Dinamo Sassari

Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the current European Cup Champions.[1] The club plays in the Italian LBA, the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball.

Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
2019–20 Dinamo Sassari season
NicknameBanco (Bank)
Biancoblu (White-Blues)
Giganti (Giants)
LeaguesLBA
Champions League
Founded23 April 1960 (1960-04-23)
HistoryDinamo Sassari
(1960–present)
ArenaPalasport Roberta Serradimigni
Capacity5,000
LocationSassari, Italy
Team colorsWhite, Blue
         
Main sponsorBanco di Sardegna
PresidentStefano Sardara
Team managerFederico Pasquini
Head coachGianmarco Pozzecco
Team captainGiacomo Devecchi
Championships1 FIBA Europe Cup
1 Serie A
2 Italian Cup
2 Italian SuperCup
Retired numbers2 (12, 12)
Websitedinamobasket.com
Serie A Home
Serie A Away
Champions League Home
Champions League Away

Dinamo was founded in 1960, and in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). The club plays in the Serie A (the highest level for the men's basketball competitions in Italy), since 2010.

Dinamo Sassari is notable for being the club in Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive score of 158 points scored in a single game (with no overtimes), during the 1994–95 Serie A2 regular season, versus Pallacanestro Pavia (91);[2] which is the highest score ever made by any club in Italy.

The Palasport Roberta Serradimigni, home arena of Dinamo

History

In 1994–95 the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular season game without overtimes against Pavia.

In 2010 Dinamo promoted to the Serie A, when it beat Prima Veroli in the Finals of the Playoffs.

In 2012 the club made its debut in Europe, when it played in the EuroCup regular season. The 2013–14 season was one of the most historic ever for the club. Banco di Sardegna Sassari won the Italian Cup, the team's first trophy. Dinamo's star player Travis Diener was named Italian Cup MVP. Later in the season Drake Diener – Travis' cousin – was named Italian League MVP. Dinamo also played in the EuroCup once again, and reached the eight-finals this time around.

Despite the third place and elimination in the Italian League semifinals in 2014, Dinamo was invited to play in the 2014–15 EuroLeague season. After Montepaschi Siena, runner-up in the Italian league, resigned the club received a B license.

In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo won its first Italian League championship. In Game 7 of the Italian League Finals, Sassari won 73–75, on the road against Reggio Emilia.[3] Because of this, Dinamo returned to the EuroLeague in 2015. It was eliminated in the regular season and after transferring to the EuroCup it was eliminated in the round of 32.

The tip off of the first leg of the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

In 2017, Dinamo reached the final of the Italian Cup, where it lost to Olimpia Milano. This season the club also made its debut in the Basketball Champions League and made the quarter-finals in its inaugural season. In the LBA, the team finished in the fifth place.

In the 2018–19 season, Dinamo played in the second qualifying round of FIBA Europe Cup. Here, it beat Benfica from Portugal to advance to the regular season. After advancing past the second round as well, Dinamo beat ZZ Leiden, Pınar Karşıyaka and Hapoel Holon. Thus, it qualified for the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals where Dinamo faced German side s.Oliver Würzburg. On 1 May 2019, Sassari won the FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Würzburg in the second leg of the finals.[4] It was the team's first European title.

In 2019 Sassari reached the LBA Finals for the second time in club history, four years since its championship. Dinamo was defeated by Umana Reyer Venezia in Game 7, losing the series 3–4.[5]

Honors

Total titles: 6

Domestic competitions
Winners (1): 2014–15
Runners-up (1): 2018–19
Winners (2): 2014, 2015
Runners-up (1): 2017
Winners (2): 2014, 2019

European competitions
Winners (1): 2018–19

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Italian Cup European competitions
2001–02 3 Serie B 2nd
2002–03 3 Serie B 3rd
2003–04 2 Legadue 10th
2004–05 2 Legadue 13th
2005–06 2 Legadue 11th
2006–07 2 Legadue 13th
2007–08 2 Legadue 6th
2008–09 2 Legadue 3rd
2009–10 2 Legadue 1st
2010–11 1 Serie A 6th
2011–12 1 Serie A 3rd Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1 Serie A 5th Semifinalist 2 EurocupRS
2013–14 1 Serie A 3rd Winner 2 EurocupEF
2014–15 1 Serie A 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueRS
2 Eurocup R32
2015–16 1 Serie A 7th Quarterfinalist 1 EuroleagueRS
2 Eurocup R32
2016–17 1 LBA 5th Runner-up 3 Champions LeagueQF
2017–18 1 LBA 10th 3 Champions LeagueRS
4 FIBA Europe Cup R16
2018–19 1 LBA 2nd Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe CupC

Players

Retired numbers
The American naturalized-Italian guard Travis Diener was the second player to have his number retired by Dinamo
Dinamo Sassari retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure
12Emanuele RotondoGuard1991–2007
12Travis DienerGuard2010–2014

Current roster
Banco di Sardegna Sassari roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 0 Spissu, Marco 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1995-02-05)5 February 1995
C 2 Bilan, Miro 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 30 – (1989-07-21)21 July 1989
PG 3 Smith, Jaime 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 30 – (1989-07-11)11 July 1989
G/F 7 Bucarelli, Lorenzo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 22 – (1998-03-06)6 March 1998
G/F 8 Devecchi, Giacomo (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 35 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985
PF 9 Sorokas, Paulius 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992
F 11 Evans, Dwayne 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1992-01-25)25 January 1992
C 15 Magro, Daniele 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 33 – (1987-04-14)14 April 1987
SF 21 Pierre, Dyshawn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993
G 22 Gentile, Stefano 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 30 – (1989-09-20)20 September 1989
SG 31 Vitali, Michele 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991
SF Burnell, Jason 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 – (1997-08-15)15 August 1997
SG Pušica, Vasilije 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1995-09-12)12 September 1995
F/C Tillman, Justin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (1996-02-02)2 February 1996
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Edoardo Casalone
  • Giorgio Gerosa
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: April 16, 2020

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

References
  1. "Dinamo, trionfo storico in Germania: Sassari si aggiudica la Europe Cup". Sardinia Post. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. "Legabasket". Web.legabasket.it. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Dinamo Sassari win maiden FIBA Europe Cup title". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. "Reyer Venezia wins Italian LBA championship". sportando.basketball. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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