Paris Basket Racing

Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, was a French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in 1922, as the basketball section of the multi-sports club Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000. In 2007, the club merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form the current version of the club, known first as Paris-Levallois Basket, and later as Levallois Metropolitans and Metropolitans 92.

History
Paris Basket Racing won three French national championships in the 1950s, in the 1950–51, 1952–53, and 1953–54 seasons, then won a French Pro A title in the 1996–97 season.

In 2007, the club merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form the club's newest incarnation, Paris-Levallois Basket. After the merger, Paris-Levallois Basket retained all of the history of both Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket. Paris-Levallois Basket was then renamed Levallois Metropolitans in 2017, and Metropolitans 92 in 2019.

Names of the club

 * Racing Club France Basket (RC France Basket): (1922–1989)
 * Racing Paris Basket: (1989–1992)
 * Paris Saint Germain Racing Basket (PSG Racing Basket): (1992–2000)
 * Paris Basket Racing: (2000–2007)

Arenas
Paris Basket Racing played its home games at the 4,000 seat Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, and at the 4,200 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin.

Domestic competitions

 * French League
 * Champions (4): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1997
 * Runners-up (1): 1956
 * French Federation Cup
 * Runners-up (3): 1956, 1993, 2000
 * French Second Division
 * Champions (4): 1936, 1954, 1977, 1985

Notable players
France:
 * 🇫🇷 Arsène Ade-Mensah
 * 🇫🇷 Yann Bonato
 * 🇫🇷 Robert Busnel
 * 🇫🇷 Richard Dacoury
 * 🇫🇷 Mamoutou Diarra
 * 🇫🇷 Hervé Dubuisson
 * 🇫🇷 Frédéric Forte
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Freimuller
 * 🇫🇷 Thierry Gadou
 * 🇫🇷 Philippe Hervé
 * 🇫🇷 Freddy Hufnagel
 * 🇫🇷 Cyril Julian
 * 🇫🇷 Éric Micoud
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Monclar
 * 🇫🇷 Robert Monclar
 * 🇫🇷 Franck Mériguet
 * 🇫🇷 T. J. Parker
 * 🇫🇷 Tony Parker
 * 🇫🇷 Jean Perniceni
 * 🇫🇷 Stéphane Risacher
 * 🇫🇷 Thierry Rupert
 * 🇫🇷 Victor Samnick
 * 🇫🇷 Jean-Marc Sétier
 * 🇫🇷 Laurent Sciarra
 * 🇫🇷 Stephane Bouchardon

USA:
 * 🇺🇸 CC Harrison
 * 🇺🇸 John Linehan
 * 🇺🇸 Jerrod Mustaf
 * 🇺🇸 J. R. Reid
 * 🇺🇸 Larry Stewart
 * 🇺🇸 Sedale Threatt

Europe:
 * 🇷🇸-🇦🇹 Nedeljko Ašćerić
 * 🇹🇷 Yalçın Granit
 * Dragan Kićanović
 * Dejan Koturović
 * Nikola Lončar
 * 🇮🇱 Erez Markovich
 * 🇭🇺-🇫🇷 François Németh
 * -🇫🇷 Marko Ostarčević
 * Žarko Paspalj
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksiy Pecherov
 * 🇪🇸 Alfonso Reyes
 * 🇧🇪 Eric Struelens
 * 🇹🇷 Mirsad Türkcan
 * 🇸🇮 Jure Zdovc

Asia:
 * 🇯🇵-🇺🇸 J. R. Sakuragi

Head coaches

 * 🇫🇷 Robert Busnel: (1949–1952)
 * 🇫🇷 Jean Perniceni: (1952–1954)
 * 🇫🇷 Robert Monclar: (1954–1959, 1965–1966)
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Freimuller: (1959–1961)
 * 🇫🇷 Laurent Franchescini: (1961–1963, 1967–1968)
 * 🇫🇷 Edmond Gondal: (1969–1971)
 * 🇫🇷 Antoine Schneider & 🇫🇷 Jacques Pocquet: (1971–1972)
 * 🇫🇷 Gérard de Félices: (1973–1974)
 * 🇫🇷 Gérard Mullon & -🇫🇷 Marko Ostarčević: (1977–1978)
 * 🇫🇷 Dominique Richard Laurent Dorigo: (1985–1986)
 * 🇫🇷 George Eddy & 🇫🇷 André Buffière: (1986–1987)
 * 🇫🇷 Jean-Michel Sénégal: (1987–1989)
 * 🇫🇷 Laurent Dorigo: (1989)
 * 🇫🇷 George Fischer & 🇫🇷 Grég Beugnot & 🇫🇷 Laurent Bosc: (1989–1990)
 * 🇫🇷 Grég Beugnot: (1989–92)
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Singleton: (1993–97)
 * 🇫🇷 Jacky Renaud & 🇫🇷 Didier Dobbels: (1997)
 * Božidar Maljković: (1997–98)
 * 🇫🇷 Erik Lehmann: (2001–02)
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Monclar: (2002–05)
 * 🇨🇦/🇫🇮 Gordon Herbert: (2005–06)
 * Ilias Zouros: (2006–07)