2024–25 Petro de Luanda basketball season

Petro de Luanda

Chairman	Tomás Faria
Head coach	Sergio Valdeolmillos (2nd season)
BAL	To be played
Unitel Basket	To be played
Angolan Cup	TBD
Angolan Supercup	TBD
Biggest win	TBD

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 Diabate, Solo (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 37 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 PG 0 Domingos, Gerson 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 PG 2 Moreira, Yanick 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 33 – (1991-07-31)31 July 1991 PG 5 Dundão, Childe 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998 SG 6 Morais, Carlos (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 39 – (1985-10-16)16 October 1985 PG 12 Simão, Eduardo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2004-02-06)6 February 2004 F/C 13 Castro, Clesio 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-02-22)22 February 1997 F 15 Gakou, Aboubakar 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 SG 23 Faust, Nick (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 SF 24 Buiamba, Glofate 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 C Gardner, Patrick (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 25 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999	Head coach Sergio Valdeolmillos Assistant coach(es) Raúl Duarte Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 30 August 2024

Transactions

In

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

Out

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

Coviran Granada v Petro de Luanda

28 August 2024	Coviran Granada	80–67	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

Petro de Luanda v Unicaja

12 September	Petro de Luanda	78–94	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)

Petro de Luanda v Al Riyadi

14 September	Petro de Luanda	75–80	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

Petro de Luanda v Quimsa

15 September	Petro de Luanda	70–64	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. "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. @petro_de_luanda (10 August 2024). "Tínhamos saudades, Diabaté! Bem-vindo de volta!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. "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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