Strasbourg Illkirch Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG or simply Strasbourg, is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

. The club, founded in 1928, competes in the French Pro A

Ligue Nationale de Basketball

The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

 league. The club's home games are played at Rhenus Sport

Rhenus Sport

Rhenus Sport is an multi-purpose arena, located in Strasbourg, France. The seating capacity is 6,200 people.In 1981, in was the venue of the European Champions Cup basketball final, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Synudine Bologna 80-79. In February 2006, the Davis Cup match between France and...

. The players wear white and red uniforms.

The club was founded in 1928 and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938. Strasbourg has won the Pro A once, defeating Nancy in 2005.