Stade Auto Lyon

Stade Auto Lyon
Founded 1948
History 1948–Present
Arena Automobile Berliet
Location Lyon, France France
Team colors Red & yellow
         
Championships 1 French Cup
1 French League 2
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Stade Auto Lyon or SAL is a French basketball club based in Lyon, now disappeared from the high and mid level of French professional leagues.

History

The year 1916 marks the creation by the founder of Berliet automobiles, Marius Berliet, of Union Sportive Berliet for enterprise workers can practice sports. Several sections was open: basketball, rugby, football, etc.

During the Second World War the club goes out and, in 1944, founded the Stade Berliet . The following year a new name finally adopted and it was Stade Auto Lyon . The SAL was the first sports club in the Lyon region from 1949 to 1970. The basketball section for nine seasons, belonged to the elite championship of France for a record of 82 wins, 4 draws and 72 defeats in 158 matches.

The club won the French Cup in 1960–61 against the PUC and finished second in the championship in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1967–68 seasons.

The 1968–69 season, SAL took part for first and only time in the European Cup Winners Cup where they were eliminated in the second round by the Bulgarian Levski-Spartak (crashing defeat in Sofia with 53–85 and victory in Lyon with a score of 75–63).

Honours

Total titles: (2)

French Cup

French League 2

Notable players

Notable coaches

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