Brazilian basketball team
Franca Basquetebol Clube (English: Franca Basketball Club), most known as Franca, or Sesi Franca for sponsorship reasons, is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in Franca, São Paulo state.Franca is the most decorated team in Brazilian basketball history, having won 13 national championships.
The club was founded on 10 May 1959, and home games are played at the Ginásio Pedrocão. Franca won the South American Club Championship six times, the Pan American Championship four times, and has won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in 2023.
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]
On 16 April 2023, Franca won the 2022–23 season of the Basketball Champions League Americas.[2]
Achievements and honors
Worldwide
Latin America
Continental
National
- Brazilian Championship
- Champions (13): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 (II), 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023, 2024(record)
- Runners-up (9): 1979, 1981 (I), 1982, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2007, 2011, 2019
- Super 8 Cup
- Winners (2): 2020, 2023
- Runners-up (1): 2018
- Brazilian Supercup
Regional
- São Paulo State Championship
- Champions (15 - record): 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
- Runners-up (13): 1964, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2017, 2021
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Head coaches
- Pedro "Pedroca" 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:[3]
- 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 16 December 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
- ^ "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "A história do basquetebol masculino francano" (in Portuguese). EFDeportes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)
- Latinbasket.com Team Profile