- Orlandina Basket
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Orlandina Basket Leagues Serie C Regionale Founded 1978 History Orlandina Basket
(1978-2008)
Pallacanestro Nebrodi
(2008-2009)
Orlandina Basket
(2009-present)Arena PalaFantozzi
(3,613 seats)Location Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy Team colors White and Blue
President Enzo Sindoni Head coach 
Romeo SacchettiChampionships Website orlandinabasket.it Uniforms 
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AwayOrlandina Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as UPEA Capo d'Orlando[1] is an Italian professional basketball club from the town of Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy. It was founded in 1978, and is among the most recently founded basketball clubs in Italy. The club was formerly in the Italian First Division.
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History
Following its foundation, the club played mostly in regional leagues, before being acquired in 1996. Following the bid, Orlandina Basket obtained two consecutive promotions up to Serie B2 in 1998, when former Italy international star Alessandro Fantozzi was signed. The club won promotion to Serie B1 in 2000, and to LegADue, the second-highest division in Italian basketball, the next year. Orlandina, however, relegated to Serie B1 in 2003. Nevertheless, in 2004 Orlandina was admitted back to LegADue by the federation because of league vacancies. Successively to that, Orlandina dominated the 2004/2005 LegADue table and promoted to Serie A, becoming the fifth Sicilian city to be represented in the Italian top basketball division, after Catania, Palermo, Trapani and Messina.
In September 2008 Orlandina Basket was excluded from Serie A championship due to legal problems, together with Basket Napoli[2]. After this decision, the team restarted to play in Serie C Dilettanti, the fifth highest basketball league in Italy.[3]
Arena
Today, the team plays its home games in the PalaFantozzi (named after former Orlandina star Alessandro Fantozzi), seating 3,613 spectators.
2009-2010 Roster [1]
5 Federico Antinori Point guard 6 Giuseppe Di Lauro Shooting guard 7 Luigi Brunetti Power forward 8 Ariel Aimaretti Center 9 Carmine Moccia Small forward 11 Luca Sgro' Shooting guard 12 Pablo Albertinazzi Point guard 13 Francesco Leggio Small forward 14 Giuseppe Constantino Small forward 15 Fabio Bontempo Point guard 17 Mario Milone Shooting guard 18 Massino Vigorita Shooting Guard 20 Vincenzo Vasile Small forward Coach:Giuseppe Condello
Notable players
Yegor Mescheriakov 2 seasons: '01-'03- Alessandro Fantozzi 2 seasons: '01-'03
Keith Carter 2 seasons: '01-'02, '05-'06- Otis Hill 1 season: '01-'02
Soumaila Samake 1 season: '01-'02- Reggie Fox 1 season: '01-'02
- Henry Turner 1 season: '02-'03
- James Robinson 1 season: '02-'03
- Karim Shabazz 1 season: '02-'03
- - Brian Oliver 1 season: '04-'05
- Ryan Hoover 1 season: '04-'05
- Terrell McIntyre 1 season: '04-'05
- Rolando Howell 1 season: '04-'05
- Marque Perry 1 season: '05-'06
Kristaps Janicenoks 1 season: '05-'06
Oluoma Nnamaka 1 season: '05-'06
Virginijus Praškevičius 1 season: '05-'06
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Vassil Evtimov 1 season: '05-'06
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Dusan Jelic Koutsopoulos 1 season: '05-'06- Vincenzo Esposito 1 season: '05-'06
- Alvin Young 1 season: '06-'07
- Jayson Wells 1 season: '06-'07
- Hervé Touré 1 season: '06-'07
References
- ^ a b UPEA Capo d'Orlando. (Italian)
- ^ Il Consiglio Federale revoca l'ammissione di Napoli e Capo d'Orlando alla Serie A. (Italian)
- ^ Comunicato Stampa. (Italian)
External links
- Official Website (Italian)
Categories:- Basketball teams in Italy
- Sport in Sicily
- Sports clubs established in 1978
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