Club Athletico Paulistano, abbreviated as C.A. Paulistano or C.A.P., is the senior men's basketball section of the Brazilian multi-sports club Club Athletico Paulistano (C.A.P.), which is based in São Paulo, Brazil.Paulistano bate Osasco e pega Mogi na semifinal do Paulista de basquete, GazetaEsportiva.com, 10 Oct 2016. Accessed 2 Jan 2017. The team competes in the top-tier level Brazilian league, the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). For sponsorship reasons, the club is also currently known as Paulistano/Corpore, or Paulistano Corpore.
History Paulistano was the first team of point guard Marcelinho Huertas, long-time player and captain of the senior Brazilian national basketball team. In the NBB 2009–10 season, the club's managers signed center Rafael "Bàbby" Araújo, who had just a been Brazilian national league champion with C.R. Flamengo, a season before. But the team did not have a good season, and finished the season in eleventh place in the Brazilian NBB League. The following NBB 2010–11 season was even worse than the previous one, and Paulistano finished the season in twelfth place in the NBB.
In the NBB 2011–12 season, under the guidance of head coach Gustavo de Conti, and led on the court by the young players Elinho Neto and Betinho Duarte, Paulistano had the best NBB season in the club's history, as they finished in seventh place in the regular season standings. In the NBB playoffs, the experienced team of Franca defeated the young team from São Paulo. In the following NBB 2012–13 season, Paulistano lost Betinho Duarte to Minas, and Guillermo Araújo to its greatest rival, E.C. Pinheiros.
Honors and titles National Brazilian Championship Champions (1): 2018 Por uma cesta, Basquete Cearense bate Paulistano e vence a segunda no NBB, OPOVO online, 22 November 2019. Accessed 24 February 2020. Runners-up (2): 2014, 2017
Brazilian Super Cup Runners-up (1): 2003
Regional São Paulo State Championship Champions (2): 2017, 2023 Runners-up (4): 2005, 2009, 2013 2018
Inter-regional Copa Brasil Sul Champions (1): 2003
Players Current roster
Notable players To appear in this section a player must have either: - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. - Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
Head coaches José Neto Gustavo de Conti
See also Club Athletico Paulistano
References
External links Official website LatinBasket.com Team Page