2022–23 Petro de Luanda basketball season

Petro de Luanda
Chairman	Tomás Faria
Head coach	José Neto; (3rd season)
BAL	Third place
Unitel Basket	Champions
Angolan Cup	Winners
Angolan Supercup	Winners
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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.

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

In the 2023 BAL season, Petro de Luanda were eliminated from title contention by AS Douanes in the semi-final. They lost the third place game to Stade Malien from Mali.

Roster[edit]

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

Petro de Luanda roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	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

José Neto

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 25, 2023

Transactions[edit]

No.	Pos.	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 1	Petro de Luanda	89–71	City Oilers	6th of October, Egypt
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	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 657

29 April 2023 2	Ferroviário da Beira	76–101	Petro de Luanda	6th of October, Egypt
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	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: N/A Referees: Ian McClenny, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Aya Ahmed

30 April 2023 3	Petro de Luanda	87–48	Cape Town Tigers	6th of October, Egypt
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	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 883 Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza

3 May 2023 4	SLAC	78–95	Petro de Luanda	6th of October, Egypt
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	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Marie Cherubin, Walelign Gebeto

5 May 2023 5	Petro de Luanda	91–90	Al Ahly	6th of October, Egypt
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	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 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	Kigali, Rwanda
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	Arena: BK Arena Referees: Klyde Mulla, Yann Vezo Davidson, Mbaye Seye

24 May 2023 Semi-final	Petro de Luanda	86–92	AS Douanes	Kigali, Rwanda
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	Arena: BK Arena Attendance: 4,554 Referees: Marcy Williams, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Mbaye Seye

26 May 2023 Third place game	Petro de Luanda	65–73	Stade Malien	Kigali, Rwanda
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	Arena: BK Arena Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Marie Leslie Cherubin, Mbaye Seye

BAL player statistics[edit]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

After all games.^[4]

Petro de Luanda statistics
Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Carlos Morais	8	27.5	.442	.413	.789	4.4	3.3	0.8	0.0	15.6
Damian Hollis	8	21.5	.478	.474	.944	6.9	1.4	0.6	0.3	11.3
Childe Dundão	8	22.6	.394	.400	.750	2.5	2.5	1.5	0.0	10.6
Jone Pedro	8	18.7	.674	.000	.593	5.4	1.5	0.1	0.8	9.3
Gerson Gonçalves	8	23.4	.520	.375	.750	3.9	3.4	1.3	0.0	9.1
Ater Majok	8	20.9	.522	.000	.696	5.8	2.5	0.4	1.6	8.0
Solo Diabate	8	21.0	.391	.294	1.000	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.1	7.1
Aboubakar Gakou	8	18.8	.360	.314	.727	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	6.9
Glofate Buiamba	7	9.8	.519	.000	.875	1.9	0.4	0.6	0.1	5.0
Gerson Domingos	8	8.3	.455	.357	.500	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.0	3.5
Pedro Bastos	6	8.5	.214	.250	.600	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	2.0
Seifeldin Hendawy	4	4.2	.000	.000	.667	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Anadji Chime	2	1.1	.000	.000	.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

References[edit]

^ lumanhula, Jose (23 September 2022). "SOULEYMAN "SOLO" DIABATE É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ lumanhula, Jose (4 January 2023). "DAMIAN HOLLIS É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ Wane, Amy (10 March 2023). "BAL 2023 : Ater Majok signe au Petro Luanda". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Petro de Luanda Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[1] umanhula, Jose (23 September 2022). "SOULEYMAN "SOLO" DIABATE É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2] umanhula, Jose (4 January 2023). "DAMIAN HOLLIS É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[3] Wane, Amy (10 March 2023). "BAL 2023 : Ater Majok signe au Petro Luanda". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[4] "Petro de Luanda Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

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v t e 2023 BAL season
Qualification tournaments Group stage Nile Conference Sahara Conference Playoffs Final Rosters
Nile Conference	Al Ahly Cape Town Tigers City Oilers Ferroviário da Beira Petro de Luanda SLAC
Sahara Conference	ABC Fighters AS Douanes Kwara Falcons REG Stade Malien US Monastir