Scafati Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Givova Scafati, is an Italian professional basketball club based in
Scafati
Scafati () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Salerno, in the Italy, Italian region of Campania.
Geography
Scafati is situated on the river Sarno. Under the bridge over the river into the village, the Sarno divides into a primary ...
, 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 (sport), club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball ...
(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 (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
in 2006.
It was relegated from the Serie A in 2007–08.
Arena
The team has played its home games in the
PalaMangano
PalaMangano is an indoor sporting arena located in Scafati, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people and is named after former coach Massimo Mangano. It is currently home of the Scafati Basket basketball
Basketball is a team sport ...
(named after former head coach
Massimo Mangano
Massimo () is a masculine Italian given name.
Notable people with the name include:
* Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss-based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist
* Massimo Agostini (born 1964), Italian football man ...
), 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 Scafati (2011–present)
Players
Current roster
Notable players
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Greg Newton 2 seasons: '00–'02
*
Randolph Childress 2 seasons: '01–'03
*
Michael Campbell 1 season: '01–'02
*
Curtis Staples 1 season: '01–'02
*
Lamont Barnes 1 season: '02–'03
*
Jason Smith 1 season: '02–'03
*
Maximiliano Stanic
Maximiliano Ariel "Maxi" Stanic (born December 2, 1978, in Morón, Buenos Aires, Morón, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball player who currently plays for Asociación Deportiva Atenas, Atenas Cordoba, from Argentina. He ...
3 seasons: '03–'06
*
James Collins 1 season: '03–'04
*
Vincenzo Esposito 1 season: '03–'04
*
Josh Powell 1 season: '03–'04
*
Darryl Wilson 2 seasons: '04–'06
*
Harold Jamison 2 seasons: '04–'06
*
Jamal Robinson 1 season: '04–'05
*
Rick Apodaca 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 in height and he plays at the position of Center (basketball), center.
Honours
Prokom Sopot
* 2-time Dominet Bank Ekstraliga, Polish Lea ...
1 season: '07–'08
*
Marcus Hatten
Marcus Isaiah Hatten (born December 13, 1980) is a retired American professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he played as point guard and had an extensive professional career in several European and South-American count ...
1 season: '07–'08
*
Dimitri Lauwers 3 seasons: '05–'08
*
Luigi Datome
Luigi "Gigi" Datome (born 27 November 1987) is an Italian former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the small forward and power forward (basketball), power forward positions. Datome was an All-EuroLeague Team, All-EuroLeag ...
2 seasons: '06–'08
*
Frankie Williams 1 season: '07–'08
*
Rubén Wolkowyski 1 season: '07–'08
*
Steponas Babrauskas 1 season: '07–'08
*
Mike Lenzly
Mike Lenzly (born 1 May 1981) is a British former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.89 m (6'2 "), he played the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Career College
Lenzly attended Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Caroli ...
1 season: '08–'09
*
Anthony Carter 1 season: '06–'07
*
Edon Maxhuni
*
Kimmo Muurinen
*
Franko Bushati 1 season: '12–'13
*
Yuval Naimi
References
External links
Official WebsiteLega Nazionale Pallacanestro profile Retrieved 24 August 2015
Serie A historical results Retrieved 24 August 2015
{{Scafati Basket current roster
1969 establishments in Italy
Basketball teams established in 1969
Basketball teams in Campania