Aquila Basket Trento

Dolomiti Energia Trento
Leagues	LBA EuroCup
Founded	1995;29 years ago (1995)
History	Aquila Basket Trento (1995–present)
Arena	PalaTrento
Capacity	4,360
Location	Trento, Trentino, Italy
Team colors	White and Black
President	Luigi Longhi
Team manager	Andrea Nardelli
Head coach	Paolo Galbiati
Ownership	Aquila Basket Trento 2013 S.R.L.
Championships	1 Serie A2 1 LegaDue Cup
Website	aquilabasket.it
Serie A Home Serie A Away EuroCup Home EuroCup Away

Aquila Basket Trento, also known for sponsorship reasons as Dolomiti Energia Trento, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trent, Trentino.

It was founded in 1995 as an amalgamation of two local clubs, going from the amateur divisions to the first division LBA in less than a decade. It plays in the LBA as of the 2024–25 season.

History

The PalaTrento, home venue of the club

Head coach Maurizio Buscaglia led the team to the LBA and to two LBA Finals

Aquila Basket Trento was founded in 1995 from the merger of two clubs playing the seventh tier Serie D, Dolomiti Sport B.C. Trento and Pallacanestro Villazzano, under the impetus of their respective presidents; Gianni Brusinelli and Marco Angelini. In 2000, Giovanni Zobele became club president and the same season Aquila Basket was promoted to the Serie C2, later moving up to the Serie C1 in 2002. ^[1]

Long serving coach Maurizio Buscaglia was nominated before the 2003–04 season, ^[2] he would help the club win the C1 the next season to be promoted to the fourth Serie B2, adding the C1 Cup with a 77–68 win over Navarra Ferentino. ^{[1] [3]} Staying there for four years, it lost the promotion playoffs on game 5 in 2005–06, with Buscaglia leaving the following season. Trento won the 2007–08 regular season but could not obtain promotion to the Divisione Nazionale A until buying Lumezzane's sporting rights in 2009. ^{[1] [3]}

For the club's first season in the third division, Vincenzo Esposito – notable for his playing career - was chosen for the coaching job, leading the club to the ninth place. Buscaglia returned to Trento in 2010, guiding the side to eighth in the league, though that meant it had to play in the relegation playoffs as the league was contracting, with their subsequent loss condemning them to relegation. ^[4] However, Trento - having earlier confirmed Buscaglia - was granted a wildcard by the league to stay at that level. ^[5]

On 18 January 2012, Luigi Longhi replaced Zobele as president. In the course of the same 2011–12 season, Trento earned a promotion to the LegaDue after beating BLS Chieti on 27 May 2012 to win the semifinals series 3–1, they went on to win the league outright after toppling Ferentino in the final. Trento adapted quickly to the professional second division, lifting the LegaDue Cup – organised in the PalaTrento - by beating Pistoia 84–76 in the final, also reaching the promotion playoffs that same season. In 2013–14 it went one better, finishing the regular season in first place before downing Agrigento (3–0) Torino (3–2) and finally Capo d'Orlando (3–0) to earn a historic promotion to the first division Serie A. ^[1]

Their first season in the elite was an unanticipated success as the promotees, led by Serie A MVP Tony Mitchell (also league top scorer), finished fourth in the regular season whilst the organisation had two other awardees at the Lega Basket Awards, with Buscaglia coach of the year and GM Salvatore Trainotti best executive (repeating the LegaDue awards they earned in 2014). ^[6]

Qualifying for the title playoffs for their first season in the elite, Trento won the first game of the quarterfinal series against Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari 81–70 for another record, ^[7] but could not make their home advantage count as they then lost a closely contested game at the PalaTrento before being defeated in both away games to the eventual champions. ^{[3] [8]} That result did ensure the side would participate in a European competition for the first time ever, earning a place in the second-tier EuroCup for 2015–16. The club reached the semi-finals in the competition.

In the 2016–17 season, Trento reached the Italian League Finals for the first time in club history after beating Olimpia Milano in the semi-finals series 4–1. ^[9] In the 2017 LBA Finals, Trento lost to Reyer Venezia, 2–the 2017–18 season, Trento reached the Italian League Finals for the second time in club history after beating Reyer Venezia in the semi-finals series. In the 2018 LBA Finals, Trento lost to Olimpia Milano, 2–4.

Players

Current roster

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

Dolomiti Energia Trento roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Ellis, Quinn 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 – (2003-04-01)1 April 2003 G/F 3 Cale, Myles 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-03-05)5 March 1999 G 5 Ford, Jordan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1998-05-26)26 May 1998 G/F 6 Pecchia, Andrea 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 27 – (1997-11-16)16 November 1997 F 7 Niang, Saliou 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 20 – (2004-05-14)14 May 2004 PG 10 Forray, Andrés Pablo  (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 38 – (1986-03-20)20 March 1986 C 21 Mawugbe, Selom 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1998-07-20)20 July 1998 F 22 Lamb, Anthony 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 26 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998 F 26 Bayehe, Jordan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1999-10-16)16 October 1999 PF 27 Badalau, Denis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 18 – (2006-01-27)27 January 2006 F 33 Žukauskas, Eigirdas 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 32 – (1992-06-03)3 June 1992 PG 68 Hassan, Patrick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 17 – (2007-01-20)20 January 2007	Head coach Paolo Galbiati Assistant coach(es) Davide Dusmet Fabio Bongi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 17, 2024

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• George King
• Tony Mitchell
• Brandon Triche
• Diego Flaccadori
• Luca Garri
• Stefano Gentile
• Davide Pascolo
• Andrés Pablo Forray
• Devyn Marble

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Domestic cups		European competitions
2011–12	3	DNA	1st	DNA Cup	SF
2012–13	2	LegaDue	4th	LegaDue Cup	C
2013–14	2	DNA Gold	1st	A2 Cup	RU
2014–15	1	Serie A	5th	Italian Cup	QF
2015–16	1	Serie A	8th	Italian Cup	SF	2 Eurocup	SF
2016–17	1	LBA	2nd
2017–18	1	LBA	2nd			2 EuroCup	T16
2018–19	1	LBA	6th			2 EuroCup	RS
2019–20	1	LBA	9th			2 EuroCup	T16
2020–21	1	LBA	8th			2 EuroCup	T16
2021–22	1	LBA	13th			2 EuroCup	RS

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Divisione Nazionale A Gold
  • Champions: 2014
• LegaDue Cup
  • Winners: 2013
• Divisione Nazionale A
  • Champions: 2012

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:

• Sosi Trento: (1995–2005)
• Bitumcalor Trento: (2005–2013)
• Aquila Basket Trento: (2013–2014)
• Dolomiti Energia Trento: (2014–present)

References

1. "Storia" [History]. AquilaBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 August 2015.
2. Apicella, Nicola (13 June 2014). "Basket, Trento si prende la A: Non siamo impreparati" [Basketball, Trento grabs the [Serie] A: “We are not unprepared”]. Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 August 2015.
3. "Club profile: Dolomiti Energia Trento". EurocupBasketball.com. 3 August 2015. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
4. Peretti, Daniele (7 June 2011). "Il Bitumcalor riparte da Buscaglia" [Bitumcalor restarts with Buscaglia]. TrentinoCorriere delle Alpi.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
5. "Ripescaggio ufficiale L'Aquila resta in A". L'Adige.it. 13 June 2011.
6. "Basket, Lega Awars 2015: pioggia di premi su Trento, Mitchell MVP di serie A1, Trainotti dirigente dell'anno, Buscaglia coach of the year" [Basketball, Lega Awards 2015: heap of awards for Trento, Mitchell Serie A MVP, Trainotti executive of the year, Buscaglia coach of the year]. GazzettadelleValli.it (in Italian). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
7. "Basket, playoff Serie A, quarti gara-1: Milano-Bologna 90-67, Trento-Sassari 81-70" [Basketball, Serie A playoffs, quarterfinals game 1: Milano-Bologna 90-67, Trento-Sassari 81-70]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
8. "Basket, play off: Sassari si regala Milano, finisce la favola di Trento" [Basketball, playoffs: Sassari treat themselves to Milano, Trento's fairytale is over]. Repubblica.it (in Italian). 24 May 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
9. "Trento disgraced Milano and advanced to the finals". Eurohoops.net. 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

External links

• Official website (in Italian and English)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page
• Serie A Profile (in Italian) Retrieved 6 August 2015