2019–20 Vanoli Cremona season

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Vanoli Cremona
2019-20 season
PresidentAldo Vanoli
Head coachRomeo Sacchetti
ArenaPalasport Mario Radi
LBAseason cancelled (6th)
Coppa ItaliaQuarter finals
SupercoppaSemifinalist

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.

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 jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Third jersey
Team colours
Third

Players

Current roster

Vanoli Cremona roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 1 United States Saunders, Wesley 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993
SG 2 United States Mathews, Jordan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-06-22)22 June 1994
PG 5 Italy Sanguinetti, Giacomo 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990
PG 7 Italy Diener, Travis (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 42 – (1982-03-01)1 March 1982
PG 10 Italy Ruzzier, Michele 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1993-02-09)9 February 1993
C 13 Croatia Sobin, Josip 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 35 – (1989-08-31)31 August 1989
G/F 21 Italy De Vico, Niccolò 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-07-19)19 July 1994
F/C 22 United States Happ, Ethan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 28 – (1996-05-07)7 May 1996
G/F 23 Serbia Stojanović, Vojislav 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997
SG 31 Finland Palmi, Topias 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1994-08-26)26 August 1994
F 45 Italy Akele, Nicola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 – (1997-11-07)7 November 1997
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Flavio Fioretti
  • Italy Simone Bianchi
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: February 9, 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
45 F Italy Nicola Akele 21 Roseto Sharks Italy 3 years June 2022 Free 11 June 2019 [2]
31 SG Finland Topias Palmi 24 Kataja Finland 3 years June 2022 Free 27 June 2019 [3]
21 G/F Italy Niccolò De Vico 24 Reggio Emilia Italy 3 years June 2022 Free 10 July 2019 [4]
2 SG United States Jordan Mathews 25 Team FOG Næstved Denmark 1 years June 2020 Free 18 July 2019 [5]
22 F/C United States Matt Tiby 20 Büyükçekmece Turkey 1 years June 2020 Free 24 July 2019 [6]
13 C Croatia Josip Sobin 30 Anwil Włocławek Poland 1 year June 2020 Free 19 September 2019 [7]
22 F/C United States Ethan Happ 23 Olympiacos Greece 2 years loan June 2021 Free 7 November 2019 [8]
15 G/F United States Malachi Richardson 23 Hapoel Holon Israel 1 year June 2020 Undisclosed 16 December 2019 [9]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
8 PF Italy Giampaolo Ricci 27 Virtus Bologna Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [10]
12 C Australia Sudan Mangok Mathiang 26 Bahçeşehir Turkey end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [11]
16 SF Italy Dario Boccasavia 20 Juvi Cremona Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [12]
22 SF United States Drew Crawford 28 Gaziantep Turkey end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [13]
23 PF United States Peyton Aldridge 23 Afyon Belediye Turkey end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [14]
22 F/C United States Matt Tiby 20 Gießen 46ers Germany mutual consent Undisclosed 7 November 2019 [15][16]
6 PF Italy Giulio Gazzotti 28 Amici Udinese Italy mutual consent Undisclosed 4 December 2019 [17]
15 G/F United States Malachi Richardson 24 free agent mutual consent Undisclosed 11 January 2020 [18]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
10 PG Italy Michele Ruzzier 26 Fortitudo Bologna Italy 2 + 2 years June 2021 Free 5 July 2017 [19][20]
6 PF Italy Giulio Gazzotti 28 V.L. Pesaro Italy 2 + 1 years June 2020 Free 23 July 2017 [21][22]
7 PG Italy United States Travis Diener 37 Dinamo Sassari Italy 1 + 1 + 1 years June 2020 Free 25 July 2017 [23][24][25]
1 SG United States Wesley Saunders 26 Kataja Finland 1 + 1 years June 2020 Free 26 July 2018 [26][27]
23 G/F Serbia Vojislav Stojanović 22 Auxilium Torino Italy 3 years June 2021 Free 26 November 2018 [28]
5 PG Italy Giacomo Sanguinetti 29 Mens Sana Siena Italy 1 years June 2020 Free 26 March 2019 [29][30]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Italy
 Romeo Sacchetti
66
 New Basket Brindisi
Italy
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
United States
 Darrell Williams
30
 Le Portel France
1 year
 İTÜ B.K.[35] Turkey

Competitions

SuperCup

Main article: 2019 Italian Basketball 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 94–101(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

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
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 86–62 Vanoli Cremona Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 16–19, 16–20, 26–11
Eurosport, Rai Sport [ Boxscore] Arena: Adriatic Arena

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