FUS Rabat
FUS Rabat logo
LeagueDivision Excellence
BAL
Founded10 April 1946 (1946-04-10)
ArenaSalle Abderrahmane Bouânane
Capacity1,500
LocationRabat, Morocco
PresidentSaid El Yamani
Head coachSaid El Bouzidi
Websitefus.ma

Fath Union Sport (Arabic: اتحاد الفتح الرياضي) commonly called FUS or FUS Rabat, is a Moroccan basketball club based in Rabat. The team currently plays in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The team is the basketball section of the multi-sports club with the same name. FUS is the most successful club in Moroccan history, having won a record 18 national titles.

Home games are played in the Salle Abderrahmane Bouânane, where there is capacity for 1,500 people.

History

The club was founded on 10 April 1946. The basketball team's first championship came 22 years later, in 1968. In 2001 and 2004, FUS won its sixteenth and seventeenth national titles.

In the 2022–23 season, FUS won its record extending 18th Division Excellence title, ending a 19-year drought.[1] The team was led by French head coach Stéphane Dumas.

As the national champions, FUS played in the 2024 tournament of the Road to BAL. On 4 November 2023, FUS clinched their first-ever spot in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), following a 78-60 win over FAP in the semi-finals.[2]

Honours

Division Excellence[3]

  • Champions (18): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023

Moroccan Throne Cup[3]

  • Champions (9): 1972, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1991, 2002, 2004

Players

Current roster

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

FUS Rabat roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 1 United States Jordan, Devante 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 31 – (1992-10-07)7 October 1992
G 3 Morocco Nouhi, Ayoub 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-01-07)7 January 1999
G 5 Morocco El Haoua, Abdelkarim 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
PG 6 Morocco Darib, Jaouad 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1997-06-28)28 June 1997
PF 7 Morocco Zeghloul, Mohamed Anas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2004-08-04)4 August 2004
G 8 Morocco Benhmine, Soufiane 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992
PF 11 Morocco Zouita, Abdelhakim 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 37 – (1986-08-12)12 August 1986
C 15 Mali Diarra, Aliou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 22 – (2001-12-31)31 December 2001
C 17 Nigeria Orizu, Prince 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1994-08-10)10 August 1994
PF 24 United States Shepard, Winston 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993
PF 32 Morocco Azouga, Badr Eddine 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995
SF 55 Belgium Baeri, Yacine 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1989-04-10)10 April 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Morocco Ahmed Salam
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2 November 2023

Head coach

References

  1. ↑ "Basketball: le FUS sacré champion du Maroc". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "FUS Rabat clinch BAL ticket". FIBA.basketball. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 History of FUS Rabat
  4. ↑ "Stéphane Dumas devient coach principal du FUS de Rabat". BeBasket (in French). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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