• Source: Franca Basquetebol Clube

Franca Basquetebol Clube (English: Franca Basketball Club), most known as Franca, or Sesi Franca for sponsorship reasons, is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in Franca, São Paulo state.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 Ginásio Pedrocão. Franca won the South American Club Championship six times, the Pan American Championship four times, and has won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in 2023.




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).
On 16 April 2023, Franca won the 2022–23 season of the Basketball Champions League Americas.




Achievements and honors






= Worldwide

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FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Champions (1): 2023
Runners-up (2): 1975, 1980




= Latin America

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




= Continental

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South American Club Championship
Champions (6): 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1991
Runners-up (3): 1978, 1992, 1993
FIBA South American League
Champions (1): 2018
Runners-up (2): 1998, 2007
Basketball Champions League Americas
Champions (1): 2022–23




= National

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Brazilian Championship
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, 2019
Super 8 Cup
Winners (2): 2020, 2023
Runners-up (1): 2018
Brazilian Supercup
Winners (1): 2008




= Regional

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São Paulo State Championship
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






Head coaches


Pedro "Pedroca" 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 (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 (in Portuguese)
Latinbasket.com Team Profile

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Franca Basquetebol Clube
• Anderson Varejão
• Leandro Barbosa
• Heissler Guillent
• Eddie Basden
• Márcio Santos (basketball)
• Georginho
• Rafael Araújo (basketball)
• Wagner da Silva (basketball)
• Lucas Dias (basketball)