Partenope Napoli
Partenope Napoli is an Italian basketball team from Naples.
In the past, it has participated in Serie A (top division) of the Italian basketball (taking 2nd place in the 1967/68 season and 3rd place in the 1968/69 season), won the very first Italian Cup in the 1967/68 season and won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970. It has had financial problems in the recent years and, as of 2007/08 season, is playing in the Serie C2 (sixth-highest level division). It has only played once in the top two divisions in the last 30 years (Serie A2 in 1997/98 season)
Due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as Ignis Sud Napoli (1967-1968), Fides Napoli (1968-1972), Fag Napoli (1973-1976), Cosatto Napoli (1976-1977), Gis Napoli (1977-1978) and Pasta Baronia Napoli (1997-1998).
Notable players
1960s winning teams
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Remo Maggetti - Renato Abbate
- Paolo Vittori
- Ottorino Flaborea
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Jim Williams - Lorenzo Angori
- Giovanni Gavagnin
- Carlos D'Aquila
- Sauro Bufalini
- Miles Aiken
1997/98 season
- Yamen Sanders
- Sergio Mastroianni
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Kenny Atkinson - Dave Johnson
2007/08 season
- Fabio Morelli
- Luigi Caprio
- Fabrizio Esposito
- Marco Maddaloni
- Francesco Montanino
- Livio Cimmino
- Nando Smorra
- Mattia Errico
- Vinny Pisacane
- Mirko Perna
- Gaetano Merola
- Alfredo Bovier