Reyer Venezia Mestre

Reyer Venezia Mestre
Nickname	Orogranata
Leagues	Serie A, Eurocup
Founded	1872 (sports club) 1925 (basketball section)
History	See Names
Arena	Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Capacity	3,509
Location	Venice, Italy
Team colors	Maroon, Gold, White
President	Luigi Brugnaro
Head coach	Carlo Recalcati
Championships	2 Italian Championships
Website	reyer.it
Uniforms
Home Away

Reyer Venezia Mestre is an Italian professional basketball club based in Venice, Veneto. It operates men and women professional teams, both in their respective first divisions as of the 2015-16 season. Founded in 1872 as gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, it started sponsoring basketball in 1907, operating in the past as Pallacanestro Venezia.

The men's team won the Serie A in 1942 and 1943.

History

The Reyer team that won league titles in 1942 and 1943

The team was founded in 1982, by the gymnastics teacher Peter Gallo in Venice. 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.

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.

Current roster

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

Reyer Venezia Mestre roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 4 Perić, Hrvoje 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 30 – 25 October 1985 G 5 Goss, Phil 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – 7 April 1983 G/F 6 Bramos, Michael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – 27 May 1987 G 7 Tonut, Stefano 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – 7 November 1993 G 8 Jackson, Jarrius 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – 18 June 1985 G 10 Green, Mike 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – 23 June 1985 PG 11 Ruzzier, Michele 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 23 – 9 February 1993 F/C 13 Owens, Josh 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – 11 July 1988 F/C 14 Ress, Tomas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 35 – 22 August 1980 C 15 Simioni, Alessandro 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – 10 March 1998 C 16 Ortner, Benjamin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – 16 March 1983 SF 22 Viggiano, Jeff 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – 24 July 1984 PF 23 Savovic, Boris 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – 18 June 1987 SF — Ejim, Melvin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – 4 March 1991 G — Pargo, Jeremy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 30 – 17 March 1986	Head coach Walter De Raffaele Assistant coach(es) Alberto Billio Alberto Buffo Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 22, 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Benjamin Ortner	Tomas Ress		Alessandro Simioni
PF	Josh Owens	Hrvoje Perić
SF	Michael Bramos	Jeffrey Viggiano
SG	Jarrius Jackson	Stefano Tonut
PG	Phil Goss	Mike Green	Michele Ruzzier	Michele Antelli

Titles

Total titles: 2

Domestic competitions

• Italian Championship
  • Winners (2): 1942, 1943

European competitions

• Korać Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1981

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)

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Italian Cup	European competitions
2010–11	2	LegaDue	2	Runner-up	–	–
2011–12	1	Serie A	7	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2012–13	1	Serie A	8	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2013–14	1	Serie A	11	–	–	–
2014–15	1	Serie A	2	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	–
2015–16	1	Serie A	7		Quarterfinalist	Eurocup	Last 32

Source: Eurobasket.com

• The team promoted to a higher division.

Notable players

• Dražen Dalipagić (1980-81, 1985-88)
• Spencer Haywood (1980–81)
• Yakhouba Diawara (2012-13)
• Kristaps Janičenoks (2008–10)

References

External links

• Official site (Italian)
• Serie A profile (Italian) Retrieved 24 August 2015