Scafati Basket

Scafati Basket
Founded 1969
League Serie A2
Team history Scafati Basket (1969–current)
Based in Scafati
Arena PalaMangano
Colors yellow and blue
Owner(s) Italy Aniello Longobardi
Head coach Giovanni Perdichizzi

Scafati Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Givova Scafati, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Scafati, Campania. It plays in the second-division Serie A2 as of the 2015–16 season.

History

Scafati Basket traces its history to Silvio Pellico, a club founded in 1949 by a group of students in 1949. That merged with Savoia in 1955 to form Scafatese Basket, which would be renamed Centro Sportivo Scafatese in 1969. The team played in the amateur regional Serie C and Serie D until the early 1990s when, under the presidency of Aniello Longobardi, it climbed up divisions to reach the first tier Serie A in 2006.

It was relegated from the Serie A following its last place finish in 2007–08.

Arena

The team has played its home games in the PalaMangano (named after former head coach Massimo Mangano), it holds 3,700 seats.

Sponsorship names

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

2015–2016 Roster

0 Italy Marco Portannese Guard
5 Italy Nicholas Crow Forward
7 Italy Gabriele Spizzichini Point Guard
8 Italy Massimo Rezzano Forward
11 Italy Patrick Baldassarre Forward
16 United States Josh Mayo Point Guard
21 United States Jeremy Simmons Forward
24 Italy Ferdinando Matrone Forward
33 Italy Federico Loschi Forward

Notable players

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