Olimpia Cagliari
Olimpia Cagliari | |
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Leagues | Serie C |
Founded | 23 February 1953 |
History | Olimpia Cagliari 1953-196? U. S. Pallacanestro Cagliari 196?-1980 Olimpia Cagliari 2001-present |
Arena | PalaRockefeller |
Capacity | 2,266 |
Location | Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy |
Team colors | Green and White |
President | Dario Corsi |
Head coach | Alessandro Sulis |
Olimpia Cagliari is an Italian amateur basketball club based in Cagliari, Sardinia.
It is most famous for the period in the 1970s where, under the name Brill Cagliari, the team played in the first division Serie A.
History
Early years (1953–1968)
Olimpia Cagliari was founded on 23 February 1953 when a group of youngsters, led by Bebi Mosca and with members such as brothers Antonio and Carlo Pirastu, split from Gruppo Sportivo Aquila (founded in 1944, the city's oldest basketball team) to form the club. Its numbers were swelled in the following years by a contingent from Esperia Cagliari, a club that would later become their fierce rivals. Starting from the regional leagues, the club moved up to the second division Serie B in 1965. The club would start a collaboration with football club Unione Sportiva Cagliari sometime during the second half of the 1960s and change its name to Unione Sportiva Pallacanestro Cagliari.[1]
Amongst the elite, the Brill years (1968–1978)
Cagliari would beat
Decline and near-disappearance (1978–2001)
Cagliari lost the relegation play-outs against
A modest rebirth (2001–present)
The club reemerged as an independent organisation in 2001 under president Dario Corsi and from the 2008–09 season started to play in the fifth division Divisione Nazionale C (DNC). Cagliari stayed in that league for six seasons without earning a promotion until the Sardinia committee of the
Prior to the season, the president was apprehensive over the sufficient funds needed to play in the Serie B (where travel is farther and more expensive), whilst the squad stayed relatively unchanged, though a declared partnership with
Notable players
Olimpia Cagliari's first “foreign” (not from Sardinia) player, Piero Rigucci, was recruited in 1963. Its first genuinely foreign player was American Greg Howard who arrived in 1969.
1970's
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1960's
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Notable coaches
- Otello Formigli 5 seasons: '69-'74
- Howie Landa 1 season: '74-'75
- Carlo Rinaldi 3 seasons: '75-'78
Sponsorship names
Throughout the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:
- Brill Cagliari (1969-1978)
- Acentro Cagliari (1978-1980)
- Trony Cagliari (2009-2011)
- Olimpia Cagliari (2011-2013)
- Olimpia Ichnusa Cagliari (2013-2014)
- Olimpia "Trony" Cagliari (2014–15)
References
- ^ a b "Squadra" [Team]. OlimpiaCagliari.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ a b Guadalupi, Roberto (3 November 2012). "L'avversario della 6^ giornata: la Dinamo Sassari" [Round 6 opponent: Dinamo Sassari]. NewBasketBrindisi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Rubiu, Roberto (12 April 2015). "Il giorno di grazia della cenerentola Brill: l'altro 12 aprile 1970" [Brill's Cinderella's day of grace: the other 12 April 1970]. SardegnaSport.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Tavarozzi, Antonio (5 March 1973). "Sorpresa nel basketball: Ignis k.o. a Cagliari per un punto" [Surprise in basketball: Ignis stunned at Cagliari by a point]. ArchivoLaStampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Grazia Pais, Maria (17 May 2007). "Happening con i campioni del Brill" [Event with the Brill champions]. LaNuovaSardegna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- FIP.it (in Italian). SardegnaSport.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Farris, Mauro (9 June 2014). "L'Olimpia Cagliari promossa in Divisione B" [Olimpia Cagliari promoted to the Divisione B]. LaNuovaSardegna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Basket - Olimpia Cagliari pronta all'esordio, Corsi: "Squadra competitiva, vogliamo fare bella figura"" [Basketball – Olimpia Cagliari ready for its debut, Corsi: [It's] a competitive squad, we want to show our good side]. SardegnaSport.com (in Italian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Serie B, l'Olimpia saluta un'altra sconfitta" [Serie B, Olimpia Cagliari greets another defeat]. LaNuovaSardegna.it (in Italian). 20 April 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Farris, Mauro (13 July 2015). "Povero basket sardo, nessuna squadra farà i tornei nazionali" [Sad [state] for Sardinian basketball, no team will play in the national tournaments]. LaNuovaSardegna.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links
- Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro profile (in Italian) Retrieved 26 August 2015
- Serie A historical results (in Italian) Retrieved 27 August 2015