Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia was an Italian professional basketball club based in

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gorit ...

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. It ceased activities in 2010 due to financial problems.

History

Union Ginnastica Goriziana was founded in 1868, with the basketball section officially established in 1934. The team would reach the first division

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 1952, staying there for two seasons. Goriziana played five Serie A seasons in the 1960s (1961–62, 1963–65, 1966–67, 1969–70) without gaining a foothold in the league. It yoyo-ed between the top tier and the second tier Serie A2 from 1975 to 1984, following which it stayed in the Serie A2 until 1998. A solitary season back in the Serie A would see the club escape relegation on the court only for the management to sell the sporting rights to

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and move down to the third division Serie B1. The team started again from the third division Serie B1 as Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia. However, it continued struggling on and off the court and was in the Serie C dilettanti when it withdrew from the league in September 2010 due to the owner refusing to fund the club on his own. The club did not take part in another league and stopped functioning that year.

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as: *Zoppas Gorizia (1961–1962) *Unione Ginnastica Goriziana (1962–1964) *Splugen Brau Gorizia (1966–1970) *Patriarca Gorizia (1975–1976) *Pagnossin Gorizia (1976–1980) *Tai Ginseng Gorizia (1980–1981) *San Benedetto Gorizia (1981–1984) *Segafredo Gorizia (1984–1988) *San Benedetto Gorizia (1988–1990) *Brescialat Gorizia (1994–1996) *Dinamica Gorizia (1996–1997) *SDAG Gorizia (1998–1999)

External links

Serie A historical results
Retrieved 25 August 2015

References

{{Reflist 1934 establishments in Italy 2010 disestablishments in Italy Basketball teams established in 1934 Basketball teams in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Defunct basketball teams in Italy Basketball teams disestablished in 2010