2022–23 Petro de Luanda basketball season

Petro de Luanda plays the 2023–24 season in the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for a third straight season, as well as in two national cup competitions.

Petro de Luanda
ChairmanTomás Faria
Head coachJosé Neto
(3rd season)
BALThird place
Unitel BasketChampions
Angolan CupWinners
Angolan SupercupWinners

It was the third season under head coach José Neto. Domestically, Petro won the treble of the Unitel Basket, Angolan Cup and Supercup.

Roster edit

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Petro de Luanda roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 0   Diabate, Solo (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 36 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987
PG 1   Domingos, Gerson 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996
PF 2   Chime, Anadji 18 – (2005-09-05)5 September 2005
SF 4   Bastos, Pedro 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1993-01-08)8 January 1993
PG 5   Dundão, Childe 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 25 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998
SG 6   Morais, Carlos (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 38 – (1985-10-16)16 October 1985
C 7   Pedro, Jone 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 33 – (1990-05-28)28 May 1990
CG 10   Gonçalves, Gerson 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996
C 13   Majok, Ater (I) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 36 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987
PF 15   Gakou, Aboubakar 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997
G 23   Hendawy, Seifeldin (E) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2005-09-05)5 September 2005
PF 24   Buiamba, Glofate 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999
F 45   Hollis, Damian (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1988-08-19)19 August 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: September 25, 2023

Transactions edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Date Source
24 F   Glofate Buiamba 23 Interclube   Free agent Undisclosed
23 G   Seifeldin Hendawy 16 NBA Academy Africa   Drafted Undisclosed
0 G   Solo Diabate 16 US Monastir   Free agent Undisclosed September 23, 2022 [1]
F 88   Damian Hollis 33 Free agent   Free agent Undisclosed January 4, 2023 [2]
13 C   Ater Majok 35 Piratas de La Guaira   Free agent Undisclosed March 10, 2023 [3]

Competitions edit

BAL edit

Nile Conference edit

27 April 2023 Petro de Luanda   89–71   City Oilers Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 21–25, 24–20, 23–12
Pts: Gakou 16
Rebs: Hollis 10
Asts: Majok 5
RealGM Report Pts: Jones 22
Rebs: Justice Jr., Roebuck Jr. 8
Asts: Justice Jr. 5
Attendance: 657
29 April 2023 Ferroviário da Beira   76–101   Petro de Luanda Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 28–26, 17–31, 20–23
Pts: Young 17
Rebs: Gueye 6
Asts: Perry 6
Livestats Pts: Morais 18
Rebs: Hollis 6
Asts: Gonçalves 5
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Ian McClenny, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Aya Ahmed
30 April 2023 Petro de Luanda   87–48   Cape Town Tigers Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 20–12, 26–9, 13–15
Pts: Gonçalves 15
Rebs: Gonçalves 9
Asts: Four players 4
Livestats Pts: Hall 14
Rebs: Gbinije 8
Asts: Hall, Wade 3
Attendance: 883
Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza
3 May 2023 SLAC   78–95   Petro de Luanda Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 21–34, 17–23, 20–16
Pts: Miller Jr. 24
Rebs: Conde 12
Asts: Miller Jr. 7
BAL Report Pts: Majok 15
Rebs: Hollis 10
Asts: Diabate 7
Attendance: 500
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Marie Cherubin, Walelign Gebeto
5 May 2023 Petro de Luanda   91–90   Al Ahly Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–25, 24–26, 20–21
Pts: Morais 34
Rebs: Morais 6
Asts: Majok 5
BAL Report Pts: Omot 25
Rebs: Ismail 7
Asts: Webster 8
Attendance: 3,015
Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Annie Joyce Muchenu

Playoffs edit

22 May 2023
Quarter-final
Petro de Luanda   88–84   ABC Fighters BK Arena, Kigali
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 18–25, 23–22, 24–21
Pts: Morais 18
Rebs: Pedro 8
Asts: Diabate 5
Report
Livestats
Pts: Abada 21
Rebs: Three players 3
Asts: Abada 8
Referees: Klyde Mulla, Yann Vezo Davidson, Mbaye Seye
24 May 2023
Semi-final
Petro de Luanda   86–92   AS Douanes BK Arena, Kigali
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–29, 18–20, 23–23
Pts: Hollis 19
Rebs: Pedro 8
Asts: Pedro 6
Livestats Pts: Boissy 28
Rebs: Crawford 7
Asts: Ndour 5
Attendance: 4,554
Referees: Marcy Williams, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Mbaye Seye
26 May 2023
Third place game
Petro de Luanda   65–73   Stade Malien BK Arena, Kigali
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 19–16, 20–14, 11–23
Pts: Morais 15
Rebs: Morais 9
Asts: Morais, Diabate 4
Livestats Pts: Diarra 25
Rebs: Diarra 12
Asts: Three players 5
Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Marie Leslie Cherubin, Mbaye Seye

References edit

  1. ^ lumanhula, Jose (2022-09-23). "SOULEYMAN "SOLO" DIABATE É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  2. ^ lumanhula, Jose (2023-01-04). "DAMIAN HOLLIS É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  3. ^ Wane, Amy (2023-03-10). "BAL 2023 : Ater Majok signe au Petro Luanda". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-10.