–171 Pro A 2nd Round of 32 Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League 2017–181 Pro A3rdChampion Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League 2018–191 Pro A6th Round of 16Champion 3 Champions League 2019–201 Pro A10th Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League 2020–211 Pro A 3rd Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League 4th2021–221 Pro A7thRunner-up 3 Champions League 2022–231 Pro A8th Semifinalist 2 Champions League 2023–241 Pro A12thRunner-up 2 Champions League 2024–251 Pro A12th Round of 32 Quarterfinalist
Honours French League Winners (1): 2004–05 French Cup Winners (2): 2014–15, 2017–18 Runners-up (2): 1998–99, 2021–22, 2023–24 Leaders Cup Winners (2): 2015, 2019 Runners-up (1): 2013 Match des Champions Winners (1): 2015 French Second Division Winners (1): 1998–99 Brussels, Belgium Invitational Game Winners (1): 2015 Luxeuil-les-Bains, France Invitational Game Winners (1): 2015 Besançon, France Invitational Game Winners (1): 2015
Notable players
Head coaches Coach Tenure Vincent Collet 2011–2016 Henrik Dettmann 2016 Vincent Collet 2016–2020 Lassi Tuovi 2020–2022 Luca Banchi 2022–2023 Massimo Cancellieri 2023–2024 Laurent Vila 2024–2025 Jānis Gailītis 2025–present
References
External links Official website Strasbourg IG at Eurobasket.com