Spirou Charleroi

Val-Dieu Spirou Basket
Nickname	Karolo's
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	1989; 37 years ago (1989)
History	Spirou Monceau 1989–1990 Spirou Basket de Charleroi 1990–present
Arena	Spiroudome
Capacity	6,300
Location	Charleroi, Belgium
President	Jean-Jacques Cloquet
Head coach	Sam Rotsaert
Team captain	Eric Nottage
Championships	10 Belgian Championships 5 Belgian Cups 7 Belgian Supercups
Website	www.spiroubasket.be
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Spirou Basket, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome which can host 6,300 people.

Established in 1989, the team is named after the long-running Belgian comics magazine Spirou, the publisher of which, Dupuis, is based in Marcinelle, Charleroi.

History

Spirou Charleroi has won the Belgian League championship ten times (1996–99, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the Belgian Cup 5 times (1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009), and the Belgian Supercup 7 times (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010).

In the 1996–97 season, Spirou made its debut in the Euroleague, the highest continental league of Europe. The club participated in the regular phase of the tournament in four other seasons (2000–01, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12).

During the 2004–05 season, Spirou reached the quarter-finals of the EuroCup, its best result on the European stage to date.

On July 29, 2014, Jacques Stas became the new head coach of the club while his predecessor Giovanni Bozzi replaced him as team president.

Since the 2021–22 season, Spirou plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Sponsorship names

Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

• Spirou Monceau (1989–1990)
• Spirou Charleroi (1990–2011)
• Belgacom Spirou (2011–2014)
• Proximus Spirou (2014–2018)
• Val-Dieu Spirou (2025–present)

Current roster

Val-Dieu Spirou Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 0 Hawkins, Nigel 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (2000-04-10)10 April 2000 PG 3 Heath, Josh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1994-12-28)28 December 1994 PG 4 Makwa, Malcolm 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 20 – (2006-01-02)2 January 2006 SG 5 Polet, Adedayo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2005-07-01)1 July 2005 C 6 Andre, Eduardo 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (2001-05-17)17 May 2001 PG 7 Rotsaert, Jules 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2009-05-18)18 May 2009 SF 13 Zecevic, Lukijan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2005-06-15)15 June 2005 F 17 Kruithof, Lukas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000 C 20 Vaara, Luukas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (2001-04-22)22 April 2001 F 22 Konieczny, J.R. 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 C 25 Tlarhi Amrani, Mohammed 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2005-05-25)25 May 2005 SF 33 Hofman, Sam 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (2000-07-12)12 July 2000	Head coach Sam Rotsaert Assistant coach(es) Frederic Wilmot Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 13, 2026

Honours

• Belgian League
  • Champions (10): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
    • Runners-up (7): 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2004–05, 2011–12
• Belgian Cup
  • Winners (5): 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
    • Runners-up (7): 1996-97, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2019-20, 2023-24
• Belgian Supercup
  • Winners (7): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
• Charleroi, Belgium Invitational Game
  • Winners (1): 2008

Season by season

Notable players

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spirou Charleroi.

• Official website (in French)
• Eurocup – Team profile
• Eurobasket.com – Team page