Pallacanestro Varese, also called by its current sponsor's name, the Openjobmetis Varese, is an Italian professional basketball club based in

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. Founded in 1945, the team plays in the Italian first division LBA. For past club sponsorship names, see

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History

1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup Final

Basketball was introduced in

in 1945, with the creation of the historical club, Pallacanestro Varese. The first sponsors were introduced 8 years later in 1954, including Storm and Ignis, followed by Emerson, Turisanda,

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, Star, Ciaocrem, Divarese, Ranger, Metis,

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, and the most recent, Cimberio. Varese is also famous due to the lack of its having a main sponsor in the mid-1990s (something unusual in the Italian basketball league), and the choice of its franchise name, the Varese Roosters. Since their creation, Pallancanestro Varese has won 10 Italian first-tier level LBA titles, in the years 1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, and their last Italian League title, won 21 years after the previous title, in 1999. With 10 titles, Pallacanestro Varese is the third most winning team ever in the Italian League, after

Olimpia Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

and

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

. As it is shown by its roll of honors, Varese was extremely competitive in the 1970s, when the club played in the European-wide first-tier level FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague), and played in ten finals in a row, winning 5 of them, in the years 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1976. Between 1970 and 1975, the club was named Ignis Varese. What was the club's golden age had begun some years before, as Varese conquered the

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in 1966, and repeated the same title 4 and 7 years later, in the middle of the club's greatest decade in

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and 1973. Varese accomplished the great feat of winning the

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, winning all the trophies available in 1973, with the legendary Professor Aca Nikolić as the team's

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. Varese also won two championships of the European-wide first-tier level

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, in 1967 and 1980, and four

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s, in 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1973. Varese's great age ended in the early nineties, when the team dropped down to the Italian second division. Soon, the club took its revenge, coming up once again to the Italian top-tier level league, and after 5 years time became the real team to watch in the Italian League's playoffs, as it succeeded in winning its historical 10th Italian League title in 1999, with

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(who later coached the

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), leading the way as the club's head coach. Varese has never repeated that triumph so far, but that success is still remembered to this day. Varese has been trying to return to the top of the Italian League and European-wide competitions in the years since.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Honours

Total titles: 25 PalaWhirlpool

Domestic competitions

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: Winners (10): 1960–61, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1998–99 : Runners-up (10): 1948–49, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1989–90 *

: Winners (4): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73 : Runners-up (5): 1971–72, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1998–99, 2012–13 *

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: Winners (1): 1999 : Runners-up (1): 2013

European competitions

* EuroLeague : Winners (5): 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 : Runners-up (5): 1970–71, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79 : Semifinalists (1): 1964–65 *

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(defunct) : Winners (2): 1966–67, 1979–80 : Semifinalists (2): 1967–68, 1980–81 *

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(defunct) : Runners-up (1): 1984–85 : Semifinalists (1): 1985–86 *

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: Runners-up (1): 2015–16

Worldwide competitions

: Winners (3): 1966,

, 1973 : Runners-up (4): 1967, 1974,

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, 1977 : 3rd place (1): 1979 : 4th place (1): 1978 *

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: 4th place (1): 1999

Individual club awards

: Winners (2): 1969–70, 1972–73

International record

Notable players

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* Paolo Conti * Marcelo Damiao * Fabrizio Della Fiori *

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* Andrea Meneghin *

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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 ...

Romeo Sacchetti Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti (born August 20, 1953) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently a head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2. Standing at a height of 1.99 m (6 ft. 6 in.), he played ...

Paolo Vittori Paolo Vittori (born 31 May 1938) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. In 2006, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Professional career Vittori was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 196 ...

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* Derek Hamilton *

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* Frank Johnson *

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* Anthony Gennari * Kevin Magee * Stan McKenzie * Billy Keys *

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Pat Cummings Pat Cummings (July 11, 1956 – June 26, 2012Fo ...

* Bill Edwards *

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* Jerry McCullough * Larry Micheaux *

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Eddie Lee Wilkins Eddie Lee Wilkins (born May 7, 1962) is an American former basketball player. A 6'10" forward/center from Gardner-Webb University, Wilkins played in six NBA seasons for the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers. Early life Wilkins grad ...

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Tyrone Nesby Tyrone Lamont Nesby (born January 31, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player. Nesby went to Cairo High School in Cairo, Illinois. He played collegiately at Vincennes University (1994–1996), and at UNLV (1996–1998). After ...

* Charles Pittman *

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* Gabriel Fernández *

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* Mate Skelin *

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* Boris Gorenc *

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Pavel Podkolzin Pavel Nikolaevitch Podkolzin (russian: Павел Николаевич Подкользин) (born 15 January 1985) is a Russian former professional basketball player. Formerly, he played in the NBA and the NBA Development League. He is a tal ...

Manuel Raga Manuel "Manolo" Raga Navarro (born March 14, 1944) is a Mexican former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed, "The Flying Mexican", due to his nationality and his one of a kind 43 inch standing (no step) vert ...

Nikola Lončar Nikola Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship. Professional career Lončar started his career at Partizan, making his professi ...

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D. J. Mbenga Didier "D. J." Ilunga-Mbenga (pronounced Benga; born December 30, 1980) is a Belgian-Congolese former professional basketball player. He has also played for the Belgian national basketball team as he is a dual citizen of both his native countries. ...

Head coaches

Vittorio Tracuzzi Vittorio Tracuzzi (2 January 1923 – 21 October 1986) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1923 births 1986 deaths Italian men's basketb ...

(1948–54) * Valerio Giobbi (1954–55) *

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(1955–56) *

Enrico Garbosi Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri ( French), ...

(1956–62) *

Vittorio Tracuzzi Vittorio Tracuzzi (2 January 1923 – 21 October 1986) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1923 births 1986 deaths Italian men's basketb ...

(1954–55 & 1966–68) *

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(1968–69 & 1977–78) *

Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Sp ...

(1969–73) *

Sandro Gamba Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba (born 3 June 1932) is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach. Gamba was a finalist for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and was elected as a member in 2006. He ...

(1973–77) *

Edoardo Rusconi Edoardo is the Italian form of the English male given name Edward. Notable people named Edoardo include: * Edoardo Agnelli (industrialist) (1892–1935), Italian industrialist * Edoardo Alfieri (1913–1998), Italian sculptor * Edoardo Amaldi (190 ...

(1978–80, 1993–97 & 2003–04) * Joe Isaac (1986–89 & 1992–93) *

(1997–99 & 2010–12) *

Valerio Bianchini Valerio Bianchini (born July 22, 1943) is an Italian professional basketball coach. He was the first coach in the history of Italian basketball who won three championship titles with three clubs (Cantù, Virtus Roma and Victoria Libertas Pesaro). ...

(1999 & 2007–08) *

Gianfranco Lombardi Gianfranco "Franco" Lombardi (20 March 1941 – 22 January 2021) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dado". In 2006, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Pr ...

(2000–01) *

Grégor Beugnot Grégor "Grég" Beugnot (born October 7, 1957 in Cliron, France) is a former French professional basketball player and a current professional coach. During his playing career, he played at the point guard position. Playing career Club career ...

(2001–03) *

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(2004–07) *

(2007–08) * Stefano Pillastrini (2008–10) * Francesco Vitucci (2012–13) * Fabrizio Frates (2013–14) * Stefano Bizzozi (2014) *

(2014–15) *

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 ...

(2015 & 2016–20) *

Paolo Moretti Paolo Moretti (born 30 June 1970 in Arezzo) is a former professional basketball player, and current basketball coach from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the Eurobasket 1997 in Spain. Standing at a height of 2,00 m ...

(2015–16) * Massimo Bulleri (2020–21) * Adriano Vertemati (2021–22) *

Johan Roijakkers Johan Roijakkers (born September 15, 1980) is a Dutch basketball coach, who is the head coach of the Saudi Arabia men's national team. He coached 8 years in the German EasyCredit BBL with BG Göttingen and Brose Bamberg and in Italy in the Lega ...

(2022) * Alberto Seravalli (2022–present)

Sponsorship names

Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:Lega A page on the history of Pallacanestro Varese.
* Storm (1954–56) * Ignis (1956–75) * Mobilgirgi (1975–78) * Emerson (1978–80) * Turisanda (1980–81) *

(1981–83) * Star (1983–84) * Ciao Crem (1984–85) * Divarese (1985–89) * Ranger (1989–92) *

(1992–97) * No name sponsorship (1997–99) * Varese Roosters (1999–01) * Metis (2001–04) * Casti Group (2004–05) *

(2005–07) * Cimberio (2007–2014) * OpenjobMetis (2014–present)

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Colors and badge

Image:Varese-Stemma.png, City crest
(1997–99) Image:Varese Roosters Logo.jpg, Roosters crest
(1999–01) Image:Logo Varese.JPG, Casti Group crest
(2004–05) File:Logo Cimberio Varese.png, Cimberio Varese crest
(2010–14) File:Scudetto_Openjobmetis.jpg, Openjobmetis Varese crest
(2014–present)

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team PageVarese Fans Basket
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