# HC Braga
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{{Infobox field hockey club
| name = Hóquei Clube de Braga / SPORMEX
| nickname = ''Bracarenses''
| image = Hóquei Clube de Braga.png
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| fullname = HC Braga
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|1988|3|18}}
| ground = [Pavilhão das Goladas](/source/Pavilh%C3%A3o_das_Goladas), [Braga](/source/Braga)
| capacity = 500
| chairman = {{flagicon|Portugal}} Luís Botelho
| manager = {{flagicon|Portugal}} André Torres
| league = [1ª Divisão](/source/Portuguese_Roller_Hockey_First_Division)
| season = 2021/22
| position = 7th
| website = [https://www.facebook.com/HCBraga/ facebook.com/HCBraga]
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'''Hóquei Clube de Braga/ SPORMEX''' (sponsored by events company SPORMEX) is a professional [roller hockey](/source/Roller_hockey_(Quad)) [club](/source/Club_(organization)) from [Braga](/source/Braga), [Portugal](/source/Portugal). It was founded on 18 March 1988, after the extinction of the rink hockey squad of [ABC Braga](/source/ABC_Braga), a local [handball](/source/Team_handball) club. It has about 400 members. The senior team participates in the [Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division](/source/Portuguese_Roller_Hockey_First_Division) and in last years qualified to [CERS Cup](/source/CERS_Cup).
The club has youth teams with several regional, national and European titles.
==2013-14 Technical Team==
{| cellspacing="0" style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px black solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor=#0000FF style="color:white;"
|align=center colspan=3|'''Technical Team'''
|- bgcolor=#F9F9F9 style="color:black;"
! |
! | '''Name'''
! | '''Post'''
|-
|align=center| {{Flagicon|PRT}}
|align=center| Vítor Silva
|align=center| Head Coach
|-
|align=center| {{Flagicon|PRT}}
|align=center| Miguel Soares
|align=center| Assistant Coach and Fitness Coach
|-
|align=center| {{Flagicon|PRT}}
|align=center| Jorge Mendes
|align=center| Mechanic
|-
|align=center| {{Flagicon|PRT}}
|align=center| André Carneiro
|align=center| Youth Coordinator
|-
|}
==2013-14 Squad==
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=POR|pos=GK|name=Rodolfo Sobral}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=Luís Filipe}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=Eduardo Brás}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Miguel Vieira}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Rodrigo Sousa}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Frederico Saraiva "Fred"}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=José Campos "Ziga"}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=Ricardo Ramos "Piolho"}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=POR|pos=GK|name=Guilherme Silva }}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=César Carvalho "Chumbinho"}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Gabi Silva (junior)}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Miguel Castro (junior)}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Sérgio Campos (junior)}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Luís Lima (junior)}}
{{fs end}}
==Titles==
===Senior team===
* Seniors Premiere - 2001/02;
* 2nd National Division Champion (2004/05 and 2006/07);
* [Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division](/source/Portuguese_Roller_Hockey_First_Division) debut - 2005/06;
* [Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division](/source/Portuguese_Roller_Hockey_First_Division)
:8 Appearances (2005/06 and from 2007/08 until 2013/14);
:Best rank: 5th place in 2010/11
* [Portuguese Cup](/source/Portuguese_Roller_Hockey_Cup) runner-up (2006/07 and 2007/08);
* [Portuguese Supercup](/source/Superta%C3%A7a_de_Portugal_(roller_hockey)) runner-up in 2008/09);
* 6 attendances in [CERS Cup](/source/CERS_Cup) - from 2008/2009 until 2013/2014 (Best rank: runner-up in 2011/12);
===Youth Teams===
'''U-15''': National Champions in 2010/11
'''U-17''': [European](/source/2014_Eurockey_Cup_U%E2%80%9317) and National Champions in 2013/14 and runner-up in 2010/11 and 2012/13
'''U-20''': National championship runner-up in 2013/14
HC Braga won several Regional Championships and Regional Cups in all levels.
===Players at [Portugal national roller hockey team](/source/Portugal_national_roller_hockey_team)===
In 2010/2011, some HC Braga athletes Braga have been elected to play at [National teams](/source/Portugal_national_roller_hockey_team) like Helder Nunes, who was selected to compete in the [2011 CIRH U-20 World Cup](/source/2011_CIRH_U-20_World_Cup), where the Portuguese finished in 2nd place.
In 2012, Helder Nunes was summoned to the [Senior National Team](/source/Portugal_national_roller_hockey_team), participating in the [2012 CERH European Championship](/source/2012_CERH_European_Championship) in Lordelo ([Paredes Municipality](/source/Paredes_Municipality)), [Portugal](/source/Portugal). Another HC Braga athlete elected to the Portugal national team, was Miguel Vieira (U-15 National Champion in 2010/2011), playing in the [2012 European Roller Hockey Juvenile Championship (U-17)](/source/2012_European_Roller_Hockey_Juvenile_Championship_(U-17)), where the Portuguese team finished in 2nd place. In 2013, Carlos Loureiro was crowned [U-17 European Champion](/source/2013_European_Roller_Hockey_Juvenile_Championship_(U-17)) while Miguel Vieira won th [2013 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20](/source/2013_FIRS_Roller_Hockey_World_Cup_U-20).
==External links==
* {{Facebook|HCBraga}}
* [http://hc-braga.blogspot.pt/ Blog (Portuguese)]
*{{HoqueiPatins.cat|id=Hóquei_Clube_de_Braga}}
{{Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division teams}}
{{Portuguese rink hockey seasons}}
{{Rink Hockey IandC in Portugal}}
{{Rink hockey international competitions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoquei Clube De Braga}}
Category:Roller hockey teams in Portugal
Category:Sport in Braga
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