Esporte Clube Sírio, abbreviated as E.C. Sírio, is a Brazilian sports club based in

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. It is most known for its men's basketball team, which was a dominant force in Brazilian basketball in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Sírio has won seven Brazilian Championships, and eight continental South American Championships (second most behind

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History

The club was founded on 14 July 1917 by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants at the birthday party of Milhem Simão Racy. Over the years, E.C. Sírio featured basketball players like:

Amaury Pasos Amaury Antônio Pasos (December 11, 1935 – December 12, 2024), also commonly known simply as Amaury, was a Brazilian basketball player and coach of Argentine origin. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he was a tall power forward. He competed at thre ...

, Carlos "Mosquito" Domingos Massoni, Washington "Dodi" Joseph, Antônio Sucar, Bira Maciel,

Marquinhos Leite Marcos Antônio Abdalla Leite, also commonly known as Marquinhos Leite (born March 23, 1952) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. He represented the senior Brazilian national basketball team at three ...

, Julio Garavello, Marcel de Souza,

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, Russo, and other talents. The club won the regional

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seven times. They also won the Brazilian Championship national title seven times. E.C. Sírio also won the continental South American Club Championship eight times. In addition to that, the club also won the title of the 1979 edition of the

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Honors and titles

Worldwide

** Champions (1):

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** Runners-up (2):

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Continental

* South American Club Championship ** Champions (8 - record): 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984 ** Runners-up (1): 1980

National

* Brazilian Championship ** Champions (7): 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989 ** Runners-up (4): 1969, 1971, 1981 (II), 1987

Regional

** Champions (7): 1959, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979 ** Runners-up (8): 1961, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1988

Notable players

* Eduardo Agra * Friedrich Wilhelm Braun * Wagner da Silva * Marcel de Souza * Maury de Souza * Carlos Domingos Massoni * Rolando Ferreira * Julio Garavello *

Zé Geraldo José Geraldo de Castro, commonly known as Zé Geraldo (born 18 September 1950) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Geraldo competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1972 Sum ...

* Jorge Guerra * Nilo Guimarães * Ricardo Guimarães * Washington Joseph *

* Bira Maciel * Sílvio Malvezi *

Luiz Cláudio Menon Luiz Cláudio Menon (born February 7, 1944) is a former Brazilian basketball player. Menon participated at the 1963, 1967 and 1970 FIBA World Championships as well as at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics with the Brazil national basketbal ...

* Hélio Rubens * José Carlos Saiani *

* Milton Setrini *

Antônio Salvador Sucar Antônio Salvador Sucar (14 June 1939 – 31 December 2018) was a Brazilian basketball player. He was a member of the team that won the title at the 1963 World Championship, in Rio de Janeiro, and the bronze medal at the 1967 FIBA World Champio ...

Gerson Victalino Gerson Victalino (19 September 1959 – 29 April 2020), also commonly known simply as Gerson, was a Brazilian professional basketball player. National team career With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Victalino won a silver medal ...

Marcelo Vido Marcelo Vido (born 15 January 1959) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. Playing career During his pro sports club, club playing career, Vido won the 1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 1979 edition of t ...

* Paulinho Villas Boas *

Tito Horford Alfredo William "Tito" Horford (born January 19, 1966) is a Dominican retired professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round (39th overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. Horford played three years in the N ...

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* Winford Boynes * Ray Townsend

Head coaches

* Cláudio Mortari

Other sports

Esporte Clube Sírio's

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department was disbanded in 1935.

Football honours

Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). Clubs 2025 Série A2 List of champions There a ...

** Winner (4): 1920, 1936, 1938, 1939

References

External links

Official website

Latinbasket.com Team Profile
Basketball teams in Brazil Basketball teams in São Paulo {{Brazil-basketball-team-stub