Olimpia Basket Pistoia, also known as Maltinti Pistoia after one of its historic sponsors, was an Italian professional

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team from the town of

Pistoia Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...

. It played in

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 ...

, the Italian top-level professional league, in the 1990s. Their best result was 8th place in the 1992/93 season. It participated in the

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in the 1996/97 season. After the 1998/99 season, when they were relegated from Serie A, the team went bankrupt and is currently defunct. Pistoia is currently represented in

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by another team, Carmatic Pistoia. The team was established in 1965 and, due to sponsorship deals, was also known as Kleenex Pistoia (1988–94), Madigan Pistoia (1994-96), Rolly Pistoia (1996–97) and Mabo Pistoia (1997-99).

Notable players

Leon Douglas Leon Douglas (born August 26, 1954) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) before transitioning to an extensive professional career overseas in Europe. ...

4 seasons: '87-'91 *

Joe Bryant Joseph Washington "Jellybean" Bryant (October 19, 1954 – July 15, 2024) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Assoc ...

2 seasons: '87-'89 *

Andrea Daviddi Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

2 seasons: '87-'89 *

Claudio Crippa Claudio is an Italian language, Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan language, Catalan and Occitan language, Occitan, it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudia (gens) ...

10 seasons: '88-'98 *

Ron Rowan Ronald Lewis Rowan (born April 23, 1962) is a retired American-Irish basketball player. Rowan, a 6'5" 200 lb small forward, played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame and St. John's University. High school and college career Bor ...

3 seasons: '89-'92 *

Luca Silvestrin Luca or LUCA may refer to: People * Luca (masculine given name), including a list of people * Luca (feminine given name), including a list of people * Luca (surname), including a list of people Places * The ancient name of Lucca, an Etruscan c ...

3 seasons: '89-'92 * Charles Jones 1 season: '90'-'91 *

Dan Gay Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...

3 seasons: '91-'93, '97-'98 * Massimo Minto 5 seasons: '92-'93, '94-'98 *

Andrea Forti Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

3 seasons: '92-'95 * Joe Binion 2 seasons: '92-'94 * Francesco Vescovi 2 seasons: '93-'94, '97-'98 *

Tod Murphy Tod James Murphy (born December 24, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and retired professional basketball player. Since 2009, Murphy has been the head coach at Gordon College, leading the Fighting Scots to two Commonwealth Coast Conf ...

1 season: '93-'94 *

Adrian Caldwell Adrian Bernard Caldwell (born July 4, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player, who had a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1989 to 1997. An undersized center (basketball), center (2.05 m), Caldwell att ...

1 season: '93-'94 * Stephen Howard 1 season: '94-'95 *

Marty Embry Marty Embry (born March 28, 1964) is an American chef, entrepreneur and former professional basketball player. Basketball career At 6'9, 270 lbs., he was drafted out of DePaul University in the 4th round of the 1986 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz ...

1 season: '94-'95 * Irving Thomas 2 seasons: '95-'97 *

Davide Ancilotto Davide Ancilotto (Venice, 3 January 1974 – Rome, 24 August 1997) was an Italian professional basketball player. Career Beginnings Ancilotto began playing association football at a very young age in Mestre. He began to play basketball, first ex ...

1 season: '95-'96 *

Ken Barlow Kenneth "Ken" Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by William Roache. He was created by Tony Warren as one of ''Coronation Street''s original characters and December 2020 marked Ken' ...

1 season: '95-'96 *

Junior Burrough Thomas Harold "Junior" Burrough (born January 18, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Gaiteros del Zulia. College playing career He played four seasons with the University of Virginia, which he ave ...

1 season: '96 *

Derrick Taylor Derrick Howard Taylor (born March 15 1964) is an American former professional American football, football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL), who played for the New Orleans Saints during the 1987 NFL season. He played college foo ...

1 season: '96-'97 * Thomas Burrough 1 season: '96-'97 *

Matteo Soragna Matteo Soragna (born 26 December 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He can switch between all perimeter positions (shooting guard, small forward and point guard). He was part of the Italian national team that won a silver ...

1 season: '96-'97 *

Vincenzo Esposito Vincenzo Esposito (; born March 1, 1969) is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach, he lastly worked for Germani Basket Brescia of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), in Italy. During his playing career, he played at the shooting ...

1 season: '97-'98 * Ian Lockhart 1 season: '97-'98 * Ed Stokes 1 season: '97-'98 * James Forrest 1 season: '98-'99 *

Travis Mays Travis Cortez Mays (born June 19, 1968) is an American women's basketball coach and former professional player who was the women's head coach for SMU Mustangs women's basketball, Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2016 until 2021. Mays was ...

1 season: '98-'99 *

John Turner John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the Opposit ...

1 season: '98-'99 Defunct basketball teams in Italy Basketball teams established in 1965 {{Italy-basketball-team-stub