Orlandina Basket

Betaland Capo d'Orlando
Leagues LBA
Founded 1978 (1978)
History Orlandina Basket
(1978–2008)
Pallacanestro Nebrodi
(2008–2009)
Orlandina Basket
(2009–present)
Arena PalaFantozzi
Arena Capacity 3,613
Location Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy
Team colors White and Blue
         
President Enzo Sindoni
Head coach Gennaro Di Carlo
Website orlandinabasket.it
Uniforms
Home
Away

Orlandina Basket, known as Betaland Capo d'Orlando for sponsorship reasons,[1] is an Italian professional basketball club based in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily. It plays in the first division LBA as of the 2016-17 season.

History

Founded in 1978, the side mostly played in the regional leagues until coming under new ownership in 1996. Following this, Orlandina Basket obtained two consecutive promotions to reach the Serie B2 in 1998. Signing Italian international Alessandro Fantozzi the same year, the club moved up to the Serie B1 in 2000 and the LegaDue (second division) the next year, though they were relegated after one season. Readmitted to the LegaDue in 2004 when the league needed to fill spaces, the side won the league to earn a promotion to the top-tier Serie A in 2005.

In September 2008, Orlandina Basket was excluded from the Serie A along with Basket Napoli due to legal problems.[2] After this decision, the team restarted to play in Serie C Dilettanti, the fifth highest basketball league in Italy.[3] The side moved up the divisions and went from the DNA to the LegaDue in 2012. Despite losing the playoff final against Aquila Basket Trento in 2013-14, Orlandina Basket was promoted to the Serie A after Montepaschi Siena went bankrupt.

On May 12, 2017, Orlandina won its first LBA play-off game with a 80–87 road victory over Milano.[4]

Arena

The team plays its home games in the PalaFantozzi (named after former Orlandina star Alessandro Fantozzi), which seats 3,613 spectators.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Italian Cup European competitions
2013–14 2 LNP Gold 2nd
2014–15 1 LBA
14th
2015–16 1 LBA
13th
2016–17 1 LBA
8th
 Quarterfinalist
2017–18 1 LBA
3 Champions League

Players

Current roster

Orlandina Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 Italy Galipò, Giorgio 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 17 – (1999-11-30)30 November 1999
PG 3 Slovakia Ihring, Mario 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998
SF 4 Serbia Tepić, Milenko 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1987-02-27)27 February 1987
C 10 Croatia Nicević, Sandro (C) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 41 – (1976-06-16)16 June 1976
SF 8 Lithuania Kulboka, Arnoldas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (1998-01-04)4 January 1998
F/C 13 Croatia Delaš, Mario 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 27 – (1990-01-16)16 January 1990
C 17 Italy Donda, Andrea 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 17 – (2000-08-11)11 August 2000
SF 23 Serbia Stojanović, Vojislav 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 20 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997
F/C Poland Wojciechowski, Jakub 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 27 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990
Head coach
  • Italy Gennaro Di Carlo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 10 January 2017

Notable players

Sponsorship names

References

  1. ↑ "Nuovo main sponsor, sarà Betaland Capo d'Orlando!" [New main sponsor, now Betaland Capo d'Orlando!]. OrlandinaBasket (in Italian). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Il Consiglio Federale revoca l'ammissione di Napoli e Capo d'Orlando alla Serie A. (in Italian)
  3. ↑ Comunicato Stampa. (in Italian)
  4. ↑ Orlandina stuns Olimpia Milano with historic 1 – 0
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