| Orléans Loiret Basket | |||
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| Leagues | Pro B | ||
| Founded | 1993; 32 years ago (1993) | ||
| History | Entente Orléanaise Loiret (1993–2010) Orléans Loiret Basket (2010–present) | ||
| Arena | CO'Met Arena | ||
| Capacity | 10134 | ||
| Location | Orléans, France | ||
| Team colors | Maroon, Gold | ||
| President | Olivier Rouet | ||
| Head coach | Lamine Kébé | ||
| Championships | 1Pro B Championship 1French Cup 1 Leaders Cup Pro B | ||
| Website | orleansloiretbasket.fr | ||
Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known asEntente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professionalbasketball club that is based in the city ofOrléans,France. "45" is the number ofLoiret. The club plays in theFrench Pro B League.
Entente Orléanaise was founded in 1993. The club was theFrench Cup runner-up and theFrench Pro B League champion in 2006. Orléans Loiret Basket competed in theFrench Pro A League for the first time in the 2006–07 season. In 2009 and 2010, the club was the FrenchLa Semaine des As Cup runner-up.
The following season, the club competed in theEuroLeague, Europe's most prestigious competition. At the end of the season, in 2010, OLB won theFrench Cup, againstGravelines-Dunkerque, which was the first national cup title win in their history.
In 2017, the club was relegated to the second division,Pro B, before returning toBetclic Elite two years later, qualifying for the play-offs in 2021 and dropping back down to Pro B in 2022.
Until the end of March 2023, they played games at the 3,222-capacityPalais des Sports, with the big games being played at the 5,500-capacityZénith d'Orléans. 2023 was marked by their entry into their new major venue, the 10 134-capacity CO'Met Arena.
In 2025, OLB won a new trophy, the Leaders Cup Pro B, beatingBoulazac.
The club's home arena forPro B national domestic games is the 10134 seatCO'Met Arena.
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| EuroLeague | |||
| 2009–10 | Regular season | 6th place in Group B withOlympiacos,Unicaja,Partizan,Efes Pilsen andLietuvos rytas | |
| EuroCup | |||
| 2010–11 | Qualifying round | Eliminated byAzovmash in the qualifying round | |
| 2012–13 | Regular season | 4th place in Group H withSpartak Saint Petersburg,Ulm andDinamo Sassari | |
| FIBA EuroChallenge | |||
| 2010–11 | Regular season | 4th place in Group H withOostende,Mons-Hainaut andSLUC Nancy | |
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | French Cup | European competitions | |
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| 2009–10 | 1 | Pro A | 6th | Champions | 1Euroleague | RS |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Pro A | 11th | 3EuroChallenge | RS | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Pro A | 3rd | |||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Pro A | 10th | 2Eurocup | RS | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Pro A | 9th | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Pro A | 16th | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Pro A | 11th | |||
| 2016–17 | 1 | Pro A | 17th | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | Pro B | 6th | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Pro B | 2nd | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Pro A | 13th | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Pro A | 8th | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Pro A | 17th | |||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Pro B | 7th | |||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Pro B | 4th | |||
| 2024–25 | 1 | Pro B | 3th | |||
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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