Scaligera Basket Verona

Scaligera Basket
Leagues	LBA
Founded	1951
History	Scaligera Basket (1951–2002) Scaligera Basket Verona (2007–present)
Arena	AGSM Forum
Capacity	5,350
Location	Verona, Veneto, Italy
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Gianluigi Pedrollo
Head coach	Alessandro Ramagli
Championships	1 Korać Cup 1 Italian Cup 1 Italian SuperCup 1 Italian LNP Cup 1 Serie A2
Retired numbers	2 (8, 9)
Website	scaligerabasket.it
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Scaligera Basket Verona, known for sponsorship reasons as Tezenis Verona, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Verona, Italy. It competes in the LBA.

History

1951–1982: Decades within the minor leagues

Scaligera Basket was founded in Verona in 1951. From 1951 until 1971, Scaligera took part in local and regional competitions within the minor leagues of Italian basketball. In the early 1970s, a local entrepreneur, Giuseppe Vicenzi became the new owner of the club and sponsored the team Vicenzi Biscotti, which became one of the most recognizable name for Scaligera. In the 1976–77 season, Scaligera reached the Serie B. Despite a relegation to Serie C in the following season, the club was able to re-gain the promotion in 1977–78. After a few years in Serie B, in the 1982–83 season, under the leadership of coach Bruno Arrigoni, Verona was promoted to Serie A2, the second division of Italian basketball.

1982–1991: Years in Serie A2 and the Italian Cup

In the first year of Serie A2, Scaligera had to play in Padua due to the lack of a sports hall in Verona and was relegated to Serie B. However, the team re-gained the Serie A2 in 1986 by returning to Verona. The team was sponsored by Citrosil, a product of Glaxo, a pharmaceutical company whose Italian headquarters was located in Verona and which, thanks to the determination of its president Mario Fertonani, decided to support the Vicenzi family. The 1987 relegation was immediately followed by the promotion to Serie A2 in 1988, when the team was directly sponsored by Glaxo. In 1989, Alberto Bucci became the new head coach of the team, however, Scaligera failed in reaching the promotion in the 1989–90 season.

The years in Serie A2 ended with the 1990–91 championship which was characterized by the first and historic promotion to Serie A1 and, above all, with the victory of the Italian Basketball Cup, Scaligera's first ever trophy. On 21 February 1991, Scaligera won the Cup for 97–85 against Philips Milano. This success went down in the annals of Italian basketball, as it was the first and so far the only national cup won by a team from the second league. ^[1] The most important players of that fantastic season were Russ Schoene, Tim Kempton, Sandro Brusamarello, Giampiero Savio, Riccardo Morandotti and Paolo Moretti, as well as, the young Italian power forward Alessandro Frosini.

1991–2002: At the top of Italian basketball

During the summer, coach Bucci left the club, being hired by Scavolini Pesaro, but Scaligera failed in finding a valuable substitute to coach Bucci and the 1991–92 championship ended with a relegation to Serie A2. However, under coach Franco Marcelletti the club was immediately promoted in the following season, thanks to important players like Alessandro Frosini, Davide Bonora, Henry Williams, Sylvester Gray and Giacomo Galanda. In 1993–94, the team arrived fourth in the regular season and, after having ousted 2–0 Olimpia Milano in the quarterfinals, Verona was eliminated by Virtus Bologna in the semi-finals by 2–1; the team also reached the Italian Cup final, which lost against Benetton Treviso. In 1995, the club signed the American pointguard Mike Iuzzolino. In the 1995–96, Marcelletti's team, was able to reach the Italian Cup final once again; however, it lost against Milano.

Current roster

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

Scaligera Basket Verona roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F/C 00 Smith, Taylor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 PG 0 Cappelletti, Alessandro 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1995-10-22)22 October 1995 G 5 Simon, Justin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996 SF 7 Ferrari, Alessandro 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2003-05-05)5 May 2003 G 10 Casarin, Davide 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2003-05-22)22 May 2003 PF 11 Johnson, Xavier 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-06-08)8 June 1993 SG 12 Bortolani, Giordano 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2000-11-02)2 November 2000 G/F 15 Davis, Devin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 SF 20 Rosselli, Guido 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 41 – (1983-05-25)25 May 1983 SG 23 Anderson, Karvel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 G 27 Udom, Liam 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 G 42 Sanders, Jamarr 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1988-08-02)2 August 1988	Head coach Alessandro Ramagli Assistant coach(es) Andrea Bonacina Stefano Gallea Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 April 2023

Honours and achievements

Total titles: (5)

Domestic competitions

• Italian Cup

Winners (1): 1990–91

• Italian Supercup

Winners (1): 1996

• Italian LNP Cup

Winners (1): 2014–15

• Lega Basket Serie A2

Winners (1): 2021–22

European competitions

• FIBA Saporta Cup

Runners-up (1): 1996–97

• FIBA Korać Cup

Winners (1): 1997–98

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.

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 Klaudio Ndoja Antonio Porta Leo Rautins Hansi Gnad Miroslav Berić 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 Tim Kempton Randolph Keys Ryan Lorthridge Scott Meents Victor Page Casey Schmidt Russ Schoene Jeff Trepagnier Spud Webb Trevor Wilson Henry Williams

References

1. Tabellino completo della Finale, Lega Basket

External links

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