Lille Métropole BC

LMBC
Leagues	Pro B
Founded	1994 (1994)
History	Lille Métropole Basket (1921–present)
Arena	Palais des Sports Saint-Sauveur
Capacity	1,800
Location	Lille, France
President	Servais Tomavo
Head coach	Jean-Marc Dupraz
Team captain	Nicolas Taccoen
Website	www.lmbc.fr

Lille Métropole Basket Clubs, often referred to as LMBC, is a French professional basketball club based in Lille. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro B, the second division of basketball in France.

Players

Current roster

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

Lille Métropole Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Golson, Vincent 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 30 – (1994-02-01)1 February 1994 PG 6 Meyniel, Gaëtan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2000-07-15)15 July 2000 PF 11 Phillip, Lien 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1989-10-25)25 October 1989 SF 12 Lasserre, Marc-Olivier 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2002-05-03)3 May 2002 C 13 Miyem, Essomé 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 22 – (2001-07-15)15 July 2001 SF 17 Thirouard-Samson, Lorenzo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-02-19)19 February 2001 SG 18 Suka-Umu, Marcos 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 38 – (1985-07-06)6 July 1985 G 20 Loubaki, Luc 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1997-01-20)20 January 1997 PG 22 Kherzane, Ismaïl 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – (2002-02-02)2 February 2002 PF 42 Ponsar, Carl 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-04-02)2 April 1997 SF Eyenga, Christian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-05-22)22 May 1989	Head coach Maxime Bézin Assistant coach(es) Josselyn Rallec Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 12, 2023

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Other competitions		Playoffs
2011–12	2	Pro B	10th	First round
2012–13	2	Pro B	11th	Round of 16
2013–14	2	Pro B	16th	First round
2014–15	2	Pro B	11th	First round
2015–16	2	Pro B	9th	First round
2016–17	2	Pro B	3rd	Round of 16	Pro B Leaders Cup	SF	First Round
2017-18	2	Pro B	5th	First round	Pro B Leaders Cup	First round	Semifinals
2018-19	2	Pro B	14th	Round of 32	Pro B Leaders Cup	First round
2019-20	2	Pro B	6th	Cancelled	Pro B Leaders Cup	First round
2020-21	2	Pro B	9th	Round of 32	Pro B Leaders Cup	First round
2021-22	2	Pro B	16th	Round of 32	Pro B Leaders Cup	First round

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

• Jean-Victor Traore
• Jason Siggers
• Ivan Almeida

External links

• Official website (in French)