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Germani Basket Brescia
Germani Basket Brescia
Nickname	Leonessa d'Italia (Lioness of Italy)
Leagues	LBA
Founded	1957; 68 years ago
History	List Basket Brescia; (1957–1996); Basket Brescia 2005; (2005–2009); Basket Brescia Leonessa; (2009–2020); Pallacanestro Brescia; (2020–present);
Arena	PalaLeonessa
Capacity	5,200
Location	Brescia, Italy
Main sponsor	Germani Trasporti (LBA); FAP Investments (EuroCup)
President	Graziella Bragaglio
Head coach	Giuseppe Poeta
Team captain	David Moss
Ownership	Graziella Bragaglio; Matteo Bonetti
Championships	1 Italian Cup ; 2 Serie A2 Basket
Retired numbers	2 (13, 14)
Website	pallacanestrobrescia.it

The Pallacanestro Brescia, better known for sponsorship reasons as Germani Brescia, is an Italian professional basketball team, based in Brescia, Lombardy.^[1] Founded in 2009, the team plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2016–17 season.

History

The history of the Pallacanestro Brescia as we know it today, began in 2009 when Graziella Bragaglio and Matteo Bonetti, took back to the city, the basket's love. The name of the team has always been Basket Brescia Leonessa, till 2020 when it changed to Pallacanestro Brescia.

In 2016, after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of the league's playoffs, the team Brescia Leonessa won the Serie A2 League and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years.^[2]^[3]

In 2018, Pallacanestro Brescia reached the final of the Italian Cup. The team lost 69–67, as Fiat Torino went on to win its first Cup ever.^[4]

During season 2018-2019 the team played its first international Cup, participating at the EuroCup.

The 2021-2022 season has been one of the best seasons of Germani Brescia's history. The team won 14 consecutive matches, with 21 matches won over 30 matches played. The team and players also won awards given by LBA at the end of the season.

The greatest achievement of his history for Brescia has been the win of the Coppa Italia on February 19, 2023, the first time ever for them.

Arena and logo

The club plays its home games in PalaLeonessa,^[5] the new arena built in the city in year 2018. It can host 5.000 people. The logo of Pallacanestro Brescia is blue and white, with a female lion inside. These are the colours and symbol also of the city of Brescia.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Italian Cup	European competitions
2015–16	2	Serie A2	01st	-	-
2016–17	1	LBA	10th	SF	-
2017–18	1	LBA	03rd	Finalist	-
2018–19	1	LBA	12nd	-	EuroCup
2019–20	1	LBA	03rd	QF	EuroCup
2020–21	1	LBA	09th	-	Eurocup
2021–22	1	LBA	05th	SF	-
2022–23	1	LBA	08th	Winner	Eurocup
2023–24	1	LBA	04th	QF
2024–25	1	LBA		?

Players

Current roster

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

Germani Basket Brescia roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
C	2	Bilan, Miro	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	121 kg (267 lb)	35 – (1989-07-21)21 July 1989
SF	3	Ferrero, Giancarlo	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	36 – (1988-08-29)29 August 1988
SG	5	Dowe, Chris	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	33 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
SG	8	Della Valle, Amedeo	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	31 – (1993-04-11)11 April 1993
F/C	9	Ndour, Maurice	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	32 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992
PF	10	Burnell, Jason	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	27 – (1997-08-15)15 August 1997
F	11	Tonelli, Alessandro	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	18 – (2006-08-22)22 August 2006
PG	18	Ivanović, Nikola	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	30 – (1994-02-19)19 February 1994
SF	21	Mobio, Joseph	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	27 – (1997-06-10)10 June 1997
G/F	23	Rivers, Demetre	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	29 – (1995-12-07)7 December 1995
G	25	Cournooh, David	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	34 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990
PG	35	Pollini, Lorenzo	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	18 – (2006-06-13)13 June 2006

Head coach

Giuseppe Poeta

Assistant coach(es)

Matteo Cotelli
Gianpaolo Alberti
David Moss

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 17 August 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Maurice Ndour	Miro Bilan
PF	Demetre Rivers	Jason Burnell
SF	Giancarlo Ferrero	Joseph Mobio	Alessandro Tonelli
SG	Amedeo Della Valle	Chris Dowe
PG	Nikola Ivanović	David Cournooh	Lorenzo Pollini

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

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Ryan Thompson (2011–12)
J.R. Giddens (2012–14)
Tamar Slay (2013–14)
Justin Brownlee (2014-15)
Damian Hollis (2015–2016)
Franko Bushati (2015–2017)
David Moss (2015–present)
Michele Vitali (2016–2018)
Luca Vitali (2016–2021)
Marcus Landry (2016–2018)
Benjamin Ortner (2017–2018)
Bryce Cotton (2018)
Jared Cunningham (2018–2019)
Awudu Abass (2018–2020)
Tyler Cain (2019–2020)
Ojārs Siliņš (2019–2020)
T. J. Cline (2020-2021)

Honours

Serie A2 Basket

Champions (2): 2010-11, 2015–16

Italian Cup

Winners (1): 2023

Runners-up (1): 2018

Sponsorship names

Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:

Centrale del Latte di Brescia (2009–2016)
Germani Trasporti (2016–present) (Since 2018 only in LBA)^[6]
FAP Investments (2018–present) (EuroCup)^[7]

Kit

Manufacturer

2017–present	Erreà

References

^ Team Profile at Eurobasket.com
^ "Brescia domina gara 5 e conquista la serie A." [Brescia dominates game 5 and is promoted to Serie A]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Gara 5 Finale A2 Citroën, Brescia supera la Fortitudo Bologna e vola in Serie A" [Game 5 A2 Citroën Finals, Brescia is promoted to Serie A after beating the Fortitudo]. basketnet.it (in Italian). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Basket, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Storica prima dell'Auxilium" [Basketball, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Historical first time for Auxilium]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Ecco il PalaLeonessa, la casa dello sport di Brescia" [Here it is the PalaLeonessa, home of Brescia's sport]. giornaledibrescia.it (in Italian). 16 January 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
^ Germani e Leonessa avanti insieme (in Italian)
^ "FAP Investments e Arcese Spa partner della Leonessa nella 7DAYS EuroCup" [FAP Investments e Arcese Spa partners of Leonessa for the 7DAYS EuroCup]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.