Limoges CSP

Limoges CSP
Leagues	Pro A Champions League
Founded	1929; 97 years ago (1929)
History	Limoges CSP (1929–present)
Arena	Beaublanc
Capacity	6,506
Location	Limoges, France
Team colors	Green, white, gold
Head coach	Arnaud Tessier
Championships	1 EuroLeague 1 Saporta Cup 3 Korać Cup 11 French Championships 6 French Cup 2 French League Cup 1 French Basketball Supercup
Retired numbers	3 (4, 7, 8)
Website	limogescsp.com
Home Away

Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges, France. The club competes in the highest tier, the LNB Élite, and has won the French championship 11 times, as well as the EuroLeague once, in 1993.

History

The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became the first French club to win a major European-wide title in a team sport, by winning the FIBA European League (EuroLeague) in 1993.

In the 1999–2000 season, Limoges won its 9th top-tier level French League title, but it was relegated to the French second division LNB Pro B, after winning it, because of financial problems. The club didn't get back to its old state for a long time, as it spent the next 3 years in the Pro A, but was relegated again in 2004 after finishing dead last. Starting with the 2004–05 season, Limoges played in the NM1, the French third division, due to continued financial problems. It took the club six seasons to eventually return to the Pro A.

In the 2013–14 season, Limoges returned to its old glory, as the team captured its 10th French League national championship, by beating Strasbourg IG 0–3 in the French League Finals. Alex Acker was named Finals MVP.

The club thus qualified for the 2014–15 EuroLeague by winning the French League championship, which would be their first appearance in the top European-wide league in 17 seasons. In the EuroLeague, Limoges lost 8 out of 10 games, managing to win against UNICS and Cedevita, before being relegated to the European-wide second tier level EuroCup. In the EuroCup Round of 32, Limoges was eliminated, after finishing 3rd in Group J. In the French Pro A, Limoges once again had a successful season. In the regular season, Limoges finished in 3rd place behind JSF Nanterre and Strasbourg IG, but in the French League playoffs, they made up for that. In the French League Finals, Limoges beat Strasbourg 1–3, to win back-to-back French League titles. Ousmane Camara was named Finals MVP. Under pressure from local authorities and after considering various options, Céline Forte finally agreed to the sale of the club on june 9. Following its takeover by Lionel Peluhet, the CSP was ultimately accepted into the BetClic Elite for the 2024-2025 season. On january 13, 2025 the day after a loss to Le Portel (77-98), head coach Jean-Marc Dupraz was suspended and replaced by his assistant Mikko Larkas. In april 2026, following a string of losses (10 out of the last 13 games), Dario Gjergja was suspended and replaced on an interim basis by Arnaud Tessier

Arena

Limoges plays its home games at the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, which has a seating capacity of 6,500 people. The Palais des sports was inaugurated on november 28, 1981, in the presence of Minister Charles Hernu and the senator-mayor of Limoges Louis Longequeue, CSP hosts ASVEL Basket for the occasion although the first match had already taken place on october 14, 1981. The project for a Palais des sports first emerged in 1955: at the initiative of Albert Chaminade (1912-2009), a proposal was put forward to roof over the 4,000-seat Beaublanc basketball court a facility that had been abandoned since the early 1960s.

The city of Limoges, through its mayor, Emile-Roger Lombertie has initiated the transformation of the Beaublanc site; the project includes the construction of two annex halls for the Beaublanc sports hall. The provisional schedule targets the completion of these two annex halls by mid-2027, followed by the restructuring of the sports hall itself (2027-2029).

Roster

Retired numbers

Limoges CSP retired numbers
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Date Retired
4		Frédéric Forte	PG	1988–1989, 1991–1997	2020
7		Richard Dacoury	SG/SF	1978–1996	2010
8		Ed Murphy	SG/SF	1981–1985	2016

Current roster

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

Limoges CSP roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0 Horne, DJ 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (2000-10-31)31 October 2000 PG 6 Albicy, Andrew 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 PG 9 Webster, Tai 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1995-05-29)29 May 1995 C 13 Labeyrie, Louis 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 SF 14 Invernizzi, Hugo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993 G/F 15 Lang, Nicolas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 36 – (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 C 20 Ware, Gavin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1993-10-19)19 October 1993 C 27 Dossou, Jean-Fabrice 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (2000-04-06)6 April 2000 G/F 29 Dubos, Clement 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2007-07-16)16 July 2007 SF 32 Guisse, Mamadou 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (2001-12-15)15 December 2001 SG 37 Stergar, Leon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (2000-03-17)17 March 2000 F/C 44 Sene, Sidy 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 20 – (2006-05-06)6 May 2006 G 73 Masdieu-Reynaert, Noam 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2005-01-21)21 January 2005 G 87 Masdieu-Reynaert, Yael 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2008-03-07)7 March 2008	Head coach Arnaud Tessier Assistant coach(es) Vladimir Nestorović Jules Bosse Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 3, 2026

Honours

Successive shirts

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  1929–1992
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  1992–2004
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  2004–2011
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  2011

Supporters and rivalries

The club has a large fan-base, with a dedicated ultras group called Ultras Green.

Season by season

Season by season results of the club in national league, national cup and European-wide competitions.

International record

In European and worldwide competitions

The road to the European Cup victories

1981–82 FIBA Korać Cup Round Team   Home     Away   1st round T71 Dudelange 108–56 92–83 2nd round Aris 106–77 77–88 Top 16 Spartak Leningrad 76–69 106–89 Cotonificio 101–90 89–93 Carrera Venezia 105–101 84–107 Semi-finals Zadar 99–78 84–92 Final Šibenka 90–84

1982–83 FIBA Korać Cup Round Team   Home     Away   2nd round Bye as title holder Top 16 Crvena zvezda 80–78 83–93 Nová huť Ostrava 90–82 89–76 Banco di Roma 87–80 74–73 Semi-finals Dynamo Moscow 92–79 86–93 Final Šibenka 94–86

1987–88 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Round Team   Home     Away   2nd round UU 108–104 123–94 Quarter-finals Polycell Kingston 122–109 108–106 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 93–86 111–92 IMT 114–103 102–93 Semi-finals Scavolini Pesaro 102–86 91–93 Final Ram Joventut 96–89

1992–93 FIBA European League Round Team   Home     Away   2nd round Guildford Kings 71–57 72–72 Top 16 Partizan Bye PAOK 60–58 57–67 Knorr Bologna 63–76 67–70 Marbella Joventut 65–73 78–62 Cibona 83–52 62–58 Scavolini Pesaro 61–47 76–61 Maccabi Tel Aviv 75–63 69–70 Quarter-finals Olympiacos 59–53 67–70 60–58 Semi-final Real Madrid Teka 62–52 Final Benetton Treviso 59–55

1999–00 FIBA Korać Cup Round Team   Home     Away   1st round Bye 2nd round Ovarense Aerosoles 93–84 80–66 Telindus Racing Antwerpen 81–75 56–59 Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada 90–77 73–63 Top 32 UNICS 93–69 86–64 Top 16 CSKA Kyiv 86–73 100–71 Quarter-finals Türk Telekom 71–57 67–75 Semi-finals Casademont Girona 69–57 77–77 Finals Unicaja 80–58 51–60

Notable players

Head coaches

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Limoges CSP.

• Official website
• Encyclocsp.eu (in French)
• Beaublanc.com (in French)