Partenope Napoli Basket is an Italian amateur
basketball
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team from
Naples
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,
Campania
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.
History
Partenope Napoli Basket first took part in the
top-tier level Italian first division, the
LBA, from 1963 to 1965. After stabilizing itself in the top level Italian league in 1967, it stayed there until 1975, with a second-place finish in the 1968–69 season. The club won the 1968
Italian Cup and the
European-wide secondary level 1969–70 season's
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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.
The club played in the Italian second division, the
Serie A2, between 1975 and 1978, and again for a solitary season in the 1997–98 season. The club then went
bankrupt
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at the end of that season. The club was then re-founded in 2001.
The club played in the
amateur
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Italian 4th-tier level Serie C Basket, during the 2014–15 season.
Honours
Total titles: 2
Domestic competitions
*
Italian Cup
: Winners (1): 1967–68
: ''Runners-up (2)'': 1968–69, 1970–71
European competitions
*
FIBA Saporta Cup
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: Winners (1):
1969–70
: ''Semifinalist (2)'':
1970–71,
1971–72
Notable players
1960's
*
Remo Maggetti
*
Renato Abbate
*
Paolo Vittori
*
Ottorino Flaborea
*
Jim Williams
*
Lorenzo Angori
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*
Giovanni Gavagnin
*
Carlos D'Aquila
*
Sauro Bufalini
*
Miles Aiken
1990's
*
Yamen Sanders
*
Sergio Mastroianni
*
Kenny Atkinson
*
Dave Johnson
1970 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup winning squad
Miles Aiken,
Jim Williams,
Sauro Bufalini,
Carlos d'Aquila,
Remo Maggetti,
Giovanni Gavagnin,
Francesco Ovi,
Antonio Errico,
Vincenzo Errico,
Manfredo Fucile,
Renato Abbate,
Leonardo Coen (Coach:
Antonio Zorzi)
Sponsorship names
Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:
* Ignis Sud Napoli
(1967–1968)
* Fides Napoli
(1968–1972)
* Fag Napoli
(1973–1976)
* Cosatto Napoli
(1976–1977)
* Gis Napoli
(1977–1978)
* Pasta Baronia Napoli
(1997–1998)
References
External links
Serie A historical results Retrieved 24 August 2015
Eurobasket.com profile
{{Partenope Napoli 1969–70 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup champions
1957 establishments in Italy
Basketball teams established in 1957
Basketball teams in Campania
Sport in Naples