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.

Franca Basquetebol Clube
LeaguesNBB
Americas League
Founded10 May 1959 (1959-05-10)
ArenaGinásio Pedrocão
Capacity7,500
LocationFranca, São Paulo state, Brazil
PresidentLuís Aurélio Prior
Head coachHelio Rubens Filho
Championships4 Pan American Club Championships
6 South American Club Championships
11 Brazilian Championships
Websitefrancabasquete.com.br

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

Continental

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
  • 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.

Franca roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 2 Borges, Adyel 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 20 – (2002-03-17)17 March 2002
F/C 3 Santos, Marcio 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 19 – (2002-11-02)2 November 2002
PG 4 Adyel Pereira
G 6 Santiago Scala
SF 7 Jhonatan Luz
PF 9 Dias, Lucas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995
C 11 Marília, Edu 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 20 – (2001-12-28)28 December 2001
G 13 Leonardo Abreu
PG 14 George de Paula
C 28 Lucas Mariano
G 29 Reynan Santos
PG 32 Jackson, David 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 39 – (1982-08-12)12 August 1982
F 43 Nathan Mariano
Head coach
  • Helio Rubens Filho
Team manager
  • Pablo Costa
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • 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
  • 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
  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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