Pallacanestro Varese

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Pallacanestro Varese Spa
Pallacanestro Varese Spa logo
Leagues Euroleague, Lega Basket Serie A
Founded 1945
History Pallacanestro Varese (1945-present)
Arena PalaWhirlpool (5,300 seats)
Location Varese, Italy
Team colors White and red
President Gianfranco Castiglioni (owner)
Head coach Flag of Croatia Veljko Mrsic
Championships Lega Basket (10): 1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1999
Euroleague (5): 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
International Cup (3): 1966, 1970, 1973
Saporta Cup (2): 1967, 1980
Italian Supercup (1): 1999
Italian Cup (4): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973
Website
http://www.pallacanestrovarese.it/
Uniforms
 
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Home jersey
  
Home shorts
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Away jersey
Away jersey
  
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Pallacanestro Varese is an Italian basketball club founded in 1946. For sponsorship reasons, it is also currently known as Cimberio Varese.

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Basketball was introduced in Varese in 1946 with the creation of the historical club, Pallacanestro Varese. The first sponsors were introduced 8 years later in 1954 including Storm and Ignis, followed by Emerson, Turisanda, Cagiva, Star, Ciaocrem, Divarese, Ranger, Metis, Whirlpool and the most recent, Cimberio. Varese is also famous due to the lack of main sponsor in the mid-1990s amd the choice of franchise name, the Varese Roosters.

Since their creation, Pallancanestro Varese has won 10 Italian titles, -1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 and the last title, won 21 years after the previous title, in 1999. With 10 titles, Varese is the third most winning team of the Italian League ever after Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna.

As it is shown by its roll of honours, Varese was extremely competitive in the 1970s, when the club played ten Euroleague finals in a row, winning 5 of them in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976. Between 1970 and 1975 the club was named Ignis Varese. The golden age had begun some years before, as Varese conquered the Intercontinental Cup in 1966, repeating it 4 and 7 years later in its greatest decade in 1970 and 1973. Varese succeeded in doing the great enterprise, the Grande Slam, winning all the trophies available in 1973 with famous Professor Aca Nikolić seating on the bench. Varese also won two Cups of the Cups, 1967 and 1980, and four Italian Cups, in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1973.

Varese's great age ended in the early nineties, when the team dropped down to the second division. Soon, the club took its revenge coming up once again to the Italian top league, and after 5 years spent as the real team to watch in the Italian playoffs, it succeeded in winning its historical 10th title, the one that gives the star on the jersey in 1999, with Italian national team's coach Carlo Recalcati on bench. Varese has never repeated that triumph so far, but the great resound of that success is still echoing all over Italy.

Ignis Varese in 1973.
Ignis Varese in 1973.

  • Storm (1954-1956)
  • Ignis (1956-1975)
  • Mobilgirgi (1975-1978)
  • Emerson (1978-1980)
  • Turisanda (1980-1981)
  • Cagiva (1981-1983)
  • Star (1983-1984)
  • Ciao Crem (1984-1985)
  • Divarese (1985-1989)
  • Ranger (1989-1992)
  • Cagiva (1992-1997)
  • No name sponsorship (1997-1999)
  • Varese Roosters (1999-2001)
  • Metis (2001-2004)
  • Casti Group (2004-2005)
  • Whirlpool (2005-2007)
  • Cimberio (2007-present)

4 Flag of Italy Marco Passera Point guard
5 Flag of Slovenia Aleksandar Ćapin Point guard
6 Flag of Slovenia Gregor Hafnar Small forward
7 Flag of Italy Andrea Marusic Small forward
8 Flag of the United States Marcus Melvin Power forward/Center
9 Flag of Italy Alessandro De Pol Power forward
10 Flag of Italy Giacomo Galanda Power Forward
11 Flag of Italy Salvatore Genovese Shooting guard
13 Flag of Italy Giorgio Boscagin Shooting guard/Small forward
15 Flag of Argentina Flag of Italy Gabriel Fernandez Center
16 Flag of the United States Julius Hodge Shooting guard/Small forward
17 Flag of the United States Flag of Mexico Romel Beck Shooting guard/Small forward
18 Flag of Italy Riccardo Antonelli Small forward
19 Flag of Switzerland Dusan Mladjan Small forward
20 Flag of Italy Fabio Valenti Point guard
Flag of Poland Kamil Pietras Center

 v • d • e  Lega Basket
Air Avellino • Angelico Biella • Armani Jeans Milano • Benetton Basket Treviso • Cimberio Varese • Eldo Napoli • La Fortezza Bologna • Legea Scafati • Lottomatica Roma • Montepaschi Siena • Pierrel Capo d'Orlando • Premiata Montegranaro • Scavolini Pesaro • Siviglia Wear Teramo • Snaidero Cucine Udine • Solsonica Rieti • Tisettanta Cantù • UPIM Bologna
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