S.S. Felice Scandone

Sidigas Avellino
Leagues	Serie A
Founded	1948
History	S.S. Felice Scandone (1948–present)
Arena	Palasport Giacomo Del Mauro
Arena Capacity	5,300
Location	Avellino, Campania, Italy
Team colors	White and Green
President	Giuseppe Sampietro
Head coach	Pino Sacripanti
Championships	Italian Cup (1): 2008
Website	scandonebasket.it
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S.S. Felice Scandone, also known for sponsorship reasons as Sidigas Avellino, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania

For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names.

History

The club was founded in 1948 as Felice Scandone Sports Society (S.S.), merging with Libertas Avellino two years later and CSI-Cestistica Irpina in 1968. After yoyoing between leagues between 1974 and 1995, the club settled in Serie B1. Two seasons later, coach Gianluca Tucci guided the team to the second division Serie A2. The turn of the millennium saw the side reach the first division Serie A, placing ninth in 2001 at the end of their debut season. The next seasons were more complicated, with finishes of 14, 15, 16 and 12th place. When coach Zare Markovski, who had been coaching the side since 2002, left in 2005, the club ended the season in 17th place and should have been relegated if not for promoted Roseto's inability to play in the Serie A. Matteo Boniciolli took over coaching duties following that season and kept Avellino away from the relegation places.

The 2007-08 season saw Boniciolli lead Avellino to their best ever league finish of tied second-best with a 23-11 record and a league MVP title for Marques Green, their playoffs run was cut short in the semifinals by Lottomatica Roma (the side who had finished joint second) after they had swept Capo d'Orlando in the quarterfinals. Even better for the side, players such as Green, Devin Smith and Eric Williams led Air Avellino to its first ever title ever, the 2008 Italian Cup, in its first participation in the competition, after beating La Fortezza Bologna 73-67 in the final with 18 points from the game MVP Smith.

The 2008-09 season saw Avellino make their European debut, in the elite Euroleague. The team had a difficult period between 2011 and 2015, missing the Playoffs in multiple occasions and changing the head coach almost every season. In 2016 the team led by coach Pino Sacripanti had a run of 20 victories in 26 games and reached the Italian Basketball Cup final, losing to Olimpia Milano. Avellino finished the Regular Season 3rd and eliminated 3-0 Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia, reaching the Semifinals against Pallacanestro Reggiana where the Irpinian team lost the series in Game 7 4-3, despite winning Game 4 by a 43 points margin.

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  Former primary logo

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

S.S. Felice Scandone roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 00 Norcino, Mattia 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) – (1993-09-29)29 September 1993 G 1 Ragland, Joe 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) – (1989-11-11)11 November 1989 PG 4 Green, Marques 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 65 kg (143 lb) – (1982-03-18)18 March 1982 SG 6 Veikalas, Benas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1983-09-24)24 September 1983 SG 9 Acker, Alex 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) – (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 PF 10 Leunen, Maarten 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) – (1985-09-03)3 September 1985 C 14 Cervi, Riccardo 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 103 kg (227 lb) – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991 G 19 Severini, Giovanni 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) – (1993-04-23)23 April 1993 SF 21 Nunnally, James 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1990-07-14)14 July 1990 F/C 22 Pini, Giovanni 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 PF 25 Buva, Ivan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) – (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 SG 45 Blums, Janis 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 PG 57 Parlato, Salvatore 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 83 kg (183 lb) – (1986-08-28)28 August 1986	Head coach Stefano Sacripanti Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-10-16

Notable players

Cristiano Grappasonni 2 seasons: '97-'99 Marco Lokar 1 season: '97-'98 Michele Maggioli 2 seasons: '99-'00, '03-'04 Sergio Mastroianni 3 seasons: '98-'01 Larry Middleton 3 seasons: '02-'05 Alex Righetti 1 season: '07-'08 Yegor Mescheriakov 1 season: '99-'00 Ante Grgurević 1 season: '02-'03 Arijan Komazec 1 season: '03-'04 Spencer Dunkley 2 seasons: '98-'99, '00-'01 Dan Callahan 1 season: '00-'01 Todor Gečevski 1 season: '02-'03 Sérgio Ramos 1 season: '00-'01 / Moon Tae-Jong 1 season: '01-'02 Dusan Jelic Koutsopoulos 1 season: '02-'03 Gregor Hafnar 2 seasons: '00-'02 Ignacio "Nacho" Rodilla 1 season: '04-'05 Walter Bond 1 season: '97-'98 Brandon Brown 1 season: '05-'06 Dee Brown 1 season: '09-'10 Steve Burtt Sr. 1 season: '98-'99 Junior Cadougan 1 season: '14-'15

Jason Capel 1 season: '06-'07 Geno Carlisle 1 season: '01-'02 James Collins 1 season: '02-'03 Ramel Curry 1 season: '06-'07 Terry Dozier 1 season: '97-'98 Nate Erdmann 1 season: '00-'01 Tellis Frank 1 season: '98-'99 Tyrone Grant 1 season: '01-'02 Marques Green 1 season: '07-'08 Nate Green 2 seasons: '03-'05 Harold Jamison 2 seasons: '03-'04, '06-'07 Sydney Johnson 2 seasons: '00-'02 Herbert Jones 1 season: '99-'00 Cuonzo Martin 1 season: '97-'98 Christopher Massie 2 seasons: '03-'05 Thalamus McGhee 1 season: '01-'02 Norman Nolan 1 season: '00-'01 Jamal Robinson 1 season: '01-'02 Devin Smith 1 season: '07-'08 David Vanterpool 1 season: '02-'03 Damon Williams 1 season: '04-'05 David Young 1 season: '05-'06

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:

• Pasta Baronia Avellino (1996–1997)
• Cirio Avellino (1997–1998)
• Select Avellino (1998–1999)
• Nicoloro Avellino (1999)
• De Vizia Avellino (1999–2002)
• Air Avellino (2002–2011)
• Sidigas Avellino (2011–present)

External links

• Official Website (Italian)
• Serie A profile (Italian) Retrieved 23 August 2015