- Basket Rimini Crabs
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Basket Rimini Crabs Leagues Legadue Founded 1947 Arena 105 Stadium or Palasport Flaminio Location Rimini, Italy Team colors White and Red
President Adriano Braschi Head coach 
Fabrizio AmbrassaChampionships Website [1] Uniforms 
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The 105 Stadium was inaugurated in 2002.
The Basket Rimini Crabs are a Italian basketball team from the city of Rimini.
Basket Rimini was established in 1947 as Polisportiva Libertas. In 1978-79 season, it played for the first time in a professional league (Serie A2, the second-highest Italian level).
The team made its debut in Serie A1 (the highest level in Italy) in 1984, playing in that league for 8 seasons from 1984 and 2001. Its best result was 8th place in Serie A1 in the 1985/86 season. The club qualified twice, in the 1998/99 and 1999/00 seasons, for the Korać Cup, a continental competition.
After 2001 it played in the Italian Legadue ("League Two", the former Serie A2) with additional nickname of the Crabs, but in 2011 the team was unable to register to participate in the championship due to debts, so they restarted from DNB (4th national level).
Some of its youth teams won the title of national champions in the 1980's and '90's. Also, Carlton Myers, one of the best Italian basketball players, began his career in Basket Rimini, as did Alex Righetti and many others.
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Sponsorship names
Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:[1]
- 1978-1980: Sarila
- 1980-1983: Sacramora
- 1983-1986: Marr
- 1986-1987: Hamby
- 1987-1988: Biklim
- 1988-1993: Marr
- 1993-1994: Olio Monini
- 1994-1995: Teamsystem
- 1995-1997: Koncret
- 1997-2000: Pepsi
- 2000-2001: Vip
- 2001-2002: Conad
- 2002-2003: Vip
- 2003-2005: Conad
- 2005-2009: Coopsette
- 2009-2010: Riviera Solare
- 2010: Edilizia Moderna
- 2010-2011: Immobiliare Spiga
Notable players
Carlton Myers
German Scarone
Roman Gonzalez
Mark Crow 1 season: '78-'79- Otis Howard 2 seasons: '78-'80
- Reggie Johnson 2 seasons: '84-'86
- Roberto Terenzi 7 seasons: '81-'83, '88-'89, '91-'95
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Olden Polynice 1 season: '86-'87 - Mike Sylvester 1 season: '86-'87
- Mark Smith 3 seasons: '87-'90
- Andre Goode 2 seasons: '87-'89
- Massimo Ruggeri 8 seasons: '89-'95, '98-'99, '01-'02
- Carlton Myers 4 seasons: '88-'90, '91-'92, '94-'95
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Paul Fortier 1 season: '89-'90 
Andrade Israel 3 seasons: '91-'94- Darnell Valentine 1 season: '91-'92
- Frank Johnson 1 season: '91-'92
- Larry Middleton 2 seasons: '92-'94
- Alex Righetti 7 seasons: '93-'00
- Emanual Davis 1 season: '94-'95
German Scarone 9 seasons: '95-'98, '05-'11- Mauro Morri 7 seasons: '95-'01, '02-'03
- John Fox 1 season: '95-'96
- Doug Lee 1 season: '95-'96
- Joe Wylie 2 seasons: '96-'98
Boris Gorenc 2 seasons: '97-'99- Anthony Tucker 1 season: '97-'98
- Marko Tušek 2 seasons: '98-'00
- Antonio Granger 2 seasons: '98-'00
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Alan Tomidy 2 seasons: '98-'00 - Chris Corchiani 1 season: '99-'00
- Glenn Sekunda 2 seasons: '99-'01
- Eric Washington 2 seasons: '00-'02
- Rodney Buford 1 season: '00-'01
- Marques Bragg 1 season: '01-'02
- Federico Pieri 1 season: '01-'02
- Ed Stokes 1 season: '01-'02
- Marcelo Machado 1 season: '02-'03
- Guilherme Giovannoni 1 season: '02-'03
Albert Miralles 1 season: '02-'03- Roberto Gabini 1 season: '03-'04
Damir Tvrdić 1 season: '03-'04- Rodney Monroe 2 seasons: '03-'05
- Román González 2 seasons: '03-'05
- Chandler Thompson 1 season: '04-'05
- Terrence Rencher 1 season: '04-'05
- Demian Filloy 4 seasons: '04-'07, '10-'11
- Trent Whiting 1 season: '05-'06
- Tim Pickett 2 seasons: '05-'07
- Omar Thomas 2 seasons: '06-'08
Ndudi Ebi 1 season: '09-'10- Andrea Pecile 1 season: '09-'10
Dušan Vukčević 1 season: '10-'11
2010/11 Roster
4 Quadre Lollis Power forward / center 7 Giovanni Tomassini Point guard 12 Demián Filloy Small forward / power forward 16 Giacomo Gurini Shooting guard / small forward 18 Giacomo Eliantonio Power forward / center 19 
Nika Metreveli Center 20 
Dušan Vukčević Small forward 22 Germán Scarone Point guard 34 Terrence Roderick Shooting guard References
External links
Categories:- Basketball teams in Italy
- Sports clubs established in 1947
- Europe basketball team stubs
- Italian sports team stubs
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