Wikipedia - SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer

Stade Olympique Maritime Boulonnais, commonly known as SOMB, is a French professional basketball club based in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. The team currently plays in the French third division, the Nationale Masculine 1.

History

SOMB was founded on 5 September 1935. In the first years, basketball remained dormant in the club; the first games were played in the 1939–40 season. After a stop of activities during World War II, the team became an official FFBB team in 1945. In 1953 the club started its bigger development: youth teams were added and the first team played in the national Second Division.

In the 2013–14 season, SOMB won the Pro B, and promoted to the Pro A for the first time. They were relegated back to Pro B after the season.

Basketlaget Boulogne-sur-Mer, ofta kallat ESSM Le Portel, är en fransk professionell basketklubb baserad i staden Le Portel i Pas-de-Calais. Laget grundades 1934 och spelar i LNB Pro A, den högsta nivån av fransk basket.

ESSM Le Portel har aldrig vunnit ett större mästerskap, men de har nått finalen i Coupe de France två gånger, 2012 och 2017. De har också representerat Frankrike i FIBA Europe Cup, där de nådde semifinalen 2016.

Lagets hemmaarena är Le Chaudron, som har en kapacitet på 3 500 personer. Lagets huvudtränare är Éric Girard, som har varit i klubben sedan 2018.

Några av de mest kända spelarna som har spelat för ESSM Le Portel inkluderar:

* Mickaël Gelabale
* Daniel Ewing
* Jamal Shuler
* Khadim Sow
* Amara Sy