S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in Italy, as well as the EuroCup. Reyer operates both men's and women's professional teams, both playing in their respective first divisions as of the 2017–18 season. The men's team has been crowned the Italian champions four times, as they won the LBA in 1942, 1943, 2017 and 2019.
| Umana Reyer Venezia | |||
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| Nickname | Orogranata | ||
| Leagues | LBA EuroCup | ||
| Founded | 1925 | ||
| Arena | Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio | ||
| Capacity | 3,509 | ||
| Location | Venice, Italy | ||
| Team colors | Garnet Red, Gold, White | ||
| President | Federico Casarin | ||
| Head coach | Neven Spahija | ||
| Ownership | Luigi Brugnaro | ||
| Championships | 1 FIBA Europe Cup 4 Italian Leagues 1 Italian Cup | ||
| Website | reyer.it | ||
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History
editThe team was founded in 1872 as gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, by the gymnastics teacher Peter Gallo in Venice. The basketball section was founded in 1925. In the 1941–42 and 1942–43 season, Reyer won back-to-back Italian league titles. In 1944, the team also won the Italian championship, but the victory was not approved by the Italian Federation.
The club, under the name Carrera Venezia, participated in the 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup and managed to reach the final where the club was defeated 104–105 by Joventut Freixenet that took place in Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona at March 19.
In 2006–07, Reyer was the amateur champion of Italy, and promoted to the LegaDue. In the 2010–11 season, the team finally promoted back to the Lega Basket Serie A.
In the 2016–17 season, Reyer reached the LBA Finals for the first time since 1944.[1] Reyer claimed its third national championship on 20 June 2017, after beating Trento 4–2 in the series.[2] Reyer also played in the Basketball Champions League that season and advanced to the Final Four, where the team finished in fourth place.[3]
In the 2017–18 season, coming off of its national championship, Venezia participated in its second straight Champions League season. In Group C, Reyer finished in the sixth-place after holding an 8–6 record. The team was transferred to the FIBA Europe Cup for the play-offs, where it beat Egis Körmend, Nizhny Novgorod and Donar in order to reach the Finals. In the Finals, Reyer faced fellow Italian side Sidigas Avellino. Reyer won the finals 158–148 on aggregate, and on 2 May 2018 the club won the FIBA Europe Cup, its first ever European trophy.[4]
On 22 June 2019 Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th Italian league title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the LBA finals.[5]
On 16 February 2020 Venezia went to win its first Italian Cup ever by beating Happy Casa Brindisi 73–67 in the Finals in the Adriatic Arena of Pesaro.[6]
Honours
editTotal titles: 4
Domestic competitions
edit- Winners (1): 2019–20
European competitions
edit- FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
- Runners-up (1): 1980–81
- Winners (1): 2017–18
Players
editCurrent roster
editNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
edit| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Amedeo Tessitori | Mfiondu Kabengele | Alessandro Lever |
| PF | Aamir Simms | Jordan Parks | |
| SF | Kyle Wiltjer | Carl Wheatle | Giga Janelidze |
| SG | Xavier Munford | Davide Moretti | |
| PG | Tyler Ennis | Juan Fernández |
(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)
Notable players
editNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Gabriele Vianello (1956–57; 1967–72)
Nemanja Đurić (1967–68)
Steve Hawes (1972–74)
Kristaps Janičenoks (2008–10)
Yakhouba Diawara (2012–13)
Hrvoje Perić (2013–2018)
Mike Bramos (2015–2023)
Melvin Ejim (2016–2017)
MarQuez Haynes (2016–2019)
Esteban Batista (2017)
Gediminas Orelik (2017–2018)
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Season by season
edit| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Italian Cup | European competitions | |
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| 2010–11 | 2 | LegaDue | 2nd | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Serie A | 7th | |||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Serie A | 8th | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | Serie A | 11th | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Serie A | 4th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Serie A | 4th | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | L32 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | LBA | 1st | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | 4th |
| 2017–18 | 1 | LBA | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | RS |
| 4 FIBA Europe Cup | C | |||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | LBA | 1st | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | T16 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | LBA | 7th | Champion | 2 EuroCup | QF |
| 2020–21 | 1 | LBA | 4th | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | RS |
| 2021–22 | 1 | LBA | 6th | 2 Eurocup | T16 | |
Source: Eurobasket.com
Head coaches
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Sponsorship names
editThroughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as :
- Noalex Venezia: (1966–1970)
- Splügen Venezia (1970–1973)
- Canon Venezia: (1973–1980)
- Carrera Venezia: (1980–1984)
- Giomo Venezia: (1984–1987)
- Hitachi Venezia: (1987–1990)
- Scaini Venezia: (1991–1993)
- Acqua Lora Venezia: (1993–1994)
- San Benedetto: (1994–1995)
- Reyer Venezia: (1995-1996)
- Panto Venezia: (1998–2001)
- Acqua Pia Antica Marcia: (2005–2006)
- Umana Reyer Venezia: (2006–present)
References
edit- ^ "Venezia makes history by advancing to the Finals". Eurohoops.net. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ Reyer Venezia crowned Italian league champion!
- ^ "AS Monaco v Umana Reyer Venezia". BasketballCL.com. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ Reyer Venezia conquer FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Sidigas Avellino
- ^ "Reyer Venezia wins Italian LBA championship". sportando.basketball. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "National cups roundup: February 16, 2020". euroleague.net. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
External links
edit- Official site (in Italian)
- Serie A profile (in Italian)