Sporting Clube de Benguela (basketball)

Sporting Clube de Benguela, in short Sporting de Benguela, is a multisports club from Angola. The club, based in the city of Benguela, the capital of the namesake province, was founded on November 16, 1915, as the 21st affiliate of Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Sporting Clube de Benguela
LeaguesAngola League
FoundedNovember 16, 1915 (1915-11-16)
History1915 - present
ArenaPavilhão Joaquim Araújo (capacity: 2,000)
LocationBenguela, Angola
Team colorsGreen, White
   
PresidentCarlos Cardoso
Head coachNuno Lopes (M)
Hilário Filipe (W)

The club's men's basketball team made its debut at the Angolan top tier basketball league (BAI Basket) in 2013, after winning the 2013 Angolan 2nd division basketball championship.[1] They went on to participate in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

In 2017, the basketball team withdrew from official competitions for financial reasons.

Players

Sporting Clube de Benguela Basketball players

2014–2016

Nat # Name A P H W E.T. N. Lopes
2014 2015 2016 2017
7th 6th
Admir Mendes28SG1.85915
Afonso Rodrigues34F131313
Anderson Baptista2323
Anderson Mestre25
António Deográcio26PG222222
Bento Gamba22PG555
Bruno Neves209
Estévão Cunha18
Henrique Bado314
Joao Gomes2977
Joao Neto2014
Josemar de Carvalho26PF1.96888
Luís Almeida33
Kelson Quengue299
Manda João21SF14
Marcos Baptista35
Moreno Araújo24
Paulo Chimbamba252424
Paulo Papi361212
Sékou Ba Condé27C1.9595101010
Valdemar Lopes28SF151520

See also

References

  1. "Sporting de Benguela win 2nd division basketball championship". ANGOP. 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.