Scaligera Basket Verona

Scaligera Basket
Leagues Serie A2
Founded 1951
History Scaligera Basket
(1951–2002)
Scaligera Basket
(2007–present)
Arena PalaOlimpia
Arena Capacity 5,350
Location Verona, Veneto, Italy
Team colors Yellow and Blue
         
President Gianluigi Pedrollo
Head coach Marco Crespi
Championships 1 Korać Cup
1 Italian Cup
1 Italian SuperCup
1 Serie A2 Cup
Website scaligerabasket.it
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Scaligera Basket Verona is an Italian professional basketball club based in Verona, Veneto. It comptes in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season.

History

"Scaligera" was founded in 1951. In the 1990s, the club reached the first division Serie A, staying that for ten years. They won the Italian Cup in 1991, the Italian SuperCup in 1997 and the Korać Cup in 1998.

In 2002, the club went bankrupt. A new organisation born in 2010 retook the "Scaligera" name.

Roster

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

Scaligera Basket Verona roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
PG 3 Italy Bernardi, Andrea 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 73 kg (161 lb)
PF 7 Italy Saccaggi, Lorenzo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
F 8 Italy Ricci, Gianpaolo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
PG 10 Italy Petronio, Alessandro 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb)
G 11 Italy Boscagin, Giorgio 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 13 Italy Cortese, Riccardo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb)
C 15 Italy Melchiori, Andrea 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
G 17 Senegal Ba, Elhadji Adama 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
F 20 Italy Da Ros, Matteo 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
C 23 Zimbabwe Chikoko, Vitalis 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
PG 24 United States Rice, Rayvonte 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
PF 45 Italy Spanghero, Marco 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Alessandro De Pol

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Honours

Total titles: (4)

Domestic

Italian Cup

Italian Supercup

Serie A2 Cup

European

FIBA Saporta Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

Notable players

External links


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