Sporting Club JuveCaserta (sometimes spelled Juve Caserta), also known as Decò Caserta after its title sponsor, is an Italian professional
basketball
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team based in
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...
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Campania
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. The team currently plays in the Serie A2, the second tier of Italian basketball.
For past club sponsorship names, see
sponsorship names.
History
JuveCaserta was founded by a group of local enthusiasts in 1951.
The name ''Sporting Club Juventus'' was chosen by Santino Piccolo, a fan of
the homonymous Turin football team. The team started playing on the clay courts of the Liceo Classico Pietro Giannone.
The side played in the 1985–86 and 1986–87 finals of the first division
Serie A
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before finally winning the competition in 1990–91, the first team from the south of Italy to do so. They had earlier won the
Italian Cup in 1988 and reached the
European Cup Winners' Cup
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final in 1989.
Following the 1997–98 season, the club went bankrupt. In 2004, two lower-level Caserta-based teams merged under the name of JuveCaserta. That side returned to the Serie A in 2008 after winning the
LegaDue promotion playoffs.
Finishing in second-place in the league during the 2009–10 season, Caserta reached the playoff semi-finals but lost the series against
Armani Jeans Milano
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2-3.
The next season saw the side lose in the
EuroLeague first qualifying round to Russian team Khimki, playing instead in the Eurocup where they reached the quarterfinals where they narrowly lost to
UNICS.
In July 2017,
Juvecaserta Basket was excluded by CONI from the
2017–18 LBA season, due to financial issues. Vanoli Cremona was reprieved and took the place of Juvecaserta.
In the 2017–18 season, the team would play in the Serie D, the fifth tier.
Honours and titles
Domestic competitions
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Italian League
: Winners (1): 1990–91
: ''Runners-up (2)'': 1985–86, 1986–87
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Italian Cup
: Winners (1): 1987–88
: ''Runners-up (2)'': 1983–84, 1988–89
European competitions
*
FIBA Saporta Cup
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: ''Runners-up (1)'':
1988–89
*
FIBA Korać Cup
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: ''Runners-up (1)'':
1985–86
: ''Semifinalist (1)'':
1986–87
*
European Super Cup
: ''3rd place (1)'':
1984
Events
January
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* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
Retired numbers
Notable players
Head coaches
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Bogdan Tanjević 4 seasons: '82–'86
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Ranko Žeravica
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1 season: '93–'94
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Andrea Trinchieri 1 season: '07–'08
Sponsorship names
Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as :
*Juventus Caserta
(no sponsorship, 1975–76 until 1978–79)
*Il Diario Caserta
(1979–80)
*Latte Matese Caserta
(1980–81 until 1981–82)
*Indesit Caserta
(1982–83 until 1984–85)
*Mobilgirgi Caserta
(1985–86 until 1986–87)
*Snaidero Caserta
(1987–88 until 1988–89)
*Phonola Caserta
(1989–90 until 1992–93)
*Onyx Caserta
(1993–94)
*Pepsi Caserta
(2000–01)
*Centro Energia Caserta
(2001)
*Ellebielle Caserta
(2001–02)
*Centro Energia Caserta
(2002–03)
*Pepsi Caserta
(2003–04 until 2007–08)
*Eldo Caserta
(2008–09)
*Pepsi Caserta
(2009–10 until 2010–11)
*Otto Caserta
(2011–12)
*JuveCaserta
(no sponsorship, 2012–13)
*Pasta Reggia Caserta
(2013–14 until 2016–17)
References
External links
Official websiteSerie A team profile{{in lang, it Retrieved 23 August 2015
Eurobasket.com profile
1951 establishments in Italy
Basketball teams established in 1951
Basketball teams in Campania
Caserta