SP Federale Lugano was a Swiss professional basketball club based in the city of

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

in the canton of

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

History

Federale was founded in 1942 but had to wait until the 70s to see the first major successes. The club won in the seventies three national league titles and 2 national Cups. For three seasons, from 1978 to 1980, had as main sponsor the ''SA Luciano Franzosini Chiasso''. In the season 1975-76 Federale participated in the FIBA European Champions Cup as Swiss champion αfter two qualifier against Turkish

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and Czechoslovak Dukla Olomouc, reached the quarter-finals where ranked sixth and last with a record of 0-5 wins in a group that included among others

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, Forst Cantù and

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. In 1981 the club merged with

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(later with the Molino Nuovo), giving rise to the FV Lugano (today

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Honours

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* Winners (3): 1974-75, 1975–76, 1976–77

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* Winners (3): 1957-58, 1973–74, 1974–75

Histroric players

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References

{{Reflist Basketball teams in Switzerland