BC Oostende

Telenet Oostende
Nickname	BCO
Leagues	Belgian League Champions League
Founded	25 May 1970 (1970-05-25)
History	Sunair Oostende 1970–1999 Telindus Oostende 1999–2008 Base Oostende 2008–2010 Telenet Oostende 2010–present
Arena	Sleuyter Arena
Arena Capacity	5,000
Location	Ostend, Belgium
Team colors	Gold, Black
President	Johan Verborgh
Head coach	Dario Gjergja
Championships	17 Belgian Championships 17 Belgian Cups 9 Belgian Supercups 1 BeNeLux Cup
Retired numbers	1 (10)
Website	bcoostende.be
Uniforms
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BC Oostende, for sponsorship reasons known as Telenet Oostende, is a Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes in the top Belgian League. The club's honour list includes 17 Belgian Leagues, 17 Belgian Cups, 9 Belgian Supercups, and 1 BeNeLux Cup.

History

The club was founded on May 25, 1970 and started playing as Sunair Oostende. The team colors were blue and yellow. BCO – a nickname of the club – started in the Belgian Second Division but promoted in its first season after it took the title. But in the First Division the team relegated immediately. But BCO bounced back and promoted once again and got its final spot in the First Division, as they never relegated since.

In the 1974–75 season the club made its first appearance in Europe, when it played 10 games in the Korać Cup. In 1979 the first trophie was won by Oostende: the Belgian Basketball Cup with Ron Adams as head coach. In 1981 the first national title became a fact for BC Oostende, Roger Dutremble was head coach. The club eventually won 6th straight titles in a row in Belgium. In 1988 the club won the first and only BeNeLux Cup.

Before the 1999–2000 season the club got its first name change, as the name of the club became Telindus Oostende, which referred to the new main sponsor. After the club won some more trophies to add to its honour list, the club got a new arena in the Sea'rena – that was named the Sleuyter Arena after one season^[1] and had a capacity of 5,000 people – in 2005.

2011–present: Three-Peat

Before the start of the 2010–11 season the club name was changed in Telenet (BC) Oostende. In the second Telenet season Jean-Marc Jaumin was fired by the club and the Croatian coach Dario Gjergja took over his tasks.^[2][3] After that the club won the national title, by beating Spirou Charleroi 3–2 in the Finals, Game 5 ended in 75–74 after overtime.^[4]

The championship in 2011 was the start of a nice streak for Gjergja, as BCO won the double in 2012–13.^[4][5] Star player of the team was Matt Lojeski, who was named League MVP.^[6]

In 2013–14, the club won the double once again, as BCO beat Okapi Aalstar 3–2 in the Finals.^[7] Oostende earlier beat Antwerp Giants in the Cup Final.^[8] The Serbian point guard Dušan Đorđević shined for Oostende, as he was the Belgian Cup MVP and the league MVP.^[9][10]

On 23 September 2014, the club retired Veselin Petrović's number 10.^[11]

Names

For sponsorship reasons, the name of the club has been frequently changed.

• Sunair Oostende: (1970–1999)
• Telindus Oostende: (1999–2008)
• Base Oostende: (2008–2010)
• Telenet Oostende: (2010–present)

Honours

• Belgian League: 17

1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

• Belgian Basketball Cup: 17

1962, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

• Belgian Basketball Supercup: 9

1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2014, 2015

• BeNeLux Cup: 1

1988

Roster

Retired numbers

BCO retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
10		Veselin Petrović	SF	2005–2014

Current roster

Telenet Oostende roster roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 4.0 !PF 7000400000000000000♠4 BEL ! Lambrecht, Tim 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 1.0 !PG 7000500000000000000♠5 BEL ! Serron, Quentin 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 2.0 !SG 7000700000000000000♠7 USA ! Beal, Jermaine 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 2.0 !SG 7000800000000000000♠8 BIH ! Buza, Nedim 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 3.5 !F 7001120000000000000♠12 BEL ! Gillet, Pierre-Antoine 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-04-16)16 April 1991 2.0 !SG 7001130000000000000♠13 BEL ! Salumu, Jean 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 5.0 !C 7001140000000000000♠14 SRB ! Katić, Raško 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 5.0 !C 7001150000000000000♠15 BEL ! Boukichou, Khalid 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 1.0 !PG 7001200000000000000♠20 SRB ! Đorđević, Dušan (C) 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-03-29)29 March 1983 4.5 !F/C 7001210000000000000♠21 USA ! Archie, Dominique 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-08-19)19 August 1987 2.0 !SG 7001220000000000000♠22 USA ! Gibson, Kyle 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 4.0 !PF SRB ! Jagodić-Kuridža, Marko 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 3.5 !F SRB ! Kešelj, Marko 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-01-02)2 January 1988	Head coach Dario Gjergja Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 27, 2016

Season by season

Notable players

References

External links

• Official Website (Dutch)
• Eurobasket.com Webpage
• BCO Fan Club (Dutch)
• Official Belgian League Website
• Official Eurocup Webpage