Petro de Luanda (basketball)

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Petro de Luanda
2024–25 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

Active departments of Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
Football Basketball Handball Volleyball Roller Hockey Gymnastics

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), which they have won in 2024.

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 three continental titles as well, having won the FIBA African Champions Cup in 2006 and 2015, and the BAL in 2024.

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] Under Valdeolmillos, Petro recovered and on June 1, 2024, won their first-ever BAL championship after defeating Al Ahly Ly from Libya in the final.^[9]

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

Petro de Luanda roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Lucas, Edmir 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (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) 33 – (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) 26 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998 SG 6 Morais, Carlos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 39 – (1985-10-16)16 October 1985 SG 8 Correia, Anderson (I) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-10-30)30 October 1997 G 9 António, José 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1990-07-31)31 July 1990 G 10 Diabate, Solo 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 37 – (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) 27 – (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) 31 – (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) 36 – (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

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

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

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	Angolan League (2024) BAL champions (2024)

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