Scaligera Basket Verona

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

Honours

Total titles: (4)

Domestic

Italian Cup

• Winners (1): 1990-91

Italian Supercup

• Winners (1): 1996

Italian Cup (Serie A2)

• Winners (1): 2014-15

European

FIBA Saporta Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1996-97

FIBA Korać Cup

• Winners (1): 1997-98

Notable players

Davide Bonora Giuseppe Brumatti Sandro Brusamarello Roberto Bullara Riccardo Caneva Claudio Capone Francesco Fischetto Vittorio Gallinari Lino Lardo Aniello Laezza David Londero Claudio Malagoli Riccardo Morandotti Giacomo Galanda Matteo Nobile Alessandro Frosini Alessandro Boni Andrea Camata

Paolo Moretti Rodolfo Rombaldoni Giampiero Savio Roberto Dalla Vecchia Giampaolo Zamberlan Antonio Porta Leo Rautins Joachim Jerichow David Arigbabu Hansi Gnad Miroslav Berić Diego Fajardo Dražen Dalipagić A.J. Abrams Corey Albano James Bailey Jay Bilas Louis Bullock

Marty Conlon Corey Crowder Bill Edwards Bill Garnett Sylvester Gray Mike Iuzzolino Titus Ivory Tim Kempton Randolph Keys Ryan Lorthridge Scott Meents Victor Page Casey Schmidt Russ Schoene Jeff Trepagnier Spud Webb Trevor Wilson Henry Williams

External links

• Official Website (Italian)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile