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Pallacanestro Reggiana, also known for sponsorship reasons as UnaHotels Reggio Emilia, is an Italian professional
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team based in
Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...
,
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. It plays in the LBA as of the 2022-23 season.


History


1970s

Pallacanestro Reggiana was founded on 3 September 1974 by eight friends who wanted to establish a club that would unite the basketball community of
Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...
. They started to play in the regional Promozione in a white and blue jersey sponsored by Magazzini Jolly, with the season ending with a promotion to the Serie D, in which they stayed a couple of seasons before again moving up, to the Serie C. The 1977–78 preseason saw the club merge with Cestistica Tricolore and come under the ownership of Cantine
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who also started sponsoring the club and changed its colours to white and red in the process. During the season itself, a team composed mainly by young local players led by Gianni Codeluppi earned a promotion to the third division
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. The summer again saw an organisational change as the club amalgamanated Pallacanestro Correggio, which led to the arrival of future great Orazio Rustichelli in the squad. On the court, the team struggled, finishing the season at the last place which would have seen it relegated if not for an off-the-court reprieve. Over the next seasons the team established itself in the Serie B without managing to reach the next level, debuting promising youngster Piero Montecchi in the process.


1980s

Players such as Rustichelli (now captain), Montecchi, Fuss and Zonta helped Pallacanestro Reggiana reach the professional ranks with a win in a promotion play-off played in
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over Necchi Pavia that opened the gates of the second division Serie A2 at the end of the 1981–82 with thousands of young supporters invading the basketball court to celebrate. President Enrico Prandi kept Gianni Zappi as coach and recruited Americans Roosevelt Bouie and
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, father of future Italian national team player
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. These players, along with Pino Brumatti among others under new coach
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, would help reach the Serie A anew. They would stay three seasons in the league, reaching the title playoffs in 1985–86 but going down the next season, with Montecchi leaving for
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at the end of the season. Coach Piero Pasini ensured Reggio Emilia only stayed one year away and the team stayed in the Serie A over the following seasons which saw club great
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arrive (along with his future superstar son
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, who played with the youth side).


1990s

In 1990 the holding company was brought by Coopsette, with Sidis becoming the team sponsor, the ambitious club reached the
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Final Four but struggled in the second part of the league season and was relegated. The 1992–93 preseason saw the arrival of a Pallacanestro Reggiana legend in Mike Mitchell, who helped the club return to the elite. Two seasons later the club was back in the second division, following which it decided to bank on its young academy players such as Alessandro Davoli and
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. Returning to the Serie A in 1997, Reggio Emilia rehired Lombardi as coach, with a young Max Menetti as assistant to guide a team containing players of the caliber of
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, Diego Pastori, Marcelo Damiao, Gianluca Basile and the evergreen Mike Mitchell. Thereafter came a successful season that saw them reach the title playoffs, downing first
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(2–0) then in turn
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(3–2) winning Game 4 at the buzzer and Game 5 at
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without Mitchell to reach the semifinals where they exited at the hands of local rivals Teamsystem Bologna. The result was nevertheless enough to send the Italian outfit to a European competition for the first time, in the 1998–99 Korać Cup. Losing Mitchell (now 41) to retirement and Basile to a transfer towards Fortitudo Bologna, they reached the Round of 32 in Europe and stalled at the playoff eight finals, losing against Pepsi Rimini.


2000s

Two new presidents (Elio Monducci and Chiarino Cimurri) and three different coaches could not prevent the side from falling to the second division at the end of the 1999–00 season with a 7–23 record. A nearly completely re-hauled squad coached by Franco Marcelletti reached the promotion playoffs finishing third the next season, reached the promotion finals after a 3–2 win over Pallacanestro Ragusa, but lost a heartbreaking game five to
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on a last second basket (81–79) at home. Staying in the second division but now playing in the newly created LegaDue, Reggio Emilia also made changes, with Stefano Landi becoming president whilst Cimurri was named head of the LegaDue, a reorganization that also saw Alessandro Dalla Salda, the young former local press officer arising through the ranks, becoming general manager of the first team. Still coach, Marcelletti recruited Alvin Young during the NBA Summer League, with the American turning into an instant success along with compatriot Kris Clack, as the team reached the playoff finals again, after eliminating
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and
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, but lost to
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, coached by a young
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, after five games, losing again at home (93–82). A policy change in 2002–03, with
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brought in as coach and veteran
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as player, didn't yield better results, on the contrary as the team exited the promotion playoffs in the first round against Sicc Jesi, the first episode of a five years rivalry. Dalmonte lost his place to Fabrizio Frates (with Menetti assisting him), who proceeded to sign Kiwane Garris,
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, Angelo Gigli and re-sign Alvin Young and Marcelo Damiao, with side avoiding the playoffs altogether as it finished the regular season in first place to grab the promotion race, sending Carife Ferrara and
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to the playoffs. With a similar squad, the team readapted well to the first division finishing the first round in the second place in order to qualify for the Italian Cup Final Eight, where it made a shocking path to the final beating giants
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and
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, but eventually lost the cup 74–64 to a Benetton Treviso led by
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,
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and David Blu. An anonymous domestic season in 2005–06 (finishing eleventh) was highlighted by good results in the side's ULEB Cup campaign (eligible to Europe's second competition thanks to their cup final) where they survived the regular season and downed
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in the top 16 to reach the quarterfinals, with Hemofarm Vršac led by
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ending their run. However, the next season ended in tears as Reggio Emilia were again relegated due to worst points difference than
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; despite Legabasket found irregularities in
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's
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acquisition, the club was not readmitted in the First Division after a Tribunal court process only penalized Treviso record. They languished in the LegaDue in the subsequent years, exiting often in the playoffs.


2010s

The club flirted with relegation during the 2010–11 season, saving their skin with a last game win over
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combined with other results that saw
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beating
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. In a complete turnaround in the 2011–12 season, the team led by
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(who had previously become head coach) romped to a promotion that they confirmed with a game to spare against Imola, with a 20–8 record . The good run of form continued in the Serie A, with Reggio Emilia grabbing a sixth place before taking
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to seven games in their quarterfinals series, losing game 7 in the Eternal City in front of 600 away fans. Qualified for another European competition, the third-tier
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, a team spearheaded by
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Andrea Cinciarini - helped by James White among others - recorded an emphatic 79–65 victory over
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in a packed
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Bologna arena to win their first even international title on 27 April 2014 in front of 4,000 enthusiastic fans. On the domestic front they again reached the playoffs but were edged 2–3 by holders
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in their quarterfinal series, after a controversial defeat in a game 4 played at home with Reggio Emilia 2–1 at the time marked by bad refereeing. The next season saw the stages switched around, with Reggio Emilia jinxed by injuries underperforming in the 2014–15 EuroCup to exit the competition at the group stage with two wins in ten games. However, their league form proved more resilient as they regrouped from a March 68–118 demolition by Milano, finishing third at the end of the regular season. They would make their home advantage count in the quarterfinal series against Enel Brindisi, winning game five at home to go through. The semifinals against
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had the team with their backs to the wall after a 67–89 defeat in game 5, but they won the next two games to progress to a first ever final. Against Italian Cup and Supercup holders
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, the first five games were split between respective home victories with Reggio Emilia favoured. They forced the sixth game in Sassari to three overtimes, with Cinciarini missing two title-winning shots in the dying moments of the fourth quarter, a three from
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followed by a steal and layup from
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put them 5 ahead with seconds left in the first overtime but Sassari came back to force a second overtime, it went back and forth to finish tied and bring another overtime, in which Sassari pulled away for a win. Despite playing game 7 at home and racing into a 21–4 lead early on, Reggio Emilia could not find a response as Sassari gradually clawed back the lead before using a 12–0 fourth-quarter run to first tie then win a closely contested 73–75 game, denying the local fans the capture of a historic Serie A title. The next season Reggio Emilia won its first
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in
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, beating rivals
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in the semifinals and
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led by former captain Andrea Cinciarini in the final 80–68. The team managed also to reach the EuroCup Last 32, finishing third in its group with memorable victories over
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,
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and
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; with an 11–4 record Grissin Bon finished the first round at the top of the table for the first time in its history. With the adds of
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(January) and
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(May), the team finished the Regular Season ranked 2nd for the first time in its history, determining a rematch of the previous season Finals with 7th place
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with the likes of David Logan,
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and former NBA prospect
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. After easily winning the first two home games led by
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and Amedeo Della Valle, Reggio completed the sweep by winning Game 3 in Sardinia, reaching the semifinals for the second consecutive season to meet with 3rd placed Scandone Avellino. During the season, the Under–20 youth team had an unbeaten run at the Under–20 National Championship Finals, only to lose the Championship game 70–64 against underdogs Pallacanestro Ferrara. In the Playoff semifinals, Grissin Bon won the first two home games, but Avellino came back winning Game 3 and Game 4 with a 43 points margin, tying the series 2–2. After Reggio won Game 5 and Avellino Game 6, Grissin Bon won the decisive Game 7 in front of a sold out PalaBigi 85–80, reaching the second Playoffs final of its history. The series was marked by a disrespectful behaviour by both sets of fans: in Avellino Amedeo Della Valle and
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were attacked with eggs by local fans, while in Game 5 Reggio's crowd repeatedly threw hygienic paper and match programmes into the court. Menetti's side lost Game 1 and Game 2 in
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against
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, but managed to tied to series 2–2 by winning Game 3 and Game 4 at home. Milano eventually won Game 5 and Game 6 to win the title on Reggio's home court, where former captain Cinciarini was heavily booed. The 2016–17 season started with the retirement of Kaukenas and the departures of Lavrinovič, Siliņš and Veremeenko. Delroy James and Sava Lešić were the first signings in the summer, while center
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decided to return to the club after a season away with Avellino. Grissin Bon participated as title holders in the Italian Supercup Final Four, in Milan, but they were eliminated 74–72 in the semifinal by Avellino with a 3-point winning buzzer beater by
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. The campaign in the league started well, with a winning streak of 7 games from the 2nd to the 7th round, ended by a loss away to Varese in the 8th round, which opened a negative record of 2–6, ended by a home win over Brindisi the 6th of February 2017. However, the team managed to beat league favourites EA7 Milan in Bologna on the Boxing Day. Poor form of James and Lešić brought the management to wave them and acquire American rookie
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and former 2005 NCAA champion Jawad Williams, while
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decided to come out of retirement. Reggio beat 4th seed Capo d'Orlando in the Quarter Finals of the Italian Cup Final Eight, held in Rimini, but were knocked out in the semis by Milan. The poor form of the team continued with three consecutive losses against Trento, Cantù and Avellino that led the management to take the team to a close training camp in Cesenatico for two consecutive weeks. However the team struggled to find chemistry and, despite the arrival of
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from Trabzonspor for the Playoffs, Grissin Bon were knocked out 3-0 in the first round by Avellino. The 2017 offseason saw captain
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leaving for
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with
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and
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leaving the club too. The management decided to start a new project called #REstart, planning to rebuild the roster with young Italian players like
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, Leonardo Candi and Niccoló De Vico with the add ons of Garrett Nevels, Mike Moser (later waived for physical problems),
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(never played a game due to injury, left for Varese in January) and
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. However Grissin Bon had a negative 0-6 start, which had a huge impact in the missed qualification for the Final Eight despite the arrivals of Chris Wright,
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and James White. The club's fortune appeared to be the EuroCup, a competition where Reggio advanced to the Top16 and won its group, advancing for the first time to the quarter finals where they clashed with BC Zenit St. Petersburg


In European competitions

The club has participated in various European tournaments, winning the
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in 2014.


Arena

Pallacanestro Reggiana has played its home games in the
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(capacity: 4,530) since 1980. Built in 1968, it is named after the city's Secretary of Sports, Giulio Bigi, and seated 3,800 until a 2007 redesign. Because it was not originally up to standard for some European-wide competitions, Reggio Emilia has had to play some of its home games in European-wide competitions, at the
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(capacity: 5,721), in Bologna. Construction was undertaken over the summer of 2015, to modernise the arena, in order for it to be able to host EuroCup games. New locker rooms and new bath fixtures were built at PalaBigi. Then, in October 2015, Luca Vecchi, Mayor of Reggio Emilia, announced a plan to further modernise PalaBigi, increasing the arena's capacity to 4,600 seats. An option to build a new arena near
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, is still under consideration. During the 2015 and 2016 Italian League Playoffs, the old structure of the arena couldn't accommodate the large amount of ticket requests from the local fans, leading the club to install viewing screens in the cities' biggest squares, "Piazza Martiri del 7 Luglio", and "Piazza San Prospero".


Academy

Pallacanestro Reggiana has always invested in the youth programme in order to develop new young prospects: in fact the team that won promotion to "Serie A2" in 1982 was almost composed of players born in the town and trained in the club academy, such as Gianni Codeluppi, Piero Montecchi and Orazio Rustichelli. From 1989 to 1991 a very young
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played in the Academy teams while his father
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was playing for Pallacanestro Reggiana.


Notable graduates

* 1995:
Gianluca Basile Gianluca Basile (born 24 January 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he mainly played at the shooting guard position. He is considered one of th ...
* 2002: Angelo Gigli * 2004:
Nicolò Melli Nicolò Melli (born 26 January 1991) is an Italian-American professional basketball player and the team captain for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Italian national team. ...
* 2008: Luca Campani * 2009:
Riccardo Cervi Riccardo Cervi (born 19 June 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player who last played for Virtus Roma of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Youth career The Reggio Emilia native joined local side Pallacanestro Reggiana from Basket ...
* 2010:
Giovanni Pini Giovanni Pini (born 25 July 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Roma of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He plays the power forward and center positions. Professional career The Carpi native played for local side ...
* 2012:
Ojārs Siliņš Ojārs Siliņš (born 20 July 1993) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He plays the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career Siliņš made his pr ...
* 2013:
Federico Mussini Federico Mussini (born March 12, 1996) is an Italian basketball player for Pallalcesto Amatori Udine of the Italian Serie A2 Basket, second tier national championship. Career Federico Mussini made his debut for Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in May ...
* 2016: Artūrs Strautiņš * 2016:
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Players


Current roster


Depth chart


First Team staff

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Dragan Šakota Dragan Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шакота, Greek: Ντράγκαν Σάκοτα; born June 16, 1952) is a Serbian professional basketball coach, currently with LBa basketball club, Pallacanestro Reggiana. Playing career Šakot ...
, - , Assistant Coach, , Federico Fucà , - , Assistant Coach, , Marco Esposito , - , Assistant Coach, , Giuseppe Mangone , - , Physical Trainer, , Salvatore Poma , - , Team Manager, , Michele Talamazzi


Personnel


Season by season

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Honours


Domestic competitions

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**Champions: 2004, 2012 *
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**''Runners-up:''
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Italian Supercup The Supercoppa Italiana ( en, Italian Super Cup) is an annual football match contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous seaso ...
**Winners:
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**''Runners-up:''
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*Under 20 Italian Championship **Winners: 2003 **''Runners-up:'' 2016 *Under 21 Italian Championship **Winners: 2007


European competitions

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**Winners:
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FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in nation ...
**''Runners-up:''
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Individual awards

Awards earned by members of Pallacanestro Reggiana whilst at the club: *
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
** Season Top Scorer: Mike Mitchell (1997-98) Scoring Average 24.08 ** Season Top Scorer:
Donell Taylor Quence Donell Taylor II (born July 26, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) tall. He can play as a point guard or as a swingman, but his primary position is shooting guard. Early life a ...
( 2012–13) Scoring Average 19.10 ** Best Executive:
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( 2012–13) *
LegaDue Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a men's basketball league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the first division LBA and above the third division Serie B, with pro ...
**Best Coach (2): Fabrizio Frates (2003–04),
Massimiliano Menetti Massimiliano "Max" Menetti (born 27 January 1973) is an Italian professional basketball coach, who was most recently the head coach of Italian team Pallacanestro Reggiana . Career After spending years coaching the youth teams of Pallacanestr ...
(2011–12) *
EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...
** Final Four MVP: Andrea Cinciarini (
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Notable players


Hall of Fame

The following players were inducted into the club's hall of fame: * Piero Montecchi 5 seasons: '82–'87 *
Gianluca Basile Gianluca Basile (born 24 January 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he mainly played at the shooting guard position. He is considered one of th ...
4 seasons: '95–'99 *
Joe Bryant Joseph Washington Bryant (born October 19, 1954), nicknamed "Jellybean", is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball As ...
2 seasons: '89–'91 * Mike Mitchell 7 seasons: '92–'99 *
Bob Morse Robert Duncan Morse (born January 4, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 2008, Morse was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities in European club ba ...
2 seasons: '84–'86 * Pino Brumatti 4 seasons: '83–'87


Other notable players

2010's *
Simone Fontecchio Simone Fontecchio (born 9 December 1995) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays at the small forward position. Youth career Fontecchio participated in an array of you ...
1 season: '19–'20 *
Gal Mekel Gal Mekel ( he, גל מקל, pronounced ; born March 4, 1988) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He played for the Dallas Mavericks and spent time in Europe and Israel. He played college basketball for two years at Wichita Sta ...
1 season: '19–'20 *
Stefano Gentile Stefano Gentile (born 20 September 1989) is an Italian professional basketball player for Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). At a height of 1.91 m (6'3") tall, he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Gentil ...
2 seasons: '15-'17 *
Andrea De Nicolao Andrea De Nicolao (born 21 August 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup. Professional career De Nicolao progressed through the youth ranks of Pall ...
2 seasons: '15-'17 *
Pietro Aradori Pietro Aradori (born 9 December 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player for Fortitudo Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career The Brescia n ...
2 seasons: '15–'17 *
Vladimir Veremeenko Vladimir Veremeenko (born July 21, 1984) is a Belarusian professional basketball player who last played for Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League. Professional career The son of professional basketball players, Veremeenko was an early bloomer a ...
1 season: '19–'20 *
Achille Polonara Achille Polonara (born November 23, 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He primarily plays at the power forward position. Professional career Teramo ...
3 seasons: '14–'17 *
Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič ( pl, Dariusz Ławrynowicz, born 1 November 1979) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the BC Vytis of the National Basketball League. He is 2.12m (6' 11½") in height. He plays the center position. He is also a ...
2 seasons: '14–'16 *
Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič ( pl, Krzysztof Ławrynowicz; born November 1, 1979) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the BC Vytis of the National Basketball League. He plays at the power forward and center positions. Professional caree ...
season: '14 * Amedeo Della Valle seasons: '14–'18 *
Rimantas Kaukėnas Rimantas "Rimas" Kaukėnas (born 11 April 1977) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. His long career has taken him to a number of countries, finding the most success in Italy. He has also been a member of the senior men's Lithu ...
3 seasons: '13–'16 * Ariel Filloy 1 season: '13–'14 * James White 2 season: '13–'14, '17–'18 * Andrea Cinciarini 5 seasons: '12–'15, '21-present *
Greg Brunner Greg Brunner (born June 15, 1983) is a former American-Swiss basketball player. Career Brunner signed with Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in 2012. National team From 2010 until 2014, Brunner played for the Swiss national basketball team. Honours *Be ...
2 seasons: '12–'14 * Michele Antonutti 2 seasons: '12–'14 *
Donell Taylor Quence Donell Taylor II (born July 26, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) tall. He can play as a point guard or as a swingman, but his primary position is shooting guard. Early life a ...
seasons: '11–'13, '14 *
Troy Bell Troy Delvon Bell (born November 10, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues mostly in Europe. He is also a R&B producer. He was an All-American college player at ...
seasons: '11, '13–'14 *
Dawan Robinson Dawan Robinson (born February 10, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Rhode Island. Career After going undrafted at the 2006 NBA draft and playing in the preseason with th ...
seasons: '11, '12–'13 *
Ojārs Siliņš Ojārs Siliņš (born 20 July 1993) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He plays the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career Siliņš made his pr ...
6 seasons: '10–'16 2000's *
Donatas Slanina Donatas Slanina (born 23 April 1977) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays as a shooting guard in his professional career. He also shortly worked as an assistant coach. After starting his professional career in Šiauliai, he wa ...
4 seasons: '09–'13 *
Nicolò Melli Nicolò Melli (born 26 January 1991) is an Italian-American professional basketball player and the team captain for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Italian national team. ...
3 seasons: '07–'10 *
Ricky Minard Ricky Donell Minard Jr. (born September 11, 1982) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Tampereen Pyrintö of the Korisliiga. He is Morehead State's career scoring leader. Professional career He was selected by the Sacrame ...
2 seasons: '05–'07 *
Terrell McIntyre Lance Terrell McIntyre (born October 18, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player. Standing at 5'9 " (1.76 m), he played at the point guard position. A two-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection, he reached the EuroLeague Final ...
1 season: '05–'06 * Angelo Gigli seasons: '03–'06, '14 * Kiwane Garris 2 seasons: '03–'05 *
Stefano Rusconi Stefano Rusconi (born October 2, 1968) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. At a height of tall, he played at the center position. Professional career Rusconi was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers, in the 2nd round (52nd overal ...
1 season: '02–'03 * Alvin Young 5 seasons: '01–'04, '07–'09 *
Marco Mordente Marco Mordente (born January 7, 1979) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He also represented the Italian national basketball team. He played at the point guard position. Career In 1998 while he was playing for Olimpia Milan ...
4 seasons: '00–'01, '02–'05 * Kris Clack 2 seasons: '00–'02 *
Sandro Dell'Agnello Sandro Dell'Agnello (born 20 October 1961 in Livorno) is a former professional basketball player, and current basketball coach from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the Eurobasket 1991 in Italy. Standing at a height of 2 ...
2 seasons: '00–'02 *
Teemu Rannikko Teemu Rannikko (born September 9, 1980) is a Finnish professional basketball player. He is 1.89 m (6' 2 ") tall, and he weighs 88 kg (195 lbs.). He mainly plays at the point guard position. At his peak, he was known as a good scorer and ...
2 seasons: '00–'02 1990's *
Roberto Chiacig Roberto Chiacig (born 1 December 1974 in Cividale del Friuli, Italy) is an Italian former professional basketball player. Playing as a center, his most notable achievement was the silver medal obtained by the Italian national team, of which he ...
seasons: '99, 11'–12' * Boris Gorenc season: '99–'00 * Tracy Moore 2 seasons: '98–'00 *
Yann Bonato Yann Jean Claude Bonato (born March 4, 1972 in Cannes) is a former professional basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the senior French Men's National Team. College career Bonato played college ...
1 season: '98–'99 * Marcelo Damião 4 seasons: '97–'98, '99–'00, '03–'05 *
Chris Jent Christopher Matthew Jent (born January 11, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was formerly the head coach of the Bakersfi ...
2 seasons: '97–'98, '00–'01 *
Pace Mannion Pace Shewan Mannion (born September 22, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in the Italian league with the team of Cantù (which won the FIBA Korać Cup in 1991 de ...
1 season: '96–'97 * Tony Brown 2 seasons: '92–'94 *
Vincent Askew Vincent Jerome Askew (born February 28, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who played for nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight different teams. A 6'6" guard-forward, Askew played college basket ...
season: '92 *
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season: '92 * Georgi Glouchkov 1 season: '90–'91 1980's *
Joe Bryant Joseph Washington Bryant (born October 19, 1954), nicknamed "Jellybean", is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball As ...
2 seasons: 89'–90', 90'–91' * Kannard Johnson 1 season: '88–'89 * Roosevelt Bouie 7 seasons: '82–'89 *
Rudy Hackett Rudolph "Rudy" Hackett (born May 10, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player. A and power forward, he played college basketball at Syracuse University. College playing career Hackett played college basketball at Syracuse Un ...
2 seasons: '82–'84


Head coaches

* 1974-1975: Marzio D’Arrigo * 1975-1978: Giuseppe Ferretti * 1978-1981: Raimondo Vecchi * 1981-1983:
Gianni Zappi Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian. People with this given name * Gianni Agnelli (in ...
* 1983-1986: Dado Lombardi * 1986-1987: Cesare Pancotto * 1987:
Leandro Ergelini Leandro may refer to: * Leandro (given name), a male name, including a list of people with the name * ''Ero e Leandro'', a 1707 cantata by George Frideric Handel * San Leandro, California * San Leandro Creek San Leandro Creek ( es, Arroyo de San L ...
* 1987-1988:
Piero Pasini Piero is an Italian language, Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Piero Angela (1928–2022), Italian television host *Piero Barucci (born 1933), Italian academic and politician *Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443–1496), Italian ...
* 1988: Massimo Grisanti * 1989-1991: Joe Isaac * 1991-1992: Massimo Grisanti * 1992-1994: Virginio Bernardi * 1994-1995: Zare Markovski * 1995-1997: Giordano Consolini * 1997-2000: Dado Lombardi * 2000-2002: Franco Marcelletti * 2002-2003:
Luca Dalmonte Luca Dalmonte (born 3 October 1963) is an Italian professional basketball coach, currently serving as the head coach of Fortitudo Bologna in Lega Serie A2. From 2013-2015 he was head coach of Virtus Roma in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A and has a ...
* 2003-2006: Fabrizio Frates * 2006:
Renato Pasquali Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is ...
* 2006-07: Max Menetti * 2007-2009: Franco Marcelletti * 2009-2010: Alessandro Ramagli * 2010: Piero Coen * 2010-11: Alessandro Finelli * 2011: Fabrizio Frates * 2011-2018: Max Menetti * 2018–2019: Devis Cagnardi * 2019: Stefano Pillastrini * 2019–2020:
Maurizio Buscaglia Maurizio Buscaglia (born 9 April 1969) is an Italian professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Coaching career After spending years coaching the youth teams of two clu ...
* 2020-2021: Antimo Martino * 2021–2022:
Attilio Caja Attilio Caja (born 20 May 1961 in Pavia, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is head coach for Scafati Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Coaching career He was head-coach of the Italian national basketball team ...
* 2022: Max Menetti * 2022–present:
Dragan Šakota Dragan Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шакота, Greek: Ντράγκαν Σάκοτα; born June 16, 1952) is a Serbian professional basketball coach, currently with LBa basketball club, Pallacanestro Reggiana. Playing career Šakot ...


Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship deals, the club has been known as: *Magazzini Jolly Reggio Emilia: (1974–1977) *Cantine Riunite Reggio Emilia: (1977–1990) *Sidis Reggio Emilia: (1990–1993) *Ceramica Campeginese Reggio Emilia: (1993–1994) *Metasystem Reggio Emilia: (1994–1995) *Pallacanestro Reggiana: (1995–1996) *CFM Reggio Emilia: (1996–1998) *Zucchetti Reggio Emilia: (1998–1999) *Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia: (1999–2007) :*Landi Renzo 'European competition'' (2005–06) *Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia: (2007–2013) *Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia: (2013–2020) *UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia: (2020–current)


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External links

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EuroCup profile
Retrieved 1 September 2015
Serie A profile
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