Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of Loiret. The club plays in the French Pro B League.
History
Entente Orléanaise was founded in 1993. The club was the French Cup runner-up and the French Pro B League champion in 2006. Orléans Loiret Basket competed in the French Pro A League for the first time in the 2006–07 season. In 2009 and 2010, the club was the French La Semaine des As Cup runner-up.
The following season, the club competed in the EuroLeague, Europe's most prestigious competition. At the end of the season, in 2010, OLB won the French Cup, against Gravelines-Dunkerque, which was the first national cup title win in their history.
In 2017, the club was relegated to the second division, Pro B, before returning to Betclic Elite two years later, qualifying for the play-offs in 2021 and dropping back down to Pro B in 2022.
Until the end of March 2023, they played games at the 3,222-capacity Palais des Sports, with the big games being played at the 5,500-capacity Zénith d'Orléans. 2023 was marked by their entry into their new major venue, the 10 150-capacity CO'Met Arena.
In 2025, OLB won a new trophy, the Leaders Cup Pro B, beating Boulazac. The following year, in 2026, it was won again Caen Basket Calvados.
Arena The club's home arena for Pro B national domestic games is the 10150 seat CO'Met Arena.
Honours and titles Domestic Pro B Champions (1): 2005–06 French Cup Winners (1): 2009–10 Leaders Cup Pro B'' Winners (1):''' 2024–25, 2025-26
European record Season Achievement Notes EuroLeague 2009–10 Regular season 6th place in Group B with Olympiacos, Unicaja, Partizan, Efes Pilsen and Lietuvos rytas EuroCup 2010–11 Qualifying round Eliminated by Azovmash in the qualifying round 2012–13 Regular season 4th place in Group H with Spartak Saint Petersburg, Ulm and Dinamo Sassari FIBA EuroChallenge 2010–11 Regular season 4th place in Group H with Oostende, Mons-Hainaut and SLUC Nancy
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueFrench CupEuropean competitions 2009–101 Pro A 6th Champions 1 Euroleague 2010–111 Pro A 11th 3 EuroChallenge 2011–121 Pro A 3rd 2012–131 Pro A 10th 2 Eurocup 2013–141 Pro A 9th 2014–151 Pro A 16th 2015–161 Pro A 11th 2016–171 Pro A 17th 2017–181 Pro B 6th 2018–191 Pro B 2nd 2019–201 Pro A 13th 2020–211 Pro A 8th 2021–221 Pro A 17th 2022–231 Pro B 7th 2023–241 Pro B 4th 2024–251 Pro B 3rd
Players Current roster
Notable players
Head coaches Philippe Herve Germain Castano
External links Official website Eurobasket.com Team Page Official Fan Site