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LFB team roster changes for 2011-2012For the first time in years clubs started to release LFB team roster changes before the season came to an end.
This page is keeping track of announcements during the next few weeks and will be updated frequently. Just click on the club name to jump to the section of interest, otherwise just scroll down the page. Aix-en-Provence
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Two Spanish Olympians, Cindy Lima (left) and Tamara Abalde will be joining Aix-en-Provence next season. Lima has just finished a season with Ros Casares. Abalde started the season with Rivas Ecopolis and finished the season playing for Union Navarra Basket (UNB Obenasa Navarra). | Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Emmanuelle Gorjeu, Claire Tomaszewski, Zoi Dimitrakou, Lauren Neaves, Isabelle Strunc, Anaïs Viale, Margaux Okou-Zouzouo, Natalie Hurst, Sabrina Réghaïssia, Hollie Grima, Carren Gay |
Zoi Dimitrakou (Charleville-Mézières) Carren Gay (medical replacement) Lauren Neaves (Tarbes) Isabelle Strunc (Perpignan, LF2) Margaux Okou-Zouzouo |
Tamara Abalde (UNB Obenasa Navarra) Kelly Corre (Pleyber-Christ, LF2) Emmanuelle Gorjeu Sylvie Gruszczynski (COB Calais) Cindy Lima (Ros Casares, Spain) Natalie Hurst Elise Penaluna Sabrina Réghaïssia Claire Tomaszewski |
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Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin
Thibaut Petit will be the new coach for Arras next season. He will be in charge of a roster that will consist of eight professionals and four players from the academy.
Leilani Mitchell (left) will be back for her fourth season with the club. In addition Pauline Akonga N’Simbo and Krissy Badé have already agreed to return for the new season.
Laury Aulnette, Adja Konteh and Juliana Mialoundama will continue their development with the Espoir team and also maintain their place in the first team.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Leilani Mitchell, Laury Aulnette, Krissy Badé, Sarah Michel, Johanne Gomis, Olesia Malashenko, Adja Konteh, Marielle Amant, Aija Putnina, Pauline Akonga N’Simbo, Juliana Mialoundama, Olga Mazichenko, Natacha Doppée |
Marielle Amant (Bourges Basket) Natacha Doppée (Point Chaud BC Sprimont, Belgium) Johanne Gomis (Nantes-Rezé) Olesia Malashenko (BC Chevakata, Russia) Olga Mazichenko (medical replacement) Sarah Michel (Nantes-Rezé) Aija Putnina Bruno Blier (coach) Cécile Constanty (assistant coach) |
Laury Aulnette Pauline Akonga N’Simbo Krissy Badé Joyce Cousseins-Smith (Nantes-Rezé) Nadezda Grishaeva (Sparta&K Moscow Region, Russsia) Adja Konteh Gabriela Marginean (Panathinaikos, Greece) Juliana Mialoundama Leilani Mitchell Soana Lucet (University of Arizona) Alexandra Tchangoue (Le Havre,LF2) Thibaut Petit (coach) |
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Basket Landes
Camille Aubert (left) will be the only new player coming to the team this season. She is replacing Aminata Konate who has decided to move to another club.
Amélie Pochet who had suffered two serious injuries (ACL) and managed just four games in two seasons will be back also.
Dominique Lafargue who is the president of the club explained that Pochet's positive attitude during her rehabilitation and that despite not being able to play remained part of the team in a manner that he appreciated.
Sarah Ousfar the MVP from the U18 French cup final has been promoted to the first team.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Katarina Manic, Aminata Konate, Bineta Diouf, Anaïs Le Gluher, Julie Barennes, Laurie Lapeyre, Julia Borde, Marion Laborde, Amélie Pochet, Jennifer Humphrey, Tamera Young |
Aminata Konate Tamera Young |
Katarina Manic Camille Aubert (Toulouse) Bineta Diouf Anaïs Le Gluher Julie Barennes Laurie Lapeyre Julia Borde Marion Laborde Amélie Pochet Jennifer Humphrey Sarah Ousfar |
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Bourges Basket
Céline Dumerc will be returning after two years playing in Russia with UMMC Ekaterinburg. Hervé Bouty will be stepping down as assistant coach while Jérôme Authier will move into the latter role after four years with the Bourges Basketball Academy.
Pierre Vincent, the head coach for the last eight seasons, is not be returning to the bench at Bourges next season and will be replaced by Valérie Garnier.
Four players will be leaving this season: Ilona Burgrova, Anaël Lardy, Maja Miljkovic and Paoline Salagnac.
Kiesha Brown will be the second American on the roster for next season. She joins Marielle Amant and Christelle Diallo as the new faces at the club.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Anaël Lardy, Maja Miljkovic, Nwal-Endéné Miyem,, Margaux Galliou Loko Styliani Kaltsidou, Jennifer Digbeu, Cathy Joens, Paoline Salagnac, Emméline Ndongue, Ilona Burgrova |
Maja Miljkovic Ilona Burgrova Anaël Lardy (Challes-les-Eaux) Paoline Salagnac (Tarbes) Pierre Vincent (coach) |
Marielle Amant (Arras) Romane Bernies (Bourges Basket-Espoir> Kiesha Brown Christelle Diallo (CFBB-INSEP) Jennifer Digbeu Céline Dumerc (UMMC Ekaterinburg) Cathy Joens Margaux Galliou Loko Styliani Kaltsidou Nwal-Endéné Miyem Emméline Ndongue Valérie Garnier (coach-Toulouse) |
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Challes-les-Eaux
Clarisse Costaz who turned 25 in February announced her retirement from professional basket. She has been playing in pain for a while now and has decided she cannot continue.
Costaz won gold at the U20 European Championship for Women in 2005 and also picked up a bronze medal in the last U21 FIBA World Championship for Women in 2007. She also played for the senior team four times.
Magali Lacroix, the eldest active basketball player in the LFB confirmed her departure after the elimination of Challes-les-Eaux from the LFB Championship play-off series against Tarbes. She will continue her career at Charleville-Mézières.
| Roster 2011-2012 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Romy Bär, Bianca Thomas, Alexia Plagnard, Sabrina Palie, Mistie Bass Magali Lacroix Elodie Tadeuszak Clarisse Costaz, Manon Morel, Lalya Sidide, Jennifer Fleischer |
Clarisse Costaz (retired - injury) Jennifer Fleischer Magali Lacroix (Charleville-Mézières) Sabrina Palie Bianca Thomas (Higher Education)
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Danielle Nicole Page (ZTE NKK, Hungary) Romy Bär Mistie Bass Sara Chevaugeon (CFBB-INSEP) Anaël Lardy (Bourges Basket) Manon Morel Alexia Plagnard Mélanie Plust (Nantes-Rezé) Emilija Podrug (Nantes-Rezé) |
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Charleville-Mézières
Kristen Mann (in picture) was the first player in the LFB to officially announce her plans for the season 2011-2012. She will be staying in France but moving down south to play at Montpellier.
Amel Bouderra and Ekaterina Dimitrova will continue the LFB adventure with the club next season.
Assistant coach Frédéric Malherbe will be leaving Charleville after eight years. Six players that won the 2009-2010 NF1 championship moved up to the LFB with the club for this season. Most of those players will not be playing for this team next season.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Amel Bouderra, Carine Contessi, Bélinda M’Boma, Sarra Ouerghi, Alexia Kusion, Ekaterina Dimitrova, , Kristen Mann Djéné Diawara, Eléonore Grossemy, Patrycja Gulak-Lipka, Bojana Vulic |
Bélinda M’Boma Sarra Ouerghi (Lyon BF> Alexia Kusion (Roche Vendée, LF2) Kristen Mann (Lattes Montpellier) Patrycja Gulak-Lipka Bojana Vulic (left December 2010) Frédéric Malherbe (assistant coach) |
Valeriya Berezhynska (Mondeville) |
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Union Hainaut Basket - Saint Amand
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Steffi Sorensen, Emilie Duvivier, Clémence Beikes, Emilie Silbande-Petiteau, Noémie Lemaire, Céline Girard, Laetitia Kamba, Jasmon Covington, Elsa Martins, Alison Bales, Amanda Jackson, Lindsay Winston |
Steffi Sorensen (left in December 2010) Emilie Duvivier (COB Calais, LF2) Noémie Lemaire Céline Girard Laetitia Kamba (Mondeville) Jasmon Covington Elsa Martins (Pleyber-Christ, LF2 Alison Bales Amanda Jackson (short term contract) Lindsay Winston (medical replacement) |
Marie-Frédérique Aiyssi (SO Armentières, LF2) Clémence Beikes Amisha Carter (CCC Polkowice, Poland) Ashley Houts Stefanie Murphy (Boston College) Emilie Silbande-Petiteau |
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Lattes-Montpellier
Edwige Lawson-Wade's (in picture with Maria Stepanova) seven years of globe trotting has come to an end with her return to France and the LFB next season.
She left France after the 2003-2004 season and was playing in Russia, Israel and Spain. She also played in the WNBA.
The club has also signed Diandra Tchatchouang who is also returning to France after two years playing college hoops in the USA at Maryland.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Johanne Drozd, Virginie Brémont, Alicia Poto, Iva Perovanovic, Cyrielle Hughes, Brittainey Raven, Ana Lelas, Gaëlle Skrela, Sandra Dijon-Gérardin, Fatimatou Sacko, Raven Brittainey Ashley Morris Ines Ajanovic |
Ines Ajanovic Raven Brittainey (released November 2010) Cyrielle Hughes Ashley Morris (medical replacement) Iva Perovanovic (CCC Polkowice, Poland) |
Virginie Brémont Sandra Dijon-Gérardin Edwige Lawson-Wade (Ros Casares) Ana Lelas Kristen Mann (Charleville-Mézières) Mathilde Roche (Lattes-Montpellier-Espoir) Fatimatou Sacko Stephany Skrba (Aris Thessaloniki, Greece) Gaëlle Skrela Diandra TchatChouang |
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USO Mondeville
Lenae Williams and Valeriya Berezhynska (both in picture) will be playing at the Open LFB next season for different clubs. Berezhynska has signed with Charleville-Mézières while Williams and Aurélie Bonnan will join Nantes-Rezé.
Anne-Sophie Pagnier's departure has also been confirmed despite signing for two seasons. Pagnier is also going to Charleville-Mézières.
Esther Niamke-Moisan has announced to become a student-athlete in the USA.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Touty Gandega, Anne-Sophie Pagnier, Esther Niamké-Moisan, Aija Brumermane, K. B. Sharp, Lenae Williams, Yacine Séné; Pauline Thizy, Aurélie Bonnan, Valeriya Berezhynska |
Valeriya Berezhynska (Charleville-Mézières) Aurélie Bonnan (Nantes-Rezé) Esther Niamké-Moisan Anne-Sophie Pagnier (Charleville-Mézières) Yacine Séné (Charleville-Mézières) Pauline Thizy (Perpignan, LF2) Lenae Williams (Nantes-Rezé) |
Naignouma Coulibaly (Pleyber-Christ, LF2) Touty Gandega Giedre Paugaite (VICI Aistes Kaunas) Laetitia Kamba (Union Hainaut) Kadidia Minte (Rennes, LF2) Marie-Bernadette M'Buyamba (Mondeville espoir) K. B. Sharp Eglė Šulčiūtė Awa Sissoko (Mondeville espoir) Ingrid Tanqueray (Villeneuve d'Ascq) Margaux Touraud (Mondeville espoir) |
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Nantes-Rezé
Nantes-Rezé started the season with seven new players of which five were under the age of 22.
However they had a run of bad luck with injuries: Bernadette N’Goyisa's LFB season ended on the first day and she was replaced by Emilija Podrug.
Sonja Kireta was drafted in for Jenna Smith in January but then suffered a serious injury in February and was replaced by Lindsay Taylor.
Joyce Cousseins-Smith - (in picture) despite signing a three-year contract at the start of the 2010-2011 season - has confirmed she will not be returning.
The LFB roster for the new season will have more players with international experience.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Florine Basque, Caroline Aubert, Joyce Cousseins Smith, Mélanie Plust, Allison Hightower, Yuliya Andreyeva, Mame-Marie Sy-Diop, Jenna Smith, Sabine Niedola, Bernadette N’Goyisa, Morgane Eustache, Emilija Podrug Sonja Kireta, Lindsay Taylor |
Joyce Cousseins Smith (Arras) Morgane Eustache (Saint-Etienne, NF1) Sonja Kireta (medical replacement) Mame-Marie Sy-Diop Sabine Niedola Mélanie Plust (Challes-les-Eaux) Emilija Podrug (Challes-les-Eaux) Jenna Smith (released in December 2010 |
Yuliya Andreyeva Caroline Aubert Florine Basque Aurélie Bonnan (Mondeville) Johanne Gomis (Arras) Sarah Michell (Arras) Bernadette N’Goyisa Claire Stievenard (CFBB-INSEP) Doriane Tahane Lenae Williams (Mondeville) |
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Tarbes
Alain Jardel has decided to retire at the end of the season and Pascal Pisan will return as head coach. He had been released of his duties after only five games during the 2007-2008 season.
Isis Arrondo (left) is one of four French players returning for another season at Tarbes.
However Pauline Lo (Jannault) is joining former Tarbes coach François Gomez in Perpignan next season in the second division (LF2).
Last season Tarbes brought in six new players and a coach, so massive changes in the LFB team roster is nothing new for them.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Jelena Dubljevic, Erin Thorn, Ivanka Matic, Pauline Jannault-Lo, Isis Arrondo Naura El Gargati, Florence Lepron, Darline Nsoki, Ana-Maria Cata Chitiga, Vaida Sipaviciute, Marija Eric, Roneeka Hodges, Biljana Pavicevic, Brooke Smith |
Jelena Dubljevic Marija Eric (medical replacement) Darline Nsoki Pauline Lo (Perpignan, LF2) Biljana Pavicevic (medical replacement) Vaida Sipaviciute (released in December) Erin Thorn (returned to USA in March)
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Isis Arrondo Ana-Maria Cata Chitiga Ljubica Drljača Naura El Gargati Florence Lepron Lauren Neaves (Aix-en-Provence) Pauline Krawczyk (Lotus Gdynia) Charlotte Preiss (Anglet, NF2) Paoline Salagnac (Bourges Basket) |
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Entente Sportive Basket Villeneuve d'Ascq Lille Métropole
Kathy Wambe will be returning to France to continue her career playing basketball. She will be the mentor to Sabrine Bouzenna (left) who joins the club from the CFBB.
Wambe who played for Villeneuve d'Ascq from 2002 until 2008. She moved to Union Hainaut Basket for one season 2008-2009 and has been in Italy for the last two years with Cras Basket.
Four players will be returning from last season LFB team roster: Elodie Bertal, Laurie Datchy, Emilie Gomis and Olayinka Sanni.
Anne Breitreiner and Jillian Robbins are the final pieces in the clubs jigsaw puzzle for the new season.
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Elodie Bertal, Marjorie Carpréaux, Laurie Datchy, Emilie Gomis, Adrijana Knezevic, Bridgette Mitchell, Carine Paul, Fanny Ploegaerts, Julie Page, Olayinka Sannni, Ingrid Tanqueray, Carla Thomas |
Marjorie Carpréaux Adrijana Knezevic Bridgette Mitchell (medical replacement) Julie Page (released in January 2011) Ingrid Tanqueray (Mondeville) Carla Thomas |
Elodie Bertal Anne Breitreiner (Club Atletico Faenza, Italy) Sabrina Bouzenna (CFBB-INSEP) Carine Paul Laurie Datchy Emilie Gomis Alice Nayo (CFBB-INSEP) Jillian Robbins (Elitzur Rishon Le-Zion, Israel) Olayinka Sanni Kathy Wambe (Cras Basket, Italy). |
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Lyon Basket Féminin
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Candyce Sellars, Charline Servage, Géraldine Bertal, Julie Legoupil, Marion Arfelis, Charlotte Ducos, Aurélie Carmona, Leslie Ardon, Lydia Karlefors, Carole LeClair |
Aurélie Carmona Charlotte Ducos Candyce Sellars Lydia Karlefors Carole LeClair
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Leslie Ardon Marion Arfelis Géraldine Bertal Julie Legoupil Sarra Ouerghi (Charleville-Mézières) Audrey Sauret-Gillespie (ASD Basket Parma, Italy) Charline Servage Christal Thomas |
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Nice Cavigal Basket 06
| Roster 2010-2011 | Leavers | Roster 2011-2012 |
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| Morgane Plestan, Eléonore Luhaka, Barbara Cousin, Laura Dessus, Swanne Gauthie, Stéphanie Dubois, Elodie Decker, Fabienne Constant, Guiday Mendy, Majda Ghariani, Jeanne Senghor-Sy |
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Barbara Cousin Fabienne Constant Jeanne Senghor-Sy |
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Date created: 30 April 2011
Last Updated: 07 June 2011
