# Petro de Luanda (basketball)

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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.

## 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. 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. 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. In the same season, Petro had another successful run in the BAL which ended with them losing the finals to US Monastir. Ahead of the finals, head coach José Neto won the inaugural BAL Coach of the Year award.
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. 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. Sergio Valdeolmillos was hired as the team's new coach four days later. 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.

## Honours

| Honours | Honours | No. | Years |
| Leagues ||||
| Angolan Basketball League | Winner | 16 | 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 |
| Angolan Basketball League | Runner-up | 7 | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2017 |
| Luanda Provincial Championship | Winner | 2 | 2004, 2005 |
| Luanda Provincial Championship | Runner-up | 1 | 2012 |
| Cups ||||
| Angola Cup | Winner | 14 | 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2022, 2023 |
| Angola Cup | Runner-up | 5 | 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016 |
| Wlademiro Romero Super Cup | Winner | 10 | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Wlademiro Romero Super Cup | Runner-up | 10 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| Victorino Cunha Cup | Winner | 1 | 2010 |
| Victorino Cunha Cup | Runner-up | 5 | 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 |
| International competitions ||||
| FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup | Winner | 2 | 2006, 2015 |
| FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup | Runner-up | 6 | 1994, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
| BAL | Winner | 1 | 2024 |
| BAL | Runners-up | 1 | 2022 |
| BAL | Third place | 1 | 2021 |
| BAL | Fourth place | 1 | 2023 |
| African Club Winners' Cup | Winner | 0 | – |
| African Club Winners' Cup | Runner-up | 1 | 1998 |
| International tournaments ||||
| Supertaça Compal | Winner | 1 | 2012 |
| Supertaça Compal | Runner-up | 0 | – |

## 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 nationalities not displayed.

### Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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 | Angolan League (2024) BAL champions (2024) |

## Season by season
### Angolan League

| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Taça de Angola | International competitions | International competitions | Head coach |
| Season | Tier | League | Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win% | Playoffs | Taça de Angola | League | Result | Head coach |
| 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 | DNQ | | Lazare Adingono |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Angolan League | 3rd | 26 | 19 | 7 | .731 | Runner-up | Runner-up | DNQ | DNQ | | Lazare Adingono |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Angolan League | 2nd | 32 | 26 | 6 | .813 | Runner-up | | DNQ | DNQ | | Lazare Adingono |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Angolan League | 1st | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | Champions | | ABL | Quarterfinalist | Lazare Adingono |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Angolan League | 1st | 14 | 13 | 1 | .929 | Cancelled | Cancelled | N/A | N/A | | Lazare Adingono |
| 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 | José Neto |
| 2022–23 | 1 | Angolan League | 1st | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | Champions | Winners | BAL | Fourth Place | José Neto |
| 2022–23 | 1 | Angolan League | 1st | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | Champions | Runners-up | BAL | Champions | Sergio Valdeolmillos |
* 1 2 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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Post-season | Head coach | Captain |
| Season | League | Conference | Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win % | Post-season | Head coach | Captain |
| 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 | José Neto | Carlos Morais |
| 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 | José Neto | Carlos Morais |
| 2024 | BAL | Kalahari | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | Lost seeding game (Monastir) 67–70 Won quarterfinals (Douanes) 66–65 Won semifinals (Cape Town) 96–86 OT Won finals (Al-Ahly Ly) 107–94 | Sergio Valdeolmillos | Childe Dundão |
| Season record | Season record | Season record | Season record | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 1 conference title 1 BAL championship | 1 conference title 1 BAL championship | 1 conference title 1 BAL championship |
| Playoffs record | Playoffs record | Playoffs record | Playoffs record | 13 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 conference title 1 BAL championship | 1 conference title 1 BAL championship | 1 conference title 1 BAL championship |