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{{short description|Basketball team}}

{{Infobox Basketball club

| name = Filou Oostende

| nickname = BCO

| logo = Filou Oostende logo.png

| image_size = 160px

| leagues = BNXT League

| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1970|05|25}}

| history = {{Collapsible list|Sunair Oostende
(1970–1999)
Telindus Oostende
(1999–2008)
Base Oostende
(2008–2010)
Telenet Oostende
(2010–2017)
Oostende
(2017–2018)
Filou Oostende
(2018–present)}}

| arena = COREtec Dôme

| capacity = 5,000

| location = Ostend, Belgium

| sponsor = Van Honsebrouck Brewery

| president = Johan Verborgh

| coach = Dario Gjergja

| championships = 25 Belgian Championships
21 Belgian Cups
12 Belgian Supercups
3 BNXT Supercup
1 BeNeLux Cup

| website = {{URL|https://www.bcoostende.be}}

| retired_numbers = 2 (10), (20)

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Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. Oostende is the most successful basketball club in Belgian history, as the club's honour list includes a record twenty-five Belgian League championships, a record nineteen Belgian Cups and eleven Belgian Supercups.

History

The club was founded on 25 May 1970 and started playing as Sunair Oostende. The team colors were blue and yellow. BCO – a nickname of the club – started in the Belgian Second Division but promoted in its first season after it took the title. But in the First Division the team relegated immediately. But BCO bounced back and promoted once again and got its final spot in the First Division, as they never relegated since.

In the 1974–75 season the club made its first appearance in Europe, when it played 10 games in the Korać Cup. In 1979 the first trophy was won by Oostende: the Belgian Basketball Cup with Ron Adams as head coach. In 1981 the first national title became a fact for BC Oostende, Roger Dutremble was head coach. The club eventually won 6th straight titles in a row in Belgium. In 1988 the club won the first and only BeNeLux Cup.

Before the 1999–2000 season the club got its first name change, as the name of the club became Telindus Oostende, which referred to the new main sponsor. After the club won some more trophies to add to its honour list, the club got a new arena in the Sea'rena – that was named the Sleuyter Arena after one season{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=GI010PO65 |title=Sea'rena wordt omgedoopt tot Sleuyter Arena |work=Nieuwsblad.be |date=27 August 2006 |access-date=2014-06-10}} and had a capacity of 5,000 people – in 2005.

=Thirteen consecutive championships (2011–2024)=

File:BCO Logo.png

Before the start of the 2010–11 season the club name was changed in Telenet (BC) Oostende. In the second Telenet season Jean-Marc Jaumin was fired by the club and the Croatian coach Dario Gjergja took over his tasks.{{cite web|author=13u04 |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20111130_080 |title=Basketclub Oostende ontslaat coach Jean-Marc Jaumin |work=Nieuwsblad.be |date=2011-11-30 |access-date=2014-06-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=6P3J170R |title=Gjergja vervangt Jaumin als coach (Oostende) - Het Nieuwsblad |publisher=Nieuwsblad.be |date=2011-12-01 |access-date=2014-06-10}} After that the club won the national title, by beating Spirou Charleroi 3–2 in the Finals, Game 5 ended in 75–74 after overtime.{{cite web|author=Justin Hamilton |url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/zaal/basketbal/1.1325542 |title=Oostende is basketkampioen na bloedstollende finale |work=Sporza.be |access-date=2014-06-10}}

File:Telenet Oostende logo 2014.png

The championship in 2011 was the start of a nice streak for Gjergja, as BCO won the double in 2012–13.{{cite web|url=http://snap.telenet.be/fun-en-vrije-tijd/artikel/bc-telenet-oostende-wint-belgische-beker-basketbal |title=BC Telenet Oostende wint Belgische beker basketbal | Snap! |language=nl |publisher=Snap.telenet.be |access-date=2014-06-10}} Star player of the team was Matt Lojeski, who was named League MVP.{{cite web|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/956/Meer-Sport/article/detail/1631411/2013/05/12/Amerikaan-Lojeski-BC-Oostende-MVP.dhtml |title=Amerikaan Lojeski (BC Oostende) MVP |publisher=HLN.be |date=2013-02-16 |access-date=2014-05-22}}

In 2013–14, the club won the double once again, as BCO beat Okapi Aalstar 3–2 in the Finals.{{cite web|url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_zaalsporten/cat_basketbal/1.1992427 |title=Oppermachtig Oostende verlengt zijn basketbaltitel |work=Sporza.be |access-date=2014-06-10}} Oostende earlier beat Antwerp Giants in the Cup Final.{{cite web|url=http://www.focus-wtv.be/sport/bc-oostende-bekerkampioen-basket |title=BC Oostende bekerkampioen basket | Focus & WTV |language=nl |publisher=Focus-wtv.be |date=2014-04-21 |access-date=2014-06-10}} The Serbian point guard Dušan Đorđević shined for Oostende, as he was the Belgian Cup MVP and the league MVP.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcoostende.be/el/dusan-djordjevic-verkozen-tot-mvp-van-de-competitie/ |title=Dusan Djordjevic verkozen tot MVP van de reguliere competitie |work=Bcoostende.be |date=2014-05-18 |access-date=2014-06-10}}{{Cite news | url = https://www.eurobasket.com/Belgium/basketball.aspx?NewsID=359113 | title = Telenet BC Oostende wins the Base Cup 2014 at the Heysel Palais 12 | work = Eurobasket.com | access-date= 2014-04-22 | date = 2014-04-22}}

On September 23 (2014), the club retired Veselin Petrović's number 10.{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20140923_01283829|title='BCO voelt aan als familie'|first=PETER|last=ROSSEL|date=24 September 2014 }}

In 2017, the club won its sixth-consecutive championship.[http://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20170614_02925753/telenet-oostende-is-voor-zesde-keer-op-rij-kampioen-in-het-basketbal Telenet Oostende is voor zesde keer op rij kampioen in het basketbal] After the 2016–17 season, main sponsor Telenet left the club in order to sponsor Antwerp Giants instead.[http://www.madeinmechelen.be/nieuws/telenet-sponsort-voortaan-antwerp-giants-in-plaats-van-oostende/ TELENET SPONSORT VOORTAAN ANTWERP GIANTS IN PLAATS VAN OOSTENDE]

In 2018, the club set a new record by winning its seventh consecutive championship.

[https://sporza.be/nl/2018/06/13/oostende-verovert-voor-eigen-volk-7e-titel-op-een-rij/] In the 2018–19 season, the team was named Filou Oostende after a sponsorship agreement with beer brand Filou, brewed by Van Honsebrouck Brewery.{{cite web | title= Basketbalclub Oostende stelt nieuwe hoofdsponsor voor. | website=BC Oostende | date=31 August 2018 | url=https://www.bcoostende.be/champions-league/basketbalclub-oostende-stelt-nieuwe-hoofdsponsor-voor/ | language=nl | access-date=1 September 2018}}

In 2019 Ostend became champions again, for the eighth time in a row. They beat Antwerp in the finals.

In 2020 Ostend was declared champions when the 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were leading the standings at that time.{{cite web|url=http://euromillionsbasketball.be/article?id=5848 |title=EuroMillions Basketball League cancelled due to coronavirus |date=2020-03-14 |access-date=2020-03-14}} On July 2, 2020, head coach Dario Gjergja extended his contract for five more year.{{cite web | url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1076387/oostende-keeps-dario-gjergja-for-five-more-years/ | title=Oostende keeps Dario Gjergja for five more years | date=2 July 2020 | publisher=Eurohoops.net | access-date=7 September 2020 }} On July 7, team captain Đorđević extended his contract for two more years until 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://kw.be/sport/basketbal/dusan-djordjevic-twee-jaar-langer-bij-kampioen-filou-oostende/article-normal-450601.html?cookie_check=1594286821|title=Dusan Djordjevic twee jaar langer bij kampioen Filou Oostende|date=7 July 2020}}

On 9 June 2021, Ostend secured their 10th consecutive domestic title. By beating Mons-Hainaut in the final series (3-1) Ostend brought home the 7th double in 10 years, as they beat Mechelen in the cupfinal earlier in the season.

Since the 2021–22 season, Oostende plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.{{cite web |title=Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend |url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/licenties-bnxt-league-2021-2022-toegekend/ |website=Basketball League |access-date=10 July 2021 |language=nl}}

On May 8 (2024) the club retired Dusan Djordjevic's shirt number 20. He won 12 consecutive national championships with the team.

Sponsorship names

For sponsorship reasons, the name of the club has been frequently changed.

  • Sunair Oostende: (1970–1999)
  • Orange Oostende: (1999–2000)
  • Telindus Oostende: (2000–2008)
  • Base Oostende: (2008–2010)
  • Telenet Oostende: (2010–2017)
  • Filou Oostende: (2018–present)

Honours

=Domestic competitions=

:Champions (25): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018-19, 2019–20{{refn|group=note|name=first|The 2019–20 Pro Basketball League season was ended on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, Oostende were named champions based on standings at that time.}}, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

:Winners (21): 1961–62, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2024-25

:Winners (12): 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021

  • Second division :

: Winners (3): 1958–59, 1970-71, 1972-73

=Regional competitions=

:Winners (3): 2021, 2022, 2023

:Winners (1): 1987–88

=European competitions=

:Third place (1): 2010–11

Players

=Current roster=

{{Basketball roster nationality note}}

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{{player3 | num = 0 | nat = USA | first = Timmy | last = Allen | m = 1.98 | pos = SF | year=2000 | month=01 | date=09}}

{{player3 | num = 1 | nat = USA | first = Chase | last = Audige | m = 1.93 | pos = SG | year=1999 | month=06 | date=29}}

{{player3 | num = 4 | nat = BEL | first = Simon | last = Buysse | m = 1.98 | pos = GF | year=1997 | month=08 | date=25}}

{{player3 | num = 5 | nat = NED | first = Marijn | last = Ververs | m = 1.94 | pos = PG | year=1998 | month=09 | date=17}}

{{player3 | num = 7 | nat = BEL | first = Corentin | last = Efono | m = 1.91 | pos = G | year=2006 | month=08 | date=04}}

{{player3 | num = 8 | nat = BEL | first = Joppe | last = Mennes | m = 1.97 | pos = F | year=2003 | month=05 | date=20}}

{{player3 | num = 13| nat = EST | first = Matthias | last = Tass | m = 2.08 | pos = C | year=1999 | month=03 | date=23}}

{{player3 | num = 14| nat = BEL | first = Servaas | last = Buysschaert | m = 2.04 | pos = PF | year=1999 | month=03 | date=19}}

{{player3 | num = 15| nat = USA | first = Caleb | last = Daniels | m = 1.93 | pos = SG | year=1999 | month=05 | date=17}}

{{player3 | num = 16| nat = BEL | first = Haris | last = Bratanovic | m = 2.08 | pos = C | year=2001 | month=04 | date=20 }}

{{player3 | num = 18| nat = BEL | first = Matteo | last = Verstraete | m = 1.93 | pos = G | year=2003 | month=11 | date=12}}

{{player3 | num = 30| nat = BEL | first = Pierre-Antoine| last = Gillet | m = 2.01 | pos = PF | year=1991 | month=04 | date=16 | note = C}}

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| roster_url = https://bcoostende.be/team/

| accessdate = March 31, 2025

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=Retired numbers=

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colspan="6" style="{{Basketball color cell|BC Oostende}}"|BC Oostende retired numbers
style="{{Basketball color cell2|BC Oostende}}"|No

! style="{{Basketball color cell2|BC Oostende}}"|{{Tooltip|Nat.|Nationality}}

! style="{{Basketball color cell2|BC Oostende}}"|Player

! style="{{Basketball color cell2|BC Oostende}}"|Position

! style="{{Basketball color cell2|BC Oostende}}"|Tenure

! style="{{Basketball color cell2|BC Oostende}}"|Ref.

10{{flagicon|SRB}}Veselin PetrovićSF2005–2014
20{{flagicon|SRB}}Dušan ĐorđevićG2011–2023{{Cite web|url=https://bcoostende.be/nieuws/number-retirement-dusan/|title=Number retirement Dusan|last=|first=|date=April 24, 2024|website=bcoostende.be|publisher=|language=nl|access-date=May 20, 2024}}

Season by season

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!Season

!Tier

!League

!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after Play-offs}}

!Belgian Cup

!colspan=2|European competitions

style="background:#efefef;"| 2000–01

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| bgcolor=gold | Champion

| 1 SuproLeague

align=center|{{Tooltip|EF|Eightfinals}}
style="background:#efefef;"| 2001–02

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

|

| 1 Euroleague

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"| 2002–03

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:#c96; text-align:center;"| 3rd

|

| 2 ULEB Cup

align=center| {{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"| 2003–04

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background: ; text-align:center;"| 4th

| bgcolor=silver | Runner–up

| 3 Europe League

align=center|{{Tooltip|EF|Eightfinals}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2004–05

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background: ; text-align:center;"| 4th

|

| 2 ULEB Cup

align=center| {{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2005–06

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

|

| colspan=2 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

|

2 ULEB Cupalign=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="text-align:center;"| 5th

| style="background:gold"| Champion

2 ULEB Cupalign=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="text-align:center;"| 7th

|

3 EuroChallengealign=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2009–10

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:#c96; text-align:center;"| 3rd

| style="background:gold"| Champion

| colspan=2 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2010–11

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="text-align:center;"| 4th

| style="background:silver"| Runner-up

| 3 EuroChallenge

style="text-align:center; background:#c96;"| 3rd
style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

|

| 2 Eurocup

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| style="background:gold"| Champion

| 2 Eurocup

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2013–14

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| style="background:gold"| Champion

| 2 Eurocup

align=center|{{Tooltip|L32|Last 32}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2014–15

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| style="background:gold"| Champion

| 2 Eurocup

align=center|{{Tooltip|L32|Last 32}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2015–16

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| style="background:gold"| Champion

| 3 Europe Cup

align=center|{{Tooltip|R16|Round of 16}}
rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|2016–17

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 1

| rowspan=2 | BLB

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold"| Champion

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular Season}}
4 Europe Cupalign=center |{{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}
rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|2017–18

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 1

| rowspan=2 |BLB

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|Champion

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular Season}}
4 Europe Cupalign=center |{{Tooltip|R16|Round of 16}}
rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|2018–19

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 1

| rowspan=2 |BLB

| rowspan=2 style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| rowspan=2 bgcolor=silver|Runner-up

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular Season}}
4 Europe Cupalign=center |{{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2019–20

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| |BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| Semifinalist

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|R16|Round of 16}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2020–21

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| BLB

| style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st

| bgcolor=gold| Champion

| 3 Champions League

align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular Season}}

Notable players

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References

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Notes

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External links

{{Commons category|BC Oostende}}

  • {{Official website|https://www.bcoostende.be}} {{in lang|nl}}
  • [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Telenet_Oostende/332?team=332 Eurobasket.com profile]
  • [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/teams/?seasoncode=u2013&clubcode=OOS EuroCup profile]
  • [http://www.championsleague.basketball/19-20/team/Filou-Oostende Basketball Champions League 2019-20 profile]

{{BC Oostende current roster}}

{{BNXT League}}

Oostende

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