Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano

1930–1979

Olimpia was founded in 1930, by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. The team regularly won the LEGA Basket Serie A championship of Italian basketball in the 1950s and the 1960s, with players including Gabriele Vianello, Sandro Riminucci, Gianfranco Pieri, and Bill Bradley. In the 1970s, three teams were fighting across Europe for supremacy: Olimpia Milano, Ignis Varese, and Real Madrid. Pallacanestro Varese and Olimpia Milano were arch-rivals, as the two cities are 25 miles (40 km) apart. While Milano was a frequent Italian League champion, they were unable to win the prestigious FIBA European Champions Cup.

Late in the 1970s, the quality of the club declined, but Olimpia Milano still managed to win a FIBA Cup Winners' Cup. In the second half of the 1970s, the team signed several good players, including the Boselli twins (Franco and Dino), Mike Sylvester, Chas Menatti, Dino Meneghin, Mike D'Antoni, John Gianelli, Roberto Premier. Bob McAdoo, Joe Barry Carroll, Russ Schoene, Antoine Carr, and Mike Brown. American head coach Dan Peterson led the team back to prominence.

1980–2007

In the 1980s, the team was sold to the Gabetti family. During this time, they qualified for nine Serie A championships finals, winning five, with the 1987 team winning the Serie A title, the 1986–87 FIBA European Champions Cup (won also in 1988: both finals were won against Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv), the Italian Cup and the 1987 FIBA Club World Cup. This gave the club the coveted "Triple Crown" and the even rarer "Quadruple Crown".

Led by point guard Sasha Djordjević, the team won another FIBA Korać Cup in 1993. Bepi Stefanel purchased the team franchise in 1994, and signed-up notable European players like Dejan Bodiroga, Gregor Fučka, Sandro De Pol, and Nando Gentile. In 1996, the team won the Italian Cup and its 25th Italian National Championship, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the club.

Team management was inconsistent, as ownership groups from 1998 to 2004. Players of the team included Warren Kidd, Hugo Sconochini, Claudio Coldebella and Petar Naumoski. In 2005, owner Corbelli, which bought the club in 2002, from Sergio Tacchini, was flanked by Adriano Galliani (Managing Director of Italian Football club A.C. Milan), Massimo Moratti (President of rival club Internazionale), NBA star Kobe Bryant, and stylist Giorgio Armani, as sponsor with the Armani Jeans brand. After difficult years, led by coach Lino Lardo, Olimpia reached the national championship Finals, finally being beaten by Climamio Bologna.

On January 25, 2006, in the midst of a disappointing season in the EuroLeague and domestically, Djordjevic was named as the team's new coach. He left as coach after the 2006–07 season, but not before securing Olimpia a berth in the 2007–08 Euroleague.

2008–present

In 2008, Giorgio Armani bought the team from Giorgio Corbelli, standing as the only owner, entirely changing the management structure, naming Livio Proli as President, and Lucio Zanca as general manager. Piero Bucchi was chosen to coach the new team, leading Olimpia twice to second place in LEGA Basket, being defeated by Montepaschi Siena in both cases.

Alessandro Gentile

On January 2011, after 23 years, glorious coach Dan Peterson came back from retirement to replace Piero Bucchi as head coach. However, his stint at Olimpia Milano this time was quite short: after failing to reach the championship Finals, on June 9, Olimpia Milano announced Sergio Scariolo as new head coach for the 2011–12 season. The first player signed for the 2011–12 season was Omar Cook, an American-born play maker, who had played the previous season with Power Electronics Valencia. Due to the NBA lockout, Danilo Gallinari went back to his Alma Mater, playing 15 games (8 in the Italian League, 7 in EuroLeague): he left the team in December. Sergio Scariolo was replaced by Luca Banchi at the beginning of the 2013–14 season, and the team brought from Montepaschi Siena: David Moss, Kristjan Kangur, and Daniel Hackett.

The team reached the quarterfinals of EuroLeague, 16 years after its last appearance, but the team lost against the eventual league champions, Maccabi Electra. The team finished in the 1st position the LEGA Basket regular season, and in the 7th game of the playoff's finals, Olimpia won its 26th Italian League championship title, its first after 18 years. Alessandro Gentile, the captain of Olimpia, was named MVP of the finals.

In June 15, 2018, Milano went to win his 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the 2018 LBA Finals.^[3]

Domestic competitions

• Italian League

Winners (28): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18

Runners-up (18): 1934, 1940–41, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12

• Italian Cup

Winners (6): 1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1995–96, 2015–16, 2016–17

Runners-up (2): 1969–70, 2014–15

• Italian Super Cup

Winners (3): 2016, 2017, 2018

Runners-up (3): 1996, 2014, 2015

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (3): 1965–66, 1986–87, 1987–88

Runners-up (2): 1966–67, 1982–83

Semifinalists (3): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1985–86

3rd place (1): 1991–92

Final Four (4): 1966, 1967, 1988, 1992

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Winners (3): 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76

Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1997–98

Semifinalists (1): 1976–77

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Winners (2): 1984–85, 1992–93

Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1995–96

Semifinalists (3): 1977–78, 1988–89, 1993–94

• European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, defunct)

3rd place (2): 1985, 1989

4th place (2): 1986, 1987

• Latin Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1966

Runners-up (1): 1953

Worldwide competitions

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Winners (1): 1987

3rd place (2): 1967, 1968

• McDonald's Championship (defunct)

3rd place (2): 1987, 1989

Unofficial

• Triple Crown

Winners (1): 1986–87

• Small Triple Crown

Winners (1): 1971–72

Current roster

Olimpia Milano roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 5000000000000000000♠00 Della Valle, Amedeo 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 G 7000200000000000000♠2 James, Mike 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1990-08-18)18 August 1990 SF 7000500000000000000♠5 Micov, Vladimir 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002101000000000000♠101 kg (223 lb) 33 – (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 C 7000700000000000000♠7 Gudaitis, Artūras 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002115000000000000♠115 kg (254 lb) 25 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 SG 7000900000000000000♠9 Bertāns, Dairis 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1989-09-09)9 September 1989 SF 7001130000000000000♠13 Fontecchio, Simone 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 22 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 C 7001150000000000000♠15 Tarczewski, Kaleb 7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb) 25 – (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 G 7001160000000000000♠16 Nedović, Nemanja 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb) 27 – (1991-06-16)16 June 1991 F 7001190000000000000♠19 Kuzminskas, Mindaugas 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 PG 7001200000000000000♠20 Cinciarini, Andrea (C) 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1986-06-21)21 June 1986 F/C 7001230000000000000♠23 Burns, Christian 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002108000000000000♠108 kg (238 lb) 33 – (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 F 7001320000000000000♠32 Brooks, Jeff 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 PG 7001550000000000000♠55 Jerrells, Curtis 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1987-02-05)5 February 1987	Head coach Simone Pianigiani Assistant coach(es) Mario Fioretti Massimo Cancellieri Andrea Turchetto Athletic trainer(s) Giustino Danesi Physiotherapist(s) Claudio Lomma Alessandro Colombo Team manager Alberto Rossini Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 6, 2018

Depth chart

Squad changes for the 2018-2019 season

In

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player SG Amedeo Della Valle (from Reggio Emilia) PF Jeff Brooks (from Unicaja Malaga) SG Nemanja Nedović (from Unicaja Malaga) PF Christian Burns (from Cantù) PG Mike James (from Panathinaikos)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player PG Mantas Kalnietis (to ASVEL) PF Amath M'Baye (to Virtus Bologna) C Marco Cusin (to FIAT Turin) PF Davide Pascolo (to Aquila Basket Trento) SG Andrew Goudelock (to Shandong Golden Stars) PG Jordan Theodore (to free agent) SF Awudu Abass (to Basket Brescia Leonessa)

Retired numbers

Olimpia Milano retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Date retired
8		Mike D'Antoni	PG	1977–1990	2015
18		Art Kenney	PF/C	1970–1973	2013