AS Salé (basketball)

Association Sportive Salé (Arabic: جمعية سلا), commonly known as AS Salé, is a Moroccan basketball club from Salé. The club competes in the Division Excellence. Notable players of the team include senior men's Moroccan national basketball team members Abderrahim Najah, Zakaria El Masbahi and Soufiane Kourdou.

AS Salé
NicknameLes Corsaires (Corsairs)
Pirates du Bouregreg (Pirates of the Bou Regreg)
LeaguesDivision Excellence
Founded1928
HistoryAS Salé
1928–present
ArenaSalle El Bouâzzaoui
Capacity2,000
LocationSalé, Morocco
PresidentMohamed Saâd Hassar
Head coachŽeljko Zečević
Team captainZakaria El Masbahi
Championships1 FIBA Africa League
9 Moroccan Leagues
11 Moroccan Cups
Websiteassbasketball.com
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Salé has won the Moroccan championship 9 times and the Moroccan cup 11 times. The team won one continental title, the FIBA Africa Champions Cup which it won in 2017. Salé also participated in the first two seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2021 and 2022.

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