Reyer Venezia

Umana Reyer Venezia
Nickname	Orogranata
Leagues	LBA Champions League
Founded	1872 (1872)
Arena	Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Capacity	3,509
Location	Venice, Italy
Team colors	Garnet Red, Gold, White
President	Federico Casarin
Head coach	Walter De Raffaele
Ownership	Luigi Brugnaro
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup 3 Italian Leagues
Website	reyer.it
Uniforms
Home Away

S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in Italy. Reyer operates both men's and women's professional teams, both playing in their respective first divisions as of the 2017–18 season. The men's team has been crowned the Italian champions three times, as they won the LBA in 1942, 1943 and 2017.

History

The Reyer team that won league titles in 1942 and 1943

The team was founded in 1872 as gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, by the gymnastics teacher Peter Gallo in Venice. In the 1941–42 and 1942–43 season, Reyer won back-to-back Italian league titles. In 1944, the team also won the Italian championship, but the victory was not approved by the Italian Federation.

The club, under the name Carrera Venezia, participated in the 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup and managed to reach the final where the club was defeated 104–105 by Joventut Freixenet that took place in Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona at March 19.

In 2006–07, Reyer was the amateur champion of Italy, and promoted to the LegaDue. In the 2010–11 season, the team finally promoted back to the Lega Basket Serie A.

In the 2016–17 season, Reyer reached the LBA Finals for the first time since 1944.^[1] Reyer claimed its third national championship on June 20, 2017, after beating Trento 4–2 in the series.^[2] Reyer also played in the Basketball Champions League that season and advanced to the Final Four, where the team finished in fourth place.^[3]

In the 2017–18 season, coming off of its national championship, Venezia participated in its second straight Champions League season. In Group C, Reyer finished in the sixth-place after holding an 8–6 record. The team was transferred to the FIBA Europe Cup for the play-offs, where it beat Egis Körmend, Nizhny Novgorod and Donar in order to reach the Finals. In the Finals, Reyer faced fellow Italian side Sidigas Avellino. Reyer won the finals 158–148 on aggregrate, and on 2 May 2018 the club won the FIBA Europe Cup, its first ever European trophy.^[4]

Honours

Total titles: 4

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Umana Reyer Venezia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 5000000000000000000♠0 Haynes, MarQuez (C) 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb) 31 – (1986-12-19)19 December 1986 SG 7000500000000000000♠5 Stone, Julyan 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 G/F 7000600000000000000♠6 Bramos, Michael 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 31 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987 SG 7000700000000000000♠7 Tonut, Stefano 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993 G 7000800000000000000♠8 Mattia, Favaretto 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2000-09-29)29 September 2000 PF 7000900000000000000♠9 Daye, Austin 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 PG 7001100000000000000♠10 De Nicolao, Andrea 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb) 27 – (1991-08-21)21 August 1991 PF 7001150000000000000♠15 Jerkovic, Mihajlo 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 19 – (1999-06-21)21 June 1999 SF 7001170000000000000♠17 Washington, Deron 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1985-12-12)12 December 1985 C 7001190000000000000♠19 Biligha, Paul 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002106000000000000♠106 kg (234 lb) 28 – (1990-05-31)31 May 1990 G 7001210000000000000♠21 Giuri, Marco 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 F/C 7001220000000000000♠22 Mazzola, Valerio 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb) 30 – (1988-03-07)7 March 1988 SG 7001230000000000000♠23 Kyzlink, Tomáš 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1993-06-18)18 June 1993 G/F 7001300000000000000♠30 Cerella, Bruno 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1986-07-30)30 July 1986 C 7001500000000000000♠50 Watt, Mitchell 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 28 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 F 7001580000000000000♠58 Ugolini, Pietro 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 17 – (2000-11-05)5 November 2000 C -- Vidmar, Gašper 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002118000000000000♠118 kg (260 lb) 31 – (1987-09-14)14 September 1987	Head coach Walter De Raffaele Assistant coach(es) Alberto Billio Giacomo Baioni Gianluca Tucci Athletic trainer(s) Renzo Colombini Physiotherapist(s) Alberto De Bei Leopoldo Buttinoni Team manager Mauro Sartori Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 3, 2018

Season by season

Source: Eurobasket.com

Head coaches

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as :

References

External links

• Official site (in Italian)
• Serie A profile (in Italian)