GS Pétroliers (basketball)

Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (Arabic: المجمع الرياضي البترولي; English: Sports Group of Oil Fields), also known as GSP, is the basketball team of the homonymous multi-sport club. The club is based in Algiers, Algeria. The team was founded on 7 August 1921 and plays its home games in the Salle Hacène Harcha, which has a capacity of 8,000 people. The team has won a record 20 Algerian national championships.[1]

GS Pétroliers
NicknameLe Doyen
LeaguesAlgerian Basketball Championship
Founded7 August 1921 (1921-08-07)
ArenaSalle Hacène Harcha
Capacity8,000
LocationAlgiers, Algeria
PresidentDjaâfar Belhocine
Head coachMohamed Krideche
Championships20 Algerian Leagues
20 Algerian Cups

Pétroliers played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2021 season.

History

The team was originally part of the Mouloudia Club d'Alger (MC Alger) club, but became a part of GS Pétroliers on 2 June 2008. Starting from the 1999–2000 season, the team has won numerous titles in Algeria.

On 30 November 2019, GSP qualified for the 2020 Basketball Africa League (BAL) by winning the West Division in the qualifying tournament.[2] The season was later re-scheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. GSP lost its three game in the group stage.

Players

Current roster

The following is the GS Pétroliers roster for the 2021 BAL season:

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

GS Pétroliers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 Guermate, Mohamed Zaki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993
PG 5 Bourkaib, Merouane 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 30 – (1992-02-09)9 February 1992
G 15 Boutiba, Ahmed 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1995-12-22)22 December 1995
PG 21 Belkhodja, Fayçal 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – (1988-02-03)3 February 1988
PF 22 Belkacemi, Nadjem 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1987-02-03)3 February 1987
F 24 Aggoun, Oussama 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1994-05-10)10 May 1994
G 32 Benayad-Cherif, Hichem 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1990-02-24)24 February 1990
G 33 Dekkiche, Abdesslem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 36 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986
PF 34 Hamdini, Abdellah 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1992-01-11)11 January 1992
C 41 Ghezzoul, Touhami 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 35 – (1987-01-05)5 January 1987
PF 42 Harat, Mohamed 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1990-06-09)9 June 1990
C 50 Adrar, Mustapha (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 40 – (1982-04-12)12 April 1982
C 55 Seddik Touati, Mohamed 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 35 – (1987-01-25)25 January 1987
Head coach
  • Soufiane Boulahia
Assistant coach(es)
  • Faradjellah Harrouni
  • Mohamed Krideche

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured

Updated: 16 May 2021

Season-by-season record

Season Regular season Algerian Cup African competitions
Division Pos Pts P W L GF GA
1988–89 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
1989–90 Super Division A000000
1990–91 Super Division A000000 Semifinalist
1991–92 Super Division A000000
1992–93 Super Division A000000 Champion
1993–94 Super Division A000000
1994–95 Super Division A000000 Runner-up
1995–96 Super Division A000000
1996–97 Super Division A000000 Round of 16
1997–98 Super Division A000000 Runner-up
1998–99 Super Division A000000
1999–00 Super Division AChampion402218400
2000–01 Super Division AChampion000000 Runner-up
2001–02 Super Division A000000
2002–03 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2003–04 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2004–05 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2005–06 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2006–07 Super Division ARunner-up000000 Round of 16
2007–08 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2008–09 Super Division ARunner-up000000 Runner-up
2009–10 Super Division AChampion000000
2010–11 Super Division AChampion603030028141654 Champion
2011–12 Super Division AChampion583028227861792 Champion
2012–13 Super Division ARunner-up33181621502970 Champion
2013–14 Super Division AChampion35181711219978 Champion
2014–15 Super Division AChampion472423118391369 Champion
2015–16 Super Division AChampion502624221541663 Champion
2016–17 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion 1 Champions Cup6th4–3
2017–18 National 1000000 2 Champions Cup8th3–5

Honours

National

Algerian Championship

  • Champions (20): 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Algerian Cup

  • Champions (20):1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

International

Arab Championship

  • Runners-up (1): 2015

References

  1. "GS Pétroliers basketball". sebbar.kazeo.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. "GSP, FAP qualify to the regular season of Basketball Africa League 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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