Sutor Basket Montegranaro, is an amateur Italian

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club based in

Montegranaro Montegranaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region of Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno (; la, Asculum; dialetto ascolano: Ascule) is a town and ''comu ...

Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...

. It plays in the Promozione (7th division) as of June 2015. It was formerly in the top division, with the 2013-14 season its last in

Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tie ...

before on and off the court issues led to the club leaving the professional world.

History

The basketball club was founded in 1955 by local parish priest Don Gaetano Campanelli from

Porto San Giorgio Porto San Giorgio is a ''comune'' (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 15,700 inhabitants (2021) and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. History Already famous at the ti ...

as ''Società Sportiva Sutor'', ''sutor'' being a

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word for

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, the main local source of employment at the time. Sutor mostly played in the lower divisions in its early years, they were promoted to the second division

Legadue Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a men's basketball league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the first division LBA and above the third division Serie B, with pro ...

in 2001 for the first time in history. Though they were relegated back to

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they returned to the Legadue in 2004. An against the odds promotion to the first division

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in 2006 allowed the small town of

to become part of the Italian basketball elite.

Logos

Sutor Basket logo.jpg, Former logo

Arena

Historically, the team has played at the

PalaSavelli PalaSavelli is an indoor sporting arena located in Porto San Giorgio, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,800 people. It is currently home of the Sutor Basket Montegranaro basketball team. Indoor arenas in Italy Basketball venues in ...

(capacity: 3,800) in

, with a brief intermede in

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...

at the

PalaRossini Banca Marche Palace ( or PalaRossini) is an indoor sports arena, located in Ancona, Italy. The capacity is 6,500 people. It has hosted some matches of the 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship ...

(capacity:5,066).

Players

Notable players

Sponsorship names

Throughout its history, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as: *Premiata Montegranaro (1998-09) *Sigma Coatings Montegranaro (2009–10) *Fabi Shoes Montegranaro (2010–12)

External links

Official Website

Profile at Lega Basket
1955 establishments in Italy Basketball teams established in 1955

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