Franca Basquetebol Clube (

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: Franca Basketball Club), most known as Franca, or

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Franca for sponsorship reasons, is a Brazilian men's professional

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club that is based in

Franca Franca is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located in the northeastern portion of the state, distant 401 km (249 mi) from the state capital São Paulo, and 676 km (420 mi) from Brasilia. It covers a total area of 60 ...

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.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

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. Franca won the

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six times, the

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four times, and has won the

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History

The club was a two-time

runner-up: in 1975 (as ''Esporte Clube Amazonas Franca''), and in 1980 (as ''Associação Atlética Francana''). On 16 April 2023, Franca won the 2022–23 season of the

Basketball Champions League Americas The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) ( Spanish: ''Liga de Campeones de Baloncesto de las Américas'', Portuguese: ''Liga dos Campeões de Basquetebol das Américas'') is Pan-America's premier men's basketball club competition. Found ...

Achievements and honors

Worldwide

**Champions (1):

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

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

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 *

FIBA South American League The Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto ( Portuguese: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'', English: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the secon ...

**Champions (1):

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

**''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 Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, 2007 *

**Champions (1):

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

National

Brazilian Championship Brazilian commonly refers to: * Brazil, a country * Brazilians, its people * Brazilian Portuguese, its dialect Brazilian may also refer to: * "The Brazilian", a 1986 instrumental music piece by Genesis * Brazilian Café, Baghdad, Iraq (1937) * Bra ...

**Champions (13): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 (II), 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023, 2024(record) **''Runners-up (9):'' 1979, 1981 (I), 1982, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2007,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

* Super 8 Cup **Winners (2): 2020, 2023 **''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 state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), t ...

**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 *

Fúlvio de Assis Fúlvio Chiantia de Assis (born 15 August 1981) is a Brazilian-Italian former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard (play maker) position. Professional career De Assis has played professional basketball in Brazil, Italy, a ...

* Leandrinho Barbosa * Murilo Becker *

Vítor Benite Vítor Alves Benite (born February 20, 1990), commonly known as Vítor Benite, or simply as Benite, is a Brazilian-Italian professional basketball player for Real Betis Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he plays at th ...

* Lucas Cipolini * Elio Corazza * Roberto "Robertão" José Corrêa * Lucas Dias *

Gilson Trinidade de Jesus Gilson Trinidade de Jesus, also commonly known simply as Gilson de Jesus, or simply as Gilson (born 8 February 1957), is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Career During his pro club career, de Jesus won four Brazilian Champi ...

* Marco Aurélio Pegolo dos Santos (Chuí) * Wagner da Silva * Josuel dos Santos * Nezinho dos Santos * Demétrius Ferraciú *

Francisco Sérgio García Francisco Sérgio García, also commonly known as Fransérgio (born 8 May 1948) is a Brazilian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of ...

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 *

Rafael Hettsheimeir Rafael Estevão "Rafa" Hettsheimeir (born June 16, 1986) is a Brazilian-Spanish professional basketball player who currently plays for Flamengo Basketball, Flamengo in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) and the BCL Americas. He was also member of the ...

Rogério Klafke Rogério Klafke, also known simply as Rogério (born 26 March 1971) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. During his pro club career, Klafke won 5 Brazilian Championships, in the years 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2004. With the ...

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 ...

* Tato Lopez *

Didi Louzada Marcos Henrique Louzada Silva (born 2 July 1999), commonly known as Didi Louzada, is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Sesi Franca of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). At the 2019 NBA draft, he was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, befor ...

* Sílvio Malvezi * Rafael Mineiro *

Fernando Minucci Wilson Fernando Kuhn Minuci, commonly known as Fernando Minuci (alternate spelling: Minucci; born 14 February 1969), is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. National team career With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, ...

Adilson Nascimento Adilson de Freitas Nascimento, also commonly known as Adilson Nascimento, or simply Adilson (3 December 1951 – 3 February 2009), was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He died in 2009 due to cancer. Professional career During his pro ...

* Jimmy de Oliveira *

Paulão Prestes Paulo Sérgio "Paulão" Prestes (born February 15, 1988, in Monte Aprazível, São Paulo) is a Brazilian-Spanish former professional basketball player. Professional career Prestes was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves, in the second round ...

Hélio Rubens Hélio is a Portuguese given name: * Hélio (footballer) (born 1986), Brazil-born Hong Kong footballer Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves. * Helio Alves (born 1966), is a jazz pianist and son of pianists. * Helio André (born 1992), Angola footballer ...

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* Toto *

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* Leonel Schattman * José Vargas *

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* Dexter Shouse *

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Head coaches

* Pedro "Pedroca" Morilla Fuentes: (1959–1981) *

: (1981–2000) * Daniel Abrão Wattfy: (2000–2004) * Marco Aurélio "Chuí" Pegolo dos Santos: (2004–2005) *

: (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 sports club, club head coaching career, F ...

: (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 Série A3. The club competed in the Série A and in the Série C once. History T ...

'' (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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