Lions de Genève

Lions de Genève
Lions de Genève
Leagues	Swiss Basketball League; NLB Women
Founded	2000; 25 years ago
History	Genève Devils; 2000–2010; Lions de Genève; 2010–present
Arena	Pavilion des Sports
Capacity	2,000
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Head coach	Alain Attalah
Championships	2 Swiss Championship ; 4 Swiss Cup ; 3 League Cup
Website	www.lionsdegeneve.ch
Home	Away

The Lions de Genève are a professional basketball club based in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The Lions currently play in the Swiss top-tier Swiss Basketball League (SBL).^[1] The team is based in the 2,000 capacity Pavillon des Sports. The women's team plays in the Swiss NLB Women league, the second-tier of women's professional basketball in Switzerland.^[2]

History

Founded as the Genève Devils in the summer of 2000, the club rebranded itself as Les Lions de Genève in 2010 after merging with Meyrin Grand-Saconnex.^[3]

Trophies

Total trophies: 11

Swiss Basketball League (2):

2012–13, 2014–15

Swiss Cup (4):

2003–04, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2020–21

SBL Cup (5):

2003–04, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019, 2021

Current roster

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

Lions de Genève roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name
G/F	0	Timothy Derksen
F	1	Michel-Ofik Nzege
G	2	Mohamed Chabouh
PG	3	Donatas Sabeckis
PG	4	Jeremy Jaunin
PF	6	Ive Ivanov
SF	8	Mikael Maruotto
G/F	12	Thomas Jurkovitz
C	13	Eric Adams
G/F	17	Augustin Lacroix
SG	14	Kovac, Roberto
F	34	Kuba, Brandon
F	99	Natan Jurkovitz

Head coach

Andrej Štimac

Assistant coach(es)

Ivan Stanisak

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 28 April 2021

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least two seasons for the club AND either:

– Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
– Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.