Esporte Clube Sírio Explained

Sírio
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Arena:	Ginásio Esporte Clube Sírio
Location:	São Paulo, Brazil
Colors:	Red, White
Championships:	1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup 8 South American Club Championships 7 Brazilian Championships
Website:	sirio.org.br
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Esporte Clube Sírio, abbreviated as E.C. Sírio, is a Brazilian sports club based in São Paulo, Brazil. It is most known for its men's basketball team, which was a dominant force in Brazilian basketball in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Sírio has won seven Brazilian Championships, and eight continental South American Championships (second most behind Franca).

History

The club was founded on 14 July 1917 by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants at the birthday party of Milhem Simão Racy.

Over the years, E.C. Sírio featured basketball players like: Amaury Pasos, Carlos "Mosquito" Domingos Massoni, Washington "Dodi" Joseph, Antônio Sucar, Bira Maciel, Marquinhos Leite, Julio Garavello, Marcel de Souza, Oscar Schmidt, Russo, and other talents. The club won the regional São Paulo State Championship seven times. They also won the Brazilian Championship national title seven times.

E.C. Sírio also won the continental South American Club Championship eight times. In addition to that, the club also won the title of the 1979 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.^[1]

Honors and titles

Worldwide

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup
  • • • Champions (1): 1979 Runners-up (2): 1973, 1981

Continental

• South American Club Championship
  • Champions (8 - record): 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984
  • Runners-up (1): 1980

National

• Brazilian Championship
  • Champions (7): 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989
  • Runners-up (4): 1969, 1971, 1981 (II), 1987

Regional

• São Paulo State Championship
  • Champions (7): 1959, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979
  • Runners-up (8): 1961, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1988

Notable players

• Eduardo Agra
• Friedrich Wilhelm Braun
• Wagner da Silva
• Marcel de Souza
• Maury de Souza
• Carlos Domingos Massoni
• Rolando Ferreira
• Julio Garavello
• Zé Geraldo
• Jorge Guerra
• Nilo Guimarães
• Ricardo Guimarães
• Washington Joseph
• Marquinhos Leite
• Bira Maciel
• Sílvio Malvezi
• Luiz Cláudio Menon
• Amaury Pasos
• Hélio Rubens
• José Carlos Saiani
• Oscar Schmidt
• Milton Setrini
• Antônio Salvador Sucar
• Gerson Victalino
• Marcelo Vido
• Paulinho Villas Boas
• Tito Horford
• Arturo Guerrero
• Winford Boynes
• Ray Townsend

Head coaches

• Cláudio Mortari

Other sports

Esporte Clube Sírio's football department was disbanded in 1935.

External links

• Official website
• Latinbasket.com Team Profile

Notes and References

1. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/intercontinental/IC_79.htm 1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.