Orlandina Basket

Benfapp Capo d'Orlando
Leagues	Serie A2 Basket
Founded	1978
History	Orlandina Basket 1978–2008 Pallacanestro Nebrodi 2008–2009 Orlandina Basket 2009–present
Arena	PalaFantozzi
Capacity	3,613
Location	Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy
President	Enzo Sindoni
Head coach	Marco Sodini
Website	orlandinabasket.it
Home Away

Orlandina Basket, known as Benfapp Capo d'Orlando for sponsorship reasons,^[1] is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily. It plays in the second tier Serie A2 Basket, as it relegated from the LBA in 2018.

History

Founded in 1978, the side mostly played in the regional leagues until coming under new ownership in 1996. Following this, Orlandina Basket obtained two consecutive promotions to reach the Serie B2 in 1998. Signing Italian international Alessandro Fantozzi the same year, the club moved up to the Serie B1 in 2000 and the LegaDue (second division) the next year, though they were relegated after one season. Readmitted to the LegaDue in 2004 when the league needed to fill spaces, the side won the league to earn a promotion to the top-tier Serie A in 2005.

In September 2008, Orlandina Basket was excluded from the Serie A along with Basket Napoli due to legal problems.^[2] After this decision, the team restarted to play in Serie C Dilettanti, the fifth highest basketball league in Italy.^[3] The side moved up the divisions, and went from the DNA, to the LegaDue in 2012. Despite losing the playoff final against Aquila Basket Trento, in 2013–14, Orlandina Basket was promoted to the Serie A, after Montepaschi Siena went bankrupt.

On May 12, 2017, Orlandina won its first LBA play-off game, with an 80–87 road victory over Olimpia Milano.^[4] The following season, Orlandina played in European competitions as it qualified for the Basketball Champions League (BCL) for the 2017–18 season. After defeating Academic Sofia in the qualifying round, the team advanced to the regular season where it finished last in its group. The same season, the club relegated to the Serie A2, after finishing in the fourteenth and last placed in the LBA season.

Arena

The team plays its home games in the PalaFantozzi (named after former Orlandina star Alessandro Fantozzi), which seats 3,613 spectators.^[5]

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Orlandina Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0 Raví, Mattia 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 20 – 22 December 2000 C 2 Bruttini, Davide 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 33 – 18 February 1987 PG 3 Elmore, Jon 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – 20 December 1996 PG 7 Galipó, Giancarlo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 21 – 13 February 2000 PG 9 Lagana, Matteo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 21 – 10 January 2000 SG 10 Murabito, Marco 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – 1 January 1999 F 12 Mobio, Joseph 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – 26 May 1998 SG 17 Mei, Nicola 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 35 – 27 October 1985 G/F 21 Bellan, Simone 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – 8 February 1996 G/F 22 Kinsey, Tarence 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 36 – 21 March 1984 G/F 33 Neri, Lorenzo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – 3 March 2001 C 73 Donda, Andrea 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 21 – 11 August 1999 F 99 Lucarelli, Jacopo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 24 – 14 July 1996 PG 100 Stella, Carlo 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 21 – 14 July 1999 PF Johnson, Brice 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – 27 June 1994	Head coach Marco Sodini Assistant coach(es) David Sussi Matteo Angori Athletic trainer(s) Tommaso Rizzicasa Physiotherapist(s) Biagio Di Giorgio Team manager Mirko Gugliotta Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 18, 2019

Notable players

Sponsorship names

• UPEA Capo d'Orlando: (–2015)
• Betaland Capo d'Orlando: (2015–2018)
• Benfapp Capo d’Orlando: (2018-present)
• SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando^[6] (2017; in European competitions)

References

External links

• Official website (in Italian)