Metropolitans 92

The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the highest-tier level in French basketball.

Metropolitans 92
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Nickname	Mets 92
Leagues	LNB Pro A
Founded	9 June 2007; 16 years ago (2007-06-09)
History	Paris-Levallois Basket 2007–2017 Levallois Metropolitans 2017–2019 Metropolitans 92 2019–present
Arena	Marcel Cerdan Sports Palace
Capacity	4,000
Location	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Team colors	Navy and Gold
President	Alain Bouvard
Head coach	Vincent Collet
Championships	1 French Federation Cup 1 French Supercup
Website	metropolitans92.com
Home Away Third

The club was established in 2007, as Paris-Levallois Basket. Its home arena is the Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people. Levallois has won two titles thus far, winning the French Federation Cup and the Match des Champions (French Supercup), both in 2013.

Named after the French Revolution, the club was founded in its current form in 2007, with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of Levallois-Perret, and started to play with the name of Paris-Levallois Basket. The club retains all of the history and titles of Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket.

Despite beginning in the top-tier level of French basketball, the LNB Pro A, Paris-Levallois was relegated to the French second-tier level LNB Pro B, after finishing second from the bottom in the 2007–08 season. The club returned to the Pro A at the first opportunity, by claiming the league promotion from the Pro B in the 2008–09 season. Since then, the club has played in the top tier of French basketball.

On 5 July 2017, the club's board of directors agreed to change the name of the club to Levallois Metropolitans. On 4 July 2019, former NBA player Boris Diaw was announced as the club's new president, succeeding Jean-Pierre Aubry.

In the 2022–23 season, French young star Victor Wembanyama joined the team from ASVEL. Wenbanyama was widely projected to be the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft. In October, the Metropolitans played exhibition games against the NBA G League Ignite in the United States, giving the club international exposure. In the 2023 NBA draft, two of the team's players were selected in the top 10 of the draft, with Victor Wembanyama being selected #1 by the San Antonio Spurs and Bilal Coulibaly being selected seventh overall by the Indiana Pacers and then traded to the Washington Wizards.

 

Metropolitans 92 play their home games at the 4,000 seat Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan. Over the years, the club has also used the 4,200 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin, as its home venue.

Domestic competitions

• French Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012–13
• Match des Champions (French Supercup)
  • Winners (1): 2013
• Tournoi de Toulouse
  • Winners (1): 2014

Current roster

Metropolitans 92 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 3   Gauzin, Matthieu 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2001-02-27)27 February 2001 G/F 5   Konaté, Lahaou 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1991-11-17)17 November 1991 PF 9   Sorokas, Paulius 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 G 10   Brown, Tevin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 G/F 11   Esso Essis, Ylan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2005-08-11)11 August 2005 F 12   Dicko, Moussa 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2004-06-16)16 June 2004 G 20   Gegić, Amar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-02-14)14 February 1998 PF 21   Loum, Abdoulaye 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 33 – (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 C 24   Omić, Alen 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 31 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 PG 25   Theodore, Jordan   1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989 SG 33   Toupane, Axel 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992 F 35   White, Fabian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1998-11-29)29 November 1998	Head coach   Laurent Foirest Assistant coach(es)   Nebojša Bogavac   Jean-Paul Besson Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: December 19, 2023

•   Ilias Zouros: (2007–2008)
•   Jean-Marc Dupraz: (2008, 2008–2011)
•   Ron Stewart: (2008)
•   Christophe Denis: (2011–2013)
•   Gregor Beugnot: (2013–2015)
•   Antoine Rigaudeau: (2015)
•   Frédéric Fauthoux: (2015–2020)
•   Jure Zdovc: (2020–2021)
•   Vincent Collet: (2021–)

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