Sporting Clube de Benguela (basketball)

Sporting Clube de Benguela
Leagues	Angola League
Founded	November 16, 1915
History	1915 - present
Arena	Pavilhão Joaquim Araújo (capacity: 2,000)
Location	Benguela, Angola
Team colors	Green, White
President	Carlos Cardoso
Head coach	Nuno Lopes (M) Hilário Filipe (W)

Sporting Clube de Benguela, in short Sporting de Benguela, is a multisports club from Angola. The club, based in the city of Benguela, the capital of the namesake province, was founded on November 16, 1915, as the 21st affiliate of Sporting Clube de Portugal.^[1]

The club's men's basketball team made its debut at the Angolan top tier basketball league (BAI Basket) in 2013, after winning the 2013 Angolan 2nd division basketball championship.^[2]

2016 roster

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Sporting Clube de Benguela 2015-16 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 4 Henrique Bado 30 – 26 August 1985 PG 5 Bento Gamba 21 – 27 November 1994 7 João Gomes 28 – 14 September 1987 PF 8 Josemar de Carvalho 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – 14 January 1990 9 Kelson Quengue 29 – 24 March 1987 C 10 Sékou Ba Condé 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – 31 December 1989 12 Paulo Papi 35 – 10 August 1980 F 13 Afonso Rodrigues 34 – 3 April 1982 14 João Neto 19 – 20 September 1996 SG 15 Admir Mendes 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – 30 January 1988 SF 20 Valdemar Lopes 28 – 12 February 1988 PG 22 António Deográcio 25 – 27 November 1990 24 Paulo Chimbamba 24 – 7 November 1991 Bruno Neves 20 – 8 April 1996 Anderson Mestre 24 – 17 September 1991 Moreno Araújo 24 – 14 April 1992	Head coach Nuno Lopes Assistant coach(es) Luís de Almeida Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Past rosters

Sporting de Benguela Basketball – 2015 BIC Basket – 6th place roster
Players							Coaches
Pos	#	Nat	Name	Height	Weight	Age	Head Coach
	5		Bento Gamba			27 November 1994 (aged 21)	Nuno Lopes
PF	8		Josemar de Carvalho	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		14 January 1990 (aged 25)
	9		Bruno Neves			8 April 1996 (aged 19)	Assistant coach(es)
C	10		Sékou Ba Condé	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	31 December 1989 (aged 26)
	12		Paulo Papi			10 August 1980 (aged 35)
SF	13		Afonso Rodrigues			3 April 1982 (aged 33)
SF	15		Valdemar Lopes			12 February 1988 (aged 27)
	18		Estevão Cunha
	22		António Deográcio			27 November 1990 (aged 25)
	23		Anderson Baptista
	24		Paulo Chimbamba			7 November 1991 (aged 24)
	35		Marcos Baptista

Sporting de Benguela Basketball – 2014 BAI Basket – 7th place roster
Players							Coaches
Pos	#	Nat	Name	Height	Weight	Age	Head Coach
	5		Bento Gamba			27 November 1994 (aged 20)	Emanuel Trovoada
	7		João Gomes			5 February 1985 (aged 29)
PF	8		Josemar de Carvalho	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		14 January 1990 (aged 24)	Assistant coach(es)
SG	9		Admir Mendes	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		30 January 1988 (aged 26)
C	10		Sékou Ba Condé	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	31 December 1989 (aged 25)
	13		Afonso Rodrigues			3 April 1982 (aged 32)
SF	14		Manda João			19 January 1993 (aged 21)
SF	15		Valdemar Lopes			12 February 1988 (aged 26)
	22		António Deográcio			27 November 1989 (aged 25)
	23		Anderson Baptista
	33		Luís Almeida

See also

• Sporting de Benguela Football

External Links

• Africabasket profile

References

1. "Wiki Sporting - Sporting Clube de Benguela". forumscp. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
2. "Sporting de Benguela win 2nd division basketball championship". ANGOP. 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2013-12-21.