Metropolitans 92

Metropolitans 92
Metropolitans 92
Nickname	Mets 92
Leagues	LNB Pro B
Founded	9 June 2007; 17 years ago
History	Paris-Levallois Basket; 2007–2017; Levallois Metropolitans; 2017–2019; Metropolitans 92; 2019–present
Arena	Marcel Cerdan Sports Palace
Capacity	4,000
Location	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Team colors	Navy and Gold ;
President	Alain Bouvard
Head coach	Vincent Collet
Championships	1 French Federation Cup; 1 French Supercup
Website	metropolitans92.com

Metropolitans 92 is a French professional basketball club that is based in Levallois-Perret, in the Paris metropolitan area. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the highest-tier level in French basketball.

The club was established in 2007, as Paris-Levallois Basket. Its home arena is the Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people. Levallois has won two titles thus far, winning the French Federation Cup and the Match des Champions (French Supercup), both in 2013.

The team is most known for being the former club of Victor Wembanyama, who went on to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected number one in the 2023 NBA draft after his sole season with Metropolitans. In 2024, it was announced that the team went bankrupt and will fold.

History

Named after the French Revolution, the club was founded in its current form in 2007, with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of Levallois-Perret, and started to play with the name of Paris-Levallois Basket. The club retains all of the history and titles of Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket.^[1]

Despite beginning in the top-tier level of French basketball, the LNB Pro A, Paris-Levallois was relegated to the French second-tier level LNB Pro B, after finishing second from the bottom in the 2007–08 season. The club returned to the Pro A at the first opportunity, by claiming the league promotion from the Pro B in the 2008–09 season. Since then, the club has played in the top tier of French basketball.

On 5 July 2017, the club's board of directors agreed to change the name of the club to Levallois Metropolitans.^[2] On 4 July 2019, former NBA player Boris Diaw was announced as the club's new president, succeeding Jean-Pierre Aubry.^[3]

In the 2022–23 season, French young star Victor Wembanyama joined the team from ASVEL. Wenbanyama was widely projected to be the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft. In October, the Metropolitans played exhibition games against the NBA G League Ignite in the United States, giving the club international exposure. In the 2023 NBA draft, two of the team's players were selected in the top 10 of the draft, with Victor Wembanyama being selected #1 by the San Antonio Spurs and Bilal Coulibaly being selected seventh overall by the Indiana Pacers and then traded to the Washington Wizards.

The following season after Wembanyama's departure, Metropolitans struggled in the 2023–24 LNB Élite season. The team finished last in the league standing and was relegated to the LNB Pro B.^[4] The team's mother organization was previously funded by the Boulogne-Billancourt municipality, however, the municipality decided to cut the basketball club from its costs and searched for investors that were interested in purchasing the team. In May 2024, it was announced that the team had gone bankrupt.^[5]^[6]

Arenas

Metropolitans 92 play their home games at the 4,000 seat^[7]^[8] Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan. Over the years, the club has also used the 4,200 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin, as its home venue.

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

French Federation Cup
- Winners (1): 2012–13
Match des Champions (French Supercup)
- Winners (1): 2013
Tournoi de Toulouse
- Winners (1): 2014

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2007–08	1	Pro A	15th	Round of 32
2008–09	2	Pro B	2nd	Round of 16
2009–10	1	Pro A	7th	Round of 32
2010–11	1	Pro A	13th	Round of 16		3 EuroChallenge	QR
2011–12	1	Pro A	6th	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist
2012–13	1	Pro A	12th	Champion	Semifinalist	3 EuroChallenge	QF
2013–14	1	Pro A	6th	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	Pro A	11th	Round of 16
2015–16	1	Pro A	14th	Round of 16
2016–17	1	Pro A	3rd	Round of 16
2017–18	1	Pro A	10th	Semifinalist		2 EuroCup	RS
2018–19	1	Pro A	12th	Semifinalist
2019–20	1	Pro A	4th	Quarterfinalist
2020–21	1	Pro A	6th	Quarterfinalist		2 EuroCup	QF
2021–22	1	Pro A	3rd	Quarterfinalist		2 EuroCup	QF

Players

Current roster

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Metropolitans 92 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PF	9	Sorokas, Paulius	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1992-08-25)25 August 1992
G	10	Brown, Tevin	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	26 – (1998-09-23)23 September 1998
F	12	Dicko, Moussa	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	20 – (2004-06-16)16 June 2004
G	20	Gegić, Amar	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	26 – (1998-02-14)14 February 1998
PF	21	Loum, Abdoulaye	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	33 – (1991-04-03)3 April 1991
C	24	Omić, Alen	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	32 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992
SG	33	Toupane, Axel	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992

Head coach

Laurent Foirest

Assistant coach(es)

Nebojša Bogavac
Jean-Paul Besson

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 19, 2023

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.