Fortitudo Agrigento

Fortitudo Agrigento is an Italian professional basketball team, based in Agrigento, Sicily. Founded in 1969, the side plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015–16 season.

Fortitudo Agrigento
Nickname	I Giganti
Leagues	Serie B
Founded	1969
Arena	PalaMoncada
Capacity	3,200
Location	Agrigento, Italy
Team colors	White, Blue
Main sponsor	Moncada
President	Salvatore Moncada
Head coach	Michele Catalani
Website	fortitudoagrigento.it
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History

Before the creation of Fortitudo Agrigento, there were many different teams in Agrigento. In 1968, one of these local teams achieved promotion to Serie C, but due to financial difficulties it soon had to leave the league.

In 1969, Fortitudo Agrigento was founded and started in the 7th-tier League, "Promozione", of the Italian basketball league system.

During the 1988–89 season, Fortitudo achieved promotion to Serie B beating Porto Empedocle, Cefalù, Catania and many other popular teams. In the next season, Fortitudo was relegated again to Serie C and decided to rebuild part of the team from the 1988–89 season with a new manager. At the end of the season Agrigento was again in Serie B.

From the 2007-08 season, Fortitudo Agrigento achieved a series of consecutive promotions until promotion to Serie A2 in 2012.

Notable players

• Daeshon Francis

External links

• Official website (in Italian)