San Lorenzo de Almagro (basketball)

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is the men's professional club basketball section of the homonymous sports club based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), which is the first tier level division of the Argentine basketball league system. The team is currently coached by Silvio Santander.

San Lorenzo
NicknameAzulgrana
ConferenceSur
LeaguesLNB
Founded1935 (1935)
(Basketball section)
ArenaPolideportivo Roberto Pando[1]
Capacity2,700
LocationBuenos Aires, Argentinia
Team colors   
PresidentMarcelo Tinelli
Head coachSilvio Santander
Championships2 FIBA Americas League
3 Argentine Leagues
1 Argentine Club Championship
1 Súper 4
Websitesanlorenzo.com.ar/basquet
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FutsalHandballSwimming
TennisField hockeyRoller
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Artistic
skating		Martial arts

History

Beginning and golden years

San Lorenzo affiliated to the Argentine Association in the 1930s decade, and won a large number of championships from the 1930s to the 1970s, being nicknamed The Cathedral of Basketball. 1942 was the year when San Lorenzo achieved its first titles, winning the Torneo Apertura (Opening Tournament) and the Official championship, organised by the Buenos Aires Basketball Association. One year later, the team won another Apertura title, and they then won the 1946, 1949, and 1950 Apertura official titles. The club's most notable players of that era were Alfredo Belli, Salvador Capece, and Alberto Trama. Other notable members of the team were Armando Bo and Francisco Sommariva.

The 1956 champions posing for El Gráfico

In 1951, San Lorenzo played against The Harlem Globetrotters, at the Estadio Luna Park, in Buenos Aires. That same year, the team won the Apertura championship (and repeated again in 1952), and the Official in 1954. Two years later, the team won another Official title, remaining unbeaten, and its first Torneo Metropolitano (Metropolitan Tournament) title. In 1957, San Lorenzo made its first international tour of Brazil, where the squad won 8 of 12 games played. Players on the tour were: Ricardo Lanzillotta (team captain), Herberto Fagnani, Edgar Parizzia, Oscar Zagatti, Carlos Vasino, Vicente Lazzara, Erio Cassetai, and Carlos Marranzino, with Francisco del Río being the head coach of the team.

San Lorenzo won its first national title in 1958, the Campeonato Argentino (Argentine Championship of Clubs). That allowed the team to play its first official tournament outside of Argentina, as the club competed in the South American top-tier level South American Championship of Champions Clubs, where San Lorenzo finished second, behind Defensor Sporting. At the Argentine national domestic level, San Lorenzo won the 1958 Apertura title, and finished third in the Buenos Aires championship (although the squad won the 1959 and 1960 titles). In 1966, San Lorenzo won the Apertura title finishing unbeaten, and both the Metropolitano and Buenos Aires championships, in 1968.

The 1970s began with the 1970 Metropolitano championship, and the club then winning two titles else in 1971. That same year, San Lorenzo toured in Europe, marking the first time that an Argentine team played there. The club's layers were Oscar Visciglia, Gustavo Aguirre, Carlos Perroni, Carlos Garro, Dante Massolini, Norberto Pacheco, Carlos Perales, Abel Rojas, Néstor Delgui, and Emilio Dumani, with Edgard Parizzia acting as the team's head coach. San Lorenzo defeated OKK Beograd, Yugoslavian national league club, and six rivals from Italy. They also played against the Spain national team.[2][3] During that tour, the team was nicknamed, La Catedral (The cathedral), after a speech from team player Emilio Dumani, saying: "This is a team that always fights, and never turns off... like the lights of a Cathedral".

Despite those successful years, the 1973 Buenos Aires championship was their last title until the 2010s.

1971 tour of Europe details
Date City Rival Result (wins in bold)
Spain
30 AprBalaguerSpain national team49–94
1 MayBalaguerGillette (USA)73–75
2 MayBalaguerOKK Beograd78–74
Italy
6 MayBariOKK Beograd88–89
7 MayBariFides Napoli63–93
8 MayBariTropicali Pesaro70–72
9 MayRosetoMonti Roseto90–69
12 MayRomePatriarca89–80
14 MayReggio EmiliaLa Torre Reggio Emilia81–57
15 MayBrugherioCandy70–74
16 MayTurinRiber94–79
17 MayGenoaAthletic Genova75–63
19 MayRomeLazio Snadiero93–85

Liga Nacional and decline
San Lorenzo (in red uniform) played in the first LNB game ever, vs. Argentino de Firmat in 1985. With the ball, León Najnudel.

On April 26, 1985, San Lorenzo played the opening game of the recently created Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) (National Basketball League), facing Argentino de Firmat at the Obras Sanitarias venue.[4] Nevertheless, the team was relegated that same year.[5]

The basketball section of the club was inactive between 1986 and 1993, returning only at youth levels. In 1996, San Lorenzo's senior squad returned to first division tournaments of the city of Buenos Aires. The club also won the Under-22 championship (2004), and the 2012 Copa De Oyarbide (Oyarbide Cup).

Return to glory
San Lorenzo players celebrating the 2015–16 season LNB title.

In 2014, San Lorenzo debuted in the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (TNA) (National Promotion Tournament), the second tier level division of professional basketball in Argentina.[6] In 2015, San Lorenzo acquired a vacant place in the Argentine top-tier level Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) (National Basketball League), because of a merger with the club 9 de Julio de Río Tercero.[7] 30 years after its debut in the LNB, San Lorenzo returned to the top division on September 22, 2015, and beat Quimsa, by a score of 79–64.[8]

San Lorenzo won its first LNB title in 2016, after beating La Unión, with a 4–0 series sweep in the league's finals. San Lorenzo player, Walter Herrmann, was chosen as MVP of the Finals.[9]

In the following season, San Lorenzo won its 2nd consecutive Argentine League title, after defeating Regatas Corrientes, 4–1 at the finals. The team became the most winning team in the LNB's history, with a 23–3 record. Gabriel Deck was chosen as the Final's MVP.[10] Unlike the 2015–16 series, San Lorenzo played its home games at Roberto Pando arena, in Boedo, Buenos Aires.[11]

Arena

San Lorenzo plays its home games at the Polideportivo Roberto Pando, which is located in Boedo, Buenos Aires. The arena has a seating capacity of 2,700 people.

Players

Current roster
San Lorenzo roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 1 Caffaro, Agustín 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995
SG 2 Tucker, Dar 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1988-04-11)11 April 1988
C 3 Williams, Justin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 36 – (1984-05-12)12 May 1984
SF 6 Mata, Marcos 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 34 – (1986-08-01)1 August 1986
PG 7 Aguirre, Nicolás 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1988-03-31)31 March 1988
SF 8 González, Luciano 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1990-01-01)1 January 1990
SG 10 Fjellerup, Máximo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (1997-11-24)24 November 1997
PG 11 Vildoza, José 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1996-01-24)24 January 1996
C 15 Batista, Esteban 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 37 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983
C 18 Piñero, Facundo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 32 – (1988-09-26)26 September 1988
SG 24 Fernández, Lisandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998
C 50 Anthony, Joel 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 38 – (1982-08-09)9 August 1982
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2020–01–01

Notable players
Walter Herrmann, the club's key player of their Argentine LNB 2015–16 season title.

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

Head coaches
  • Oscar Rigiroli
  • Elpidio Pertuzzo
  • José Biggi
  • Francisco Del Rio
  • Alberto Trama
  • José Bellino
  • Edgar Parizzia
  • Julio Lamas
  • Gonzalo García

Statistics

Versus NBA teams

Versus EuroLeague teams (Tier 1)

Versus FIBA Saporta Cup teams (Tier 2)

Versus FIBA Champions League teams (Tier 2)

Honours
Copa Confederación Argentina de Deportes (Argentine Sports Confederation Cup).

National

Regional
  • Asociación de Buenos Aires Championship (12): 1942, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1968, 1971, 1973
  • Torneo Metropolitano (5): 1956, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1971

International

Others
  • Arganda del Rey, Spain Invitational Game: 2017

In international competitions

Latin America

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Year Competition Round W L W%
2017FIBA Americas LeagueSecond Group Stage42.667
2018FIBA Americas LeagueChampions801.000
2019FIBA Americas LeagueChampions71.875
2019–20BCL Americas–
Total 2 Titles 19 3 .864

FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Main article: FIBA Intercontinental Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Year Round W L W%
2019Third place11.500
2020–
Total 0 Titles 1 1 .500

See also

References
  1. San Lorenzo tuvo su fiesta completa en la vuelta a Boedo, Clarín, 24 Oct 2016
  2. "La Catedral en Europa", Mundo Azulgrana website
  3. "Gira por Europa 1971"
  4. "Hace 30 años nacía la Liga Nacional de Básquetbol en Argentina", Telam, 26 Apr 2015
  5. "San Lorenzo barrió a La Unión y logró un título histórico", Clarín, 23 Jun 2016
  6. "Llegó el día del debut", San Lorenzo website, 15 Oct 2014
  7. "Tinelli lo hizo: 9 de Julio se fusionará con San Lorenzo y perderá su plaza en la Liga", La Voz del Interior
  8. "Tras 30 años, San Lorenzo volvió a la Liga Nacional y debutó con triunfo", La Nueva, 22 Sep 2015
  9. "Tinelli cumplió otro sueño: San Lorenzo campeón de la Liga Nacional", Cancha Llena, 23 Jun 2016
  10. Liga Nacional: San Lorenzo festejó el bicampeonato, y no exclusivamente por el poder de su billetera by Diego Morini, La Nación, 15 Jul 2017
  11. Fiesta en Boedo: San Lorenzo gritó bicampeón y deja su huella en la Liga by Mauricio Codocea, Clarín, 15 Jul 2017
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