Pallacanestro Femminile Schio, also known as Beretta Famila Schio for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional women's

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Schio Schio () is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza (region of Veneto, northern Italy) situated north of Vicenza and east of the Lake Garda. It is surrounded by the Little Dolomites (Italian Prealps) and Mount Pasubio. History Its name c ...

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Team history

Founded in 1973, Schio enjoyed its first successes between 1996 and 2002, winning two national cups and the two last editions of the

Ronchetti Cup The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'' and ''European Cup Winners' Cup'' till 1974) was an annual women's basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competit ...

in 2001 and 2002. In 2005 the team won its first national championship, which they successfully defended the following year, to attain its first double. In 2008 Schio won the

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in addition to the national championship, and in 2011 it won its second national double. Schio has played in the EuroLeague Women since the mid-2000s, reaching the 2012 edition's Final Eight after beating defending champion

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's website The team's president since 1987 is

Marcello Cestaro Marcello Cestaro (born 1938) is an Italian businessman and the current owner and chairman of Serie A1 women's basketball club Pallacanestro Femminile Schio. He is a native of Schio, Vicenza, Italy. Until June 2013, he was also owner and chairman ...

, owner of the supermarket chain Famila. The team is co-sponsored by sausage brand Fratelli Beretta.

Honours

Domestic

** Winners (12): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Coppa Italia ** Winners (14): 1996, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 * Supercoppa Italiana ** Winners (13): 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

International

** Winners (2): 2000–01, 2001–02 *

** Winners (1): 2007–08

Players

Current roster

References

External links

Official website

EuroLeague Women clubs EuroCup Women–winning clubs Basketball teams established in 1973 Schio 1973 establishments in Italy {{Italy-basketball-team-stub