SLAC (basketball club)

Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club, commonly known as SLAC, is a Guinean basketball team from Conakry. The team plays in the Ligue 1, as well as in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in of the 2023 season. SLAC has won the Ligue 1 championship six times in history.

SLAC
SLAC logo
LeaguesLigue 1
Basketball Africa League
Founded2004
HistorySeydou Legacy Athlétique Club
2004–present
ArenaPalais des Sports du Stade du 28 Septembre
LocationConakry, Guinea
PresidentAboubacar Keita [1]
Head coachŽeljko Zečević
Championships6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)

SLAC plays its home games in the Palais de Sports de Stade du 28 Septembre, located next to the multi-purpose stadium.

History

In March 2018, SLAC made its debut in the FIBA Africa Basketball League, the top pan-African league.[2] On 1 March 2018, SLAC played its first game ever at an African main tournament, losing 80–65 to JS Kairouan.[3]

In 2019, SLAC won its fourth domestic championship after beating BACK in the finals.[4] Qualified as national champion of Guinea, SLAC played in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[5] Before the start of the qualifiers, SLAC attracted Serbian head coach Zeljko Zecevic.[1]

The following year, the team returned to the BAL qualifiers and qualified after beating Mali's AS Police after overtime in the semifinal.[6] As a result, SLAC became the first team from Guinea to play in the BAL. With a 2–3 record in the Sahara Conference behind standout guard Chris Crawford, the team qualified for the playoffs.[7] There, SLAC lost in the quarter-finals to the defending champions Zamalek from Egypt.

In the 2023 BAL season, they had a 1–4 record and thus failed to qualify for the playoffs a second year in a row.

Players

Current roster

The following was the SLAC roster for the 2022 BAL season:[8]

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

SLAC roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 Guinea Sankhon, Mbembah 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1995-02-02)2 February 1995
SG 2 United States Crawford, Chris (I) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1997-03-13)13 March 1997
C 4 Nigeria Obekpa, Chris (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1993-11-14)14 November 1993
PF 5 Guinea Sidibe, Djibril 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2000-11-27)27 November 2000
SF 6 Guinea Mara, Dioumba 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1993-10-15)15 October 1993
SG 10 Guinea Keita, Mamadi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 35 – (1988-03-10)10 March 1988
PF 11 United States Miller Jr., Dane (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1990-05-10)10 May 1990
PG 12 Senegal Mbaye, Serigne (E) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2003-04-04)4 April 2003
SF 13 Guinea Camara, Aboubacar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2000-10-26)26 October 2000
PF/C 23 Nigeria Nzeakor, Josh (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1997-06-13)13 June 1997
CG 24 Guinea Fofana, Ibrahim 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-06-24)24 June 1998
PG 28 Guinea Kaba, Alpha 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2004-02-27)27 February 2004
F 34 Guinea Keita, Mohamed 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 20 – (2003-03-20)20 March 2003
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Senegal Souleymane Camara
  • Egypt Mohamed El-Prince Ahmed
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • (E): BAL Elevate player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 8, 2022

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Chris Obekpa Mohamed Keita
PF Josh Nzeakor Djibril Sibide
SF Dane Miller Jr. Dioumba Mara Aboubacar Camara
SG Chris Crawford Mamadi Keita Alpha Kaba
PG Ibrahim Fofana Serigne Mbaye Mbembah Sankhon

Notable players
  Players who have represented their country
  Players who have played in the NBA
  Players who have won an individual award while at the club

The following list of former SLAC players includes players who have played at least one official international match for their country, have won a major award or have played in the National Basketball Association.

Name Nationality Position SLAC career
Ibrahima Kalil Fofana  Guinea PG 2018–
Dane Miller Jr.  United States PF 2018–
Mamadou Keita  Mali SG 2021
Mohamed Keita  Guinea C 2022
Chris Crawford  United States SG 2022
Chris Obekpa  Nigeria C 2022
Uchenna Iroegbu  Nigeria PG 2023
Mambourou Mara  Guinea PF 2023–

Head coaches

Honours

Ligue 1

  • Winners (6): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

Basketball Africa League

In the Basketball Africa League
Season Road to BAL Main competition
W L Result Qualified W L Result
2021 1 2 First phase No DNQ
2022 3 3  Silver Yes 3 3 Quarter-finalist
2023 4 1  Silver Yes 1 4 DNQ
Total 8 6 2/3 4 7

References
  1. "BASKET AFRICA LEAGUE : Le SLAC de Guinée frappe fort". 24 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. "History made as Guinean club SLAC qualify for inaugural FIBA AfroLeague 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. "JS Kairouan v S.L.A.C. boxscore - FIBA Africa Basketball League". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2019.
  4. "Guinée-Basket: le SLAC remporte le championnat!". Africafootunited.com. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  5. "African clubs to compete in qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League confirmed". FIBA Africa. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. "Guinea's SLAC stun AS Police in OT, qualify to Basketball Africa League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. "How teams are gearing up for the 2022 BAL Quarter-Finals". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  8. "S.L.A.C at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021: Roster". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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