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

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.

Kit

Supplier: Errea / Sponsor: Vanoli

Home
Away
Third

Players

Current roster

Vanoli Cremona roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 1 Saunders, Wesley 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993
SG 2 Mathews, Jordan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1994-06-22)22 June 1994
PG 5 Sanguinetti, Giacomo 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990
PG 7 Diener, Travis (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 38 – (1982-03-01)1 March 1982
PG 10 Ruzzier, Michele 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 27 – (1993-02-09)9 February 1993
C 13 Sobin, Josip 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 30 – (1989-08-31)31 August 1989
G/F 21 De Vico, Niccolò 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1994-07-19)19 July 1994
F/C 22 Happ, Ethan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 24 – (1996-05-07)7 May 1996
G/F 23 Stojanović, Vojislav 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997
SG 31 Palmi, Topias 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – (1994-08-26)26 August 1994
F 45 Akele, Nicola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 22 – (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 nationality not displayed.

Depth chart

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

In

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
45FNicola Akele21Roseto Sharks3 yearsJune 2022Free11 June 2019[2]
31SGTopias Palmi24Kataja3 yearsJune 2022Free27 June 2019[3]
21G/FNiccolò De Vico24Reggio Emilia3 yearsJune 2022Free10 July 2019[4]
2SGJordan Mathews25Team FOG Næstved1 yearsJune 2020Free18 July 2019[5]
22F/CMatt Tiby20Büyükçekmece1 yearsJune 2020Free24 July 2019[6]
13CJosip Sobin30Anwil Włocławek1 yearJune 2020Free19 September 2019[7]
22F/CEthan Happ23Olympiacos2 years loanJune 2021Free7 November 2019[8]
15G/FMalachi Richardson23Hapoel Holon1 yearJune 2020Undisclosed16 December 2019[9]

Out

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
8PFGiampaolo Ricci27Virtus Bolognaend of contractFree1 July 2019[10]
12C Mangok Mathiang26Bahçeşehirend of contractFree1 July 2019[11]
16SFDario Boccasavia20Juvi Cremonaend of contractFree1 July 2019[12]
22SFDrew Crawford28Gaziantepend of contractFree1 July 2019[13]
23PFPeyton Aldridge23Afyon Belediyeend of contractFree1 July 2019[14]
22F/CMatt Tiby20Gießen 46ersmutual consentUndisclosed7 November 2019[15][16]
6PFGiulio Gazzotti28Amici Udinesemutual consentUndisclosed4 December 2019[17]
15G/FMalachi Richardson24free agentmutual consentUndisclosed11 January 2020[18]

Confirmed

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
10PGMichele Ruzzier26Fortitudo Bologna2 + 2 yearsJune 2021Free5 July 2017[19][20]
6PFGiulio Gazzotti28V.L. Pesaro2 + 1 yearsJune 2020Free23 July 2017[21][22]
7PG Travis Diener37Dinamo Sassari1 + 1 + 1 yearsJune 2020Free25 July 2017[23][24][25]
1SGWesley Saunders26Kataja1 + 1 yearsJune 2020Free26 July 2018[26][27]
23G/FVojislav Stojanović22Auxilium Torino3 yearsJune 2021Free26 November 2018[28]
5PGGiacomo Sanguinetti29Mens Sana Siena1 yearsJune 2020Free26 March 2019[29][30]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Romeo Sacchetti
66
New Basket Brindisi
3 + 3 years
2022
15 June 2017
[31][32]

Unsuccessful deals

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]
F/C
Darrell Williams
30
Le Portel
1 year
İTÜ B.K.[35]

Competitions

SuperCup

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 941010(OT) Banco di Sardegna Sassari Bari
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–30, 20–20, 18–21, Overtime: 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

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

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 8662 Vanoli Cremona Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 16–19, 16–20, 26–11
Eurosport, Rai Sport [ Boxscore] Arena: Adriatic Arena
gollark: You don't buy that lots of slaves could build things...?
gollark: A lot of time and expendable slaves.
gollark: I'm not sure of the exact details, but using lots of tools and fewer people.
gollark: Aliens? Magic cranes?
gollark: So how *did* they build them if not huge amounts of slave labour?

References

  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.
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