SP Federale Lugano was a Swiss professional basketball club based in the city of
Lugano
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in the canton of
Ticino
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.
History
Federale was founded in 1942 but had to wait until the 70s to see the first major successes. The club won in the seventies three national league titles and 2 national Cups. For three seasons, from 1978 to 1980, had as main sponsor the ''SA Luciano Franzosini Chiasso''.
In the season 1975-76 Federale participated in the
FIBA European Champions Cup as Swiss champion after two qualifier against Turkish
Beşiktaş
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and Czechoslovak
Dukla Olomouc, reached the quarter-finals where ranked sixth and last with a record of 0-5 wins in a group that included among others
Real Madrid
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,
Forst Cantù and
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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.
In 1981 the club merged with
AS Viganello Basket (later with the Molino Nuovo),
giving rise to the FV Lugano (today
Lugano Tigers
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).
Honours
Swiss League
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* Winners (3): 1974-75, 1975–76, 1976–77
Swiss Cup
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The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...
* Winners (3): 1957-58, 1973–74, 1974–75
Historic players
*
Manuel Raga
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*
Louis Dunbar
*
Ron Sanford
References
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Basketball teams in Switzerland