HC Braga

Hóquei Clube de Braga/ SPORMEX (sponsored by events company SPORMEX) is a professional roller hockey club from Braga, Portugal. It was founded on 18 March 1988, after the extinction of the rink hockey squad of ABC Braga, a local handball club. It has about 400 members. The senior team participates in the Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division and in last years qualified to CERS Cup. The club has youth teams with several regional, national and European titles.

Hóquei Clube de Braga / SPORMEX

Full name	HC Braga
Nickname(s)	Bracarenses
League	1ª Divisão
Founded	March 18, 1988; 37 years ago (1988-03-18)
Home ground	Pavilhão das Goladas, Braga (Capacity 500)
Personnel
Chairman	Luís Botelho
Manager	André Torres
Website	facebook.com/HCBraga
Home Away

2013-14 Technical Team

Technical Team
	Name	Post
	Vítor Silva	Head Coach
	Miguel Soares	Assistant Coach and Fitness Coach
	Jorge Mendes	Mechanic
	André Carneiro	Youth Coordinator

2013-14 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Rodolfo Sobral 2 DF  POR Luís Filipe 3 MF  POR Eduardo Brás 4 FW  POR Miguel Vieira 5 FW  POR Rodrigo Sousa 6 FW  POR Frederico Saraiva "Fred" 8 MF  POR José Campos "Ziga"

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 MF  POR Ricardo Ramos "Piolho" 23 GK  POR Guilherme Silva 55 MF  POR César Carvalho "Chumbinho" — FW  POR Gabi Silva (junior) — FW  POR Miguel Castro (junior) — FW  POR Sérgio Campos (junior) — FW  POR Luís Lima (junior)

Titles

Senior Team

• Seniors Premiere - 2001/02;
• 2nd National Division Champion (2004/05 and 2006/07);
• Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division debut - 2005/06;
• 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 runner-up (2006/07 and 2007/08);
• Portuguese Supercup runner-up in 2008/09);
• 6 attendances in 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 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

In 2010/2011, some HC Braga athletes Braga have been elected to play at National teams like Helder Nunes, who was selected to compete in the 2011 CIRH U-20 World Cup, where the Portuguese finished in 2nd place. In 2012, Helder Nunes was summoned to the Senior National Team, participating in the 2012 CERH European Championship in Lordelo (Paredes Municipality), 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), where the Portuguese team finished in 2nd place. In 2013, Carlos Loureiro was crowned U-17 European Champion while Miguel Vieira won th 2013 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20.

External links

• HC Braga on Facebook
• Blog (Portuguese)
• HC Braga at HoqueiPatins.cat (in Catalan)