The parent club of the basketball team was founded in 1960. It took thirty-two years before Stade Malien won its first title, which was in 1992. They also reached the
FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup finals twice, in 1972 and 1989. Both finals were lost, to
Red Star Ndongo and
ASEC Mimosas respectively.
Recent years After last appearing in international competitions in 2007, Stade Malien played in the
2023 season of the
Basketball Africa League (BAL), after finishing third in the West Division of the
Road to BAL. Stade Malien finished as winners of the
2023 Sahara Conference, after finishing with a 3–2 record. They were led by local young players, 22-year old
Souleymane Berthé who averaged 20.4 points, and 21-year old
Aliou Diarra who lead the conference in rebounding with 13.4 per game. In the
2023 BAL Playoffs, Stade Malien continued its rise by defeating the
Cape Town Tigers in the quarter-finals and thus becoming the first Malian team to reach the BAL semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the Malians narrowly lost to
Al Ahly, before taking the third place game over
Petro de Luanda. Aliou Diarra was named the
BAL Defensive Player of the Year, and was given a spot in the
All-BAL First Team. After missing the 2024 season due to financial issues, Stade Malien was able to qualify for their second BAL season in the
2025 season, with their new head coach Boubacar Kanouté, and their core of local players, including Mahamane Coulibaly, Abdramane Kanouté and Ibrahim Djambo. == Arena ==