U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro
Victoria Libertas Pesaro | ||||
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Vitrifrigo Arena | ||||
Capacity | 10,323 | |||
Location | Pesaro, Marche, Italy | |||
Team colors | Red and White | |||
President | Ario Costa | |||
Head coach | Maurizio Buscaglia | |||
Championships | 2 Italian Leagues 2 Italian Cups 1 Saporta Cup | |||
Website | Official Site | |||
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Victoria Libertas (also known as "VL" or in Italian Vuelle), full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). It was commonly known across Europe as Scavolini Pesaro, from the name of its historical main sponsor Scavolini (from 1975 to 2014), an Italian kitchen and bathroom products designer and manufacturer, whose co-founder Valter Scavolini was formerly club president. Now, it is known as Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro after its title sponsor.[1] For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.
History
Victoria Libertas was officially founded in 1946 and had its best seasons during the 1980s. After being among the top teams in Italy for decades, Victoria Libertas under the name Scavolini Pesaro, won its first important trophy the
In recent years, Victoria Libertas was among the best European teams, having played the
Recent history
In July 2005, as a consequence of the poor administration of the previous two seasons, Victoria Libertas failed to remain within the parameters required to join the Italian Basketball League and wound up. Pesaro's second team, Falco Spar, agreed with former Victoria Libertas president Valter Scavolini to join forces to invest in a team to bring back Victoria Libertas to Italian First Division (
The new team, named Scavolini Gruppo Spar (or simply Scavolini-Spar), played the 2005–06 season in the Italian Third Division (B1). Owners' target resulted in Scavolini-Spar having large amounts of money at its disposal compared with the other teams of the league. Players from the upper divisions were enrolled, star
In 2006–07 Scavolini-Spar won the LegaDue playoff series, lining up players such as Carlton Myers,
Following the 2009–10 season, Spar's secondary sponsorship contract expired. The club picked up a new secondary sponsor in Italian clothing company Siviglia, thereby changing its full sponsored name to Scavolini Siviglia Style Pesaro (more simply Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro). The club changed its secondary sponsorship again with the expiration of Siviglia's contract at the end of the 2011–12 season, becoming Scavolini Banca Marche Pesaro.
From the 2014–15 season the historical sponsor Scavolini was replaced (for the first time since 1975) by the new main sponsor Consultinvest, whereby the name of the team became Consultinvest Pesaro. Since 2019 summer the new club naming is Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro thanks to the relationship with the new Title Sponsor Prosciutto di Carpegna.
Players
Current roster
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Updated: January 19, 2024 |
Honours
Total titles: 5
Domestic competitions
- Winners (2): 1987–88, 1989–90
- Runners-up (4): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1993–94
- Winners (2): 1984–85, 1991–92
- Runner-up (5): 1985–85, 1986–87, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2021
- Runners-up (1): 2001
European competitions
- FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
- FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
Worldwide competitions
- McDonald's Championship (defunct)
- 4th place (2): 1990
Other competitions
- FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)
- 4th place (1): 1996
- Torneo de Vasco Martini-Castelfiorentino
- Winners (1): 2007
International record
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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EuroLeague | |||
1988–89 | Quarter-finals | 6th place in a group with Nashua EBBC
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1990–91 | Final Four | 4th place in Paris, lost to Pop 84 87–93 in the semi-final, lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv 81–83 in the 3rd place game | |
1992–93 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2-1 by Benetton Treviso, 94-92 (W) in Pesaro, 94-101 (L) and 58-77 (L) in Treviso | |
1994–95 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2-1 by Limoges, 68-55 (W) in Pesaro, 66-79 (L) and 72-82 (L) in Limoges | |
2000–01 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2-0 by Maccabi Tel Aviv, 69-80 (L) in Tel Aviv and 77-84 (L) in Pesaro | |
2004–05 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2-0 by Maccabi Tel Aviv, 60-88 (L) in Tel Aviv and 100-103 (L) in Pesaro | |
FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
1982–83 | Champions | defeated European Cup Winners' Cup in Palma de Mallorca
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1983–84 | Semi-finals | eliminated by | |
1985–86 | Final | lost to FC Barcelona 86–101 in the final (Caserta) | |
1986–87 | Final | lost to Cibona 74–89 in the final (Novi Sad) | |
1987–88 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Limoges, 86–102 (L) in Limoges and 93-91 (W) in Pesaro | |
FIBA Korać Cup | |||
1989–90 | Final | lost to | |
1991–92 | Final | lost to | |
1993–94 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by PAOK Bravo, 82-66 (W) in Pesaro and 58-96 (L) in Thessaloniki | |
1995–96 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by | |
FIBA EuroChallenge | |||
2009–10 | Final Four | 4th place in Krasnye Krylya Samara 70–73 in the semi-final, lost to Chorale Roanne 80–86 in the 3rd place game
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McDonald's Championship | |||
1988
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4th | 4th place in Yugoslavia 91–100 in the 3rd place game
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1990
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4th | 4th place in Barcelona, lost to New York Knicks 115–119 in the semi-final, lost to FC Barcelona 105–106 in the 3rd place game |
Logos
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Former logo
Arena and supporters
In 1996 Victoria Libertas moved from the historic "hangar"
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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- Sandro Dell'Agnello 2 seasons: '94-'96
- Paolo Conti 5 seasons: '95-'00
- Ario Costa 12 seasons: '84-'96
- Franco Bertini
- Vincenzo Esposito 2 seasons: '96-'98
- Andrea Gracis 11 seasons: '83-'94
- Walter Magnifico 19 seasons: '80-'96, '98-'01
- Sandro Riminucci
- Antonello Riva 2 seasons: '94-'96
- Mike Sylvester 6 season: '80-'86
- Renzo Vecchiato 2 seasons: '87-'89
- Jason Smith1 season: '01
- Peter Guarasci 3 seasons: '96-'99
- Andrés Guibert 1 season: '97-'98
- Henri Drell 3 seasons: '19-'22
- Hanno Möttölä 1 season: '04-'05
- Teemu Rannikko 2 seasons: '03-'05
- Yann Bonato 1 season: '97-'98
- Robert Archibald 1 season: '04-'05
- Mindaugas Žukauskas 3 seasons: '06-'09
- Tautvydas Lydeka 3 seasons: '10-'12 – '15-'16
- Simas Jasaitis 1 season: '16-'17
- Donatas Zavackas 1 season: '16-'17
- Egidijus Mockevičius 2 season: '18-'19 – '23-'24
- Miroslav Berić 2 seasons: '01-'03
- Aleksandar Đorđević 2 seasons: '03-'05
- Marko Milič 2 seasons: '03-'05
- Marko Tušek 2 seasons: '00-'02
- Željko Jerkov 1 seasons: '82-'83
- Dragan Kićanović 2 seasons: '81-'83
- Aleksandar Petrović 1 season: '87-'88
- Greg Ballard 1 season: '87-'88
- Joseph Blair 2 seasons: '99-'00, '01-'02
- Myron Brown 1 season: '98-'99
- Melvin Booker 4 seasons: '97-'98, '99-'02
- Darwin Cook 3 seasons: '87-'88, '89-'91
- Lloyd Daniels 1 season: '95-'96
- Tony Dawson 1 season: '98-'99
- Todd Day 1 season: '97-'98
- Darren Daye 5 seasons: '87-'92
- Larry Drew 1 season: '88-'89
- †1 season: '03-'04
(his last team before his untimely death on
September 4, 2004) - Corey Gaines 1 season: '94-'95
- Dean Garrett 2 seasons: '93-'95
- Chris Gatling 1 season: '02-'03
- DeMarco Johnson 2 seasons: '00-'02
- George McCloud 1 season: '93-'94
- Aaron McGhee 1 season: '02-'03
- Scoonie Penn 1 season: '04-'05
- Norm Richardson 1 season: '02-'03
- Charles Smith1 season: '04-'05
- Kevin Thompson 2 seasons: '95-'97
- James White 1 season: '11-'12
- Rodney White 1 season: '06-'07
- Haywoode Workman 2 seasons: '91-'93
- Austin Daye 1 season: '15-'16
Head coaches
- Petar Skansi 2 seasons: '81-'82, '82-'83
- Aleksandar Nikolić 1 season: '83-'84
- Don Casey 1 season: '84-'85[3]
- Valerio Bianchini 5 seasons: '87-'88, '88-'89, '93-'94, '94-'95, '95-'96
- Sergio Scariolo 2 seasons: '89-'90, '90-'91
- Duško Vujošević 1 season: '97-'98
- Marco Crespi 2 seasons: '02-'03, '04-'05
- Piero Bucchi 1 season: '16-17
- Spiro Leka 1 season '17-'18
- Massimo Galli 1 season '18-'19
- Matteo Boniciolli 1 season '19
- Federico Perego 1 season '19-present
Sponsorship names
In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:[4]
- Benelli Pesaro (1952–58)
- Lanco Pesaro (1958–61)
- Algor Pesaro (1961–63)
- Butangas Pesaro (1966–69)
- Frizz Pelmo Pesaro (1969–70)
- Tropicali Pesaro (1970–71)
- Maxmobili Pesaro (1971–75)
- Scavolini Pesaro (1975–2014)
- Consultinvest Pesaro (2014–2017)
- No Main Sponsor (2017–2019)
- Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro (2019–present)
References
- ^ "Prosciutto di Carpegna è il nuovo main sponsor per la VL Pesaro" [Prosciutto di Carpegna is the new main sponsor of VL Pesaro]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 18 July 2019.
- ^ Euroleague.net
- ^ "Ex-Owl Coach Casey Heading For Italy". Philadelphia Daily News. August 4, 1984.
- ^ Lega A Basket page on history of Victoria Libertas. (in Italian) Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official Site (in Italian)
- Eurobasket.com Team Page
- Previous Season Stats (LegaBasket 2007–08) (in Italian)
- Latest Stats (LegaBasket 2008–09) (in Italian)