Orlandina Basket
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Orlandina Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as UPEA Capo d'Orlando is an Italian professional basketball
Basketball
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 club from the town of Capo d'Orlando
Capo d'Orlando
Capo d'Orlando is a comune in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy and is considered the capital of comprensorio dei Nebrodi. Well-known as a vivacious, active, touristic and commercial center, Capo d'Orlando is also the birthplace of the poet Lucio Piccolo, cousin of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa...

, Sicily
Sicily
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, Italy
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. It was founded in 1978, and is among the most recently founded basketball clubs in Italy. The club was formerly in the Italian First Division.

History

Following its foundation, the club played mostly in regional leagues, before being acquired in 1996. Following the bid, Orlandina Basket obtained two consecutive promotions up to Serie B2 in 1998, when former Italy international star Alessandro Fantozzi was signed. The club won promotion to Serie B1 in 2000, and to LegADue
LegADue
Legadue or Lega2 is the second-highest division of professional club basketball in Italy since 2001-2002 season...

, the second-highest division in Italian basketball, the next year. Orlandina, however, relegated to Serie B1 in 2003. Nevertheless, in 2004 Orlandina was admitted back to LegADue by the federation because of league vacancies. Successively to that, Orlandina dominated the 2004/2005 LegADue table and promoted to Serie A, becoming the fifth Sicilian city to be represented in the Italian top basketball division, after Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...

, Palermo
Palermo
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, Trapani
Trapani
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 and Messina.

In September 2008 Orlandina Basket was excluded from Serie A championship due to legal problems, together with Basket Napoli
Basket Napoli
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. After this decision, the team restarted to play in Serie C Dilettanti, the fifth highest basketball league in Italy.

Arena

Today, the team plays its home games in the PalaFantozzi
PalaFantozzi
PalaFantozzi is an indoor sporting arena located in Capo d'Orlando, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,613 people and it is named after basketball player Alessandro Fantozzi. It is currently home of the Orlandina Basket professional basketball team....

 (named after former Orlandina star Alessandro Fantozzi), seating 3,613 spectators.

2009-2010 Roster

5   Federico Antinori Point guard
Point guard
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6   Giuseppe Di Lauro Shooting guard
Shooting guard
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7   Luigi Brunetti Power forward
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8   Ariel Aimaretti Center
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9   Carmine Moccia Small forward
Small forward
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11   Luca Sgro' Shooting guard
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12   Pablo Albertinazzi Point guard
Point guard
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13   Francesco Leggio Small forward
Small forward
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14   Giuseppe Constantino Small forward
Small forward
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15   Fabio Bontempo Point guard
Point guard
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17   Mario Milone Shooting guard
Shooting guard
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18   Massino Vigorita Shooting Guard
Shooting guard
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20   Vincenzo Vasile Small forward
Small forward
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Coach:Giuseppe Condello  

Notable players

Yegor Mescheriakov 2 seasons: '01-'03 Alessandro Fantozzi 2 seasons: '01-'03 Keith Carter 2 seasons: '01-'02, '05-'06 Otis Hill
Otis Hill
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 1 season: '01-'02 Soumaila Samake
Soumaila Samake
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 1 season: '01-'02 Reggie Fox 1 season: '01-'02 Henry Turner
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 1 season: '02-'03 James Robinson
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 1 season: '02-'03 Karim Shabazz 1 season: '02-'03-  Brian Oliver
Brian Oliver
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 1 season: '04-'05 Ryan Hoover 1 season: '04-'05 Terrell McIntyre
Terrell McIntyre
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 1 season: '04-'05 Rolando Howell 1 season: '04-'05 Marque Perry
Marque Perry
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 1 season: '05-'06 Kristaps Janicenoks
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 1 season: '05-'06 Oluoma Nnamaka 1 season: '05-'06 Virginijus Praškevičius
Virginijus Praškevicius
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 1 season: '05-'06-  Vassil Evtimov
Vassil Evtimov
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 1 season: '05-'06-  Dusan Jelic Koutsopoulos
Dušan Jelic
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 1 season: '05-'06 Vincenzo Esposito
Vincenzo Esposito
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 1 season: '05-'06 Alvin Young
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 1 season: '06-'07 Jayson Wells 1 season: '06-'07 Hervé Touré
Hervé Touré
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1 season: '06-'07
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