Pallacanestro Trieste

Pallacanestro Trieste
Pallacanestro Trieste
Leagues	LBA
Founded	1975; 49 years ago
History	Pallacanestro Trieste; (1975–2004); Pallacanestro Trieste 2004; (2004–present)
Arena	PalaTrieste
Capacity	6,943
Location	Trieste, Italy
Team colors	White, red;
President	Paul Matiasic
Head coach	Jamion Christian
Team captain	Lodovico Deangeli
Championships	5 Italian Leagues; 2 Serie A2
Website	pallacanestrotrieste.it
Home	Away

Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trieste. They played in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) for five seasons (2018–19 to 2022–23 season); after winning playoffs of Serie A2 in 2023–24 season they are going to join again Lega Basket Serie A in the 2024–25 season. The PalaTrieste serves as the club's home arena.

Players celebrating after the 2018 Serie A2 championship

History

A number of Trieste teams had played in the first division Serie A, the most successful of which was Società Ginnastica Triestina (from the 1930s to the 1960s) that won several national championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Three other top division Trieste sides were Lega Nazionale Trieste (1949-1951), San Giusto Trieste (1948-1949) and Polizia Civile Trieste (1949-1950).

Pallacanestro Trieste was established in 1975, it played in the top tier Serie A from 1982 to 1986, 1990 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2004, with a best result of third in 1994. That same year, it reached the FIBA Korać Cup final. The next season saw the team reaching the Italian Cup final.

After the 2003-04 season, the club went bankrupt and was relegated to the lower divisions.

After many years spent between the third and fourth division, in 2010 Eugenio Dalmasson was appointed Head Coach. Finally in 2012, the team reached the promotion to the second division with a win against Chieti in an epic game-5 in front of 6000 people.^[2]

On June 16, 2018, Trieste won the 2017–18 Serie A2 season after beating Novipiù Casale Monferrato at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returned in LBA, the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 14 years of absence.^[3]

On June 26, 2018, Luigi Scavone, the main owner of the title sponsor Alma Agenzia per il lavoro, became new president of Trieste, while the former president Gianluca Mauro became new CEO of the club.^[4]

On May 7, 2019, Gianluca Mauro became again president and CEO of the club looking for new sponsorship.^[5]

On November 29, 2019, the insurance company Allianz, became new title sponsor and main sponsor of Pallacanestro Trieste for the following three seasons.^[6] This sponsorship lapsed at the end of the 2021-2022 season.

In January, 2023, 90% of the club was acquired by San Francisco-based Cotogna Sports Group with the remaining 10% by Trieste-based Trieste Basket. Pallacanestro Trieste's first Board of Directors of the CSG era consists of five members, four of whom are nominated by Cotogna Sports Group: they are Richard de Meo (Chairman), Fitzann R. Reid (Vice Chairman), Connor Barwin (Vice Chairman), and Mario Ghiacci (Vice Chairman and General Manager); the fifth member is chosen by the minority shareholder, Trieste Basket srl, who have appointed Trieste manager Andrea Bochicchio.^[7]

Players

Current roster

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Pallacanestro Trieste roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	3	Bossi, Stefano	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	30 – (1994-11-13)13 November 1994
PG	4	Ross, Colbey	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	26 – (1998-10-22)22 October 1998
F	7	Reyes, Justin	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	29 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995
F	8	Deangeli, Lodovico	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	24 – (2000-05-19)19 May 2000
PF	9	Uthoff, Jarrod	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	31 – (1993-05-19)19 May 1993
G	10	Ruzzier, Michele	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	31 – (1993-02-09)9 February 1993
F	12	Campogrande, Luca	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	28 – (1996-04-30)30 April 1996
F	13	Candussi, Francesco	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	30 – (1994-02-23)23 February 1994
G	22	Brown, Markel	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	32 – (1992-01-29)29 January 1992
PF	23	Brooks, Jeff	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	35 – (1989-06-12)12 June 1989
C	34	Johnson, Jayce	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	27 – (1997-08-01)1 August 1997
F	45	Valentine, Denzel	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	31 – (1993-11-16)16 November 1993

Head coach

Jamion Christian

Assistant coach(es)

Francesco Nanni
Francesco Taccetti
Nick Schlitzer

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 1, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C		Francesco Candussi
PF	Justin Reyes
SF	Luca Campogrande	Lodovico Deangeli
SG
PG	Michele Ruzzier	Stefano Bossi

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Honours

Domestic competitions

Italian League

Winners (5): 1930, 1932, 1934, 1939–40, 1940–41 (as Gimnastica Triestina)

3rd place (1): 1993–94

Italian Cup

Runners-up (1): 1995

Serie A2 Basket

Winners (1): 2017–18

Serie B1 north east division

Winners (1): 2011–12

European competitions

FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1993–94

Other competitions

FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1993

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.