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{{Short description|French basketball club}}
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| leagues       = [[LNB Pro A]]
| founded       = {{Start date and age|1955}}
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| arena         = [[Le Colisée]]
| capacity      = 4,540
| location      = [[Chalon-sur-Saône]], [[France]]
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| president     = Vincent Bergeret
| coach         = Savo Vučević
| championships = '''2''' [[Ligue Nationale de Basketball|French Championship]] <br>'''2''' [[French Basketball Cup|French Cup]] <br>'''1''' [[Semaine des As Cup]] 
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'''Élan Sportif Chalonnais''', commonly known as '''Élan Chalon''', is a French professional [[basketball]] club that is based in [[Chalon-sur-Saône]], [[France]]. The team's main colors are red and white, and their [[mascot]] is a [[moose]]. The team's home arena is called [[Le Colisée]], which seats 4,540 spectators.

Founded in 1927, the club has traditionally been playing in the Pro C. In 2012, the club captured its first domestic championship by winning the Pro A Final over [[Le Mans Sarthe Basket|Le Mans]]. In 2013, Élan won its second domestic title. The club has also been a regular in European competitions, as the team has been runners-up in three different [[FIBA]] competitions.

==History==
[[File:Elan Chalon - Limoges 1.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Chalon playing [[Limoges CSP|Limoges]] in March 1996]]
[[File:Elan Chalon - Nanterre (finale Coupe d'Europe FIBA) 16.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Le Colisée]] during the [[2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final]]]]
The club was founded in 1955, after the merger of Association Sportive Chalonnaise and Élan de Saint-Jean des Vignes. The club then merged with the [[Association football|football]] club Bourgneuf Val d'Or Mercurey of [[Mercurey|Bourgneuf Mercurey]] in 1970. The club reached full professional status in 1994.

In the 2011–12 season, Chalon won the [[LNB Pro A]] title which meant they had won their first ever French championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elanchalon.com/actualites/46-centreformation/353-les-espoirs-champions|title=LES ESPOIRS CHAMPIONS}}</ref> Élan Chalon won the Final of the league 95–76 over [[Le Mans Sarthe Basket]]. [[Billy Ouattara]] and [[Clint Capela]], respectively 24 points and 22 points, led the team to the win in the Final.

In the [[2012–13 Euroleague|2012–13 season]], Élan played its first [[Euroleague Basketball|Euroleague]] season in history: the club was eliminated after the regular seasons in which the club recorded 3 wins and 7 losses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone|url=http://www.euroleague.net/competition/teams/showteam?clubcode=CHL&seasoncode=e2012|work=euroleague.net|accessdate=25 June 2013}}</ref>

In the 2016, Chalon reached the Final Four of the [[FIBA Europe Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europecup/21-22|title=FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22|website=FIBA.basketball}}</ref> The club hosted the Final Four at [[Le Colisée]] and ended on the third place after beating Russian side [[BC Enisey|Enisey]] in the third-place game.

The following 2016–17 season was another successful one for the club. Élan reached one further stage of the FIBA Europe Cup Final this time, by reaching the Final. In the double-legged Final, Chalon lost to other French side [[Nanterre 92]]. In the Pro, A the club captured its second national title after defeating [[SIG Basket|SIG Strasbourg]] 3–2 in the Finals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/proa/469407/elan-chalon-french-league-champions/|title=Elan Chalon are French League champions|date=June 23, 2017|website=Eurohoops}}</ref>

==Logos==
<gallery>
Elan Chalon Official Logo.jpg |2007–2013
Elan Chalon 2014 Logo.png|2013–2018
</gallery>

==Players==

===Current roster===
{{Basketball roster nationality note}}
{{Basketball roster header
| team = Élan Chalon | wt= n }}
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{{player3 | num = 2 |nat = USA| first = Jamel   | last = Morris            |pos = SG | m=1.93 |year=1992|month=11|date=14}}
{{player3 | num = 3 |nat = USA| first = Brandon | last = Paul              |pos = SG | m=1.93 |year=1991|month=04|date=30}}
{{player3 | num = 4 |nat = HRV| first = Željko  | last = Šakić             |pos = PF | m=2.03 |year=1988|month=04|date=14}}
{{player3 | num = 6 |nat = FRA| first = Yohan   | last = Choupas           |pos = SG | m=1.93 |year=2000|month=03|date=11}}
{{player3 | num = 7 |nat = FRA| first = Olivier | last = Cortale           |pos = FC | m=2.07 |year=1997|month=03|date=16}}
{{player3 | num = 8 |nat = CMR| first = Jeremiah| last = Hill              |pos = SG | m=1.88 |year=1995|month=09|date=04|dab=basketball}}
{{player3 | num = 13|nat = FRA| first = Lionel  | last = Gaudoux           |pos = PF | m=1.98 |year=1995|month=05|date=30|note=C}}
{{player3 | num = 14|nat = SRB| first = Dušan   | last = Ristić            |pos = C  | m=2.13 |year=1995|month=11|date=27}}
{{player3 | num = 21|nat = USA| first = Michael | last = Stockton          |pos = PG | m=1.85 |year=1989|month=05|date=07}}
{{player3 | num = 23|nat = FRA| first = Vuk     | last = Vucevic           |pos = SF | m=1.97 |year=2002|month=06|date=03}}
{{player3 | num = 40|nat = USA| first = Zac     | last = Cuthbertson       |pos = F  | m=2.01 |year=1996|month=12|date=27}}
<!-- end list of players -->
{{Basketball roster footer
| head_coach = 
* {{player||MNE|Savo Vučević}}
| asst_coach = 
* {{player||FRA|Maxime Pacquaut}}
* {{player||FRA|Romain Chenaud}}
* {{player||FRA|Emmanuel Coeuret}}
| team_man   = 
| roster_url = https://www.elanchalon.com/liste-joueurs/saison-2024-2025/
| accessdate = February 24, 2025
}}

===Notable players===
{{Basketball notable players criteria}}

[[File:Arthur Rozenfeld.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Arthur Rozenfeld]]]]
{{columns-list|colwidth=14em|
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Mamoutou Diarra]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Ilian Evtimov]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Moustapha Fall]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[David Michineau]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jérémy Nzeulie]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Stéphane Ostrowski]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Arthur Rozenfeld]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Steed Tchicamboud]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Frédéric Bourdillon]]
*{{Flagicon|France}}{{Flagicon|ISR}} [[Arthur Rozenfeld]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Rafi Menco|Rafael "Rafi" Menco]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Uri Cohen-Mintz]]
*{{flagicon|Bahamas}} [[Trevor Harvey (basketball)|Trevor Harvey]]
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Jérémy Nzeulie]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Rowan Barrett]]
*{{flagicon|Dominica}} [[Garth Joseph]]
*{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Mareks Mejeris]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Rimas Kurtinaitis]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Einaras Tubutis]]
*{{flagicon|Macedonia}} [[Slobodan Šljivančanin]]
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Alade Aminu]]
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[A.J. Slaughter]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Clint Capela]]
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Thabo Sefolosha]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Best (basketball)|John Best]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Devin Booker (basketball, born 1991)|Devin Booker]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cameron Clark (basketball)|Cameron Clark]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Corey Crowder]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Malcolm Delaney]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Marcus Denmon]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Keith Gatlin]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Udonis Haslem]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Will McDonald (basketball)|Will McDonald]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tracy Murray]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Pittman (basketball)|Charles Pittman]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Roberson]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shawnta Rogers]]
*{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|CZE}}  [[Blake Schilb]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shelden Williams]]
}}

==Honours==
[[File:Titre de Champion de France de basket-ball 2017 Elan Chalon.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Celebration of the club's national championship in 2017]]
'''Total titles: 6'''

===Domestic competitions===
* '''[[LNB Pro A|French League]]'''
: '''Winners (2)''': [[2011–12 Pro A season|2011–12]], [[2016–17 Pro A season|2016–17]]
* '''[[French Basketball Cup|French Cup]]'''
: '''Winners (2)''': 2011, 2012
* '''[[Leaders Cup]]'''
: '''Winners (1)''': 2012
: ''Runners-up (2)'': 2011, [[2016 Leaders Cup|2016]]
* '''[[Match des Champions (basketball)|French Super Cup]]'''
: ''Runners-up (3)'': 2011, [[2012 Match des Champions|2012]], 2017

===European competitions===
* '''[[FIBA Saporta Cup]]''' 
: ''Runners-up (1)'': [[2000-01 FIBA Saporta Cup|2000–01]]
* '''[[FIBA EuroChallenge]]'''
: ''Runners-up (1)'': [[2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge|2011–12]]
* '''[[FIBA Europe Cup]]'''
: ''Runners-up (1)'': [[2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup|2016–17]]
: ''3rd place (1)'': [[2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup|2015–16]]

===Other competitions===
* '''Bourg, France Basketball Tournament'''
: '''Winners (1)''': 2008

==Season by season==

{|  class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
!Season
![[French basketball league system|Tier]]
!League
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}}
![[French Basketball Cup|French Cup]]
![[Leaders Cup]]
!colspan=2|[[French basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions|European competitions]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2006–07 LNB Pro A season|2006–07]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|3rd
| 
| Quarterfinalist
| colspan=2|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2007–08 LNB Pro A season|2007–08]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|9th
| Round of 16
| 
| <small>'''2'''</small> [[ULEB Cup 2007–08|ULEB Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|R32|Round of 32}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2008–09 LNB Pro A season|2008–09]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|7th
| Round of 16
| 
| colspan=2|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2009–10 LNB Pro A season|2009–10]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|12th
| Quarterfinalist
| 
| <small>'''3'''</small> [[EuroChallenge 2009–10|EuroChallenge]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|L16|Last 16}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2010–11 LNB Pro A season|2010–11]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|5th
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| style="background:silver"|Runner-up
| colspan=2|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2011–12 LNB Pro A season|2011–12]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| style="background:gold" align="center"|1st
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| <small>'''3'''</small> [[EuroChallenge 2011–12|EuroChallenge]] || align=center style="background:silver"|RU
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2012–13 LNB Pro A season|2012–13]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|4th
| Round of 32
| Quarterfinalist
| <small>'''1'''</small> [[2012–13 Euroleague|Euroleague]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2013–14 LNB Pro A season|2013–14]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|8th
| Round of 32
| 
| <small>'''2'''</small> [[2013–14 Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2014–15 LNB Pro A season|2014–15]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"|8th
| 
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2015–16 LNB Pro A season|2015–16]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"| 5th
| 
| bgcolor=silver | [[2016 Leaders Cup|Runner-up]]
|<small>'''3'''</small> [[2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || style="background:#e1b384; text-align:center"|3rd
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2016–17 LNB Pro A season|2016–17]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| style="background:gold" align="center"|1st
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| [[2017 Pro A Leaders Cup|Quarterfinalist]]
|<small>'''4'''</small> [[2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] ||  align=center bgcolor=silver | {{Tooltip|RU|Runner-up}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2017–18 Pro A season|2017–18]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"| 12th
| Round of 16
| 
|<small>'''3'''</small> [[2017–18 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] ||  align=center | {{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2018–19 Pro A season|2018–19]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"| 14th
| Round of 16
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|-
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2019–20 Pro A season|2019–20]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"| 12th{{Efn|The 2019–20 season was declared void due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe|COVID-19 pandemic]], Élan Chalon was 12th in the standings at the time.}}
| 
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2020–21 Pro A season|2020–21]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| bgcolor=#FFBBBB align="center"|17th
| Round of 64
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2021–22
| align="center"|2
| [[LNB Pro B|Pro B]]
| align="center"| 7th
| Round of 64
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2022–23
| align="center"|2
| [[LNB Pro B|Pro B]]
| bgcolor=silver align="center"| 2nd
| Round of 32
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2023–24 Pro A season|2023–24]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"| 14th
| Round of 32
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2024–25 Pro A season|2024–25]]
| align="center"|1
| [[LNB Pro A|Pro A]]
| align="center"| 7th
| Round of 32
| 
| colspan=2 | 
|}
{{Notelist}}

==Head coaches==
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Philippe Hervé]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Gregor Beugnot]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Denys Choulet]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.elanchalon.com/}} {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=France&Team=878&Page=0 Eurobasket.com Team Page]

{{Élan Chalon current roster}}
{{LNB Pro A}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elan Chalon}}
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