Orlandina Basket
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| Orlandina Basket | |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Arena | PalaFantozzi |
| Team History | Orlandina Basket (1978-present) |
| Team Colors | White and Blue |
| Owner | Enzo Sindoni |
| Head Coach |  Giovanni Perdichizzi |
Orlandina Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as UPEA Capo d'Orlando, is an Italian basketball club from the town of Capo d'Orlando, Sicily. It was founded in 1978, and is among the most recently founded basketball teams in the Italian top division.
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[edit] History
Following its foundation, the club played mostly in regional leagues, before being acquired in 1996 by the current management. 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.
[edit] Arena
Today, the team plays its home games in the PalaFantozzi (named after former Orlandina star Alessandro Fantozzi), seating 3,613 spectators.
[edit] Roster (2006/2007)
- Giovanni Perdichizzi, Coach
- 4 Marcello Bellanca, Forward
- 5
Reggie Freeman, Shooting guard/Small forward - 6 Leonardo Busca, Point guard
- 7
Herve Touré, Small forward - 8 Jayson Wells, Small forward
- 9 Mikael Mokongo, Point guard
- 11 Torin Jamal Francis, Power forward/Center
- 12 Danilo Fevola, Shooting guard
- 13 Andrea Pomenti, Small forward
- 14 Juan Manuel Fabi, Point guard
- 15 Alvin Young, Shooting guard
- 17 Stefano Rabaglietti, Shooting guard
- 20 Donzell Rush, Power forward/Center
[edit] Famous players
- Vincenzo Esposito
- Alessandro Fantozzi
Virginijus Praškevičius
[edit] External links
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