Basket Club Ferrara was an Italian professional

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Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

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. For past club sponsorship names, see

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History

Basket Club Ferrara was founded on 16 June 1999 and started playing in the third division Serie B d’Eccellenza that same season. It stayed another season in the league before moving up to the

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in 2001. Ferrara would win the LegaDue in 2007–08, obtaining a promotion to the first division

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where it stayed until 2010. After the 2010–11 season, club president Roberto Mascellani sold the LegaDue sporting rights of Ferrara to Biancoblù Basket Bologna , effectively ending Ferrara's activity.

Pallacanestro Ferrara Basket Club Ferrara was an Italian professional basketball team based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names. History Basket Club Ferrara was founded on 16 June 1999 and started playing in the third ...

was formed soon after by a group of entrepreneurs who bought the fourth division Serie B sporting rights of Pallacanestro Budrio. As of the 2015–16 season, this club plays in the second division Serie A2. In 2016 the Under 20 youth team of Pallacanestro Ferrara won the Under 20 National Championship, taking the first National title to newly formed club.

Notable players

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1 season: '01-'02 *

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1 season: '01-'02 * Michael Williams 3 seasons: '02-'05 *

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1 season: '02-'03 *

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1 season: '02-'03 *

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3 seasons: '03-'06 *

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1 season: '03-'04 * MC Mazique 1 season: '03-'04 *

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2 seasons: '04-'06 *

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1 season: '04-'05 *

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1 season: '04-'05 *

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1 season: '04-'05 *

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1 season: '05-'06 * Paul Marigney 1 season: '06-'07

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club had been known as: *Sinteco Ferrara (1999-02) *Carife Ferrara (2002–2010) *NaturHouse Ferrara (2010–2011)

References

External links

Serie A historical profile
Retrieved 24 August 2015
Eurobasket.com profile
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