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.

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'').

Achievements and honors

Worldwide

* FIBA Intercontinental Cup **''Runners-up (2):''

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

Latin America

* Pan American Club Championship **Champions (4): 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999 (record) **''Runners-up (1):'' 1996

Continental

* South American Club Championship **Champions (6): 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1991 **''Runners-up (3):'' 1978, 1992, 1993 *

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**Champions (1):

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**''Runners-up (2):''

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, 2007

National

* Brazilian Championship **Champions (12): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 (II), 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2022 (record) **''Runners-up (9):'' 1979, 1981 (I), 1982, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2007,

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* Super 8 Cup **Winners (1): 2020 **''Runners-up (1):''

* Brazilian Supercup **Winners (1): 2008

Regional

São Paulo State Championship The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and ty ...

**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

Notable players

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* Rocky Smith * David Jackson

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 Aluísio ("Lula") Elias Ferreira Xavier, commonly known as Lula Ferreira (born January 2, 1951 in São Paulo), is a Brazilian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Clubs During his professional club head coaching career, Ferreira coache ...

: (2012–2016) * Helinho: (2016–present)

Official club names

The club adopted several different names during its history: *''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

Official website

Latinbasket.com Team Profile
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