Scafati Basket

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Scafati Basket
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Leagues LBA
Founded1969;55 years ago (1969)
Arena PalaMangano
Capacity3,700
Location Scafati, Italy
Team colorsBlue, Yellow
  
Main sponsor Givova
PresidentAlessandro Rossano
Head coach Marcelo Nicola
OwnershipAniello Longobardi
Championships1 Italian LNP Cup
1 LegaDue Cup
1 Italian LNP Supercup
Website www.scafatibasket.com

Scafati Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Givova Scafati, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Scafati, Campania. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

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History

Scafati Basket traces its history to Silvio Pellico, a club founded by a group of students in 1949. That merged with Savoia in 1955 to form Scafatese Basket, which would be renamed Centro Sportivo Scafatese in 1969. The team played in the amateur regional Serie C and Serie D until the early 1990s when, under the presidency of Aniello Longobardi, it climbed up divisions to reach the first tier Serie A in 2006.

It was relegated from the Serie A in 2007–08.

Arena

The team has played its home games in the PalaMangano (named after former head coach Massimo Mangano), it holds 3,700 seats.

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:

Players

Current roster

Givova Scafati roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G 2 Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Rob 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)84 kg (185 lb)30 – (1994-04-03)3 April 1994
PG 6 Flag of Italy.svg Zanelli, Alessandro 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)82 kg (181 lb)32 – (1992-06-07)7 June 1992
C 8 Flag of Italy.svg Ulaneo, Scott 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)102 kg (225 lb)26 – (1998-06-27)27 June 1998
PF 9 Flag of Lithuania.svg Sorokas, Paulius 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)100 kg (220 lb)32 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992
SG 11 Flag of Italy.svg Miaschi, Federico 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)90 kg (198 lb)24 – (2000-04-26)26 April 2000
PF 12 Flag of the United States.svg Pinkins, Kruize 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)104 kg (229 lb)31 – (1993-01-25)25 January 1993
PG 20 Flag of Italy.svg Cinciarini, Andrea 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)85 kg (187 lb)38 – (1986-06-21)21 June 1986
G/F 30 Flag of the United States.svg Stewart, Elijah 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)88 kg (194 lb)28 – (1995-11-14)14 November 1995
F/C 47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Akin, Daniel 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)102 kg (225 lb)26 – (1998-06-16)16 June 1998
SF 77 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hruban, Vojtěch 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)87 kg (192 lb)35 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989
G/F Flag of the United States.svg McRae, Jordan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)81 kg (179 lb)33 – (1991-03-28)28 March 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Italy.svg Damiano Pilot
  • Flag of Italy.svg Domenico Chiariello
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Flag of Italy.svg Elia Confessore

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: October 29, 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.

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