Spirou Charleroi

Spirou
Nickname	Karolo's
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	1989;36 years ago (1989)
History	Spirou Monceau 1989–1990 Spirou Basket de Charleroi 1990–present
Arena	Spiroudome
Capacity	6,300
Location	Charleroi, Belgium
President	Jean-Jacques Cloquet
Head coach	Sam Rotsaert
Championships	10 Belgian Championships 5 Belgian Cups 7 Belgian Supercups
Website	www.spiroubasket.be
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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. ^[1]

Since the 2021–22 season, Spirou plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged. ^[2]

Sponsorship names

The Spiroudome

Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

• Spirou Monceau (1989–1990)
• Spirou Charleroi (1990–2011)
• Belgacom Spirou (2011–2014)
• Proximus Spirou (2014–2018)

Current roster

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Spirou roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 1 Félix, Menth 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2002-02-04)4 February 2002 PG 3 Lykes, Chris 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 27 – (1998-07-22)22 July 1998 SG 5 Polet, Adedayo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2005-07-01)1 July 2005 C 12 Bilolo, Maxime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2004-05-17)17 May 2004 PF 17 Pintelon, Xander 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 22 – (2003-01-10)10 January 2003 F 19 Brandwijk, Willem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1995-04-03)3 April 1995 SG 22 Smout, Quinten 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002 SG 25 Hollanders, Sander 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2001-09-13)13 September 2001 G Jackson, Zeb 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2001-11-14)14 November 2001 F Sikiraš, Njegoš 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1999-04-11)11 April 1999 SF Styles, Dontrez 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2002-06-26)26 June 2002 C Colson, Lionel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2002-05-05)5 May 2002	Head coach Sam Rotsaert Assistant coach(es) Frederic Wilmot Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: June 25, 2025

Honours

• Belgian League
  • Champions (10): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
    • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2011–12
• Belgian Cup
  • Winners (5): 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
• Belgian Supercup
  • Winners (7): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
• Charleroi, Belgium Invitational Game
  • Winners (1): 2008

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Belgian Cup	Supercup	European competitions
2006–07	1	First Division	3rd			3 FIBA EuroCup	RS
2007–08	1	First Division	1st			2 ULEB Cup	RS
2008–09	1	First Division	1st	Champion		2 Eurocup	T16
2009–10	1	First Division	1st	Runner-up	Runner-up	2 Eurocup	RS
2010–11	1	First Division	1st	Semifinalist	Winner	1 Euroleague	RS
2011–12	1	First Division	2nd		Runner-up	1 Euroleague	RS
2012–13	1	First Division	3rd	Last 16		2 Eurocup	RS
2013–14	1	First Division	5th	Semifinalist		2 Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	First Division	5th	Quarterfinalist		2 Eurocup	RS
2015–16	1	First Division	5th	Quarterfinalist		2 Eurocup	RS
2016–17	1	First Division	4th	Quarterfinalist		3 Champions League	RS
2017–18	1	First Division	3rd	Semifinalist		4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2018–19	1	First Division	5th	Semifinalist		3 Champions League	QR3
						4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2019–20	1	First Division	5th [a]	Runner-up		4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2
2020–21	1	First Division	8th	Quarterfinalist
2021–22	1	BNXT	BE 6th
			BNXT 11th
2022–23	1	BNXT	BE 5th
			BNXT 4th
2023–24	1	BNXT	BE 5th	Runner-up
			BNXT 6th
2024–25	1	BNXT	BE 9th	Quarterfinalist		4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2
			BNXT 11th

1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Christophe Beghin
• Ralph Biggs
• Marcus Faison
• Niels Marnegrave
• Sacha Massot
• Didier Mbenga
• Wen Mukubu
• Jacques Stas
• Eric Struelens
• Kevin Tumba
• Damir Krupalija
• Tornike Shengelia
• Mike Batiste
• Ron Ellis
• Justin Hamilton
• Dario Hunt
• Demond Mallet
• Andre Riddick
• Mitch Smith
• Matt Walsh
• Alexander Lindqvist

References

1. "Jacques Stas coach Belgacom Spirou Charleroi". Eurobasket.com. July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
2. "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Eurocup – Team profile
• Eurobasket.com – Team page