Fath Union Sport (Arabic: اتحاد الفتح الرياضي) commonly called FUS or FUS Rabat, is a Moroccan basketball club based in Rabat. The team currently plays in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The team is the basketball section of the multi-sports club with the same name. FUS is the most successful club in Moroccan history, having won a record 18 national titles.
| FUS Rabat | |||
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 2023–24 FUS Rabat basketball season | |||
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| League | Division Excellence BAL | ||
| Founded | 10 April 1946 | ||
| History | FUS Rabat (1946–present) | ||
| Arena | Salle Abderrahmane Bouânane | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Location | Rabat, Morocco | ||
| President | Said El Yamani | ||
| Head coach | Said El Bouzidi | ||
| Website | fus.ma | ||
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Home games are played in the Salle Abderrahmane Bouânane, where there is capacity for 1,500 people.
History edit
The club was founded on 10 April 1946. The basketball team's first championship came 22 years later, in 1968. In 2001 and 2004, FUS won its sixteenth and seventeenth national titles.
In the 2022–23 season, FUS won its record extending 18th Division Excellence title, ending a 19-year drought.[1] The team was led by French head coach Stéphane Dumas.
As the national champions, FUS played in the 2024 tournament of the Road to BAL. On 4 November 2023, FUS clinched their first-ever spot in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), following a 78-60 win over FAP in the semi-finals.[2] In the Kalahari Conference, FUS went 3–1 against Petro de Luanda and Cape Town Tigers and was the winner of the inaugural edition of the conference.[3]
Honours edit
National edit
- Champions (18): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023
- Champions (9): 1972, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1991, 2002, 2004
Continental edit
- Kalahari Conference winners (1): 2024
Players edit
Current roster edit
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Head coach edit
Outail Aouij: (2018–2019)
Mustapha Chiba: (2021–2022)
Stéphane Dumas: (2022–2023)[5]- Said El Bouzidi: (2023–present)
References edit
- ^ "Basketball: le FUS sacré champion du Maroc". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "FUS Rabat clinch BAL ticket". FIBA.basketball. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "FUS Rabat are the 2024 Kalahari Conference champions". The BAL. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ a b History of FUS Rabat
- ^ "Stéphane Dumas devient coach principal du FUS de Rabat". BeBasket (in French). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.