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Dinamo Sassari
Dinamo Sassari logo
Nickname
  • Banco (Bank)
  • Biancoblu (White-Blues)
  • Giganti (Giants)
LeaguesLBA
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded23 April 1960; 64 years ago (1960-04-23)
HistoryDinamo Sassari
(1960–present)
ArenaPalasport Roberta Serradimigni
Capacity5,000
LocationSassari, Italy
Team colors    White, blue
Main sponsorBanco di Sardegna
PresidentStefano Sardara
Team managerFederico Pasquini
Head coachNenad Marković
Team captainGiacomo Devecchi
OwnershipPolisportiva Dinamo s.r.l.
Championships
Retired numbers2 (12, 12)
Websitedinamobasket.com
Serie A Home jersey
Team colours
Serie A Home
Serie A Away jersey
Team colours
Serie A Away
Champions League Home jersey
Team colours
Champions League Home
Champions League Away jersey
Team colours
Champions League Away
Supercup Home jersey
Team colours
Supercup Home
Supercup Away jersey
Team colours
Supercup Away

Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the 2018–19 European Cup Champions.[1] The club plays in the Italian LBA, the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball.

Dinamo was founded in 1960, and in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). The club plays in the Serie A (the highest level for the men's basketball competitions in Italy), since 2010.

Dinamo Sassari is notable for being the club in Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive score of 158 points scored in a single game (with no overtimes), during the 1994–95 Serie A2 regular season, versus Pallacanestro Pavia (91);[2] which is the highest score ever made by any club in Italy.

The Palasport Roberta Serradimigni, home arena of Dinamo

History

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In 1994–95, the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular season game without overtimes against Pavia.

In 2010, Dinamo promoted to the Serie A, when it beat Prima Veroli in the Finals of the Playoffs.

In 2012, the club made its debut in Europe, when it played in the EuroCup regular season. The 2013–14 season was one of the most historic ever for the club. Banco di Sardegna Sassari won the Italian Cup, the team's first trophy. Dinamo's star player Travis Diener was named Italian Cup MVP. Later in the season Drake Diener – Travis' cousin – was named Italian League MVP. Dinamo also played in the EuroCup once again, and reached the eight-finals this time around.

Despite the third place and elimination in the Italian League semifinals in 2014, Dinamo was invited to play in the 2014–15 EuroLeague season. After Montepaschi Siena, runner-up in the Italian league, resigned the club received a B license.

In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo won its first Italian League championship. In Game 7 of the Italian League Finals, Sassari won 73–75, on the road against Reggio Emilia.[3] Because of this, Dinamo returned to the EuroLeague in 2015. It was eliminated in the regular season and after transferring to the EuroCup it was eliminated in the round of 32.

The tip off of the first leg of the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

In 2017, Dinamo reached the final of the Italian Cup, where it lost to Olimpia Milano. This season the club also made its debut in the Basketball Champions League and made the quarter-finals in its inaugural season. In the LBA, the team finished in the fifth place.

In the 2018–19 season, Dinamo played in the second qualifying round of FIBA Europe Cup. Here, it beat Benfica from Portugal to advance to the regular season. After advancing past the second round as well, Dinamo beat ZZ Leiden, Pınar Karşıyaka and Hapoel Holon. Thus, it qualified for the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals where Dinamo faced German side s.Oliver Würzburg. On 1 May 2019, Sassari won the FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Würzburg in the second leg of the finals.[4] It was the team's first European title.

In 2019 Sassari reached the LBA Finals for the second time in club history, four years since its championship. Dinamo was defeated by Umana Reyer Venezia in Game 7, losing the series 3–4.[5]

Honours

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Total titles: 6

Domestic competitions

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Winners (1): 2014–15
Runners-up (1): 2018–19
Winners (2): 2014, 2015
Runners-up (1): 2017
Winners (2): 2014, 2019

European competitions

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Winners (1): 2018–19

Other competitions

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  • Varallo Sesia, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2011
  • Torneo Città di Cagliari
Runners-up (1): 2011
  • Torneo Geovillage
Winners (2): 2014, 2015
  • Nuoro, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (2): 2014, 2015
Runners-up (1): 2018
  • Sassari, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2014
  • Wroclaw, Poland Invitational Game
Runners-up (1): 2014
  • Torneo de Città di Sassari
Runners-up (1): 2015
  • Trofeo Meridiana
Winners (1): 2015
  • Olbia, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2016
  • Cagliari, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2018
  • Saturnia, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2019

Season by season

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Season Tier League Pos. Italian Cup European competitions
2001–02 3 Serie B 2nd
2002–03 3 Serie B 3rd
2003–04 2 Legadue 10th
2004–05 2 Legadue 13th
2005–06 2 Legadue 11th
2006–07 2 Legadue 13th
2007–08 2 Legadue 6th
2008–09 2 Legadue 3rd
2009–10 2 Legadue 1st
2010–11 1 Serie A 6th
2011–12 1 Serie A 3rd Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1 Serie A 5th Semifinalist 2 Eurocup RS
2013–14 1 Serie A 3rd Winner 2 Eurocup EF
2014–15 1 Serie A 1st Winner 1 Euroleague RS
2 Eurocup R32
2015–16 1 Serie A 7th Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague RS
2 Eurocup R32
2016–17 1 LBA 5th Runner-up 3 Champions League QF
2017–18 1 LBA 10th 3 Champions League RS
4 FIBA Europe Cup R16
2018–19 1 LBA 2nd Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup C
2019–20 1 LBA 2nd Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League R16
2020–21 1 LBA 5th Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League R16

Players

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See also: Category:Dinamo Basket Sassari players

Retired numbers

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The American naturalized-Italian guard Travis Diener was the second player to have his number retired by Dinamo
Dinamo Sassari retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure
12 Italy Emanuele Rotondo G 1991–2007
12 Italy Travis Diener G 2010–2014

Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Banco di Sardegna Sassari roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 Italy Cappelletti, Alessandro 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1995-10-22)22 October 1995
PG 1 United States Bibbins, Justin 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 28 – (1996-01-23)23 January 1996
PG 5 Italy Trucchetti, Stefano 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 18 – (2006-02-21)21 February 2006
F/C 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Halilović, Miralem 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1991-07-22)22 July 1991
SG 11 United States Fobbs, Brian 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1998-02-17)17 February 1998
PG 15 Italy Tambone, Matteo 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1994-05-14)14 May 1994
G/F 16 Italy Veronesi, Giovanni 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998
F 17 Italy Udom, Mattia 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993
F 20 Lithuania Bendžius, Eimantas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 34 – (1990-04-23)23 April 1990
PF 22 Italy Vincini, Luca 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – (2003-08-10)10 August 2003
SF 24 Poland Sokołowski, Michał 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 32 – (1992-12-11)11 December 1992
C 35 United States Renfro, Nate 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1996-12-11)11 December 1996
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: August 17, 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Nate Renfro Miralem Halilović
PF Eimantas Bendžius Luca Vincini
SF Michał Sokołowski Mattia Udom
SG Brian Fobbs Giovanni Veronesi
PG Justin Bibbins Matteo Tambone Stefano Trucchetti

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Women's team

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Dinamo Sassari women's team debuted in the Serie A1 in 2020.[6]

Women's roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Dinamo Sassari (Women) roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 2 United States Gonzales, Shaylee 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 24 – (2000-05-02)2 May 2000
F 4 Croatia Begic, Ana-Marija 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-01-17)17 January 1994
PG 5 Italy Carangelo, Debora 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-10-02)2 October 1992
SG 8 Italy Toffolo, Sara 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2000-09-25)25 September 2000
G 9 Italy Natali, Julia 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 22 – (2002-06-21)21 June 2002
G/F 11 Italy Pastrello, Silvia 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 23 – (2001-02-24)24 February 2001
SG 12 United States Taylor, Sparkle 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 29 – (1995-07-28)28 July 1995
C 15 Spain Diallo, Umo 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-01-12)12 January 1998
PG 24 Italy Grattini, Chiara 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 23 – (2001-04-16)16 April 2001
PG 27 Italy Spiga, Giulietta 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 18 – (2006-10-06)6 October 2006
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 10 November 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dinamo, trionfo storico in Germania: Sassari si aggiudica la Europe Cup". Sardinia Post. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Legabasket". Web.legabasket.it. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Sassari are the champions! - Eurohoops". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Dinamo Sassari win maiden FIBA Europe Cup title". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. ^ Skerletic, Dario (22 June 2019). "Reyer Venezia wins Italian LBA championship". Sportando. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Dinamo Sassari Basketball History". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
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