Partenope Napoli Basket is an Italian amateur basketball team from Naples, Campania.
History
[edit]Partenope Napoli Basket first took part in the top-tier level Italian first division, the LBA, from 1963 to 1965. After stabilizing itself in the top level Italian league in 1967, it stayed there until 1975, with a second-place finish in the 1968–69 season. The club won the 1968 Italian Cup and the European-wide secondary level 1969–70 season's FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup.
The club played in the Italian second division, the Serie A2, between 1975 and 1978, and again for a solitary season in the 1997–98 season. The club then went bankrupt at the end of that season. The club was then re-founded in 2001.
The club played in the amateur Italian 4th-tier level Serie C Basket, during the 2014–15 season.[1]
Honours
[edit]Total titles: 2
Domestic competitions
[edit]- Winners (1): 1967–68
- Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 1970–71
European competitions
[edit]Notable players
[edit]
1960's |
1990's
|
1970 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup winning squad
[edit]Miles Aiken, Jim Williams, Sauro Bufalini, Carlos d'Aquila, Remo Maggetti, Giovanni Gavagnin, Francesco Ovi, Antonio Errico, Vincenzo Errico, Manfredo Fucile, Renato Abbate, Leonardo Coen (Coach: Antonio Zorzi)
Sponsorship names
[edit]Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:
- Ignis Sud Napoli (1967–1968)
- Fides Napoli (1968–1972)
- Fag Napoli (1973–1976)
- Cosatto Napoli (1976–1977)
- Gis Napoli (1977–1978)
- Pasta Baronia Napoli (1997–1998)
References
[edit]- ^ Fantini, Daniele (27 January 2015). "Serie A Basket – Le squadre più scarse della storia della Serie A" [The teams with the less wins in Serie A history]. Yahoo.com (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
External links
[edit]- Serie A historical results (in Italian) Retrieved 24 August 2015
- Eurobasket.com profile