SLAC (basketball club)
Basketball team in Conakry, Guinea
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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.
Basketball Africa League
2004–present
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| Leagues | Ligue 1 Basketball Africa League | |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| History | Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club 2004–present | |
| Arena | Palais des Sports du Stade du 28 Septembre | |
| Location | Conakry, Guinea | |
| President | Aboubacar Keita | |
| Head coach | Paolo Povia | |
| Championships | 6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021) | |
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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.[1] On 1 March 2018, SLAC played its first game ever at an African main tournament, losing 80–65 to JS Kairouan.[2]
In 2019, SLAC won its fourth domestic championship after beating BACK in the finals.[3] Qualified as national champion of Guinea, SLAC played in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[4] Before the start of the qualifiers, SLAC attracted Serbian head coach Zeljko Zecevic.[5]
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. SLAC's star player Dane Miller Jr. was named to the All-BAL First Team.[8] In the 2023 offseason, SLAC's accomplished coach Željko Zečević departed the team for AS Salé. The club hired Italian coach Paolo Povia, former head coach of the Ivory Coast national team, as his replacement.[9]
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
Notable players
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 |
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| 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
Željko Zečević: (2021–2023)
Paolo Povia: (2023–present)
Honours
- Winners (6): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
In the Basketball Africa League
| Season | Road to BAL | Main competition | ||||||
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| W | L | Result | Qualified | W | L | Result | ||
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | First phase |  |
DNQ | |||
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |  Silver |
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3 | 3 | Quarter-finalist | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | Silver |
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1 | 4 | DNQ | |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 2/3 | 4 | 7 | |||
