Scafati Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Givova Scafati, is an Italian professional basketball club based in

Scafati Scafati () is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy. Geography Scafati is situated on the river Sarno. Under the bridge over the river into the village, the Sarno divides into a primary and t ...

, Campania. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the

Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tier le ...

(LBA).

History

Scafati Basket traces its history to Silvio Pellico, a club founded by a group of students in 1949. That merged with Savoia in 1955 to form Scafatese Basket, which would be renamed Centro Sportivo Scafatese in 1969. The team played in the amateur regional Serie C and Serie D until the early 1990s when, under the presidency of Aniello Longobardi, it climbed up divisions to reach the first tier

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 ...

in 2006. It was relegated from the Serie A in 2007–08.

Arena

The team has played its home games in the PalaMangano (named after former head coach Massimo Mangano), it holds 3,700 seats.

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as: *Rida Scafati (2001–2003) *Eurorida Scafati (2003–2006) *Legea Scafati (2006–2008) *Harem Scafati (2008–2009) *Bialetti Scafati (2009–2010) *Sunrise Scafati (2010–2011) *

Givova Givova is an Italian manufacturing company located in Scafati. The company, founded in 2008 by Giovanni Acanfora, produces a wide range of sports equipment (mainly focused on the association football market but also covering other sports) that inc ...

Scafati (2011–present)

Players

Current roster

Notable players

* Greg Newton 2 seasons: '00–'02 *

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2 seasons: '01–'03 *

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1 season: '01–'02 * Curtis Staples 1 season: '01–'02 * Lamont Barnes 1 season: '02–'03 * Jason Smith 1 season: '02–'03 * Maximiliano Stanic 3 seasons: '03–'06 * James Collins 1 season: '03–'04 *

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1 season: '03–'04 *

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1 season: '03–'04 * Darryl Wilson 2 seasons: '04–'06 *

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2 seasons: '04–'06 *

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1 season: '04–'05 *

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1 season: '06–'07 * Hector Romero 1 season: '07–'08 *

Michael Andersen Michael Dahl Andersen (born 29 January 1974), is a retired Danish professional basketball player. He is 2.13 m (7'0") in height and he plays at the position of center. Honours Prokom Sopot * 2-time Polish League championship as a player for ...

1 season: '07–'08 *

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1 season: '07–'08 *

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3 seasons: '05–'08 *

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2 seasons: '06–'08 * Frankie Williams 1 season: '07–'08 *

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1 season: '07–'08 *

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1 season: '07–'08 * Mike Lenzly 1 season: '08–'09 * Anthony Carter 1 season: '06–'07

References

External links

Official Website

Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro profile
Retrieved 24 August 2015
Serie A historical results
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