History 1911–44 Team colors Dark blue, red Head coach Pierre Vincent Championships 2 | Location Grenoble, France Home Away Date founded 1911 | |
Football Club Grenoble was a French basketball club based in Grenoble, now disbanded.
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History
The club was a section of the sports club FC Grenoble. It was dual champion of France in 1942-43 and 1943-44. The club played to the championship of France basketball Pro A since 1920 and it was also known mostly for the great performances in the period between 1940–44, counting among its members several renowned players, including Robert Busnel. After the liberation by the Allied troops (1944) the club disbanded but the team moved with much of its workforce and "recreated" in Lyon.
It is noteworthy that the new club with the new name of Éveil Lyon became champion of France in 1946. Two years later, that club would merge with AS Villeurbanne to form a new multi-sports club whose basketball section, now known as ASVEL Basket, would go on to win a record 17 French championships.
Honours
French League