Petro de Luanda (basketball)

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Petro de Luanda
2023–24 Petro de Luanda basketball season
Nickname	Os Petrolíferos Os Tricolores
Leagues	BAL Angolan Basketball League
Founded	14 January 1980; 44 years ago (1980-01-14)
Arena	Pavilhão da Cidadela
Capacity	6,873
Location	Luanda, Angola
Team colors	Blue, yellow and red
President	Tomás Faria
Head coach	Sergio Valdeolmillos
Championships	List 16× Angola League 14× Angola Cup 10× Angola Super Cup 2× African Champions Cup
Website	petroatletico.co.ao
Home Away Third

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, commonly known as Petro de Luanda, is an Angolan basketball club based in Luanda. It competes at the local level, at the Luanda Provincial Basketball Championship and at the Angola National Basketball Championship. Additionally, the club plays at the continental level, at the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Established in 1976, the team is part of a multi-sports club which includes a football and handball team as well. Petro has been one of the most successful teams in Angola, having won the second most Angolan championships with 16 titles, trailing only Primeiro de Agosto, and sharing the record for most Angolan Cups with 14 cups. The team has won two continental titles as well, having won the FIBA African Champions Cup in 2006 and 2015.

History

The Atlético Petróleos de Luanda club was founded on 14 January 1980 from the merger of three clubs, Grupo Sonangol, Clube Atlético de Luanda and Benfica de Luanda. The establishment was a result of business cooperation after the independence of Angola from colonisation by Portugal. Another reason was that the country's oil company aimed to reintegrate with the community through sports.^[1] The club started with football before later establishing its basketball section.

Petro de Luanda won its first Angolan Basketball League in 1989, which was followed by seven more championships, as well as six Angolan Cups, during the 1990s.

During the 2000s, Petro won the league championship in 2006 and 2007 but saw arch-rivals Primeiro de Agosto win most of the trophies this decade. On 26 November 2006, Petro de Luanda won its first-ever continental title after winning the 2006 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup in Lagos. They beat Primeiro de Agosto in the final, and Mílton Barros was named the tournament MVP.

The 2010s were more balanced for the Angolan League in term of competition, with Petro winning the 2011, 2015 and 2019 title. On 19 December 2015, they won their second continental title after taking the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup at home in Luanda. Under head coach Lazare Adingono, Petro defeated another Angolan team Rec do Libolo in the final. American point guard Manny Quezada received MVP honours.

As the champions of the 2018–19 national championship, Petro qualified for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The BAL was a new initiate co-organised by FIBA Africa and the NBA.

In September 2020, Petro announced the signing of Brazilian head coach José Neto.^[2] Under Neto, a period of domination on the national level began.

In the 2021–22 season, Petro won the triple crown; winning its 15th national title, the Angolan Cup and the Supercup. In all league games, Petro was unbeaten and had a 31–0 record including the playoffs.^[3] In the same season, Petro had another successful run in the BAL which ended with them losing the finals to US Monastir.^[4] Ahead of the finals, head coach José Neto won the inaugural BAL Coach of the Year award.^[5]

In 2023, Petro de Luanda won its 14th Angolan Cup, overtaking Primer de Agosto to become the club with the most cup titles in the country's history.^[6] In the following 2023–24 season, Petro struggled in the Kalahari Conference of the BAL with a 2–2 record. On March 20, 2024, Petro announced it had terminated its contract with José Neto, ending his four-year tenure as head coach.^[7] Sergio Valdeolmillos was hired as the team's new coach four days later.^[8]

Honours

Honours		No.	Years
Leagues
Angolan Basketball League^[9]^[10]^[11]	Winner	16	1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
	Runner-up	7	2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2017
Luanda Provincial Championship	Winner	2	2004, 2005
	Runner-up	1	2012
Cups
Angola Cup^[12]^[13]	Winner	14	1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2022, 2023
	Runner-up	5	2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016
Wlademiro Romero Super Cup^[14]^[15]	Winner	10	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
	Runner-up	10	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
Victorino Cunha Cup^[16]	Winner	1	2010
	Runner-up	5	2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
International competitions
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup	Winner	2	2006, 2015
	Runner-up	6	1994, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2012
BAL	Runners-up	1	2022
	Third place	1	2021
	Fourth place	1	2023
African Club Winners' Cup	Winner	0	–
	Runner-up	1	1998
International tournaments
Supertaça Compal^[17]	Winner	1	2012
	Runner-up	0	–

 

 1980–2016

Players

Main article: List of Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players

Current roster

The following is Petro de Luanda's roster for the pre-season of the 2023 BAL season.

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

Petro de Luanda roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0   Lucas, Edmir 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1993-07-15)15 July 1993 PG 1   Domingos, Gerson 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 C 2   Moreira, Yanick 211 m (692 ft 3 in) 32 – (1991-07-31)31 July 1991 SG 4   Cipriano, Olímpio 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 42 – (1982-04-09)9 April 1982 PG 5   Dundão, Childe 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 25 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998 SG 6   Morais, Carlos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 38 – (1985-10-16)16 October 1985 SG 8   Correia, Anderson (I) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-10-30)30 October 1997 G 9   António, José 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1990-07-31)31 July 1990 G 10   Diabate, Solo 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 36 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 SG 18   Gonçalves, Gerson 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 C 11   Dó, Teotónio 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 SF 12   Buiamba, Glofate 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 PF 15   Gakou, Aboubakar 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 C 13   Pedro, Jone 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1990-03-28)28 March 1990 F 24   Gouveia Alexandre, Ângelo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2001-03-09)9 March 2001 C 23   João, Aldemiro 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1993-08-07)7 August 1993 PG --   Neto, Aginaldo 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (2006-04-29)29 April 2006 F --   Bastos, Pedro 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 SF --   Cummings, Markeith 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 PG --   Nelson, Ant 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1988-10-20)20 October 1988 --   Simao, Eduardo	Head coach   José Neto Assistant coach(es)   Anibal Moreira   Raul Duarte Team manager   Artur Barros Legend (C) Team captain (IN) Inactive (I) Import player   Injured Roster Updated: March 8, 2024

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

	Edmar Victoriano	F
	Victor de Carvalho	SG
	Benjamim Romano	PG
	Carlos Morais	SG

Staff

Name	Position
Artur Barros	Vice-President of Basketball
Diogo João	Director of Basketball
João Carvalho	Head of Basketball Department
J. Neto	Head coach
Benjamim Avô	Assistant coach

Head coaches

Coach	Years	Trophies won
Wlademiro Romero (18)	1989–1999	8× Angolan League (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 6× Angolan Cup 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 4× Angolan Supercup (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
Paulo Jorge (1)	1999–May 2000	1× Angolan Cup (2000)
Victorino Cunha (1)	Jun 2000–Feb 2001	1× Angolan Cup (2001)
Nuno Teixeira (0)	Feb 2001–Sep 2002	–
Raúl Duarte (1)	Sep 2002–Jun 2005	1× Angolan Cup 2004
Alberto de Carvalho (5)	Jul 2005–Jul 2009	2× Angolan League (2006, 2007) 1× African Champions Cup (2006) 1× Angolan Cup (2007) 1× Angolan Supercup (2006)
Alberto Babo (1)	Aug 2009–May 2012	1× Angolan League (2011)
Lazare Adingono (5)	May 2012–August 2020	2× Angolan League (2015, 2019) 1× African Champions Cup (2015) 2× Angolan Cup (2013, 2014) 1× Angolan Supercup (2015)
José Neto	September 2020–March 2024	3× Angolan League (2021, 2022, 2023) BAL runner-up (2022); third place (2021) 2× Angolan Cup (2022, 2023) 3× Angolan Supercup (2021, 2022, 2023)
Sergio Valdeolmillos	March 2024 – present	–

Season by season

Angolan League

Season	Tier	League	Regular season					Playoffs	Taça de Angola	International competitions		Head coach
			Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Win%			League	Result
Petro de Luanda
2014–15	1	Angolan League	2nd	18	15	3	.833	Champions		FIBA ACC	Champions	Lazare Adingono
2015–16	1	Angolan League	3rd	18	14	4	.778	Third place	Runner-up	DNQ
2016–17	1	Angolan League	3rd	26	19	7	.731	Runner-up	Runner-up	DNQ
2017–18	1	Angolan League	2nd	32	26	6	.813	Runner-up		DNQ
2018–19	1	Angolan League	1st	29	26	3	.897	Champions		ABL	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	Angolan League	1st^[a]	14	13	1	.929	Cancelled^[a]	Cancelled	N/A
2020–21	1	Angolan League	1st	8	8	0	1.000	Champions	Semifinalist	BAL	Third place	José Neto
2021–22	1	Angolan League	1st	26	26	0	1.000	Champions	Winners	BAL	Runners-up
2022–23	1	Angolan League	1st	24	23	1	.958	Champions	Winners	BAL	Fourth Place

1. The 2019–20 league season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no champion was declared but Petro de Luanda qualified for the 2021 BAL season based on its first place after 14 played games.

BAL

Season	League		Regular season					Post-season	Head coach	Captain
		Conference	Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Win %
Petro de Luanda
2021	BAL	Group A	1st	3	3	0	1.000	Won quarterfinals (Salé) 79–72 Lost semifinal (Zamalek) 71–89 Won third place game (Patriots) 97–68	José Neto	Carlos Morais
2022	BAL	Nile	2nd	5	4	1	.800	Won quarterfinals (Salé) 102–89 Won semifinal (FAP) 88–74 Lost finals (Monastir) 72–83
2023	BAL	Nile	1st	5	5	0	1.000	Won quarterfinals (ABC) 88–81 Lost semifinals (Douanes) 86–92 Lost third place game (Stade Malien) 65–73
2024	BAL	Kalahari	2nd	4	2	2	.500	Qualified		Childe Dundão
Season record				17	14	3	.824	1 conference title 0 BAL championships
Playoffs record				9	5	4	.556

See also

• Petro Atlético Football
• Petro Atlético Handball
• Petro Atlético Roller Hockey
• BIC Basket
• Federação Angolana de Basquetebol

References

1. "História". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 14 May 2023.
2. "Angolan champions Petro de Luanda hire Brazilian Jose Neto as new head coach - Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2020 2019 - FIBA.basketball". September 2020.
3. "PETRO TRICAMPEÃO NACIONAL DE BASQUETEBOL". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
4. "Petro revalida a Taça de Angola de Basquetebol". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 24 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
5. "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
6. "Petro revalida a Taça de Angola de Basquetebol". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 24 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
7. https://angop.ao/noticias/desporto/basquetebol-termina-casamento-entre-petro-e-jose-neto/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. grxnet.com. "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Sérgio Valdeolmillos substitui José Neto". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
9. "Angola: Petro Wins Basketball Championship After Six Years". AllAfrica. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
10. "Petro de Luanda win national basketball championship". ANGOP.com. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
11. "Basketball: Petro de Luanda crowned national champions". ANGOP.com. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
12. "Petro de Luanda win Angola cup in basketball". ANGOP.com. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
13. "Petro win Angola Cup in Basketball". ANGOP.com. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
14. "Basketball: Petro de Luanda Conquer "Vladmiro Romero" Trophy". ANGOP. 28 January 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
15. "Petro de Luanda win Vlademiro Romero Super Cup in Basketball". ANGOP.com. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
16. "Petro de Luanda win Victorino Cunha cup". ANGOP.com. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
17. "Petro de Luanda win third edition of Compal Super Cup". ANGOP. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

External links

• AfricaBasket profile
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