Football team

Chalon/Saone

Club · France · LNB

«Élan Chalon»

241 Matches

124 wins

117 losses

20051–19982 Points

+69 Difference

83.2 Average per match

Form W L W W L W

Élan Chalon returned to Pro A in 2023, beating Champagne Basket in the promotion playoff final after two seasons spent in Pro B.

That earlier run stretched from 2009 to 2017. Chalon won the Pro A title in 2011–12, beating Le Mans, then took a second in 2016–17 against Strasbourg, and added two Coupe de France wins and a Semaine des As along the way. Runner-up in the FIBA Saporta Cup in 2001, in the FIBA EuroChallenge in 2012, and in the FIBA Europe Cup in 2017. A EuroLeague season followed the 2012 title, and for that campaign Le Colisée's capacity was pushed to 5,000; it has since settled back at 4,948.

The club has built a reputation for turning young players into NBA ones. Thabo Sefolosha came through Chalon between 2002 and 2005 before becoming the first player developed there to reach the NBA; his number 9 was retired in March 2024. Clint Capela started his professional career at the club a decade later, in 2012.

Founded in 1955 from the merger of Association Sportive Chalonnaise and Élan de Saint-Jean des Vignes, the club did not turn fully professional until 1994.

Chalon's derby is with JDA Dijon, the two Burgundy clubs meeting in what locals call the Derby Bourguignon.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

20 Oct	FIBA Europe Cup	Valmiera Glass VIA H
17 Oct	LNB	Cholet A	86:77	W
14 Oct	FIBA Europe Cup	Korfez Basket A	65:74	L
10 Oct	LNB	Nancy SLUC H	108:67	W
7 Oct	FIBA Europe Cup	Manchester Giants H	79:72	W
3 Oct	LNB	JL Bourg A	77:90	L