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Franca Basquetebol Clube - Wikipedia

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Sesi Franca

Leagues

NBB
Americas League

Founded

10 May 1959; 65 years ago

Arena

Ginásio Pedrocão

Capacity

7,500

Location

Franca, São Paulo state, Brazil

President

Luís Aurélio Prior

Head coach

Helinho

Championships

1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
4 Pan American Club Championships
6 South American Club Championships
13 Brazilian Championships

Website

francabasquete.com.br

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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).^[1]

On 16 April 2023, Franca won the 2022–23 season of the Basketball Champions League Americas.^[2]

Achievements and honors

Worldwide

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

Latin America

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

Continental

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

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

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

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Franca roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F/C	3	Márcio Santos	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	22 – (2002-11-02)2 November 2002
CG	6	Santiago Scala	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	33 – (1991-02-06)6 February 1991
SF	7	Jhonatan Luz	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	37 – (1987-02-10)10 February 1987
PF	9	Lucas Dias	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	29 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995
C	11	Edu Marília	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	22 – (2001-12-28)28 December 2001
PG	19	Heissler Guillent	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	37 – (1986-12-17)17 December 1986
C	21	Wesley Castro	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	29 – (1995-10-15)15 October 1995
SG	32	David Jackson	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	42 – (1982-08-12)12 August 1982
F	43	Nathan Mariano	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	21 – (2003-09-16)16 September 2003
G/F	58	Zu Júnior	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	21 – (2003-09-11)11 September 2003
SF	73	Charles Hinkle	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	36 – (1988-03-11)11 March 1988

Head coach

Helinho

Team manager

Pablo Costa

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 17 August 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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:^[3]

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: