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SOA (basketball club)

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SOA
SOA logo
LeagueIvorian Basketball Championship
Founded1932
LocationYamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
ChairmanJulien N’Dri Kouamé
Philippe Mangou
Head coachFranck Sylva
Championships1 Ivorian Leagues

Société Omnisports de l'Armée, commonly known as SOA, is an Ivorian basketball club based in Yamoussoukro. The team competes in the Ivorian Basketball Championship and was founded in 1932. The basketball section is a part of the same-named multi sports club.

In 2021, SOA won its first-ever Ivorian championship after defeating ABC Fighters in two games.[1] Asshe Kokoun was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament.[2]

Honours

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Ivorian Basketball Championship

  • Champions (1): 2021

Ivorian Basketball SuperCup

  • Winners (1): 2024[3]

Players

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Current roster

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The following is the SOA roster in the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

SOA roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
0 Ivory Coast Lawore, Djonathan
1 Ivory Coast Dieng, Siré
G 2 Ivory Coast Kra, Ulrich
3 Ivory Coast Kouakou, N'Dri
PF 4 Ivory Coast Kone, Désiré
SF 5 Ivory Coast Oka, Loukou
6 Mali Guindo, Moussa
PG 10 Ivory Coast Agole, Gomon
C 11 Ivory Coast Traore, Aboubakar
12 Ivory Coast Koukoun, Asshe
G 15 Ivory Coast Kouadio, Kouadio
G 21 United States Cook, Da'Quan
F 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebondo Tambwe, Rodrigue
C 33 Serbia Tubak, Dragan
Head coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: December 11, 2021

Head coaches

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  • Franck Sylva
  • Coulibaly Larry
  • Sosthène Koné: (2023-present)[4]

References

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  1. ^ "ABC and SOA advance to the Finals". Afrobasket.com. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Finale Play-offs 2021 : La SOA tient son premier sacre". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 2021-06-29. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ "SOA clinch SuperCup 2024 title". www.afrobasket.com. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  4. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire : SOA enrôle le technicien Sosthène Koné". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
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