Franca Basquetebol Clube
Franca Basquetebol Clube (English: Franca Basketball Club), also known as Sesi/Franca for sponsorship reasons, is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in Franca, São Paulo state. It was founded on May 10, 1959. The club won the South American Club Championship six times.
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Leagues | NBB Americas League | ||
Founded | 10 May 1959 | ||
Arena | Ginásio Pedrocão | ||
Capacity | 7,500 | ||
Location | Franca, São Paulo state, Brazil | ||
President | Luís Aurélio Prior | ||
Head coach | Helio Rubens Filho | ||
Championships | 4 Pan American Club Championships 6 South American Club Championships 11 Brazilian Championships | ||
Website | francabasquete.com.br | ||
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History
The club was a two-time FIBA Intercontinental Cup runner-up: in 1975 (as Esporte Clube Amazonas Franca), and in 1980 (as Associação Atlética Francana).[1]
Achievements and honors
Worldwide
Latin America
- Pan American Club Championship
- Champions (4): 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999 (record)
- Runners-up (1): 1996
Continental
- South American Club Championship
- Champions (6): 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1991
- Runners-up (3): 1978, 1992, 1993
National
- Super 8 Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2018
- Brazilian Supercup
- Winners (1): 2008
Regional
- São Paulo State Championship
- Champions (13): 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019
- Runners-up (13): 1964, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2017
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Updated: 11 July 2019 |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Rafael "Bábby" Araújo
Fúlvio de Assis
Leandrinho Barbosa
Murilo Becker
Vítor Benite
Roberto "Robertão" José Corrêa
Lucas Dias
Gilson Trinidade de Jesus
Marco Aurélio Pegolo dos Santos (Chuí)
Wagner da Silva
Josuel dos Santos
Nezinho dos Santos
Demétrius Ferraciú
Francisco Sérgio García
Zé Geraldo
Jorge Guerra
Rafael Hettsheimeir
Rogério Klafke
Marquinhos Leite
Tato Lopez
Didi Louzada
Sílvio Malvezi
Rafael Mineiro
Fernando Minucci
Adilson Nascimento
Paulão Prestes
Hélio Rubens
Helio Rubens Filho
Toto
Anderson Varejão
Marcelo Vido
Marcos Mata
José Vargas
Eddie Basden
Dexter Shouse
Rocky Smith
David Jackson
Head coaches
Pedro "Pedrocão" Morilla Fuentes: (1959–1981)
Hélio Rubens: (1981–2000)
Daniel Abrão Wattfy: (2000–2004)
Marco Aurélio "Chuí" Pegolo dos Santos: (2004–2005)
Hélio Rubens: (2005–2012)
Lula Ferreira: (2012–2016)
Helinho: (2016–present)
Official club names
The club adopted several different names during its history:[2]
- Clube dos Bagres (1959–1971)
- Emmanuel Franca Esporte Clube (1972–1974)
- Esporte Clube Amazonas Franca (1975–1977)
- Associação Atlética Francana (1977–1984)
- Associação Francana de Basquetebol (1984–1988)
- Ravelli Franca Basquetebol (1988–1991)
- Franca Basquetebol Clube (1992–)
Since the foundation of Franca Basquetebol Clube (the club's current form), in 1992, the club has regularly changed its name according to its name sponsor:
- All Star/Franca (1992)
- Satierf/Sabesp/Franca (1993)
- Cosesp/Franca (1994)
- Cougar/Franca (1996)
- Marathon/Franca (1997–2000)
- Unimed/Franca (2000–2001)
- Franca Basquetebol Clube (2001–2004, 2015-)*
- Franca/Petrocrystal/Ferracini (2004–2005)
- Franca/Mariner/Unimed (2005–2006)
- Unimed/Franca (2006–2008)
- Vivo/Franca (2008–2015)
- Sesi/Franca (2017–)
* Without an official sponsor.
References
- "Agonia de campeão: Franca pode ficar fora dos playoffs e Paulista" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva.Net. Archived from the original on December 16, 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
- "A história do basquetebol masculino francano" (in Portuguese). EFDeportes.com. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)
- Latinbasket.com Team Profile