Franca Basquetebol Clube

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.

Sesi Franca
Sesi Franca logo
LeaguesNBB
Americas League
Founded10 May 1959 (1959-05-10)
ArenaGinásio Pedrocão
Capacity7,500
LocationFranca, São Paulo state, Brazil
PresidentLuís Aurélio Prior
Head coachHelinho
Championships1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
4 Pan American Club Championships
6 South American Club Championships
13 Brazilian Championships
Websitefrancabasquete.com.br

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

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F/C 3 Brazil Márcio Santos 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 20 – (2002-11-02)2 November 2002
CG 6 Argentina Santiago Scala 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1991-02-06)6 February 1991
SF 7 Brazil Jhonatan Luz 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 36 – (1987-02-10)10 February 1987
PF 9 Brazil Lucas Dias 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995
C 11 Brazil Edu Marília 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 21 – (2001-12-28)28 December 2001
PG 19 Venezuela Heissler Guillent 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1986-12-17)17 December 1986
C 21 Brazil Wesley Castro 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – (1995-10-15)15 October 1995
SG 32 United States David Jackson 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 41 – (1982-08-12)12 August 1982
F 43 Brazil Nathan Mariano 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 20 – (2003-09-16)16 September 2003
G/F 58 Brazil Zu Júnior 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 20 – (2003-09-11)11 September 2003
Head coach
Team manager
  • Brazil Pablo Costa
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured 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
  • Brazil Pedro "Pedroca" 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 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
  1. "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.
  2. "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. "A história do basquetebol masculino francano" (in Portuguese). EFDeportes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
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