São Paulo FC is the

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São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

club, based in

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. The men's first team plays professionally in the

Novo Basquete Brasil Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB; English: New Basketball Brazil) is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB; English: National Basketball League), in a new format of Brazil's pr ...

(NBB). Home games are played at the Multisport Gym Doctor Antônio Leme Nunes Galvão, which has a capacity for 1,900 people. The club was inactive for a long time but it resumed operations in November 2018, starting competing in the second-tier

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for the 2018–19 season. After a second-place finish promotion to the top-level NBB was secured. In

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, São Paulo made its debut in the

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, the top tier panamerican competition and won its first-ever continental title after defeating Club Biguá in the

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. The club withdrew from 2025-26 season due to finnancial issues.

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Brazilian Championship (NBB): **''Runners-up (2):'' 2020–21, 2022–23 *

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: **''Runners-up (2):'' 2020–21, 2021–22 *

Liga Ouro de Basquete The Liga Ouro de Basquete (LOB) (English language, English: Gold Basketball League) is the second-tier level men's professional sports club, club basketball league in Brazil. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) (National Basketb ...

: **''Runners-up (1):'' 2019 *

Campeonato Paulista 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), ...

: **Winners (1): 2021 **''Runners-up (1):'' 2022 *Campeonato Paulistano: **Winners (1): 1943

International competitions

: **Winners (1): 2021–22 **Fourth place (1):

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: **''Runners-up (1):''

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Players

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
* Bruno Caboclo * Henrique Coelho * Isaac Gonçalves *

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Coaches

Cláudio Mortari Cláudio Mortari (born March 15, 1948) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. Playing career Mortari played club basketball with the Brazilian club Palmeiras. Coaching career Mortari has coached numerous club ...

(2018–2021) *Bruno Mortari (2021–2024) * Guerrinha (2024–2025) *Fabricio Fernandes (2025)

Performance in international competitions

Since their return to professional basketball in 2018, São Paulo has played in FIBA Americas administered competitions three times. The club's best performance was in the 2021-22 season, when they won the

after going unbeaten in the competition with 9 wins and no losses. Key: * GP: Games played * W: Wins * L: Losses

Performance in NBB

Following is the seasons of São Paulo FC in the

References

External links

Champions League profileLatinbasket.com profile
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