Tadamon Zouk

History

Tadamon Zouk is a Lebanese sports club established in 1954 most known for its basketball program. It is located at Zouk Mikael, Kesrouan, Lebanon. Tadamon Zouk basketball team is part of the Lebanese Basketball League. It was part of the league's top division for many years and a regular feature of the Final Four teams in league, but has been relegated to play in the 2nd division. Tadamon Zouk was once nicknamed "The Unlucky Team", and "the runner-up champion" due to his participation in three consecutive championship finals from 1997-1999, losing against Sporting Club 3-1 in 1997, then 3-2 and 3-0 respectively in 1998 and 1999. Tadamon also reached the Lebanese basketball Cup final in 2000, losing to Sagesse as well. After the 2012-2013 season, thanks to the efforts of president Rizkallah Khalil and Mr Wissam Baroudy and the rest of the administration , Tadamon Zouk was promoted back to the 1st division after 10 seasons of being out, and built a strong team to compete for the title. Their 2014-2015 ended when Byblos knocked them out in the Quarterfinal Play-offs 4-0, when the prominent players sat out due to being unpaid for several months due to economic difficulty. In 2015-2016 they were knocked out by Sagesse 3-1 in the Quarterfinals as well. This year the team and the coaching staff are doing their best to move forward and vast in the glory of their success.