Lions de Genève

The Lions de Genève are a professional basketball club based in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The Lions currently play in the Swiss top-tier Swiss Basketball League (SBL). The team is based in the 2,000 capacity Pavillon des Sports. The women's team plays in the Swiss NLB Women league, the second-tier of women's professional basketball in Switzerland.

History

Founded as the Genève Devils in the summer of 2000, the club rebranded itself as Les Lions de Genève in 2010 after merging with Meyrin Grand-Saconnex.

Trophies

Total trophies: 11

• Swiss Basketball League (3):

2012–13, 2014–15, 2024–25

• Swiss Cup (4):

2003–04, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2020–21

• SBL Cup (5):

2003–04, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019, 2021

Current roster

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

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least two seasons for the club AND either:

– Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. – Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

• Switzerland Arnaud Cotture
• Switzerland Jeremy Jaunin
• Switzerland Roberto Kovac
• Switzerland Dusan Mladjan
• Switzerland Marko Mladjan
• Switzerland David Ramseyer
• Switzerland Julien Senderos
• Croatia Andrej Štimac
• Israel Alon Stein
• United States Shawn Jamison
• United States Arizona Reid

Head coaches

• Central African Republic Rodrigue M'Baye
• Croatia Ivan Rudež
• Belgium Jean-Marc Jaumin: (2016–2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedran Bosnić: (2017–2019)
• Croatia Andrej Štimac: (2020–2022)
• Egypt Alain Attalah: (2022–2023)
• Dragan Andrejevic (2022-Present

External links

• - Eurobasket.com
• - Facebook.com
• - Facebook.com