2019–20 Victoria Libertas Pesaro season

Main article: U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro
Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2019-20 season
PresidentArio Costa
Head coachGiancarlo Sacco
ArenaAdriatic Arena
LBAseason cancelled (17th)

The 2019–20 season is Victoria Libertas Pesaro's 74th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

For the 2019-20 season, Pesaro entrusts the team to the young and promising coach Federico Perego, coming from a 5 years experience in the German Basketball Bundesliga as assistant coach of Brose Bamberg and head coach in the second half of his last year.

But the season has an horrible start with a streak of 10 consecutive losses that forces the team to replace Perego with Giancarlo Sacco.[1] Sacco's nomination is a comeback as he started his coaching career with Pesaro in 1984 until 1987 and again as head coach in the 1998–99 season.

However, even with the new coach, Pesaro did not manage to interrupt the losing streak until the first match of the second half of the season against Fortitudo Bologna,[2] after 16 consecutive losses.

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.[3] Pesaro ended the championship in the last 17th position with only one match won.

Kit

Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: Prosciutto Carpegna DOP

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

Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on February 9[4] before the interruption of the championship[5] due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Before the official conclusion of the season, four players left the team. Clint Chapman first and Jaylen Barford, who moved to Virtus Roma, left in search for better opportunities, while Troy Williams and Zach Thomas were released after the pandemic to rejoin their families in the US.

Current roster

Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0 United States Barford, Jaylen (*) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – (1996-01-23)23 January 1996
G/F 3 Estonia Drell, Henri 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (2000-04-25)25 April 2000
PG 4 Italy Mussini, Federico 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 28 – (1996-03-12)12 March 1996
SF 5 United States Williams, Troy (*) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994
G 8 Serbia Pušica, Vasilije 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-09-12)12 September 1995
PG 9 Italy Calbini, Lorenzo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 22 – (2002-12-20)20 December 2002
SG 11 Italy Miaschi, Federico 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (2000-04-26)26 April 2000
SF 12 Cameroon Eboua, Paul 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 24 – (2000-02-15)15 February 2000
C 13 United States Chapman, Clint (*) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 35 – (1989-03-06)6 March 1989
F 15 Italy Alessandrini, Nicolas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – (2001-05-08)8 May 2001
F/C 20 Italy Basso, Beniamino 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 23 – (2001-02-24)24 February 2001
PF 23 United States Thomas, Zach (C *) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 28 – (1996-06-21)21 June 1996
C 35 Italy Totè, Leonardo 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 27 – (1997-07-08)8 July 1997
PF 41 Italy Zanotti, Simone 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1992-12-31)31 December 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Paolo Calbini
  • Italy Luca Pentucci
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (*) Left the team after the last match
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 10, 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
C Leonardo Totè Simone Zanotti
PF Paul Eboua Beniamino Basso
SF Lorenzo Calbini Nicolas Alessandrini
SG Federico Miaschi
PG Vasilije Pušica Federico Mussini

5+5 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
11 SG Italy Federico Miaschi 19 Trapani Italy loan contract (from Venezia) June 2020 Free 29 June 2019 [6]
4 PG Italy Federico Mussini 23 Reggio Emilia Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 5 July 2019 [7]
35 SF Italy Leonardo Totè 21 Aurora Jesi Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 6 July 2019 [8]
12 SF Cameroon Italy Paul Eboua 19 Roseto Sharks Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 9 July 2019 [9]
0 PG United States Jaylen Barford 23 Greensboro Swarm United States 1 year June 2020 Free 12 July 2019 [10]
23 PF United States Zach Thomas 23 Okapi Aalstar Belgium 2 years June 2021 Free 17 July 2019 [11]
3 G/F Estonia Henri Drell 19 Baunach Young Pikes Germany 3 years June 2022 Free 19 July 2019 [12]
8 G Serbia Vasilije Pušica 23 Partizan Belgrade Serbia 1 year June 2020 Free 3 August 2019 [13]
16 C Lithuania Tautvydas Lydeka 35 Derthona Basket Italy 2 months October 2019 Free 31 August 2019 [14]
13 C United States Clint Chapman 30 Rasta Vechta Germany 1 year June 2020 Free 1 October 2019 [15]
5 SF United States Troy Williams 24 Stockton Kings United States 1 year June 2020 Free 12 December 2019 [16]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
1 SG United States James Blackmon 24 Aquila Basket Trento Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [17]
2 PF United States Erik McCree 25 BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque France end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
3 PG United States Dominic Artis 25 Dąbrowa Górnicza Poland end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [19]
7 G/F United States Lamond Murray 24 Rethymno Cretan Kings Greece end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [20]
9 PG United States Mark Lyons 29 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [21]
20 C Italy Andrea Ancellotti 31 Latina Basket Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [22]
32 PG Italy Diego Monaldi 26 Napoli Basket Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [23]
35 F/C Russia Aleksandr Šaškov 19 Olimpia Milano Italy return from loan Free 1 July 2019 [24]
44 G/F United States Dez Wells 27 San Miguel Beermen Philippines end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [25]
55 C Lithuania Egidijus Mockevičius 26 Fuenlabrada Spain end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [26]
16 C Lithuania Tautvydas Lydeka 36 Sintek–Dzūkija Lithuania end of contract Free 1 November 2019 [27]
13 C United States Clint Chapman 30 free agent mutual consent Undisclosed 17 February 2020 [28]
0 PG United States Jaylen Barford 24 Virtus Roma Italy mutual consent Undisclosed 19 February 2020 [29][30]
5 SF United States Troy Williams 24 free agent mutual consent Undisclosed 9 March 2020 [31]
23 PF United States Zach Thomas 23 free agent mutual consent Undisclosed 10 March 2020 [32]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
41 C Italy Simone Zanotti 32 San Crispino Basket P.S. Elpidio Italy 1 + 1 year June 2020 Free 11 July 2018 [33][34]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy
 Giancarlo Sacco
62
 Legnano Basket Knights
Italy
1 year
2020
5 December 2019[1]
Italy
 Federico Perego
5 December 2019[1]
 sacked
Italy
 Federico Perego
34
 Brose Bamberg
Germany
2 years
2021
14 June 2019[35]
Italy
 Matteo Boniciolli 14 May 2019[36] resigned

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 Moved to Type
5 August 2019[37]
22 August 2019[38]
F/C
United States
 DeJuan Blair
30
 United States Austin Spurs
1 year
 free agent

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD
13 De' Longhi Treviso 21 8 13 1620 1664 −44
14 Virtus Roma 21 7 14 1639 1787 −148
15 OriOra Pistoia 21 7 14 1559 1735 −176
16 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 21 6 15 1574 1690 −116
17 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 20 1 19 1583 1849 −266
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

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