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Pallacanestro Cantù

Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second to Real Madrid – against whom they have an 8–2 record – for European trophies won, with twelve titles (two EuroLeague, four FIBA Saporta Cups, four FIBA Korać Cups and also two FIBA Intercontinental Cups.),[1] in addition to three domestic Italian Leagues and two Italian Supercups.

Pallacanestro Cantù
LeaguesSerie A2
Founded1936
HistoryAssociazione Pallacanestro Cantù
1936–1940
Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Cantù
1940–1948
Pallacanestro Cantù
1948–present
ArenaPalasport Pianella
PalaDesio
Capacity3,910 (Pianella)
6,700 (PalaDesio)
LocationCantù, Lombardy, Italy
Team colorsWhite, Blue, Sky Blue
PresidentRoberto Allievi
Head coachRomeo Sacchetti
OwnershipTutti Insieme Cantù Srl
Championships3 Italian Leagues
2 EuroLeagues
4 Saporta Cups
4 Korac Cups
2 Intercontinental Cups
2 Italian Supercups
WebsiteOfficial website

History Edit

1936–1969: Formation and early years Edit

The club was founded as Associazione Pallacanestro Cantù in 1936 with impetus from Mario Broggi and Angiolino Polli. At a time when basketball was an unknown sport in Italy, a group composed of Broggi, Polli, Attilio Molteni, Peppino Borghi, Alberto Broggi, Vittorio Sgariboldi, Nene Marchi and Peppino Colombo started to play in the courtyard of the Sacramentine Sisters Institute. A name change in 1940 saw the club become Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Cantù, winning their first major trophy in 1942 with the Bruno Mussolini Trophy after a squad coached by Luigi Cicoria won against Pallacanestro Varese and General Cantore Milano. The club re-emerged after World War II as Pallacanestro Cantù, playing in the third division Serie C in 1949. It then reached the second division Serie B in 1953 and the first division Serie A in 1954, though they downgraded after one season. The Broggi brothers retired during this period, replaced on the court by Lino Cappelletti (the first Cantù player to make the Italian national team) Lietti, Ronchetti and Quarta, whilst the squad was sponsored by the Milenka distillery.[2][3]

Returning to the Serie A in 1956, the club was sponsored by Ettore Casella through his Oransoda brand, and two years later he became the club's owner, nominating Aldo Allievi as president.[4] The arrival of Tony Vlastelica allowed Cantù, now playing in a covered Parini arena, to finish fourth in 1957–58 and start challenging Minganti Bologna and Simmenthal Milano. Over the summer, Casella transferred his Oransoda sponsorship to Virtus Bologna whilst using another of his brands, Fonte Levissima, for Cantù,[4] whilst Gianni Corsolini was named coach. After Cappelletti retired, he was replaced in 1962 by a young player from Milano, Carlo Recalcati. Recalcati, along with the "wall of Cantù" – composed of Bob Burgess (arrived from Real Madrid), Alberto De Simone and Alberto Merlati – Antonio Frigerio and Carlos D'Aquila formed the team – coached by Borislav Stanković – that would win the club's first ever Serie A title in 1967–68.[2][3]

1969–1979: The second scudetto Edit

The 1969 off-season saw Erminio Casella (who had replaced his father as owner after his death in 1967) leave the club, with Allievi stepping in to take his place. Arnaldo Taurisano was named coach and Pierluigi Marzorati joined, and stayed fifteen years with the club. Though Ignis and Simmenthal had a hold on the Italian league during that period, a Birra Forst-sponsored squad composed of Marzorati, Recalcati, Antonio Farina, Ciccio Della Fiori and Renzo Tombolato captured three successive FIBA Korać Cups in 1973, 1974 and 1975, beating respectively Maes Pils, Partizan from Belgrade and FC Barcelona. The 1974–75 season ended with the club earning their second scudetto with players such as Marzorati, Della Fiori, Recalcati, Farina, Tombolato, Bob Lienhard, Franco Meneghel and Mario Beretta, who later in that same year would add the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, beating Real Madrid and the final runners-up Amazonas Franca on the way. Harthorne Wingo joined the squad in 1976 and led the club to another European title, the 1977 Cup Winners' Cup claimed against Radnički Belgrade, a title repeated the next year over Sinudyne Bologna, whilst John Neumann helped them achieve the three-peat in 1979 by beating EBBC.[2][3]

1979–1984: The European title Edit

The form from these seasons would continue into the 1980s, thanks to a squad coached by Valerio Bianchini with Americans Tom Boswell and Bruce Flowers, future Serie A all-time top scorer Antonello Riva, Renzo Bariviera, Denis Innocentin, Giorgio Cattini, Fausto Bargna and Marzorati. The latter, along with Riva, were decisive in the Italian's fourth Cup Winners' Cup in 1981 with an 86–81 win over FC Barcelona, also helping them win their third scudetto that same year. They earned a place in the 1981–82 Champions Cup, despite a rocky start as Bianchini did not travel with the squad early in the season, whilst Marzorati and Bariviera were injured. They lost 85–87 away to Maccabi Tel Aviv after a basket by new signing C. J. Kupec was disallowed. They travelled to Belgrade needing to win, or lose by 15 or fewer points against Partizan to reach the final, which they managed as they lost 89–104 after Dražen Dalipagić scored 55 points. Again pitted against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final, Squibb Cantù brought 1,200 fans to Cologne on 25 May 1982, winning 86–80 thanks to 23 points from Kupec, 21 from Flowers, and 18 apiece for Marzorati and Riva. Though they conceded their league title to Bologna from Sinudyne in the play-off quarterfinals, they defended their European title in the 1982–83 edition as title holders, where they faced a decisive game, overcoming CSKA Moscow 106–73 to reach the final against rivals Billy Milano. The game in Grenoble was close, with Jim Brewer blocking John Gianelli's second-to-last shot to see the team emerge 69–68 winners as fans swamped the court while Marzorati held the cup, the team's other American, Wallace Bryant, had 18 points as did Riva, with Brewer adding 14.

1984–1994: Forty years in the first division Edit

The rest of the 1980s saw the club stay competitive but failing to add any titles despite counting American players like Dan Gay, Richard Anderson, Lorenzo Charles, Jeff Turner and Kent Benson, stalling in the league playoffs and losing the 1989 Korać Cup to Vlade Divac's Partizan.[2][3]

Riva had left for Milano in 1988 but Pace Mannion joined the club and was decisive in the conquest of the 1991 Korać Cup, scoring eight consecutive three-pointers to down Real Madrid, with Marzorati ending his career with another title. At the second season of Fabrizio Frates as head coach of the team, Clear Cantù made another season in the 1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup after having reached the semi-finals of the competition, where they lost to Scavolini Pesaro for one point difference (a 76–74 home win and a 86–89 defeat in Pesaro). The 1992–93 season established the good performances in Europe (1992–93 FIBA Korać Cup). Clear Cantù ended the season in the semi-final losing to another Italian club after being surrounded by "Saša" Đorđević's Philips Milano (who subsequently won the trophy). In Serie A, although the team ranked fifth in the regular season, they ruled the play-off quarterfinals thanks to Stefanel Trieste with 2–0 wins. In the semi-finals the barrier of knorr Bologna proved impossible to overcome. However, the team qualified to compete in the next season's FIBA European League and to return in the top European basketball club's competition after an absence of nine years. The 1993–94 season saw the club playing in FIBA European League against European clubs like Efes Pilsen, Panathinaikos, 7up Joventut, Buckler Beer Bologna, Cibona or Pau-Orthez (ranked 8th and last in the group B with 2–12 record) and changing coaches and foreign players but this could not prevent the team from downgrading to the second division, ending a forty-year tenure in the first division, the Allievi family conceded the ownership to Franco Polti in its wake.

1994–2009: 70th anniversary Edit

The team returned to the first division after two seasons, with coach Dado Lombardi and Thurl Bailey helping Polti Cantù reach the Italian Cup final and an eighth place in the league on its return season. Francesco Corrado bought the club in 1999. During the course of the season, player Enrico Ravaglia died in a car crash, and the team – with a returning Riva – regrouped on the court. The 2000–01 season started badly, which led to the incumbent coach being replaced by long-time youth coach Stefano Sacripanti who guided the club to win. He would do better the next season, leading an American-centric group of Jerry McCullough, Bootsy Thornton, Sam Hines, Shaun Stonerook, Todd Lindeman and Ryan Hoover to a fourth place in the league, enough to qualify for the EuroLeague (though Corrado decided to renounce participating for financial reasons).[2][3]

The 2002–03 season saw the club reach the Italian Cup final, though it would concede the title to Benetton Treviso. They would avenge their loss by beating Treviso in their own arena in the 2003 Italian Supercup. Reaching the league playoffs on a number of occasions, Cantù also returned to Europe, participating in the 2004–05 ULEB Cup and the 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup. The club celebrated its 70th anniversary during the 2006–2007 season; as part of the commemoration, a 54 year old Marzorati played during an October 2006 game, beating records as the oldest ever professional basketball player and the only player to have played for the same club in five different decades.[5] When Corrado left the club to become president of Lega Basket, his son Alessandro became the eighth president in team history, another change saw Sacripanti leave for Scavolini Pesaro and be replaced by Luca Dalmonte. During the summer 2008, Cantù was brought by the NGC group led by Eugenio Cremascoli along with his children Paolo and Anna, though Corrado remained president.

2009–present: Recovery Edit

Dalmonte left in 2009 and was replaced by young coach Andrea Trinchieri, who took the club to the Italian Cup Final Eight and the fourth place in the league, before reaching the playoff semi-finals where they lost to holders Montepaschi Siena, earning a place in the next year's EuroCup.

The next season, Trinchieri led a squad with long-time players such as captain Nicolas Mazzarino, Manuchar Markoishvili, Maarty Leunen and Vladimir Micov to first the Italian Cup final and then the league final, where they would lose to frequent champions Siena. Meanwhile, Anna Cremascoli became the club's president in September 2011, the first woman ever to hold the position at a Serie A club (she would be joined by other part-owners in 2014, including the team's fans with a 10% share, though she remained president and majority owner). Having earned a place in the 2011–12 Euroleague, the Italians reached the Top 16 thanks to a buzzer beater from Gianluca Basile against Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao. Placed in a tough Group H with Maccabi Tel Aviv and FC Barcelona Regal, they tied Tel Aviv for second but exited on points scored, losing the penultimate game to Barcelona by a single point as Basile could not repeat his earlier exploit.[1] Meanwhile, they played in the Supercup and Italian Cup finals but lost both to Montepaschi Siena, whilst in the league they were defeated in the quarter-finals by Scavolini Pesaro.[3]

 
Joe Ragland

The 2012 summer saw main sponsor Bennet leave, to be replaced by Mapooro, a brand from the NGC group, whilst the squad saw wholesale changes with Basile leaving and eight new players coming in. Mapooro Cantù beat Siena to win the Supercup, then triumphed in the qualifying rounds (organised at "home" in the PalaDesio) to reach the EuroLeague regular season.[1] Though they beat Real Madrid and Fenerbahçe Ülker they exited at the group stage after losing to the Turks in Istanbul, where Manuchar Markoishvili went mid-season by transferring to Galatasaray. The now Lenovo-sponsored team came back from a shaky start to crack the league playoffs, where – thanks to the arrival of Joe Ragland – they reached the semi-finals, losing the seven-game series against Acea Roma in the last game. Trinchieri left the club over the summer and was replaced by Sacripanti, whilst Daniele Della Fiori replaced Bruno Arrigoni as general manager and Acqua Vitasnella became main sponsor. A solid season saw the side reach the Italian Cup Final 8, the EuroCup Last 32 and the league playoffs, remaining unbeaten at home during all of the latter's regular season, though they lost their quarter-finals series against Roma. Known as FoxTown Cantù in Europe, the team went to the EuroCup Round of 16 before exiting at the hands of UNICS.

Domestically, they reached the playoffs again, with help from NBA All-Star Metta World Peace who joined the club in March, but were undone in the last game of the quarter-final series against Reyer Venezia. In November 2015, the club was bought by Ukrainian-Russian billionaire Dmitry Gerasimenko: in the first weeks of its ownership he announced he planned to build a new arena, brought in coach Sergey Bazarevich and four new players.[3]

In August 2016, the club brought in coach Rimas Kurtinaitis from Khimki.[6]

Arena Edit

Cantù started playing in the uncovered courtyard of the Sacramentine Sisters Institute before moving to another outside court on Piazza Parini. A covered arena, the PalaParini, was built in 1956 (when the Italian Basketball Federation disallowed the use of outside courts). They played there until moving to the newly built Palasport Pianella for the 1974–75 season.[3]

When they qualified for the EuroLeague in 2011, they had to move to the PalaDesio for their games, 15 km away from Cantù in Desio, as the Pianella did not meet EuroLeague standards.[1] The PalaDesio itself underwent a €130,000 refurbishment over the summer, with changes to the court, electrical installations and outside area that made it in line with the aforementioned standards.[7] They also played their European games in Desio the next season, in addition to a number of domestic games over the next seasons (one game during 2010–11, four more the next season,[8] then two local derbies against Vanoli Cremona and Milano in 2014–15).[9]

The arena situation has driven a wedge between the club management and the local authorities as a promised new venue to replace the obsolete Pianella (which costs around €400,000 in upkeep, ten times more than most Serie A arenas) has not yet been built, whilst renting the PalaDesio full-time would prove too costly.[10]

On July 6, 2016, there was the official presentation of the project for the new arena in Cucciago, Cantù. The project consists of a renovation and an extension of the Palasport Pianella, with the increase of capacity from 3,910 to 5,634. Inside the building, there will be a new museum dedicated to the club, a cafe/restaurant, a gym, a children fun area, a new team's training court and the offices of the club. It will be the fourth largest basketball arena in Lega Basket Serie A. Construction will last between 11 and 13 months.[11]

Players Edit

Current roster Edit

Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 1   Stefanelli, Francesco 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1995-01-21)21 January 1995
F 3   Sergio, Luigi 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 35 – (1988-01-25)25 January 1988
PG 7   Vitali, Luca 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 37 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986
SF 11   Nikolić, Stefan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997
C 15   Boev, Ilia 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 22 – (2001-01-12)12 January 2001
F/C 20   Da Ros, Matteo 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 34 – (1989-09-25)25 September 1989
SG 21   Bucarelli, Lorenzo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1998-03-06)6 March 1998
C 22   Cusin, Marco 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 38 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985
PF 23   Bayehe, Jordan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 23 – (1999-10-16)16 October 1999
G 25   Allen, Trevon 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – (1998-02-16)16 February 1998
G/F 28   Severini, Giovanni 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1993-04-23)23 April 1993
Head coach
  • Marco Sodini
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Marco Sodini
  •   Massimiliano Oldoini

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

  • Roster
Updated: 6 May 2022

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

Season by season Edit

Season Tier League Pos. Italian Supercup Italian Cup European competitions
1967–68 1 Serie A 1st
1968–69 1 Serie A 6th Eighthfinalist 1 Champions Cup
QF
1969–70 1 Serie A 6th Eighthfinalist
1970–71 1 Serie A 3rd Semifinalist
1971–72 1 Serie A 3rd Semifinalist
1972–73 1 Serie A 3rd Semifinalist 2 Korać Cup
W
1973–74 1 Serie A 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 Korać Cup
W
2000–01 1 Serie A 4th Regular season Quarterfinalist
2001–02 1 Serie A 16th
2002–03 1 Serie A 5th Runner-up
2003–04 1 Serie A 6th Champion Semifinalist
2004–05 1 Serie A 6th Semifinalist 2 ULEB Cup
RS
2005–06 1 Serie A 14th 2 FIBA EuroCup
SS
2006–07 1 Serie A 8th
2007–08 1 Serie A 7th
2008–09 1 Serie A 9th Quarterfinalist
2009–10 1 Serie A 4th Quarterfinalist
2010–11 1 Serie A 2nd Runner-up 2 Eurocup
RS
2011–12 1 Serie A 5th Runner-up Runner-up 1 Euroleague
T16
2012–13 1 Serie A 4th Champion Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague
RS
2013–14 1 Serie A 5th Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup
L32
2014–15 1 Serie A 7th 2 Eurocup
EF
2015–16 1 Serie A 11th 3 FIBA Europe Cup
L32
2016–17 1 LBA 14th
2017–18 1 LBA 7th Semifinalist
2018–19 1 LBA 10th 3 Champions League
QR2

Honours Edit

Total titles: 18

Domestic competitions Edit

Winners (3): 1967–68, 1974–75, 1980–81
Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 2010–11
Runners-up (4): 1996–97, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2011–12
Winners (2): 2003, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2011

European competitions Edit

Winners (2): 1981–82, 1982–83
Semifinalists (1): 1975–76
Winners (4): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
Runners-up (1): 1979–80
Winners (4): 1973, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1990–91
Runners-up (1): 1988–89
Semifinalists (2): 1991–92, 1992–93

Worldwide competitions Edit

Winners (2): 1975, 1982
Runners-up (1): 1983

Other competitions Edit

  • Trofeo Cinelandia
Winners (1): 2011

Top performances in European and worldwide competitions Edit

Season Achievement Notes
EuroLeague
1968–69 Quarter-finals 3rd place in a group with Spartak ZJŠ Brno, Standard Liège and Maccabi Tel Aviv
1975–76 Semi-finals eliminated by Mobilgirgi Varese, 85–95 (L) in Varese, 70–78 (L) in Cantù
1981–82 Champions defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv, 86–80 in the final of European Champions Cup in Cologne
1982–83 Champions defeated Billy Milano, 69–68 in the final of European Champions Cup in Grenoble
1983–84 Semi-final group stage 3rd place in a group with FC Barcelona, Banco di Roma Virtus, Bosna, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Limoges CSP
FIBA Saporta Cup
1976–77 Champions defeated Radnički Belgrade, 87–86 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Palma de Mallorca
1977–78 Champions defeated Sinudyne Bologna, 84–82 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Milan
1978–79 Champions defeated EBBC, 83–73 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Porec
1979–80 Final lost to Emerson Varese, 88–90 in the final (Milan)
1980–81 Champions defeated FC Barcelona, 86–82 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Rome
FIBA Korać Cup
1973 Champions defeated Maes Pils, 106–85 (W) in Cantù, 85–94 (L) in Mechelen in the double finals of FIBA Korać Cup
1973–74 Champions defeated Partizan, 99–86 (W) in Cantù, 75–68 (W) in Belgrade in the double finals of Korać Cup
1974–75 Champions defeated FC Barcelona, 71–69 (W) in Barcelona, 110–85 (W) in Cucciago in the double finals of Korać Cup
1988–89 Final lost to Partizan, 89–76 (W) in Cucciago, 82–101 (L) in Belgrade
1990–91 Champions defeated Real Madrid, 73–71 (W) in Madrid, 95–93 (W) in Cucciago
1991–92 Semi-finals eliminated by Scavolini Pesaro, 76–74 (W) in Cucciago, 86–89 (L) in Pesaro
1992–93 Semi-finals eliminated by Philips Milano, 74–72 (W) in Cucciago, 72–85 (L) in Milan
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
1975 Champions Intercontinental Cup Champions with a 4–1 record in a league tournament in Cantù
1982 Champions Intercontinental Cup Champions with a 5–0 record in a league tournament in Den Bosch
1983 Runners-up Runner-up with a 3–2 record in a league tournament in Buenos Aires

Notable players Edit

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

Head coaches Edit

Sponsorship names Edit

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

  • Milenka Cantù (1954–55)
  • Oransoda Cantù (1956–58)
  • Fonte Levissima Cantù (1958–65)
  • Oransoda Cantù (1965–69)
  • Pallacanestro Cantù (1969–70)
  • Birra Forst Cantù (1970–77)
  • Gabetti Cantù (1977–80)
  • Squibb Cantù (1980–82)
  • Ford Cantù (1982–83)
  • Jollycolombani Cantù (1983–85)
  • Arexons Cantù (1985–88)
  • Wiwa Vismara Cantù (1988–90)
  • Shampoo Clear Cantù (1990–94)
  • Polti Cantù (1994–99)
  • Canturina Cantù (1999–2000)
  • Poliform Cantù (2000–01)
  • Oregon Scientific Cantù (2001–04)
  • Vertical Vision Cantù (2004–06)
  • Tisettanta Cantù (2006–08)
  • NGC Cantù (2008–09)
  • NGC Medical Cantù (2009–10)
  • Bennet Cantù (2010–12)
  • Chebolletta Cantù [Domestically] (2012)
  • Mapooro Cantù [European competitions] (2012)
  • Lenovo Cantù [Domestically] (2013)
  • Acqua Vitasnella Cantù [Domestically] (2013–2016)
  • Red October Cantù [Domestically] (2016–2019)
  • FoxTown Cantù [European competitions] (2013–2018)
  • Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù (2019)
  • S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù (2019–2022)
  • Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù (2022–present)

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d Lawlor, Frank (6 December 2012). "'Everyone knows what we are talking about'". EuroLeague.net. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gancedo, Javier (12 September 2004). . EurocupBasketball.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h [History]. PallacanestroCantu.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Il basket italiano piange la scomparsa di Aldo Allievi, storico presidente di Cantù" [Italian basketball mourns the death of Aldo Allievi, Cantù's historic president]. LegaBasket.it (in Italian). 23 March 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ^ [Marzorati beats two records on the court]. TgCom24. Mediaset.it (in Italian). 8 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Cantù, Rimas Kurtinaitis è il nuovo allenatore. Gerasimenko: 'Ci aiuterà a tornare in alto'" [Cantù, Rimas Kurtinaitis is the new head coach. Garasimenko: 'He will help us to get back on top']. Legabasket.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Benevenuta Eurolega! Bienvenue Nancy! Stasera al PalaDesio la partita di esordio" [Welcome Euroleague! Bienvenue Nancy! Tonight at the PalaDesio the game that starts [the season]]. Comune.Desio.mb.it (in Italian). 19 October 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. ^ Piccinelli, Andrea (22 August 2012). "Insieme per Cantù, al via la campagna abbonamenti" [Together for Cantù, the season ticket campaign is launched]. CorrierediComo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Cantù trasloca: è la febbre-World Peace" [Cantù moves: it's the World Peace-fever]. CorrieredelloSport.it (in Italian). 7 April 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  10. ^ Landrini, Fabio (10 August 2013). "Cantù, incubo Palababele due L'ultimatum dei Cremascoli: "Senza palazzetto niente squadra"" [Cantù, the nightmarish second Palababele. Cremascoli's ultimatum: "Without an arena no team"]. ilGiorno.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Cantù, presentato il progetto del nuovo Palasport" [Cantù, the project of the new Palasport has been presented]. sportando.com (in Italian). 23 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

External links Edit

  • Official website (in Italian)
  • Serie A profile (in Italian) Retrieved 15 September 2015
  • FIBA Europe profile Retrieved 15 September 2015
  • Eurobasket.com profile

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won with twelve titles two EuroLeague four FIBA Saporta Cups four FIBA Korac Cups and also two FIBA Intercontinental Cups 1 in addition to three domestic Italian Leagues and two Italian Supercups Pallacanestro CantuLeaguesSerie A2Founded1936HistoryAssociazione Pallacanestro Cantu1936 1940Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Cantu1940 1948Pallacanestro Cantu1948 presentArenaPalasport PianellaPalaDesioCapacity3 910 Pianella 6 700 PalaDesio LocationCantu Lombardy ItalyTeam colorsWhite Blue Sky BluePresidentRoberto AllieviHead coachRomeo SacchettiOwnershipTutti Insieme Cantu SrlChampionships3 Italian Leagues2 EuroLeagues4 Saporta Cups4 Korac Cups2 Intercontinental Cups2 Italian SupercupsWebsiteOfficial websiteHomeAway Contents 1 History 1 1 1936 1969 Formation and early years 1 2 1969 1979 The second scudetto 1 3 1979 1984 The European title 1 4 1984 1994 Forty years in the first division 1 5 1994 2009 70th anniversary 1 6 2009 present Recovery 2 Arena 3 Players 3 1 Current roster 4 Season by season 5 Honours 5 1 Domestic competitions 5 2 European competitions 5 3 Worldwide competitions 5 4 Other competitions 6 Top performances in European and worldwide competitions 7 Notable players 8 Head coaches 9 Sponsorship names 10 References 11 External linksHistory Edit1936 1969 Formation and early years Edit The club was founded as Associazione Pallacanestro Cantu in 1936 with impetus from Mario Broggi and Angiolino Polli At a time when basketball was an unknown sport in Italy a group composed of Broggi Polli Attilio Molteni Peppino Borghi Alberto Broggi Vittorio Sgariboldi Nene Marchi and Peppino Colombo started to play in the courtyard of the Sacramentine Sisters Institute A name change in 1940 saw the club become Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Cantu winning their first major trophy in 1942 with the Bruno Mussolini Trophy after a squad coached by Luigi Cicoria won against Pallacanestro Varese and General Cantore Milano The club re emerged after World War II as Pallacanestro Cantu playing in the third division Serie C in 1949 It then reached the second division Serie B in 1953 and the first division Serie A in 1954 though they downgraded after one season The Broggi brothers retired during this period replaced on the court by Lino Cappelletti the first Cantu player to make the Italian national team Lietti Ronchetti and Quarta whilst the squad was sponsored by the Milenka distillery 2 3 Returning to the Serie A in 1956 the club was sponsored by Ettore Casella through his Oransoda brand and two years later he became the club s owner nominating Aldo Allievi as president 4 The arrival of Tony Vlastelica allowed Cantu now playing in a covered Parini arena to finish fourth in 1957 58 and start challenging Minganti Bologna and Simmenthal Milano Over the summer Casella transferred his Oransoda sponsorship to Virtus Bologna whilst using another of his brands Fonte Levissima for Cantu 4 whilst Gianni Corsolini was named coach After Cappelletti retired he was replaced in 1962 by a young player from Milano Carlo Recalcati Recalcati along with the wall of Cantu composed of Bob Burgess arrived from Real Madrid Alberto De Simone and Alberto Merlati Antonio Frigerio and Carlos D Aquila formed the team coached by Borislav Stankovic that would win the club s first ever Serie A title in 1967 68 2 3 1969 1979 The second scudetto Edit The 1969 off season saw Erminio Casella who had replaced his father as owner after his death in 1967 leave the club with Allievi stepping in to take his place Arnaldo Taurisano was named coach and Pierluigi Marzorati joined and stayed fifteen years with the club Though Ignis and Simmenthal had a hold on the Italian league during that period a Birra Forst sponsored squad composed of Marzorati Recalcati Antonio Farina Ciccio Della Fiori and Renzo Tombolato captured three successive FIBA Korac Cups in 1973 1974 and 1975 beating respectively Maes Pils Partizan from Belgrade and FC Barcelona The 1974 75 season ended with the club earning their second scudetto with players such as Marzorati Della Fiori Recalcati Farina Tombolato Bob Lienhard Franco Meneghel and Mario Beretta who later in that same year would add the FIBA Intercontinental Cup beating Real Madrid and the final runners up Amazonas Franca on the way Harthorne Wingo joined the squad in 1976 and led the club to another European title the 1977 Cup Winners Cup claimed against Radnicki Belgrade a title repeated the next year over Sinudyne Bologna whilst John Neumann helped them achieve the three peat in 1979 by beating EBBC 2 3 1979 1984 The European title Edit The form from these seasons would continue into the 1980s thanks to a squad coached by Valerio Bianchini with Americans Tom Boswell and Bruce Flowers future Serie A all time top scorer Antonello Riva Renzo Bariviera Denis Innocentin Giorgio Cattini Fausto Bargna and Marzorati The latter along with Riva were decisive in the Italian s fourth Cup Winners Cup in 1981 with an 86 81 win over FC Barcelona also helping them win their third scudetto that same year They earned a place in the 1981 82 Champions Cup despite a rocky start as Bianchini did not travel with the squad early in the season whilst Marzorati and Bariviera were injured They lost 85 87 away to Maccabi Tel Aviv after a basket by new signing C J Kupec was disallowed They travelled to Belgrade needing to win or lose by 15 or fewer points against Partizan to reach the final which they managed as they lost 89 104 after Drazen Dalipagic scored 55 points Again pitted against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final Squibb Cantu brought 1 200 fans to Cologne on 25 May 1982 winning 86 80 thanks to 23 points from Kupec 21 from Flowers and 18 apiece for Marzorati and Riva Though they conceded their league title to Bologna from Sinudyne in the play off quarterfinals they defended their European title in the 1982 83 edition as title holders where they faced a decisive game overcoming CSKA Moscow 106 73 to reach the final against rivals Billy Milano The game in Grenoble was close with Jim Brewer blocking John Gianelli s second to last shot to see the team emerge 69 68 winners as fans swamped the court while Marzorati held the cup the team s other American Wallace Bryant had 18 points as did Riva with Brewer adding 14 1984 1994 Forty years in the first division Edit The rest of the 1980s saw the club stay competitive but failing to add any titles despite counting American players like Dan Gay Richard Anderson Lorenzo Charles Jeff Turner and Kent Benson stalling in the league playoffs and losing the 1989 Korac Cup to Vlade Divac s Partizan 2 3 Riva had left for Milano in 1988 but Pace Mannion joined the club and was decisive in the conquest of the 1991 Korac Cup scoring eight consecutive three pointers to down Real Madrid with Marzorati ending his career with another title At the second season of Fabrizio Frates as head coach of the team Clear Cantu made another season in the 1991 92 FIBA Korac Cup after having reached the semi finals of the competition where they lost to Scavolini Pesaro for one point difference a 76 74 home win and a 86 89 defeat in Pesaro The 1992 93 season established the good performances in Europe 1992 93 FIBA Korac Cup Clear Cantu ended the season in the semi final losing to another Italian club after being surrounded by Sasa Đorđevic s Philips Milano who subsequently won the trophy In Serie A although the team ranked fifth in the regular season they ruled the play off quarterfinals thanks to Stefanel Trieste with 2 0 wins In the semi finals the barrier of knorr Bologna proved impossible to overcome However the team qualified to compete in the next season s FIBA European League and to return in the top European basketball club s competition after an absence of nine years The 1993 94 season saw the club playing in FIBA European League against European clubs like Efes Pilsen Panathinaikos 7up Joventut Buckler Beer Bologna Cibona or Pau Orthez ranked 8th and last in the group B with 2 12 record and changing coaches and foreign players but this could not prevent the team from downgrading to the second division ending a forty year tenure in the first division the Allievi family conceded the ownership to Franco Polti in its wake 1994 2009 70th anniversary Edit The team returned to the first division after two seasons with coach Dado Lombardi and Thurl Bailey helping Polti Cantu reach the Italian Cup final and an eighth place in the league on its return season Francesco Corrado bought the club in 1999 During the course of the season player Enrico Ravaglia died in a car crash and the team with a returning Riva regrouped on the court The 2000 01 season started badly which led to the incumbent coach being replaced by long time youth coach Stefano Sacripanti who guided the club to win He would do better the next season leading an American centric group of Jerry McCullough Bootsy Thornton Sam Hines Shaun Stonerook Todd Lindeman and Ryan Hoover to a fourth place in the league enough to qualify for the EuroLeague though Corrado decided to renounce participating for financial reasons 2 3 The 2002 03 season saw the club reach the Italian Cup final though it would concede the title to Benetton Treviso They would avenge their loss by beating Treviso in their own arena in the 2003 Italian Supercup Reaching the league playoffs on a number of occasions Cantu also returned to Europe participating in the 2004 05 ULEB Cup and the 2005 06 FIBA EuroCup The club celebrated its 70th anniversary during the 2006 2007 season as part of the commemoration a 54 year old Marzorati played during an October 2006 game beating records as the oldest ever professional basketball player and the only player to have played for the same club in five different decades 5 When Corrado left the club to become president of Lega Basket his son Alessandro became the eighth president in team history another change saw Sacripanti leave for Scavolini Pesaro and be replaced by Luca Dalmonte During the summer 2008 Cantu was brought by the NGC group led by Eugenio Cremascoli along with his children Paolo and Anna though Corrado remained president 2009 present Recovery Edit Dalmonte left in 2009 and was replaced by young coach Andrea Trinchieri who took the club to the Italian Cup Final Eight and the fourth place in the league before reaching the playoff semi finals where they lost to holders Montepaschi Siena earning a place in the next year s EuroCup The next season Trinchieri led a squad with long time players such as captain Nicolas Mazzarino Manuchar Markoishvili Maarty Leunen and Vladimir Micov to first the Italian Cup final and then the league final where they would lose to frequent champions Siena Meanwhile Anna Cremascoli became the club s president in September 2011 the first woman ever to hold the position at a Serie A club she would be joined by other part owners in 2014 including the team s fans with a 10 share though she remained president and majority owner Having earned a place in the 2011 12 Euroleague the Italians reached the Top 16 thanks to a buzzer beater from Gianluca Basile against Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Placed in a tough Group H with Maccabi Tel Aviv and FC Barcelona Regal they tied Tel Aviv for second but exited on points scored losing the penultimate game to Barcelona by a single point as Basile could not repeat his earlier exploit 1 Meanwhile they played in the Supercup and Italian Cup finals but lost both to Montepaschi Siena whilst in the league they were defeated in the quarter finals by Scavolini Pesaro 3 nbsp Joe RaglandThe 2012 summer saw main sponsor Bennet leave to be replaced by Mapooro a brand from the NGC group whilst the squad saw wholesale changes with Basile leaving and eight new players coming in Mapooro Cantu beat Siena to win the Supercup then triumphed in the qualifying rounds organised at home in the PalaDesio to reach the EuroLeague regular season 1 Though they beat Real Madrid and Fenerbahce Ulker they exited at the group stage after losing to the Turks in Istanbul where Manuchar Markoishvili went mid season by transferring to Galatasaray The now Lenovo sponsored team came back from a shaky start to crack the league playoffs where thanks to the arrival of Joe Ragland they reached the semi finals losing the seven game series against Acea Roma in the last game Trinchieri left the club over the summer and was replaced by Sacripanti whilst Daniele Della Fiori replaced Bruno Arrigoni as general manager and Acqua Vitasnella became main sponsor A solid season saw the side reach the Italian Cup Final 8 the EuroCup Last 32 and the league playoffs remaining unbeaten at home during all of the latter s regular season though they lost their quarter finals series against Roma Known as FoxTown Cantu in Europe the team went to the EuroCup Round of 16 before exiting at the hands of UNICS Domestically they reached the playoffs again with help from NBA All Star Metta World Peace who joined the club in March but were undone in the last game of the quarter final series against Reyer Venezia In November 2015 the club was bought by Ukrainian Russian billionaire Dmitry Gerasimenko in the first weeks of its ownership he announced he planned to build a new arena brought in coach Sergey Bazarevich and four new players 3 In August 2016 the club brought in coach Rimas Kurtinaitis from Khimki 6 Arena EditCantu started playing in the uncovered courtyard of the Sacramentine Sisters Institute before moving to another outside court on Piazza Parini A covered arena the PalaParini was built in 1956 when the Italian Basketball Federation disallowed the use of outside courts They played there until moving to the newly built Palasport Pianella for the 1974 75 season 3 When they qualified for the EuroLeague in 2011 they had to move to the PalaDesio for their games 15 km away from Cantu in Desio as the Pianella did not meet EuroLeague standards 1 The PalaDesio itself underwent a 130 000 refurbishment over the summer with changes to the court electrical installations and outside area that made it in line with the aforementioned standards 7 They also played their European games in Desio the next season in addition to a number of domestic games over the next seasons one game during 2010 11 four more the next season 8 then two local derbies against Vanoli Cremona and Milano in 2014 15 9 The arena situation has driven a wedge between the club management and the local authorities as a promised new venue to replace the obsolete Pianella which costs around 400 000 in upkeep ten times more than most Serie A arenas has not yet been built whilst renting the PalaDesio full time would prove too costly 10 On July 6 2016 there was the official presentation of the project for the new arena in Cucciago Cantu The project consists of a renovation and an extension of the Palasport Pianella with the increase of capacity from 3 910 to 5 634 Inside the building there will be a new museum dedicated to the club a cafe restaurant a gym a children fun area a new team s training court and the offices of the club It will be the fourth largest basketball arena in Lega Basket Serie A Construction will last between 11 and 13 months 11 Players EditCurrent roster Edit Acqua S Bernardo Cantu rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht Wt AgeSG 1 nbsp Stefanelli Francesco 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 88 kg 194 lb 28 1995 01 21 21 January 1995F 3 nbsp Sergio Luigi 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in 87 kg 192 lb 35 1988 01 25 25 January 1988PG 7 nbsp Vitali Luca 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 85 kg 187 lb 37 1986 05 09 9 May 1986SF 11 nbsp Nikolic Stefan 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 95 kg 209 lb 26 1997 06 29 29 June 1997C 15 nbsp Boev Ilia 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 110 kg 243 lb 22 2001 01 12 12 January 2001F C 20 nbsp Da Ros Matteo 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in 94 kg 207 lb 34 1989 09 25 25 September 1989SG 21 nbsp Bucarelli Lorenzo 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 93 kg 205 lb 25 1998 03 06 6 March 1998C 22 nbsp Cusin Marco 2 11 m 6 ft 11 in 107 kg 236 lb 38 1985 02 28 28 February 1985PF 23 nbsp Bayehe Jordan 2 04 m 6 ft 8 in 96 kg 212 lb 23 1999 10 16 16 October 1999G 25 nbsp Allen Trevon 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 91 kg 201 lb 25 1998 02 16 16 February 1998G F 28 nbsp Severini Giovanni 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 85 kg 187 lb 30 1993 04 23 23 April 1993 Head coachMarco SodiniAssistant coach es nbsp Marco Sodini nbsp Massimiliano OldoiniLegend C Team captain nbsp Injured Roster Updated 6 May 2022Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Season by season EditSeason Tier League Pos Italian Supercup Italian Cup European competitions1967 68 1 Serie A 1st1968 69 1 Serie A 6th Eighthfinalist 1 Champions Cup QF1969 70 1 Serie A 6th Eighthfinalist1970 71 1 Serie A 3rd Semifinalist1971 72 1 Serie A 3rd Semifinalist1972 73 1 Serie A 3rd Semifinalist 2 Korac Cup W1973 74 1 Serie A 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 Korac Cup W2000 01 1 Serie A 4th Regular season Quarterfinalist2001 02 1 Serie A 16th2002 03 1 Serie A 5th Runner up2003 04 1 Serie A 6th Champion Semifinalist2004 05 1 Serie A 6th Semifinalist 2 ULEB Cup RS2005 06 1 Serie A 14th 2 FIBA EuroCup SS2006 07 1 Serie A 8th2007 08 1 Serie A 7th2008 09 1 Serie A 9th Quarterfinalist2009 10 1 Serie A 4th Quarterfinalist2010 11 1 Serie A 2nd Runner up 2 Eurocup RS2011 12 1 Serie A 5th Runner up Runner up 1 Euroleague T162012 13 1 Serie A 4th Champion Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague RS2013 14 1 Serie A 5th Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup L322014 15 1 Serie A 7th 2 Eurocup EF2015 16 1 Serie A 11th 3 FIBA Europe Cup L322016 17 1 LBA 14th2017 18 1 LBA 7th Semifinalist2018 19 1 LBA 10th 3 Champions League QR2Honours EditTotal titles 18 Domestic competitions Edit Italian LeagueWinners 3 1967 68 1974 75 1980 81 Runners up 2 1979 80 2010 11Italian CupRunners up 4 1996 97 2002 03 2010 11 2011 12Italian SupercupWinners 2 2003 2012 Runners up 1 2011European competitions Edit EuroLeagueWinners 2 1981 82 1982 83 Semifinalists 1 1975 76FIBA Saporta CupWinners 4 1976 77 1977 78 1978 79 1980 81 Runners up 1 1979 80FIBA Korac CupWinners 4 1973 1973 74 1974 75 1990 91 Runners up 1 1988 89 Semifinalists 2 1991 92 1992 93Worldwide competitions Edit FIBA Intercontinental CupWinners 2 1975 1982 Runners up 1 1983Other competitions Edit Trofeo CinelandiaWinners 1 2011Top performances in European and worldwide competitions EditMain article Pallacanestro Cantu in European and worldwide competitions Season Achievement NotesEuroLeague1968 69 Quarter finals 3rd place in a group with Spartak ZJS Brno Standard Liege and Maccabi Tel Aviv1975 76 Semi finals eliminated by Mobilgirgi Varese 85 95 L in Varese 70 78 L in Cantu1981 82 Champions defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 86 80 in the final of European Champions Cup in Cologne1982 83 Champions defeated Billy Milano 69 68 in the final of European Champions Cup in Grenoble1983 84 Semi final group stage 3rd place in a group with FC Barcelona Banco di Roma Virtus Bosna Maccabi Tel Aviv and Limoges CSPFIBA Saporta Cup1976 77 Champions defeated Radnicki Belgrade 87 86 in the final of European Cup Winners Cup in Palma de Mallorca1977 78 Champions defeated Sinudyne Bologna 84 82 in the final of European Cup Winners Cup in Milan1978 79 Champions defeated EBBC 83 73 in the final of European Cup Winners Cup in Porec1979 80 Final lost to Emerson Varese 88 90 in the final Milan 1980 81 Champions defeated FC Barcelona 86 82 in the final of European Cup Winners Cup in RomeFIBA Korac Cup1973 Champions defeated Maes Pils 106 85 W in Cantu 85 94 L in Mechelen in the double finals of FIBA Korac Cup1973 74 Champions defeated Partizan 99 86 W in Cantu 75 68 W in Belgrade in the double finals of Korac Cup1974 75 Champions defeated FC Barcelona 71 69 W in Barcelona 110 85 W in Cucciago in the double finals of Korac Cup1988 89 Final lost to Partizan 89 76 W in Cucciago 82 101 L in Belgrade1990 91 Champions defeated Real Madrid 73 71 W in Madrid 95 93 W in Cucciago1991 92 Semi finals eliminated by Scavolini Pesaro 76 74 W in Cucciago 86 89 L in Pesaro1992 93 Semi finals eliminated by Philips Milano 74 72 W in Cucciago 72 85 L in MilanFIBA Intercontinental Cup1975 Champions Intercontinental Cup Champions with a 4 1 record in a league tournament in Cantu1982 Champions Intercontinental Cup Champions with a 5 0 record in a league tournament in Den Bosch1983 Runners up Runner up with a 3 2 record in a league tournament in Buenos AiresNotable players EditSee also Category Pallacanestro Cantu players Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed CriteriaTo 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 2010 s nbsp Vaidas Kariniauskas 1 season 16 17 nbsp Metta World Peace 1 2 season 15 nbsp nbsp James Feldeine 1 season 14 15 nbsp Darius Johnson Odom 1 season 14 15 nbsp Pietro Aradori 2 seasons 12 14 nbsp nbsp Alex Tyus 1 season 12 13 nbsp Doron Perkins 1 2 season 12 nbsp Giorgi Shermadini 2 season 11 12 14 15 nbsp Gianluca Basile 1 season 11 12 nbsp Denis Marconato 2 1 2 seasons 10 12 14 nbsp Vladimir Micov 2 1 2 seasons 10 122000 s nbsp Maarty Leunen 5 seasons 09 14 nbsp Manuchar Markoishvili 3 1 2 seasons 09 13 nbsp nbsp Nicolas Mazzarino 8 seasons 05 13 nbsp Rimantas Kaukenas 1 season 04 05 nbsp Povilas Cukinas 1 season 07 08 nbsp Arminas Urbutis 2 season 09 11 nbsp nbsp Dante Calabria 1 season 03 04 nbsp Nate Johnson 1 season 03 04 nbsp Sofoklis Schortsanitis 1 season 03 04 nbsp Tyson Wheeler 1 1 2 seasons 03 04 nbsp nbsp Phill Jones 4 seasons 02 03 04 07 nbsp Shaun Stonerook 4 seasons 01 05 nbsp Jerry McCullough 2 seasons 01 03 nbsp Bootsy Thornton 3 seasons 00 03 1990 s nbsp nbsp Casey Shaw 2 seasons 99 00 06 07 nbsp Walter Berry 1 season 97 98 nbsp Brian Oliver 1 season 97 98 nbsp Pete Myers 1 season 96 97 nbsp Thurl Bailey 2 seasons 95 97 nbsp Michael Curry 1 season 93 941980 s nbsp Pace Mannion 4 seasons 89 93 nbsp Roosevelt Bouie 2 seasons 89 91 nbsp Kent Benson 1 season 88 89 nbsp Jeff Turner 2 seasons 87 89 nbsp nbsp Dan Gay 9 seasons 85 88 00 05 nbsp Richard Anderson 2 seasons 84 86 nbsp Jim Brewer 3 seasons 82 85 nbsp Wallace Bryant 1 season 82 83 nbsp C J Kupec 1 season 81 82 nbsp Tom Boswell 1 season 80 81 1970 s nbsp Bruce Flowers 3 seasons 79 82 nbsp Renzo Bariviera 5 seasons 78 83 nbsp Johnny Neumann 1 season 78 79 nbsp Antonello Riva 16 seasons 77 89 98 02 nbsp Harthorne Wingo 2 seasons 76 78 nbsp Bob Lienhard 8 seasons 70 781960 s nbsp Pierluigi Marzorati 23 seasons 69 91 06 nbsp Ed Siudut 1 season 69 70 nbsp Fabrizio Della Fiori 12 seasons 67 79 nbsp nbsp Carlos D Aquila 4 seasons 65 69 nbsp nbsp Alberto De Simone 7 seasons 64 71 nbsp nbsp Enrico De Carli 2 seasons 63 65 nbsp Carlo Recalcati 17 seasons 62 791950 s nbsp Giancarlo Sarti 8 seasons 59 67 nbsp Antonio Frigerio 11 seasons 58 69 nbsp Dante Angelo Masocco 8 seasons 57 63 69 71 nbsp Tony Vlastelica 2 season 57 59 nbsp Borislav Curcic 2 seasons 55 57 nbsp Sergio Marelli 1 season 55 56 nbsp Lino Cappelletti 13 seasons 50 63Head coaches Edit nbsp James Strong 1 season 54 55 nbsp Isidoro Marsan 2 seasons 56 58 nbsp Gianni Corsolini 2 seasons 58 60 nbsp Vittorio Tracuzzi 2 seasons 60 62 nbsp Gianni Corsolini 3 seasons 62 65 nbsp Arnaldo Taurisano 1 season 65 66 nbsp Borislav Stankovic 2 seasons 66 69 nbsp Arnaldo Taurisano 10 seasons 69 79 nbsp Valerio Bianchini 3 seasons 79 82 nbsp Giancarlo Primo 1 season 82 83 nbsp Gianni Asti 1 season 83 84 nbsp Carlo Recalcati 6 seasons 84 90 nbsp Fabrizio Frates 2 seasons 90 92 nbsp Antonio Diaz Miguel 6 games 93 nbsp Bruno Arrigoni 1 2 season 93 94 nbsp Giancarlo Sacco 1 1 2 seasons 94 95 nbsp Bruno Arrigoni 1 game 95 nbsp Gianfranco Lombardi 1 1 2 seasons 95 97 nbsp Virginio Bernardi 6 games 97 nbsp Massimo Magri 1 2 season 97 98 nbsp Fabrizio Frates 1 season 98 99 nbsp Franco Ciani 1 2 season 99 00 nbsp Stefano Sacripanti 6 1 2 seasons 00 07 nbsp Luca Dalmonte 2 seasons 07 09 nbsp Andrea Trinchieri 4 seasons 09 13 nbsp Stefano Sacripanti 2 seasons 13 15 nbsp Fabio Corbani 1 2 season 15 nbsp Sergei Bazarevich 1 2 season 15 16 nbsp Rimas Kurtinaitis 1 2 season 16 nbsp Carlo Recalcati 1 2 season 16 17 nbsp Kyrylo Bol shakov 1 2 season 17 nbsp Marco Sodini 1 2 season 17 18 nbsp Evgeniy Pashutin 1 season 18 19 nbsp Nicola Brienza 1 2 season 19 nbsp Cesare Pancotto 1 2 season 19 presentSponsorship names EditThroughout the years due to sponsorship deals the club has also been known as Milenka Cantu 1954 55 Oransoda Cantu 1956 58 Fonte Levissima Cantu 1958 65 Oransoda Cantu 1965 69 Pallacanestro Cantu 1969 70 Birra Forst Cantu 1970 77 Gabetti Cantu 1977 80 Squibb Cantu 1980 82 Ford Cantu 1982 83 Jollycolombani Cantu 1983 85 Arexons Cantu 1985 88 Wiwa Vismara Cantu 1988 90 Shampoo Clear Cantu 1990 94 Polti Cantu 1994 99 Canturina Cantu 1999 2000 Poliform Cantu 2000 01 Oregon Scientific Cantu 2001 04 Vertical Vision Cantu 2004 06 Tisettanta Cantu 2006 08 NGC Cantu 2008 09 NGC Medical Cantu 2009 10 Bennet Cantu 2010 12 Chebolletta Cantu Domestically 2012 Mapooro Cantu European competitions 2012 Lenovo Cantu Domestically 2013 Acqua Vitasnella Cantu Domestically 2013 2016 Red October Cantu Domestically 2016 2019 FoxTown Cantu European competitions 2013 2018 Acqua S Bernardo Cantu 2019 S Bernardo Cinelandia Cantu 2019 2022 Acqua S Bernardo Cantu 2022 present References Edit a b c d Lawlor Frank 6 December 2012 Everyone knows what we are talking about EuroLeague net Retrieved 15 September 2015 a b c d e Gancedo Javier 12 September 2004 The Club Scene Pallacanestro Cantu EurocupBasketball com Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 14 September 2015 a b c d e f g h Storia History PallacanestroCantu com in Italian Archived from the original on 1 August 2015 Retrieved 15 September 2015 a b Il basket italiano piange la scomparsa di Aldo Allievi storico presidente di Cantu Italian basketball mourns the death of Aldo Allievi Cantu s historic president LegaBasket it in Italian 23 March 2011 Retrieved 15 September 2015 Marzorati in campo batte 2 record Marzorati beats two records on the court TgCom24 Mediaset it in Italian 8 October 2006 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 16 September 2015 Cantu Rimas Kurtinaitis e il nuovo allenatore Gerasimenko Ci aiutera a tornare in alto Cantu Rimas Kurtinaitis is the new head coach Garasimenko He will help us to get back on top Legabasket com in Italian Retrieved 2 August 2016 Benevenuta Eurolega Bienvenue Nancy Stasera al PalaDesio la partita di esordio Welcome Euroleague Bienvenue Nancy Tonight at the PalaDesio the game that starts the season Comune Desio mb it in Italian 19 October 2011 Retrieved 15 September 2015 Piccinelli Andrea 22 August 2012 Insieme per Cantu al via la campagna abbonamenti Together for Cantu the season ticket campaign is launched CorrierediComo it in Italian Retrieved 15 September 2015 Cantu trasloca e la febbre World Peace Cantu moves it s the World Peace fever CorrieredelloSport it in Italian 7 April 2015 Retrieved 15 September 2015 Landrini Fabio 10 August 2013 Cantu incubo Palababele due L ultimatum dei Cremascoli Senza palazzetto niente squadra Cantu the nightmarish second Palababele Cremascoli s ultimatum Without an arena no team ilGiorno it in Italian Retrieved 15 September 2015 Cantu presentato il progetto del nuovo Palasport Cantu the project of the new Palasport has been presented sportando com in Italian 23 July 2016 Retrieved 4 August 2016 External links EditOfficial website in Italian Serie A profile in Italian Retrieved 15 September 2015 FIBA Europe profile Retrieved 15 September 2015 Eurobasket com profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pallacanestro Cantu amp oldid 1177885564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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