Franca Basquetebol Clube

Franca
Nickname	Pedroca
Leagues	NBB
Founded	May 10, 1959
Arena	Ginásio Pedrocão (capacity: 6,000)
Location	Franca, São Paulo state, Brazil
Team colors	(White, Blue and Red)
President	Alexandre Rezende
Head coach	Lula Ferreira
Championships	6 Brazilian Basketball League 4 Brazilian Basketball Cup 6 South American Club Championship
Website	francabasquete.com.br
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Franca Basquetebol Clube is a Brazilian men's basketball club based in Franca, São Paulo state. It was founded on May 10, 1959. They won the Campeonato Sudamericano six times.

History

The club was twice Intercontinental Cup runners-up: in 1975 (as Esporte Clube Amazonas Franca) and in 1980 (as Associação Atlética Francana).^[1]

Former players

Several notable players defended the club such as Hélio Rubens (former player and head coach), Anderson Varejão, Toto, Fernando Minucci, Marco Aurélio Pegolo dos Santos (Chuí), Tato Lopez, Guerrinha, Murilo Becker, among others.

Achievements

Basketball

• Supercopa de Basquete: 2008.
• Campeonato Paulista: 11 times (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2007).
• Taça Brasil: 5 times (1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981).
• Campeonato Brasileiro: 6 times (1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999).
• Campeonato Sudamericano: 6 times (1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1991).
• Campeonato Pan-Americano: 4 times (1993, 1994, 1997, 1999).

Current roster

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

Franca roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. G 4 Bernardes, Igor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C 5 Bueno, Cassiano 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 6 Mata, Marcos 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) G 8 Figueroa, Juan Pablo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) F 9 Oliveira, Ygor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) G 10 Filho, Hélio Rubens 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 11 Cobos, Carlos 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) F 13 Martins, Rafael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) F 16 Demetrio, João Pedro 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) C 17 Mariano, Lucas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) F 18 Joerke, Bruno 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) C 21 Waszkiewicz, Léo 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) F 23 Meindl, Léo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) C 31 Vicenti, Rafael 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C 33 Oliveira, Tom 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) C 43 Ferreira da Silva, Pedro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) C 44 Costa, André Luiz 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) G 47 Borges, Alexey 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) F 55 Ferreira Junior, Antonio 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) G 68 Marques, Dudu 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Head coach Lula Ferreira Assistant coach(es) Paulão Berger Daniel Wattfy Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-02-18

Head coaches

• 1959–1981 - Pedro "Pedrocão" Morilla Fuentes
• 1981–2000 - Hélio Rubens Garcia
• 2000–2004 - Daniel Abrão Wattfy
• 2004–2005 - Marco Aurélio "Chuí" Pegolo dos Santos
• 2005–2012 - Hélio Rubens Garcia
• 2012–present - Lula Ferreira

Official names

The club adopted several different names during its history:^[2]

• 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–)

After the foundation of Franca Basquetebol Clube, in 1992, the club changed its common name according to its 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)

* Without an official sponsor.

References

1. "Agonia de campeão: Franca pode ficar fora dos playoffs e Paulista" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva.Net. Archived from the original on December 16, 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
2. "A história do basquetebol masculino francano" (in Portuguese). EFDeportes.com. Retrieved November 27, 2008.

External links

• (Portuguese) Official website