Franca Basquetebol Clube

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Franca Basquetebol Clube
Franca Basquetebol Clube logo
LeaguesNBB
Americas League
Founded10 May 1959; 62 years ago (1959-05-10)
Arena
Capacity7,500
LocationFranca, São Paulo state, Brazil
PresidentLuís Aurélio Prior
Head coach
Championships4 Pan American Club Championships
6 South American Club Championships
11 Brazilian Championships
Websitefrancabasquete.com.br

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.

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
  • FIBA South American League
    • Champions (1): 2018
    • Runners-up (2): 1998, 2007

National[]

  • Brazilian Championship
    • Champions (11): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 (II), 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999 (record)
    • Runners-up (9): 1979, 1981 (I), 1982, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2007, 2011, 2019
  • Super 8 Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 2018
    • 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.

Franca roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 2 Brazil 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 19 – (2002-03-17)17 March 2002
F/C 3 Brazil 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 19 – (2002-11-02)2 November 2002
PG 4 Brazil
G 6 Argentina
SF 7 Brazil Jhonatan Luz
PF 9 Brazil Dias, Lucas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995
C 11 Brazil 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 20 – (2001-12-28)28 December 2001
G 13 Brazil
PG 14 Brazil George de Paula
C 28 Brazil Lucas Mariano
G 29 Brazil
PG 32 United States Jackson, David 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 39 – (1982-08-12)12 August 1982
F 43 Brazil
Head coach
  • Brazil
Team manager
  • Brazil
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 9 September 2021

Notable players[]

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.

Head coaches[]

  • Brazil Pedro "Pedrocão" Morilla Fuentes: (1959–1981)
  • Brazil Hélio Rubens: (1981–2000)
  • Brazil Daniel Abrão Wattfy: (2000–2004)
  • Brazil Marco Aurélio "Chuí" Pegolo dos Santos: (2004–2005)
  • Brazil Hélio Rubens: (2005–2012)
  • Brazil Lula Ferreira: (2012–2016)
  • Brazil : (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[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "A história do basquetebol masculino francano" (in Portuguese). EFDeportes.com. Retrieved November 27, 2008.

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