Manama Club (basketball)
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Manama Club, also known as simply Manama or Al Manama, is a Bahraini professional basketball team based in Manama. They play in the Bahraini Premier League and are the most decorated team in national basketball history, having won a record 25 championships, 21 Cup titles, and 5 Super Cup titles. Currently, Manama also plays in the West Asia Super League (WASL), which they won in 2023.
Manama plays in the BBA Arena, which is also known as the Zain Basketball Arena.
In the 2022–23 season, Manama played in the inaugural West Asia Super League under the guidance of coach Linos Gavriel. On 17 June 2023, they won the WASL championship after they defeated Kuwait Club in the final in Dubai. Because they also won the Premier League and Cup, they won their first treble. As the champions of Western Asia, Manama was invited for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.
Honours
Domestic
- Champions (25): 1977–78, 1988-1989, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Bahraini Cup
- Champions (9): 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Bahraini Super Cup
- Champions (6): 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
International
- Champions (1): 2022–23
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- Third place (1): 2000
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
| Manama Club roster | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Coaches | ||||||
| Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 1 Bahrain men's national basketball team Mohamed Buallay 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PG 2 Bahrain men's national basketball team Mujtaba Mahmood 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) PG 3 Bahrain men's national basketball team Ahmed Haji 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) PG 5 Bahrain men's national basketball team Emran Hasan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G/F 14 Bahrain men's national basketball team Hasan Nowrooz (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) PF 15 Bahrain men's national basketball team Subah Azzam 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 17 Bahrain men's national basketball team Ali Jaber Kadhem 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G 73 Bahrain men's national basketball team Mustafa Rashed (Loan) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Head coach Bahrain Salman Ramadan Assistant coach(es) Cyprus Alexandros Lekisvili Legend (C) Team captainInjured | ||||||
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Ht. | |||
| G | 1 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Mohamed Buallay | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||
| PG | 2 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Mujtaba Mahmood | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||
| PG | 3 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Ahmed Haji | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||
| PG | 5 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Emran Hasan | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||
| G/F | 14 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Hasan Nowrooz (C) | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||
| PF | 15 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Subah Azzam | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||
| G | 17 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Ali Jaber Kadhem | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||
| G | 73 | Bahrain men's national basketball team | Mustafa Rashed (Loan) | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Notable players
Several former National Basketball Association (NBA) players have played for Manama Club.
- United States Josh Boone (2014–2015)
- United States Devin Ebanks (2021–2022)
- United States Jordan Crawford (2022–2023)
- United States Jerai Grant (2020)
- United States Davion Berry (2022–2023)
- United States Austin Daye (2016)
- United States D. J. Stephens (2019)
Local Legends of Manama Club.
- Bahrain Nooh Najaf (#12)
- Bahrain Abdulmajeed Shahram (#9)
- Bahrain Mohamed Husain (Kempes) (#5)
- Bahrain Hasan Nowrooz (#14)
- Bahrain Abdulla Jasim (#4)
Head coaches
- United States Sam Vincent (2014–2016)
- Serbia Miodrag Perišić (2016–2017)
- Spain Josep Clarós (2016–2017)
- Cyprus Linos Gavriel (2021–2022; 2023–present)
External links
- (in Arabic)