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Metropolitans Basketball Club
Metropolitans Basketball Club logo
NicknameMets Basketball Club
LeaguesÉlite 2
Founded9 June 2007; 19 years ago (2007-06-09)
HistoryParis-Levallois Basket
2007–2017
Levallois Metropolitans
2017–2019
Metropolitans 92
2019–2024
Metropolitans Basketball Club
2024–present
ArenaMarcel Cerdan Sports Palace
Capacity4,000
LocationLevallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Team colorsNavy and Gold
   
PresidentLuc Dayan
Head coachSacha Giffa
Championships1 French Federation Cup
1 French Supercup
Websitemetropolitans-basketball-club.com

Metropolitans Basketball Club (commonly referred as Metropolitans), is a French professional basketball club that is based in Levallois-Perret, in the Paris metropolitan area. The club was established in 2007, as Paris-Levallois Basket. Their home arena is the Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people. Levallois has won two titles thus far, winning the French Federation Cup and the Match des Champions (French Supercup), both in 2013.

The team is best known for being the former club of Victor Wembanyama, who was selected first overall in the 2023 NBA draft after his sole season with Metropolitans, and became one of the best players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2024, after finishing in last place of the Élite 2, the team was relegated to the Nationale Masculine 1.

History

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Named after the French Revolution, the club was founded in its current form in 2007, with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of Levallois-Perret, and started to play with the name of Paris-Levallois Basket. The club retains all of the history and titles of Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket.[1]

Despite beginning in the top-tier level of French basketball, the LNB Pro A, Paris-Levallois was relegated to the French second-tier level LNB Pro B, after finishing second from the bottom in the 2007–08 season. The club returned to the Pro A at the first opportunity, by claiming the league promotion from the Pro B in the 2008–09 season. Since then, the club has played in the top tier of French basketball.[citation needed]

On 5 July 2017, the club's board of directors agreed to change the name of the club to Levallois Metropolitans.[2] On 4 July 2019, former NBA player Boris Diaw was announced as the club's new president, succeeding Jean-Pierre Aubry.[3]

In the 2022–23 season, French young star Victor Wembanyama joined the team from ASVEL. Wenbanyama was widely projected to be the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft. In October 2022, the Metropolitans 92 played two exhibition games against the NBA G League Ignite in the United States, giving the club greater international exposure. In the 2023 NBA draft, two of the team's players were selected in the top 10 of the draft, with Victor Wembanyama being selected #1 by the San Antonio Spurs and Bilal Coulibaly being selected seventh overall by the Indiana Pacers and then traded to the Washington Wizards.[citation needed]

The following season after Wembanyama's departure, Metropolitans struggled in the 2023–24 LNB Élite season. The team finished last in the league standing and was relegated to the LNB Pro B.[4] The team's mother organization was previously funded by the Boulogne-Billancourt municipality, however, the municipality decided to cut the basketball club from its costs and searched for investors that were interested in purchasing the team. In May 2024, it was announced that the team had gone bankrupt.[5][6] However, in order to mitigate the problem, the club decided to drop out of playing in the LNB Pro B that season and instead demote themselves further downward into the Nationale Masculine 1.[citation needed]

Arenas

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The Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in November 2011

Metropolitans play their home games at the 4,000 seat[7][8] Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan. Over the years, the club has also used the 4,200 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin, as its home venue.

Honours and titles

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Domestic competitions

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Season by season

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Season Tier League Pos. French Cup Leaders Cup European competitions
2007–08 1 Pro A 15th Round of 32
2008–09 2 Pro B 2nd Round of 16
2009–10 1 Pro A 7th Round of 32
2010–11 1 Pro A 13th Round of 16 3 EuroChallengeQR
2011–12 1 Pro A 6th Round of 32 Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1 Pro A 12th Champion Semifinalist 3 EuroChallengeQF
2013–14 1 Pro A 6th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist 2 EurocupRS
2014–15 1 Pro A 11th Round of 16
2015–16 1 Pro A 14th Round of 16
2016–17 1 Pro A 3rd Round of 16
2017–18 1 Pro A 10th Semifinalist 2 EuroCupRS
2018–19 1 Pro A 12th Semifinalist
2019–20 1 Pro A 4th Quarterfinalist
2020–21 1 Pro A 6th Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCupQF
2021–22 1 Pro A 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCupQF

Players

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Current roster

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

Metropolitans Basketball Club roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 0 France United States Milling, Kane 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (2001-03-11)11 March 2001
F 1 France Adzeh, Craig 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (2003-05-26)26 May 2003
G 2 Cameroon United States Minlend Jr., Charles 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1997-12-19)19 December 1997
G 3 France Giffa, Kezza 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2002-11-13)13 November 2002
G 7 France Thalien, Kevin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1992-02-20)20 February 1992
SF 8 France Spain Digbeu, Tom 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (2001-09-24)24 September 2001
G/F 9 France Philibert, Noah 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2006-08-02)2 August 2006
SF 10 Republic of the Congo Oniangue, Giovan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1991-04-22)22 April 1991
SF 11 United States Stansbury, Solly 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1995-03-06)6 March 1995
C 19 France Colson, Lionel 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2002-05-05)5 May 2002
C 21 United States Moore Jr., Clifton 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 27 – (1999-08-18)18 August 1999
F 25 France Kamdem, Hugo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2002-12-10)10 December 2002
G 44 France Tchicamboud, Jayson 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (2002-01-28)28 January 2002
G 47 Ivory Coast Dadiet, Maxence 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1999-03-02)2 March 1999
F 77 Lithuania Keršis, Zigmas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2007-07-29)29 July 2007
Head coach
  • France Sacha Giffa
Assistant coach(es)
  • France Colin Tejedor
  • France Steeve Essart
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 13 September 2026

Notable players

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Wembanyama looking up, preparing to shoot a basketball.
Victor Wembanyama became the breakout player for the team during the 2022–23 season and lead the Pro A each category of points, rebounds, and blocks. He won the LNB Pro A Best Defender, LNB Pro A Best Scorer, LNB Pro A Best Young Player (which Wembanyama won three straight), and Best Blocker. He was the youngest player to won a LNB Pro A MVP and also selected as LNB All-Star Game as a team captain which he also won the All-Star Game's MVP. Due to his performance, he was selected first overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft with the San Antonio Spurs.

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
France:

Europe:

US:

Rest of Americas:

Africa:

Oceania:

Head coaches

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ History of Paris Levallois (in French).[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "Le Paris Levallois devient les Levallois Metropolitans" (in French). Paris-Levallois Basket. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ "Jeep Élite : Boris Diaw officiellement président des Metropolitans 92 - Basket - Jeep Elite". L'Équipe. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ↑ à 12h05, Par Julien Lesage Le 16 avril 2024 (16 April 2024). "Les Metropolitans 92 relégués en Pro B : le récit d'une saison « lunaire » qui a tourné à la « mascarade »". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ à 14h10, Par Julien Lesage Le 14 mai 2024 (14 May 2024). "Basket : fin de l'histoire pour les Metropolitans 92, qui vont disparaître". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Victor Wembanyama's former team Metropolitans 92 goes bankrupt". basketnews.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan (in French).
  8. ↑ Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan (in French).
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