2020–21 Victoria Libertas Pesaro season

The 2020–21 season is Victoria Libertas Pesaro's 75th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

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Victoria Libertas Pesaro

2020-21 season
President	Ario Costa
Head coach	Jasmin Repeša
Arena	Adriatic Arena

Overview

After the disastrous 2019-20 season where they ended at the last place before the official interruption of the championship due to the coronavirus pandemic, they had a serious risk of being relegated to the Serie A2. But, at the last moment, the management decided to keep the team in the Serie A.[1]

Kit

Players

Current roster

Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 3 Drell, Henri 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 20 – (2000-04-25)25 April 2000 PG 4 Massenat, Frantz 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 PG 7 Calbini, Lorenzo 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 17 – (2003-06-19)19 June 2003 C 8 Cain, Tyler 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 32 – (1988-06-30)30 June 1988 PG 12 Robinson, Justin 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – (1995-04-12)12 April 1995 PG 15 Tambone, Matteo 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 26 – (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 C 24 Basso, Beniamino 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 19 – (2001-02-24)24 February 2001 PF 35 Filipovity, Márkó 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 24 – (1996-07-30)30 July 1996 PF 41 Zanotti, Simone 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1992-12-31)31 December 1992 G/F 82 Delfino, Carlos 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 37 – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 PG Filloy, Ariel (A) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – (1987-03-11)11 March 1987	Head coach Jasmin Repeša Legend (C) Team captain (A) Auxiliary player Injured Roster Updated: 8 August 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	Tyler Cain	Beniamino Basso
PF	Márkó Filipovity	Simone Zanotti
SF	Henri Drell	Carlos Delfino
SG	Frantz Massenat	Matteo Tambone
PG	Justin Robinson	Lorenzo Calbini	Ariel Filloy

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
82	G/F		Carlos Delfino	37	Free agent		1 year	June 2021	Free	7 July 2020	[2]
4	PG		Frantz Massenat	28	MoraBanc Andorra		1 year	June 2021	Free	21 July 2020	[3]
15	PG		Matteo Tambone	26	Pallacanestro Varese				Free	22 July 2020	[4]
35	PF		Márkó Filipovity	23	Falco Kosárlabda				Free	25 July 2020	[5]
8	C		Tyler Cain	32	Brescia Leonessa				Undisclosed	31 July 2020	[6]
12	PG		Justin Robinson	25	Élan Chalon				Free	2 August 2020	[7]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
12	SF		Paul Eboua	20	Stella Azzurra Roma		end of contract	Free	18 April 2020	[8]
35	SF		Leonardo Totè	22	Fortitudo Bologna		end of contract	Free	8 June 2020	[9]
8	G		Vasilije Pušica	24	Dinamo Sassari		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[10]
4	PG		Federico Mussini	24	Free agent		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020
11	SG		Federico Miaschi	20	Pallacanestro Biella		end of loan contract (to Venezia)	Free	1 July 2020	[11]

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
41	C		Simone Zanotti	27	San Crispino Basket P.S. Elpidio		2 + 2 year	June 2022	Free	11 July 2018	[12][13][14]
3	G/F		Henri Drell	20	Baunach Young Pikes		3 years	June 2022	Free	19 July 2019	[15]

From youth team

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Transfer fee	Date	Source
24	C		Beniamino Basso	19	Youth system	9 July 2020	[16]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Jasmin Repeša	59	Budućnost				23 June 2020[17]		Giancarlo Sacco	1 July 2020	end of contract

Competitions

References

1. "Nel 2020/2021 la VL giocherà ancora in Serie A" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 13 June 2020.
2. "Carlos Delfino firma con la VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 7 July 2020.
3. "Frantz Massenat è la Nuova Comboguard Della VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 21 July 2020.
4. "La VL ingaggia Matteo Tambone" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 22 July 2020.
5. "Nuova ala per la VL: arriva Marko Filipovity!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 25 July 2020.
6. "Tyler Cain è il nuovo centro dalla VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 31 July 2020.
7. "Justin Robinson firma con VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 2 August 2020.
8. "VL Pesaro, Paul Eboua part ways as young forward returns to Stella Azzurra Rome". sportando.basketball. 18 April 2020.
9. "Leonardo Totè è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 8 June 2020.
10. "Una combo di ferro alla corte di Poz" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 23 June 2020.
11. "Doppio colpo dalla Reyer Venezia: Federico Miaschi e Nicola Berdini vestono rossoblù" (in Italian). pallacanestrobiella.it. 23 July 2020.
12. "VL Pesaro, firmata l'ala grande Simone Zanotti" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 11 July 2018.
13. "Simone Zanotti ancora in maglia VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 4 July 2019.
14. "Simone Zanotti rinnova con la VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 3 July 2020.
15. "Henri Drell firma un triennale con la VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 23 July 2019.
16. "VL Pesaro, Beniamino Basso resta nel roster della prima squadra" (in Italian). sportando.basketball. 9 July 2020.
17. "Jasmin Repesa e il nuovo coach della VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 23 June 2020.