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Franca Basquetebol Clube

{{short description|Brazilian basketball team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

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| leagues = NBB
Americas League

| founded = {{Start date and age|1959|5|10|df=y}}

| arena = Ginásio Pedrocão

| capacity = 7,500

| location = Franca, São Paulo state, Brazil

| president = Luís Aurélio Prior

| coach = Helinho

| championships = 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
4 Pan American Club Championships
6 South American Club Championships
13 Brazilian Championships

| website = [http://www.francabasquete.com.br francabasquete.com.br]

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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).{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/reportagem/basquete/rep001.htm |title=Agonia de campeão: Franca pode ficar fora dos playoffs e Paulista |publisher=Gazeta Esportiva.Net |access-date=27 November 2008 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216175923/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/reportagem/basquete/rep001.htm |archive-date=16 December 2006 }}

On 16 April 2023, Franca won the 2022–23 season of the Basketball Champions League Americas.{{Cite web |date=16 April 2023 |title=Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/bclamericas/22-23/news/sesi-franca-crowned-2023-bcla-champions |access-date=16 April 2023 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}

Achievements and honors

=Worldwide=

=Latin America=

=Continental=

=National=

=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

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{{player3 | nat = BRA | num = 3 | name=Márcio Santos | link=Márcio_Santos_(basketball) | pos = F/C | m=2.02 | kgs=100 | year=2002 | month=11 | date=2 }}

{{player3 | nat = ARG | num = 6 | name=Santiago Scala | link=Santiago Scala | pos = PG/SG | m=1.85 | kgs=80 | year=1991 | month=2 | date=6 }}

{{player3 | nat = BRA | num = 7 | name=Jhonatan Luz | pos = SF | m=1.96 | kgs=92 | year=1987 | month=2 | date=10 }}

{{player3 | nat = BRA | num = 9 | name=Lucas Dias | link=Lucas Dias (basketball) | pos = PF | m=2.07 | kgs=104 | year=1995 | month=7 | date=6 }}

{{player3 | nat = BRA | num = 11 | name=Edu Marília | link=Edu Marília | pos = C | m=2.07 | kgs=83 | year=2001 | month=12 | date=28 }}

{{player3 | nat = VEN | num = 19 | name=Heissler Guillent | link=Heissler Guillent | pos = PG | m=1.86 | kgs=95 | year=1986 | month=12 | date=17 }}

{{player3 | nat = BRA | num = 21 | name=Wesley Castro | link=Wesley Castro | pos = C | m=2.00 | kgs=105 | year=1995 | month=10 | date=15 }}

{{player3 | nat = USA | num = 32 | name=David Jackson | link=David Jackson (basketball, born 1982) | pos = SG | m=1.92 | kgs=94 | year=1982 | month=8 | date=12 }}

{{player3 | nat = BRA | num = 43 | name=Nathan Mariano | pos = F | m=2.01 | kgs=91 | year=2003 | month=9 | date=16 }}

{{player3 | nat = BRA | num = 58 | name=Zu Júnior | link=Zu Júnior | pos = SG/SF | m=1.92 | kgs=86 | year=2003 | month=9 | date=11 }}

{{player3 | nat = USA | num = 73 | name=Charles Hinkle | link=Charles Hinkle | pos = SF | m=1.96 | kgs=93 | year=1988 | month=3 | date=11 }}

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Notable players

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Head coaches

  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Pedro "Pedroca" Morilla Fuentes: (1959–1981)
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Hélio Rubens: (1981–2000)
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Daniel Abrão Wattfy: (2000–2004)
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Marco Aurélio "Chuí" Pegolo dos Santos: (2004–2005)
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Hélio Rubens: (2005–2012)
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Lula Ferreira: (2012–2016)
  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Helinho: (2016–present)

Official club names

The club adopted several different names during its history:{{cite web|url=http://www.efdeportes.com/efd95/franca.htm|title=A história do basquetebol masculino francano|publisher=EFDeportes.com|access-date=27 November 2008|language=pt}}

  • 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

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.francabasquete.com.br Official website] {{in lang|pt}}
  • [https://basketball.latinbasket.com/team/Brazil/SESI-SP-Franca-Basquete-Sao-Paulo/732 Latinbasket.com Team Profile]

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Category:Basketball teams in Brazil

Category:Basketball teams established in 1959

Category:Novo Basquete Brasil

Category:Basketball in São Paulo (state)