- Viola Reggio Calabria
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Viola Reggio Calabria Nickname i Nero-Arancio
(the black&orange team)Leagues Serie B Dilettanti Founded 1966 History Cestistica Piero Viola
(1966-1997)
Basket Viola Reggio Calabria
(1998)
Nuovo Basket Viola Reggio '98
(1998-2007)
Team Basket Viola
(2009-present)Arena PalaPentimele
(~ 8,500 seats)Location Reggio Calabria (RC), Italy Team colors Black and Orange
Head coach Massimo Bianchi
Championships 3 Serie A2 League
1984/85, 1988/89, 1991/92Website www.teambasketviola.it Uniforms Viola Reggio Calabria is the name traditionally given to the main men's professional basketball team from the city Reggio Calabria, Italy. The team colors are black and orange.
The name comes from the glorious Cestistica Piero Viola, a basketball team founded in 1966 by the judge Giuseppe Viola in honor of his died brother Piero. The Cestistica failed at the end of 1997, then a new team was founded in 1998 (Basket Viola Reggio Calabria) and soon transformed in Basket Viola Reggio Calabria until bankrupt at the end of 2007.
A new team (Team Basket Viola) has been founded in 2009, ready to start from Serie B Dilettanti, the fourth men's professional basketball league in Italy.
Contents
Season 2009/2010
Number Name Nazionality Position Year Height (cm) Massimo Di Lembo Playmaker 1977 180 Alessandro Michelon PM/Guard 1977 188 Gabriele Niccolai Guard/SF 1972 192 Giuseppe D’Iapico Guard 1973 190 Claudio Negri Guard/SF 1985 195 Luca Dalla Vecchia PF 1978 204 Marcelo Dip Center 1984 205 Vladimir Yasakov PF/Center 1990 200 Coach Massimo Bianchi - 1955 - Ass. Gustavo Tolotti - 1967 - History
Cronistoria della Viola Basket Reggio Calabria - 1966-1967: 9th place in Serie C
- 1967-1968: 10th place in Serie C
- 1968-1969: Serie C
- 1969-1970: 9th place in Serie C
- 1970-1971: Serie C
- 1971-1972: Serie C
- 1972-1973: Serie C
- 1973-1974: Serie C
- 1974-1975: Serie B
- 1975-1976: Serie B
- 1976-1977: Serie B
- 1977-1978: Serie B
- 1978-1979: Serie B
- 1979-1980: Serie B
- 1980-1981: Serie B
- 1981-1982: Serie B
- 1982-1983: Serie B, promoted in Serie A2
- 1983-1984: 9th place in Serie A2
- 1984-1985: 1st place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1
- 1985-1986: 13th place in Serie A1, relegated in Serie A2
- 1986-1987: 9th place in Serie A2
- 1987-1988: 6th place in Serie A2
- 1988-1989: 1st place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1
- 1989-1990: 7th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Pallacanestro Varese
- 1990-1991: 12th place in Serie A1, relegated in Serie A2; lost at 1/16 final of Korać Cup vs. Panionios B.C.
- 1991-1992: 1st place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1
- 1992-1993: 6th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Pallacanestro Treviso
- 1993-1994: 7th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Victoria Libertas Pesaro; lost at 1/8 final of Korać Cup vs Estudiantes Madrid
- 1994-1995: 11th place in Serie A1
- 1995-1996: 8th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/8 final playoffs vs. Olimpia Pistoia
- 1996-1997: 11th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/8 final playoffs vs. Virtus Roma
- 1997-1998: 14th place in Serie A1, relegated in Serie A2
- 1998-1999: 3rd place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1 after playoffs
- 1999-2000: 7th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Virtus Bologna
- 2000-2001: 14th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/8 final of Korać Cup vs Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan
- 2001-2002: 16th place in Serie A
- 2002-2003: 9th place in Serie A, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Pallacanestro Treviso
- 2003-2004: 9th place in Serie A
- 2004-2005: 17th place in Serie A, relegated in LegaDue, then promoted in Serie A due to bankrupt of Victoria Libertas Pesaro
- 2005-2006: 18th place in Serie A, relegated in LegaDue
- 2006-2007: 14th place in LegaDue
- 16 July 2007: failed to meet financial requirements to participate in the LegaDue
- 2007-2009: not participating in any competition
- 2009-2010: Serie B Dilettanti
Coaches
All the coaches in the Viola Reggio Calabria history - 1966-1967: Calafiore
- 1967-1969: Dispenzieri
- 1969-1972: Furfari
- 1972-1976: Carmelo Fotia
- 1976-1977: Massimo Moizo
- 1977-1978: Vittorio Tracuzzi
- 1978-1980: Filippo Faina
- 1980-1981: Enzo Porchi
- 1981-1982: Vecchi
- 1982-1986: Gianfranco Benvenuti
- 1986-1987: Santi Puglisi
- 1987-1990: Tonino Zorzi
- 1990-1995: Carlo Recalcati
- 1995-1996: Tonino Zorzi
- 1996-2001: Gaetano Gebbia (until 01/01/2001),
- jan.2001: Massimo Bianchi (from 01/01/01 to 05/01/01)
- jan.2001-2002: Tonino Zorzi
- 2002-2004: Lino Lardo
- 2004-2005: Alessandro Giuliani (until 29/03/2005), Tonino Zorzi
- 2005-2006: Walter De Raffaele (until 21/12/2005), Pasquale Iracà (from 21/12/2005 to 03/01/2006 and from 13/03/2006), Tonino Zorzi (from 03/01/2006 to 13/03/2006)
- 2006-2007: Paolo Moretti
- 2009- Massimo Bianchi
Sponsorships
- 1982-1984
Banca Popolare
- 1985/1986
Opel
- 1986-1989
Standa
- 1990-1993
Panasonic
- 1993-1995
Pfizer
- 2003/2004
Tris
- 2004/2005
Eurofiditalia
- 2009/2010
Liomatic
Rankings
Leader in caps Caps Gustavo Tolotti 379 More seasons in Viola RC Seasons Gustavo Tolotti, Alessandro Santoro 12 Top scorer in a single game Points Joe Bryant 09/11/1986 (Serie A2, Facar PE - Standa RC 102-110) 69 Top scorer ever Points Dan Caldwell 3695 Top rebounder ever Rebounds Kim Hughes 1897 Top scorer of Serie A Season Dan Caldwell 1989/90 (918 points) Brian Oliver 1996/97 (735 points) Notable players
Kim Hughes 5 seasons: '83-'88
Donato Avenia 9 seasons: '84-'90, '92-'93, '96-'98
Gustavo Tolotti 12 seasons: '86-'92, '93-'99
Joe Bryant 1 season: '86-'87
Dan Caldwell 4 seasons: '87-'91
Alessandro Santoro 12 seasons: '88-'00
Giampiero Savio 2 seasons: '88-'90
Robert Lock 1 season: '88-'89
Phil Zevenbergen 1 season: '88-'89
Roberto Bullara 7 seasons: '89-'96
Charles Jones 1 season: '89-'90
Dean Garrett 3 seasons: '90-'93
Michael Young 2 seasons: '90-'92
Tiziano Lorenzon 2 seasons: '91-'93
Marco Spangaro 4 seasons: '92-'96
Alexander Volkov 1 season: '92-'93
Ken Barlow 1 season: '93-'94
Kevin Pritchard 1 season: '93-'94
Alessandro Fantozzi 1 season: '94-'95
Shaun Vandiver 1 season: '94-'95
Randy White 1 season: '94-'95
Wendell Alexis 1 season: '94-'95
Lance Miller 1 season: '95-'96
Yamen Sanders 1 season: '95-'96
Brian Oliver 3 seasons: '96-'97, '98-'00
Mike Brown 2 seasons: '96-'98
Diego Fajardo 2 seasons: '97-'98, '03-'04
Jay Larranaga, son of Jim Larranaga 2 seasons: '97-'98, '04-'05
Dedric Willoughby 1 seasons: '97-'98
Manu Ginóbili 2 seasons: '98-'00
Brent Scott 2 seasons: '98-'99, '00-'01
Jeff Nordgaard 1 season: '98-'99
Christian Welp 1 season: '98-'99
Alejandro Montecchia 3 seasons: '99-'02
Brian Shorter 1 season: '99-'00
Kevin Thompson 1 season: '99-'00
Carlos Delfino 2 seasons: '00-'02
Mark Anthony Davis 1 season: '00-'01
Thierry Gadou 1 season: '00-'01
Leandro Palladino 1 season: '00-'01
Nicolás Mazzarino 4 seasons: '01-'05
John Eubanks 3 seasons: '01-'04
Benjamin Eze 3 seasons: '01-'04
Anthony Williams 3 seasons: '01-'03, '06-'07
Alan Tomidy 2 seasons: '01-'03
Brian Evans 1 season: '01-'02
Anthony Tucker 1 season: '01-'02
David Vaughn 1 season: '01-'02
Titus Ivory 2 seasons: '02-'04
Giorgos Sigalas 1 season: '03
Lavell Blanchard 2 seasons: '03-'05
Bryce Drew 1 season: '04-'05
Terrence Rencher 1 season: '04-'05
Casey Shaw 1 season: '04-'05
Aleksandar Ćapin 1 season: '05-'06
A. J. Guyton 1 season: '05-'06
Jelani McCoy 1 season: '05-'06
Vincent Yarbrough 1 season: '05-'06
Ismaila Sy 2 seasons: '01-'02 & '06-'07
Thierry Zig 1 season: '05-'06
Joseph Bunn 1 season: '06-'07
German Sciutto 1 season: '06-'07
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