Orlandina Basket

Orlandina Basket
Orlandina Basket logo
Leagues	Serie A
Founded	1978
History	Orlandina Basket (1978–2008) Pallacanestro Nebrodi (2008–2009) Orlandina Basket (2009–present)
Arena	PalaFantozzi
Arena Capacity	3,613
Location	Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy
Team colors	White and Blue
President	Enzo Sindoni
Head coach	Gianmarco Pozzecco
Website	orlandinabasket.it
Uniforms
Home Away

Orlandina Basket, known as Betaland Capo d'Orlando for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily. It plays in the first division Serie A as of the 2015-16 season.

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. After this decision, the team restarted to play in Serie C Dilettanti, the fifth highest basketball league in Italy. 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.

Arena

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

Roster

Orlandina Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 4 Ihring, Mario 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998 SG 5 Basile, Gianluca 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1975-01-24)24 January 1975 PG 6 #REDIRECT Template:Country data North Macedonia Ilievski, Vlado 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) – (1980-01-19)19 January 1980 PG 8 Laquintana, Tommaso 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) – (1995-07-07)7 July 1995 SG 9 Perl, Zoltan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) – (1995-07-28)28 July 1995 C 10 Nicević, Sandro 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) – (1976-06-16)16 June 1976 G/F 11 Babilodze, Levan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) – (1998-07-24)24 July 1998 SF 13 Jasaitis, Simas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 G 19 Munastra, Luca 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) – (1997-09-19)19 September 1997 PF 21 Bowers, Laurence 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) – (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 PF 28 Metreveli, Nika 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 101 kg (223 lb) – (1991-01-14)14 January 1991 F/C 32 Vujicević, Mladen 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) – (1996-11-03)3 November 1996 C 42 Oriakhi, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 116 kg (256 lb) – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995	Head coach Giulio Griccioli Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 21 July 2015

Notable players

• Yegor Mescheriakov 2 seasons: '01-'03
• Gianluca Basile Since '13
• 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
• - Vassil Evtimov 1 season: '05-'06
• - 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
• Martynas Mažeika 1 season: '07-'08
• Simas Jasaitis 2015-present

Sponsorship names

• UPEA Capo d'Orlando (–2015)
• Betaland Capo d'Orlando (2015–present)

External links

• Official website (Italian)