AS Salé (basketball)
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Association Sportive Salé (Arabic: جمعية سلا), commonly known as AS Salé, is a Moroccan basketball club from Salé. The club competes in the Division Excellence. Notable players of the team include senior men's Moroccan national basketball team members Abderrahim Najah, Zakaria El Masbahi and Soufiane Kourdou.
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Nickname | Les Corsaires (Corsairs) Pirates du Bouregreg (Pirates of the Bou Regreg) | |||
Leagues | Division Excellence | |||
Founded | 1928 | |||
History | AS Salé 1928–present | |||
Arena | Salle El Bouâzzaoui | |||
Capacity | 2,000 | |||
Location | Salé, Morocco | |||
President | Mohamed Saâd Hassar | |||
Head coach | Željko Zečević | |||
Team captain | Zakaria El Masbahi | |||
Championships | 1 FIBA Africa League 9 Moroccan Leagues 11 Moroccan Cups | |||
Website | assbasketball.com | |||
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Salé has won the Moroccan championship 9 times and the Moroccan cup 11 times. The team won one continental title, the FIBA Africa Champions Cup which it won in 2017. Salé also participated in the first two seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2021 and 2022.