2019–20 Vanoli Cremona season

The 2019–20 season is Vanoli Cremona's 21st in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Vanoli Cremona
2019-20 season
PresidentAldo Vanoli
Head coachRomeo Sacchetti
ArenaPalasport Mario Radi
LBAseason cancelled (6th)
Coppa ItaliaQuarter finals
SupercoppaSemifinalist

Overview

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The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[1] Cremona ended the championship in 6th position.

Supplier: Errea / Sponsor: Vanoli

 
 
 
 
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Players

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Current roster

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Vanoli Cremona roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 1   Saunders, Wesley 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993
SG 2   Mathews, Jordan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-06-22)22 June 1994
PG 5   Sanguinetti, Giacomo 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990
PG 7   Diener, Travis (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 42 – (1982-03-01)1 March 1982
PG 10   Ruzzier, Michele 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1993-02-09)9 February 1993
C 13   Sobin, Josip 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 35 – (1989-08-31)31 August 1989
G/F 21   De Vico, Niccolò 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-07-19)19 July 1994
F/C 22   Happ, Ethan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 28 – (1996-05-07)7 May 1996
G/F 23   Stojanović, Vojislav 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997
SG 31   Palmi, Topias 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1994-08-26)26 August 1994
F 45   Akele, Nicola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 – (1997-11-07)7 November 1997
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Flavio Fioretti
  •   Simone Bianchi

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: February 9, 2020

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

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Josip Sobin
PF Ethan Happ Vojislav Stojanović Nicola Akele
SF Jordan Mathews Niccolò De Vico
SG Wesley Saunders Topias Palmi
PG Travis Diener Michele Ruzzier Giacomo Sanguinetti

6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

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No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
45 F   Nicola Akele 21 Roseto Sharks   3 years June 2022 Free 11 June 2019 [2]
31 SG   Topias Palmi 24 Kataja   3 years June 2022 Free 27 June 2019 [3]
21 G/F   Niccolò De Vico 24 Reggio Emilia   3 years June 2022 Free 10 July 2019 [4]
2 SG   Jordan Mathews 25 Team FOG Næstved   1 years June 2020 Free 18 July 2019 [5]
22 F/C   Matt Tiby 20 Büyükçekmece   1 years June 2020 Free 24 July 2019 [6]
13 C   Josip Sobin 30 Anwil Włocławek   1 year June 2020 Free 19 September 2019 [7]
22 F/C   Ethan Happ 23 Olympiacos   2 years loan June 2021 Free 7 November 2019 [8]
15 G/F   Malachi Richardson 23 Hapoel Holon   1 year June 2020 Undisclosed 16 December 2019 [9]
No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
8 PF   Giampaolo Ricci 27 Virtus Bologna   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [10]
12 C     Mangok Mathiang 26 Bahçeşehir   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [11]
16 SF   Dario Boccasavia 20 Juvi Cremona   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [12]
22 SF   Drew Crawford 28 Gaziantep   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [13]
23 PF   Peyton Aldridge 23 Afyon Belediye   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [14]
22 F/C   Matt Tiby 20 Gießen 46ers   mutual consent Undisclosed 7 November 2019 [15][16]
6 PF   Giulio Gazzotti 28 Amici Udinese   mutual consent Undisclosed 4 December 2019 [17]
15 G/F   Malachi Richardson 24 free agent mutual consent Undisclosed 11 January 2020 [18]

Confirmed

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No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
10 PG   Michele Ruzzier 26 Fortitudo Bologna   2 + 2 years June 2021 Free 5 July 2017 [19][20]
6 PF   Giulio Gazzotti 28 V.L. Pesaro   2 + 1 years June 2020 Free 23 July 2017 [21][22]
7 PG     Travis Diener 37 Dinamo Sassari   1 + 1 + 1 years June 2020 Free 25 July 2017 [23][24][25]
1 SG   Wesley Saunders 26 Kataja   1 + 1 years June 2020 Free 26 July 2018 [26][27]
23 G/F   Vojislav Stojanović 22 Auxilium Torino   3 years June 2021 Free 26 November 2018 [28]
5 PG   Giacomo Sanguinetti 29 Mens Sana Siena   1 years June 2020 Free 26 March 2019 [29][30]

Coach

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Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Romeo Sacchetti
66
New Basket Brindisi
3 + 3 years
2022
15 June 2017

Unsuccessful deals

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The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.

Signing date Withdrawal date Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Moved to
15 July 2019[33]
24 September 2019[34]
Darrell Williams
30
Le Portel  
1 year
İTÜ B.K.[35]  

Competitions

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SuperCup

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Cremona took part in the 25th edition of the Italian Basketball Supercup as the 2019 Italian Basketball Cup winner. They lost the competition at the semifinal, after one overtime against Banco di Sardegna Sassari.

21 September 2019
Semifinals
Vanoli Cremona 94–1010(OT) Banco di Sardegna Sassari Bari
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–30, 20–20, 18–21Overtime: 7–14
Eurosport Pts: Matthew Tiby 25
Rebs: Saunders 6
Asts: Diener 5
PIR: Matthew Tiby, Diener 20
Boxscore Pts: Evans 18
Rebs: McLean, Evans 9
Asts: Spissu 7
PIR: Evans, Spissu 25
Arena: PalaFlorio

Serie A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 21 14 7 1687 1555 +132 Already qualified for EuroLeague
5 Happy Casa Brindisi 21 13 8 1776 1696 +80 Qualification for Champions League
6 Vanoli Cremona 20 12 8 1627 1617 +10
7 Umana Reyer Venezia 21 11 10 1638 1582 +56 Qualification for EuroCup
8 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 21 11 10 1624 1670 −46 Qualification for Champions League
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Italian Cup

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Cremona qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 5th place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against AX Armani Exchange Milano.

13 February 2020
Quarter finals
AX Armani Exchange Milano 86–62 Vanoli Cremona Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 16–19, 16–20, 26–11
Eurosport, Rai Sport [ Boxscore] Arena: Adriatic Arena

References

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  1. ^ "Emergenza COVID-19. La FIP dichiara conclusa la stagione 2019/2020 del Campionato di Serie A" (in Italian). fip.it. 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Il primo acquisto della Vanoli Basket è Nicola Akele: accordo fino al 2022" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Topias Palmi è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Niccolò De Vico è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 10 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Jordan Mathews è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 18 July 2019.
  6. ^ "MATT TIBY è UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA VANOLI BASKET CREMONA" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  7. ^ "Josip Sobin è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 19 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Ethan Happ è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 11 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Malachi Richardson è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 16 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Virtus Segafredo, anche Giampaolo Ricci è bianconero". virtus.it (in Italian). Virtus Bologna. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Mangok Mathiang signs with Bahcesehir". sportando.basketball. Sportando. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  12. ^ "DARIO BOCCASAVIA AGGREGATO ALLA JUVI FERRARONI CREMONA BASKET 1952". juvicremona1952.it (in Italian). Juvi Cremona 1952. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Drew Crawford signs with Gaziantep". basketinside.com. BasketInside. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Afyon Belediye'den 3 Yabancı Transferi". eurohoops.net (in Turkish). Eurohoops. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale con Matthew Tiby" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 7 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Matthew Tiby übernimmt für Petrasek – Power Forward für die JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers" (in German). jobstairs-giessen46ers.de. 15 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Giulio Gazzotti è un nuovo giocatore Apu Oww" (in Italian). apudine.it. 4 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Risolto il contratto con Malachi Richardson" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 11 February 2020.
  19. ^ "Michele Ruzzier è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 5 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Michele Ruzzier e la Vanoli Basket Cremona insieme fino al 2021!" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 28 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Giulio Gazzotti è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 23 July 2017.
  22. ^ "Giulio Gazzotti alla Vanoli Basket Cremona anche la Stagione 2018-19" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 1 July 2018.
  23. ^ "Travis Diener è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 25 July 2017.
  24. ^ "Travis Diener e la Vanoli Basket Cremona insieme anche la stagione 2018-19" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 6 July 2018.
  25. ^ "Travis Diener rinnova con la Vanoli Basket" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 5 July 2019.
  26. ^ "Roster 2018/2019: Wesley Saunders è un nuovo giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 26 July 2018.
  27. ^ "RWesley Saunders con la Vanoli Basket anche nella stagione 2019/2020" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 10 June 2019.
  28. ^ "Vojislav Stojanovic è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 26 November 2018.
  29. ^ "Giacomo Sanguinetti è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 26 March 2019.
  30. ^ "Giacomo Sanguinetti rinnova con la Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 28 June 2019.
  31. ^ "Meo Sacchetti è il nuovo allenatore della Vanoli Basket" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 15 June 2017.
  32. ^ "Coach Meo Sacchetti con la Vanoli Cremona sino al 2022!" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 20 February 2019.
  33. ^ "Darrell Williams è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 15 July 2019.
  34. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale con l'atleta Darrell Williams" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 24 September 2019.
  35. ^ "Darrell Williams signs with Sigortam ITU Basket". sportando.basketball. 24 September 2019.