Pallacanestro Trieste
| Pallacanestro Trieste | |||
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| Leagues | LBA Champions League | ||
| Founded | 1975 | ||
| History | Pallacanestro Trieste (1975–2004) Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 (2004–present) | ||
| Arena | PalaTrieste | ||
| Capacity | 6,943[1] | ||
| Location | Trieste, Italy | ||
| Team colors | White, red | ||
| President | Paul Matiasic | ||
| Head coach | Israel González | ||
| Team captain | Lodovico Deangeli | ||
| Championships | 5 Italian Leagues 2 Serie A2 | ||
| Website | pallacanestrotrieste.it | ||
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Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trieste. They played in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) for five seasons (2018–19 to 2022–23 season); after winning playoffs of Serie A2 in 2023–24 season they are going to join again Lega Basket Serie A in the 2024–25 season. The PalaTrieste serves as the club's home arena.
History
[edit | edit source]A number of Trieste teams had played in the first division Serie A, the most successful of which was Società Ginnastica Triestina (from the 1930s to the 1960s) that won several national championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Three other top division Trieste sides were Lega Nazionale Trieste (1949-1951), San Giusto Trieste (1948-1949) and Polizia Civile Trieste (1949-1950).
Pallacanestro Trieste was established in 1975, it played in the top tier Serie A from 1982 to 1986, 1990 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2004, with a best result of third in 1994. That same year, it reached the FIBA Korać Cup final. The next season saw the team reaching the Italian Cup final.
After the 2003-04 season, the club went bankrupt and was relegated to the lower divisions.
After many years spent between the third and fourth division, in 2010 Eugenio Dalmasson was appointed Head Coach. Finally in 2012, the team reached the promotion to the second division with a win against Chieti in an epic game-5 in front of 6000 people.[2]
On June 16, 2018, Trieste won the 2017–18 Serie A2 season after beating Novipiù Casale Monferrato at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returned in LBA, the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 14 years of absence.[3]
On June 26, 2018, Luigi Scavone, the main owner of the title sponsor Alma Agenzia per il lavoro, became new president of Trieste, while the former president Gianluca Mauro became new CEO of the club.[4]
On May 7, 2019, Gianluca Mauro became again president and CEO of the club looking for new sponsorship.[5]
On November 29, 2019, the insurance company Allianz, became new title sponsor and main sponsor of Pallacanestro Trieste for the following three seasons.[6] This sponsorship lapsed at the end of the 2021-2022 season.
In January, 2023, 90% of the club was acquired by San Francisco-based Cotogna Sports Group with the remaining 10% by Trieste-based Trieste Basket. Pallacanestro Trieste's first Board of Directors of the CSG era consists of five members, four of whom are nominated by Cotogna Sports Group: they are Richard de Meo (Chairman), Fitzann R. Reid (Vice Chairman), Connor Barwin (Vice Chairman), and Mario Ghiacci (Vice Chairman and General Manager); the fifth member is chosen by the minority shareholder, Trieste Basket srl, who have appointed Trieste manager Andrea Bochicchio.[7]
Players
[edit | edit source]Current roster
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Mady Sissoko | Francesco Candussi | |
| PF | Juan Toscano-Anderson | Jeff Brooks | |
| SF | Jahmi'us Ramsey | Jarrod Uthoff | Pietro Ianuzzi |
| SG | Markel Brown | Davide Moretti | Lodovico Deangeli |
| PG | Colbey Ross | Michele Ruzzier |
(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)
Honours
[edit | edit source]Domestic competitions
[edit | edit source]- Winners (5): 1930, 1932, 1934, 1939–40, 1940–41 (as Gimnastica Triestina)
- 3rd place (1): 1993–94
- Runners-up (1): 1995
- Winners (2): 2017–18, 2023–24
- Serie B1 north east division
- Winners (1): 2011–12
European competitions
[edit | edit source]- FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
- Runners-up (1): 1993–94
Other competitions
[edit | edit source]- FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)
- Runners-up (1): 1993
Notable players
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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- Italy Alberto Tonut 8 seasons: '79-'84, '94-'97
Marvin Barnes 1 season: '80- Michael Jordan exhibition game in 1985
- Italy Davide Cantarello 5 seasons: '89-'94
- Italy Alessandro De Pol 5 seasons: '89-'94
- Italy Claudio Pilutti 5 seasons: '89-'94
- Terry Tyler 1 season: '89-'90
- Slovenia Italy Gregor Fučka 4 seasons: '90-'94
- Italy Dino Meneghin 3 seasons: '90-'93
- Sylvester Gray 2 seasons: '90-'92
- Serbia Dejan Bodiroga 2 seasons: '92-'94
- Italy Ferdinando Gentile 1 season: '93-'94
- Lemone Lampley 1 season: '93-'94
- Steve Burtt Sr. 2 seasons: '94-'95, '96-'97
- Kevin Thompson 1 season: '94-'95
- Pete Chilcutt 1 season: '94-'95
- Jevon Crudup 1 season: '95-'96
- Italy Aniello Laezza 5 seasons: '96-'01
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia Teoman Alibegović 2 seasons: '96-'97, '98-'99
- Darnell Robinson 1 season: '96-'97
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Ivica Marić 4 seasons: '97-'98, '99-'00, '01-'03
- Irving Thomas 1 season: '97-'98
- Ed O'Bannon 1 season: '97-'98
- Republic of Ireland Ron Rowan 1 season: '99-'00
- Conrad McRae 1 season: '99-'00
- Italy Dante Calabria 1 season: '00-'01
- Italy Casey Shaw 1 season: '00-'01
- Serbia Greece Milan Gurović 1 season: '00-'01
- Scoonie Penn 1 season: '00-'01
- Nate Erdmann 2 seasons: '01-'03
- Croatia Siniša Kelečević 1 season: '02-'03
- Terrance Roberson 1 season: '02-'03
- Puerto Rico Sharif Fajardo 1 season: '03-'04
- Alvin Sims 1 season: '03-'04
- Billy Thomas 1 season: '03-'04
- Brian Oliver 1 season: '03-'04
- Montenegro Javonte Green 2 season: ‘16-‘18
- Ty-Shon Alexander 1 season: '22
Sponsorship names
[edit | edit source]In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:
- Arrigoni Trieste (1955–1956)
- Stock Trieste (1957–1960)
- Philco Trieste (1961–1963)
- Lloyd Adriatico Trieste (1974–1975)
- Hurlingham Trieste (1976–1981)
- Oece Trieste (1981–1982)
- Bic Trieste (1982–1984)
- Stefanel Trieste (1984–1994)
- Illy Caffè Trieste (1994–1996)
- Genertel Trieste (1996–1998)
- Lineltex Trieste (1997–1999)
- Telit Trieste (1999–2001)
- Coop Nordest Trieste (2001–2004)
- AcegasAps Trieste (2005–2013)
- Pallacanestro Trieste (2013–2015)
- Alma Pallacanestro Trieste (2015–2019) [8]
- Pallacanestro Trieste (2019)
- Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (2019–2022)[9]
- Pallacanestro Trieste (2022–present)
Kit manufacturer
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Trieste history on the official team website
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- ^ Trieste history on the official Serie A site Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Macron sponsor tecnico di Alma Pallacanestro Trieste, pallacanestrotrieste2004.it, Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Trieste: Adidas nuovo fornitore tecnico, Sportando.basketball, Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Macron sponsor tecnico di Alma Pallacanestro Trieste, pallacanestrotrieste2004.it, Retrieved 2 November 2017.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in Italian)
