Basket Napoli

S.S. Basket Napoli
Leagues	Serie C regionale
Founded	1946
History	1946 - Present
Arena	PalaBarbuto (capacity: 5,500)
Location	Naples, Italy
Team colors	White and Blue
President	Mario Maione (owner)
Head coach	Maurizio Bartocci
Championships	1 Italian Cup (2006)
Website	basketnapoli.it
Uniforms
Home Away

Basket Napoli is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in the city of Naples. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

History

Before the 1999-00 season the team played in LegADue, under the name Serapide Pozzuoli;^[1] later the team headquarters was moved to Naples by its owner Lubrano, who then sold the society to Mario Maione. In the 2000-01 season, the club was promoted to the Lega Basket. Basket Napoli took part in the ULEB Cup in the 2004-05 season and won the Italian Cup in 2006.

In September 2008, Basket Napoli was excluded from the Lega Basket championship due to financial problems, together with Orlandina Basket.^[2] After this decision, the team re-started and began play in regional leagues.

Notable players

Carpisa Napoli, in 2006.

• - Larry Middleton 1 season: '96-'97
• Marty Embry 1 season: '96-'97
• Darren Morningstar 1 season: '97-'98
• Gianluca Lulli 3 seasons: '97-'99
• Bill Jones 2 seasons: '98-'00
• Charles Smith 2 seasons: '98-'00
• - Michael Richmond 1 season: '98-'99
• Stefano Rajola 4 seasons: '99-'03
• Venson Hamilton 1 season: '99-'00
• John Turner 2 seasons: '00-'02
• - Nikola Radulović 1 season: '00-'01
• Lamarr Greer 2 seasons: '00-'01, '02-'03
• Dontae' Jones 2 seasons: '01-'03
• Randolph Childress 1 season: '00-'01
• Henry Williams 1 season: '01-'02
• Mike Penberthy 4 seasons: '01-'05
• Andre Hutson 1 season: '01-'02
• Michael Andersen 3 seasons: '02-'05
• Bennett Davison 2 seasons: '02-'04
• Óscar Torres 2 seasons: '02-'04
• Jerome Allen 2 seasons: '03-'05
• Jeff Trepagnier 2 seasons: '04-'05, '06-'07
• Ansu Sesay 2 seasons: '05-'07
• Michel Morandais 2 seasons: '05-'07
• Lynn Greer 1 season: '05-'06
• Tierre Brown 1 season: '06-'07
• Larry O'Bannon 1 season: '06-'07

Notes

Sponsorship names

Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:^[1]

• Serapide Pozzuoli (1995–99)
• Record Napoli (1999–01)
• Pastificio di Nola Napoli (2001–02)
• Pompea Napoli (2002–05)
• Carpisa Napoli (2005–06)
• Eldo Basket Napoli (2006–08)

References

External links

• Official Site (Italian)

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