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{{Infobox field hockey club
| name      = Hóquei Clube de Braga / SPORMEX
| nickname  = ''Bracarenses''
| image     = Hóquei Clube de Braga.png
| imagesize = 200px
| fullname  = HC Braga
| founded   = {{Start date and years ago|1988|3|18}}
| ground    = [[Pavilhão das Goladas]], [[Braga]]
| capacity  = 500
| chairman  = {{flagicon|Portugal}} Luís Botelho
| manager   = {{flagicon|Portugal}} André Torres
| league    = [[Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division|1ª Divisão]]
| 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 (Quad)|roller hockey]] [[Club (organization)|club]] from [[Braga]], [[Portugal]]. It was founded on 18 March 1988, after the extinction of the rink hockey squad of [[ABC Braga]], a local [[Team handball|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.

==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]] 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 Roller Hockey Cup|Portuguese Cup]] runner-up (2006/07 and 2007/08);
* [[Supertaça de Portugal (roller hockey)|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<br>
'''U-17''': [[2014 Eurockey Cup U–17|European]] and National Champions in 2013/14 and runner-up in 2010/11 and 2012/13<br>
'''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 [[Portugal national roller hockey team|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 [[Portugal national roller hockey team|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 [[2013 European Roller Hockey Juvenile Championship (U-17)|U-17 European Champion]] while Miguel Vieira won th [[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}}

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[[Category:Roller hockey clubs in Portugal]]
[[Category:Sport in Braga]]