2024–25 Petro de Luanda basketball season

Petro de Luanda
ChairmanTomás Faria
Head coachSergio Valdeolmillos
(2nd season)
BALTo be played
Unitel BasketTo be played
Angolan CupTBD
Angolan SupercupTBD
Biggest winTBD
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Petro de Luanda plays the 2024–25 season in the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as well as in two national cup competitions.

Overview

After the successful previous season, veteran Jone Pedro left the club, along with Gerson Gonçalves, who signed a contract in France.[1][2] The team reinforced themselves with Solo Diabate,[3] who returned after one season in Libya, and Patrick Gardner.[4]

Roster

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

Petro de Luanda roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 00 Ivory Coast Diabate, Solo (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 37 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987
PG 0 Angola Domingos, Gerson 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996
PG 2 Angola Moreira, Yanick 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 33 – (1991-07-31)31 July 1991
PG 5 Angola Dundão, Childe 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998
SG 6 Angola Morais, Carlos (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 39 – (1985-10-16)16 October 1985
PG 12 Angola Simão, Eduardo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2004-02-06)6 February 2004
F/C 13 Angola Castro, Clesio 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-02-22)22 February 1997
F 15 Angola Gakou, Aboubakar 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997
SG 23 United States Faust, Nick (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1992-02-25)25 February 1992
SF 24 Angola Buiamba, Glofate 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999
C Egypt Gardner, Patrick (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 25 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 30 August 2024

Transactions

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Date Source
00 G Ivory Coast Solo Diabate 36 Al Ahli Benghazi Libya 10 August 2024 [3]
4 C Egypt Patrick Gardner 28 Al Ahly Egypt August 25, 2024 [4]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Date Source
7 C Angola Jone Pedro 34 End of contract 10 August 2024
10 G Angola Gerson Gonçalves 28 Aix Maurienne France End of contract 16 July 2024 [1]

Competitions

Friendly

Petro spent their pre-season in Spain, where they participated in a local tournament, to prepare for the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[5]

28 August 2024 Coviran Granada Spain 80–67 Angola Petro de Luanda Granada, Spain
Pts: Bamforth 14 Reference[6] Pts: Gardner 11 Attendance: 6,000

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

See also: 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Group phase

12 September Petro de Luanda Angola 78–94 Spain Unicaja Singapore
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 26–30, 20–20, 26–19
Pts: Castro 13
Rebs: Castro 9
Asts: Diabate, Domingos 6 		Box score Pts: Kalinoski 16
Rebs: Osetkowski 8
Asts: Osetkowski 7 		Arena: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,627
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Carlos Peralta (ECU), James Alexander Boyer (AUS)
14 September Petro de Luanda Angola 75–80 Lebanon Al Riyadi Singapore
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–11, 16–28, 24–18
Pts: Gakou 20
Rebs: Diabate 8
Asts: Diabate 7 		Box score Pts: Harris 22
Rebs: Gyokchyan 10
Asts: Gyokchyan 6 		Arena: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,925
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Yann Vezo Davidson (MAD), James Alexander Boyer (AUS)

5th-6th place classification game

15 September Petro de Luanda Angola 70–64 Argentina Quimsa Singapore
13:00 Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 24–9, 16–22, 19–9
Pts: Gakou 20
Rebs: Gardner 10
Asts: Diabate 6 		Boxscore Pts: Romano 13
Rebs: Miller, Brussino 6
Asts: Brussino 8 		Arena: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 3,173
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Yann Vezo Davidson (MAD)

BAL

See also: 2025 BAL season

References

  1. ^ a b "Gerson Gonçalves est Savoyard !". AMSB (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Gerson Gonçalves est Savoyard !". AMSB (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b @petro_de_luanda (10 August 2024). "Tínhamos saudades, Diabaté! Bem-vindo de volta!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Basquetebol: Patrick Gardner reforça posição cinco do Petro". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  5. ^ grxnet.com. "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Petro viaja em estágio para o Reino de Espanha". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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