Reyer Venezia

S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in Italy, as well as the EuroCup. Reyer operates both men's and women's professional teams, both playing in their respective first divisions as of the 2017–18 season. The men's team has been crowned the Italian champions four times, as they won the LBA in 1942, 1943, 2017 and 2019.

Umana Reyer Venezia
Nickname	Orogranata
Leagues	LBA EuroCup
Founded	1925; 98 years ago (1925)
Arena	Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Capacity	3,509
Location	Venice, Italy
Team colors	Garnet Red, Gold, White
President	Federico Casarin
Head coach	Walter De Raffaele
Ownership	Luigi Brugnaro
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup 4 Italian Leagues 1 Italian Cup
Website	reyer.it
Home Away

History

 

The Reyer team that won league titles in 1942 and 1943

 

Tyrus McGee playing for Venezia

The team was founded in 1872 as gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, by the gymnastics teacher Peter Gallo in Venice. The basketball section was founded in 1925. In the 1941–42 and 1942–43 season, Reyer won back-to-back Italian league titles. In 1944, the team also won the Italian championship, but the victory was not approved by the Italian Federation.

The club, under the name Carrera Venezia, participated in the 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup and managed to reach the final where the club was defeated 104–105 by Joventut Freixenet that took place in Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona at March 19.

In 2006–07, Reyer was the amateur champion of Italy, and promoted to the LegaDue. In the 2010–11 season, the team finally promoted back to the Lega Basket Serie A.

In the 2016–17 season, Reyer reached the LBA Finals for the first time since 1944.^[1] Reyer claimed its third national championship on June 20, 2017, after beating Trento 4–2 in the series.^[2] Reyer also played in the Basketball Champions League that season and advanced to the Final Four, where the team finished in fourth place.^[3]

In the 2017–18 season, coming off of its national championship, Venezia participated in its second straight Champions League season. In Group C, Reyer finished in the sixth-place after holding an 8–6 record. The team was transferred to the FIBA Europe Cup for the play-offs, where it beat Egis Körmend, Nizhny Novgorod and Donar in order to reach the Finals. In the Finals, Reyer faced fellow Italian side Sidigas Avellino. Reyer won the finals 158–148 on aggregate, and on 2 May 2018 the club won the FIBA Europe Cup, its first ever European trophy.^[4]

On June 22, 2019, Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th Italian league title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the LBA finals.^[5]

On February 16, 2020, Venezia went to win its first Italian Cup ever by beating Happy Casa Brindisi 73–67 in the Finals in the Adriatic Arena of Pesaro.^[6]

Honours

Total titles: 4

Domestic competitions

• Italian League

Winners (4): 1941–42, 1942–43, 2016–17, 2018–19

Runners-up (1): 1945–46

• Italian Cup

Winners (1): 2019–20

• Italian Supercup

Runners-up (2): 2017, 2019

European competitions

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1980–81

• FIBA Europe Cup

Winners (1): 2017–18

Players

Current roster

Umana Reyer Venezia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 00   Tessitori, Amedeo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 28 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994 PG 0   Spissu, Marco 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1995-02-05)5 February 1995 PF 2   Parks, Jordan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1994-04-06)6 April 1994 SG 5   Freeman, Allerik 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1994-10-30)30 October 1994 G/F 6   Bramos, Michael (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 35 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987 G/F 9   Moraschini, Riccardo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 32 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 PG 10   De Nicolao, Andrea 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 – (1991-08-21)21 August 1991 G 11   Granger, Jayson 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 PF 15   Chillo, Matteo 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1993-06-15)15 June 1993 PF 23   Brooks, Jeff 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 F 35   Willis, Derek 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1995-06-21)21 June 1995 C 50   Watt, Mitchell 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 33 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989	Head coach   Walter De Raffaele Assistant coach(es)   Gianluca Tucci   Alberto Billio   Simone Bianchi Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: January 12, 2023

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Mitchell Watt
PF	Derek Willis	Jordan Parks
SF	Michael Bramos	Jeff Brooks
SG	Allerik Freeman	Riccardo Moraschini	Bruno Cerella
PG	Jayson Granger	Marco Spissu	Andrea De Nicolao

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Notable players

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.

•   Gabriele Vianello (1956–57; 1967–72)
•   Nemanja Đurić (1967–68)
•   Steve Hawes (1972–74)
•   Neal Walk (1977–78)
•   Joe DeSantis (1979–80)
•   Scott Lloyd (1979–80)
•   Dražen Dalipagić (1980–81; 1985–88)
•   Spencer Haywood (1980–81)
•   Sidney Wicks (1981–82)
•   Bruce Seals (1981–82)
•   Ratko Radovanović (1986–90)
•   Steve Burtt (1995–96)
•   Kristaps Janičenoks (2008–10)
•   Alvin Young (2010–13)
•   Yakhouba Diawara (2012–13)
•   Tomas Ress (2014–2018)
•   Phil Goss (2014–16)
•   Hrvoje Perić (2013–2018)
•     Michael Bramos (2015–present)
•     Melvin Ejim (2016–2017)
•     MarQuez Haynes (2016–2019)
•   Esteban Batista (2017)
•   Gediminas Orelik (2017–2018)

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Italian Cup	European competitions
2010–11	2	LegaDue	2nd
2011–12	1	Serie A	7th
2012–13	1	Serie A	8th
2013–14	1	Serie A	11th
2014–15	1	Serie A	4th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	Serie A	4th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	L32
2016–17	1	LBA	1st	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	4th
2017–18	1	LBA	3rd	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	RS
					4 FIBA Europe Cup	C
2018–19	1	LBA	1st	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	T16
2019–20	1	LBA	7th	Champion	2 EuroCup	QF
2020–21	1	LBA	4th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2021–22	1	LBA	6th		2 Eurocup	T16

Source: Eurobasket.com

Head coaches

1940–1946:   Vidal Carmelo 1948–1951:   Amerigo Penzo 1951–1953:   Enrico Garbosi 1953–1955:   Egidio Marsico 1955–1956:   Enrico Garbosi 1956–1957:   Giulio Geroli 1958–1959:   Egidio Marsico 1959–1960:   Giulio Geroli 1964–1971:   Giulio Geroli 1971–1979:   Tonino Zorzi 1979–1980:   Giuseppe Guerrieri 1980–1981:   Tonino Zorzi 1981–1982:   Waldi Medeot 1982–1983:   Aca Nikolić 1983–1985:   Waldi Medeot 1985–1987:   Tonino Zorzi 1987–1988:   Petar Skansi 1988–1990:   Marco Calamai 1990–1991:     Andy Russo 1991–1993:   Mario De Sisti

1993–1996:   Francesco Vitucci 1997–2006:   Costantini Sales e Rubini 2008:   Eugenio Dalmasson 2008:   Stefano Bizzozi 2009:   Sandro Dell'Agnello 2009–2013:   Andrea Mazzon 2013–2014:     Zare Markovski 2014–2016:   Carlo Recalcati 2016–present:   Walter De Raffaele

Sponsorship names

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

• Noalex Venezia: (1966–1970)
• Splügen Venezia (1970–1973)
• Canon Venezia: (1973–1980)
• Carrera Venezia: (1980–1984)
• Giomo Venezia: (1984–1987)
• Hitachi Venezia: (1987–1990)
• Scaini Venezia: (1991–1993)
• Acqua Lora Venezia: (1993–1994)
• San Benedetto: (1994–1995)
• Reyer Venezia: (1995-1996)
• Panto Venezia: (1998–2001)
• Acqua Pia Antica Marcia: (2005–2006)
• Umana Reyer Venezia: (2006–present)

References

1. "Venezia makes history by advancing to the Finals". Eurohoops.net. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
2. Reyer Venezia crowned Italian league champion!
3. "AS Monaco v Umana Reyer Venezia". BasketballCL.com. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
4. Reyer Venezia conquer FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Sidigas Avellino
5. "Reyer Venezia wins Italian LBA championship". sportando.basketball. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
6. "National cups roundup: February 16, 2020". euroleague.net. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

External links

• Official site (in Italian)
• Serie A profile (in Italian)