Associazione Sportiva Junior Libertas Pallacanestro Casale Monferrato, commonly known as Junior Casale is an Italian professional

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. It plays in the Italian fourth division Serie B Interregionale. The team plays its home games in the PalaFerraris, which has a capacity of 3,508 people.

History

Associazione Sportiva Junior Libertas Pallacanestro was founded in 1956 and took part in the regional Prima Divisione that same season. It reached the second division in less than ten years. Back in the fourth division Serie B2 in 2000–01, the club earned a promotion to the Serie B d'Eccellenza that season. Winning that league's cup in 2005, Junior was promoted to the second division

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as well after beating

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in the playoff finals on 2 June 2005. The side would reach the promotion playoffs five times in the next six seasons, with two semifinal exits their best results until 2010-11 where they won the regular season before downing

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in the final to move up to the first division

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. The club would be relegated after one season, finishing last in 2011–12.

Honors

* Coppa Italia LNP : Winners (1): 2005

Notable players

* Ronald Slay 1 season: '05-'06 * Tiras Wade 1 season: '05-'06 * Alex Bougaieff 1 season: '05-'06 * Michael Johnson 1 season: '05-'06 *

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1 season: '08-'09 *

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2 seasons: '06-'08 *

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7 seasons: '02-'09 *

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1 season: '07-'08 *

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1 season: '11-'12 *

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2 season: '12-'13, '14-'15

Head coaches

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6 seasons: '06-'12

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as: *Krumiri Casale Monferrato (2003) *Bistefani Casale Monferrato (2003-2004) *Curtiriso Casale Monferrato (2005-2006) *Junior Casale Monferrato (2006-2007) *Fastweb Junior Casale (2007-2011) *Novipiù Casale Monferrato (2011–2020) *Junior Casale Monferrato (2020-present)

References

External links

Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro profile
Retrieved 25 August 2015
Serie A historical results
Retrieved 25 August 2015
Eurobasket.com profile
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