Franca Basquetebol Clube (

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: Franca Basketball Club), also known as Sesi/Franca for sponsorship reasons, is a Brazilian men's professional

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club that is based in

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. It was founded on May 10, 1959. The club won the

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six times.

History

The club was a two-time

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runner-up: in 1975 (as ''Esporte Clube Amazonas Franca''), and in 1980 (as ''Associação Atlética Francana'').

Achievements and honors

Worldwide

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

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, 1980

Latin America

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

Continental

**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):''

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, 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, 2011,

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

* Brazilian Supercup **Winners (1): 2008

Regional

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**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

* Rafael "Bábby" Araújo *

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* Leandrinho Barbosa *

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* Vítor Benite *

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* Roberto "Robertão" José Corrêa * Lucas Dias * Gilson Trinidade de Jesus * Marco Aurélio Pegolo dos Santos (Chuí) * Wagner da Silva * Josuel dos Santos * Nezinho dos Santos * Demétrius Ferraciú * Francisco Sérgio García * Zé Geraldo * Jorge Guerra *

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* Rogério Klafke * Marquinhos Leite * Tato Lopez * Didi Louzada * Sílvio Malvezi *

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* Fernando Minucci * Adilson Nascimento * Jimmy de Oliveira *

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* Hélio Rubens * Helio Rubens Filho * Toto *

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* Marcelo Vido *

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* Leonel Schattman * José Vargas * Eddie Basden * Dexter Shouse *

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* 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: (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 Associação Atlética Francana, or simply Francana, is a Brazilian football team based in Franca, São Paulo. Founded in 1912, it plays in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão. The club competed in the Série A and in the Série C once. Histo ...

'' (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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