Esporte Clube Sírio

E.C. Sírio
E.C. Sírio
Arena	Ginásio Esporte Clube Sírio
Location	São Paulo, Brazil
Team colors	Red, White;
Championships	1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup ; 8 South American Club Championships ; 7 Brazilian Championships ;
Website	sirio.org.br
Home	Away

Esporte Clube Sírio, abbreviated as E.C. Sírio, is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

History

Over the years, E.C. Sírio featured basketball players like: Amaury Pasos, Carlos "Mosquito" Domingos Massoni, Washington "Dodi" Joseph, Antônio Sucar, Bira Maciel, Marquinhos Leite, Julio "Julinho" Garavello, Marcel de Souza, Oscar Schmidt, Russo, and other talents. The club won the regional São Paulo State Championship seven times. They also won the Brazilian Championship national title seven times.

E.C. Sírio also won the continental South American Club Championship eight times. In addition to that, the club also won the title of the 1979 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[1]

FIBA Intercontinental Cup
- Champions (1): 1979
- Runners-up (2): 1973, 1981

South American Club Championship
- Champions (8): 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984
- Runners-up (1): 1980

Brazilian Championship
- Champions (7): 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989
- Runners-up (4): 1969, 1971, 1981 (II), 1987

São Paulo State Championship
- Champions (7): 1959, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979
- Runners-up (8): 1961, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1988

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Esporte Clube Sírio's football department was disbanded in 1935.

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