Junior Fasano is an Italian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club from

Fasano Fasano (; Bari dialect, Barese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Brindisi, Apulia, southern Italy. It is the second most populated town in the province after Brindisi, with a population in 2021 of 39,026. History According to a folk ...

, that plays in the Serie A Gold.

History

In the early 1980s, the idea of Fasano Junior Sport Club having a handball department was born. The club started in the Serie D championship in the 1980-81 season. Its first president was Luigi Crescenzo. The club was promoted to the first division,

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, for the first time at the end of the 1998-99 season. The team will participate in the international cup for the first time in the 2007-2008

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. In 2014, the team coached by Francesco Ancona won the Italian Cup by beating

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30-27. In 2014, the team also won the championship against SSV Bozen Loacker, and thus won the first league title in the club's history. During its history, it has won 4 national championships (in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023), 3 Italian Cups (in 2014, 2016 and 2017) and 1 Italian Super Cup (in 2016).

Crest, colours, supporters

Club crest

File:Logojunior.jpg, Old Logo
(-2016)

Kits

Sports Hall information

*Arena: - Nuovo Palazzetto dello sport *City: -

*Capacity: - 2200 *Address: - 72015

, Province of Brindisi,

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Management

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season''

Technical staff

* Head coach: Domenico Iaia * Assistant coach: Giuseppe Crastolla * Fitness coach: Željko Beharević * Club doctor: Dr. Domenico Ancona

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining * Marko Knežević (CB) from

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* Tobias Torbjörnsson (LP) from Halden Topphåndball ;Leaving * Carlo Sperti (RW) to Pallamano Conversano * Erik Östling (LP) to

Amo Handboll Amo Handboll are a professional handball team based in Alstermo, Sweden. They are the handball department of the sports club Alstermo IF. The department was formed in 1971 with the help of Allan Myhrberg, Lars-Gunnar Serell, Lars Åberg, Reine ...

* Albin Järlstam (CB) to

Riihimäki Cocks Riihimäki Cocks () is a Finnish professional handball club from Riihimäki. The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Cocks Areena. History Riihimäki Cocks were founded in 1973 when the ...

* Dario Petrovski (CB) to RK Konjuh * Marxwell Masauna Otiri Frederiksen (LB)

Titles

* Serie A Gold ** Winner (4) : 2014, 2016, 2018, 2023 * Italian Cup ** Winner (3) : 2014, 2016, 2017 * Italian Super Cup ** Winner (1) : 2016

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

Stefano Arcieri Stefano Arcieri (born 8 May 1998) is an Italian handball player who currently play for Italian club SSV Brixen Handball SSV Brixen Handball is an Italian handball club from Bressanone, that plays in the Serie A Gold. History The handbal ...

(2015-2017) *

Umberto Bronzo Umberto is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of Humbert. People with the name include: * King Umberto I of Italy (1844–1900) * King Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983) * Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889–1918) * Umberto I ...

(2018-2019) * Bruno Brzić (2013-2015) * Giancarlo Costanzo (2009-2011, 2012-2015, 2017-2018) * Nicolò D'Antino (2016-2018) * Vito Fovio (1995-2002, 2013-2019, 2020-2022) * Umberto Giannoccaro (2005-2015) * Leonardo Lopasso (1986-2000, 2009-2011, 2012-2015) * Pasquale Maione (2013-2018) * Demis Radovčić (2016–2019) * Carlo Sperti (2021-2023) * Riccardo Stabellini (2022) * Guido Riccobelli (2015-2016, 2018) * Víctor Donoso (2018-2019) * Petru Pop (1999–2000) * Adrian Popovici (1999-2006)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Junior Fasano Handball clubs in Italy Fasano Handball clubs established in 1980