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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 (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 nationality not displayed.
Franca roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Nat.
Name
Ht.
Wt.
Age
F/C
3
Márcio Santos
2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
100 kg (220 lb)
21 – (2002-11-02 ) 2 November 2002
CG
6
Santiago Scala
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
80 kg (176 lb)
33 – (1991-02-06 ) 6 February 1991
SF
7
Jhonatan Luz
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
92 kg (203 lb)
37 – (1987-02-10 ) 10 February 1987
PF
9
Lucas Dias
2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
104 kg (229 lb)
28 – (1995-07-06 ) 6 July 1995
C
11
Edu Marília
2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
83 kg (183 lb)
22 – (2001-12-28 ) 28 December 2001
PG
19
Heissler Guillent
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
95 kg (209 lb)
37 – (1986-12-17 ) 17 December 1986
C
21
Wesley Castro
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
105 kg (231 lb)
28 – (1995-10-15 ) 15 October 1995
SG
32
David Jackson
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
94 kg (207 lb)
41 – (1982-08-12 ) 12 August 1982
F
43
Nathan Mariano
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
91 kg (201 lb)
20 – (2003-09-16 ) 16 September 2003
G/F
58
Zu Júnior
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
86 kg (190 lb)
20 – (2003-09-11 ) 11 September 2003
SF
73
Charles Hinkle
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
93 kg (205 lb)
36 – (1988-03-11 ) 11 March 1988
Head coach
Team manager
Legend
(C) Team captain
Injured
Updated: 17 August 2023
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 "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:
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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
External links
2023–24 teams Former teams Seasons
Awards Related competitions International cups