Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna

Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna logo
Leagues Legadue Basket
Founded 1932
History Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
(1932-present)
Arena PalaDozza
(5,721 seats)
Location Bologna, Italy
Team colors White and Blue
         
President Gilberto Sacrati (owner)
Head coach Italy Alessandro Finelli
Championships Italian Championships (2):
2000, 2005
Italian Supercups (2):
1998, 2005
Italian Cups (1):
1998
Website fortitudo.it
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away

Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is an Legadue Basket professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It's currently sponsored by Conad.

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History

Despite being one of Europe's richest clubs, Fortitudo has for much of its history played second fiddle in its own city to arch rivals Virtus Bologna. Fortitudo won its first major trophy in 1998, winning the Italian Cup.

Fortitudo made the Italian League championship finals ten consecutive years (1997 through 2006). After three straight finals losses, Fortitudo won the Italian League Championship for the first time in 2000. Four consecutive finals losses were followed by Fortitudo's second league title in 2005, courtesy of a 3-1 win over Armani Jeans Milano in the finals series when instant replay upheld a Ruben Douglas buzzer beater in Game 4 of the championship series.

In recent years, Fortitudo has become a fixture in the Euroleague, basketball's equivalent to the Champions League in football. It got to the Final four in 1999 (it lost in semifinal against Virtus Bologna) and the semifinal of Euroleague playoffs in 2001 (again eliminated by the eternal rivals of Virtus); then the club lost in the Euroleague final in 2004 to Maccabi Tel-Aviv by 44 points, after defeating Montepaschi Siena on the day before in semifinal. However, they had a subpar 2006-07 season by their recent standards, finishing 13th out of 18 teams after changing coaches no less than three times. They nonetheless made the field for the 2007-08 ULEB Cup, as most of Italy's entries to that competition are based on performance over a three-year period, and Fortitudo's past performances compensated for their disappointing 2006-07 campaign.

Fortitudo's home arena is Paladozza, now also known for sponsorship reasons as Land Rover Arena.

Roster

4 Uruguay Alejandro Muro Guard
5 Italy Matteo Malaventura Shooting Guard/Small Forward
6 Italy Jacopo Borra Center
7 Italy Alessandro Cittadini Center
8 Argentina Silvio Gigena Forward
9 Italy Davide Lamma Point Guard
10 Italy Jordan Losi Guard
11 Italy Salvatore Genovese Shooting Guard/Small Forward
12 Italy Matteo Montano Point Guard
14 Italy Francesco Quaglia Center
15 Italy Gennaro Sorrentino Point Guard
16 Italy Gabriele Fin Guard


16 Italy/Serbia Marko Micevic Guard

Notable players

Sponsorship names

Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:[1]

  • Cassera (1966-68)
  • Eldorado (1968-71)
  • Alco (1971-78)
  • Mercury (1978-80)
  • I&B (1980-81)
  • Lattesole (1981-83)
  • Yoga (1983-88)
  • Arimo (1988-90)
  • Aprimatic (1990-91)
  • Mangiaebevi (1991-93)
  • Filodoro (1993-95)
  • Teamsystem (1995-99)
  • Paf Wennington (1999-01)
  • Skipper (2001-04)
  • Climamio (2004-07)
  • UPIM (Italian League), Beghelli (Eurocup) (2007-08)
  • GMAC (Serie A), no name sponsorship (Eurocup) (2008-09)
  • AMORI (2009-10)
  • Conad (2011-present)

References

  1. ^ Lega A page on the history of Fortitudo Bologna. (Italian)

External links

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