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Consultinvest Pesaro
Nickname	VL Vuelle
Leagues	LBA
Founded	1 July 1946; 72 years ago (1946-07-01)
History	Victoria Pesaro (1946–1965) U.S. Victoria Libertas Pesaro (1965–2006) U.S. Vuelle Pallacanestro (2006–2007) U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro (2007–present)
Arena	Adriatic Arena
Capacity	10,323
Location	Pesaro, Marche, Italy
Team colors	Red and White
President	Ario Costa
Head coach	Matteo Boniciolli
Championships	2 Italian Leagues 2 Italian Cups 1 Saporta Cup
Website	Official Site
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Victoria Libertas (also known as "VL" or in Italian Vuelle), full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). It was commonly known across Europe as Scavolini Pesaro, from the name of its historical main sponsor Scavolini (from 1975 to 2014), an Italian kitchen and bathroom products designer and manufacturer, whose co-founder Valter Scavolini was formerly club president. Now, it is known as Consultinvest Pesaro, from the name of the new sponsor. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

History

Victoria Libertas was officially founded in 1946 and had its best seasons during the 1980s. After being among the top teams in Italy for decades, Victoria Libertas under the name Scavolini Pesaro, won its first important trophy the 1982–83 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, rival the historic French club of ASVEL. Also Scavolini, participated in consecutive lost finals in 1985–86 against the title holder FC Barcelona and in 1986–87 against Cibona. Since then, Italian League was won twice (in 1988 and 1990), and the Italian Cup was also won twice (in 1985 and 1992). Scavolini participated in 1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup, and managed to play in the semi-final of the Final Four in Paris where the club eliminated by the legendary Pop 84 (the former Jugoplastika) and ranked 4th after one more defeat in the third place game by Maccabi Elite. The two lost finals in the FIBA Korać Cup in 1990 (against Ram Joventut) and in 1992 (against il Messaggero Roma) show the dynamic of the club and at the beginning of the new decade.

In recent years, Victoria Libertas was among the best European teams, having played the Euroleague in 2001–02 and 2004–05 seasons. In 2004–05 it unexpectedly got to the Euroleague Top-8, being defeated in the quarter finals by eventual champion Maccabi Elite. Furthermore, Victoria Libertas shooting guard, Charles Smith, was honored with the first-ever Euroleague's Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy,^[1] named after the late Euroleague scoring champ who died in 2004 and who was replaced in Victoria Libertas by Smith himself.

Recent history

In July 2005, as a consequence of the poor administration of the previous two seasons, Victoria Libertas failed to remain within the parameters required to join the Italian Basketball League and wound up. Pesaro's second team, Falco Spar, agreed with former Victoria Libertas president Valter Scavolini to join forces to invest in a team to bring back Victoria Libertas to Italian First Division (Lega Basket Serie A).

The new team, named Scavolini Gruppo Spar (or simply Scavolini-Spar), played the 2005–06 season in the Italian Third Division (B1). Owners' target resulted in Scavolini-Spar having large amounts of money at its disposal compared with the other teams of the league. Players from the upper divisions were enrolled, star Carlton Myers among them, which lead the team to win the league and gain promotion to the Second Division (LegaDue).

In 2006–07 Scavolini-Spar won the LegaDue playoff series, lining up players such as Carlton Myers, Rodney White (9th overall pick of the 2001 NBA draft), Mindaugas Žukauskas (captain of the Lithuanian national basketball team) and Michael Hicks (Panamian national team star). The team was therefore promoted, for the second straight year, to play the Lega Basket Serie A 2007–08 league.

Following the 2009–10 season, Spar's secondary sponsorship contract expired. The club picked up a new secondary sponsor in Italian clothing company Siviglia, theriby changing its full sponsored name to Scavolini Siviglia Style Pesaro (more simply Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro). The club changed its secondary sponsorship again with the expiration of Siviglia's contract at the end of the 2011–12 season, becoming Scavolini Banca Marche Pesaro.

From the 2014–15 season the historical sponsor Scavolini was replaced (for the first time since 1975) by the new main sponsor Consultinvest, whereby the name of the team became Consultinvest Pesaro.

Honours

Total titles: 5

Domestic competitions

• Italian League

Winners (2): 1987–88, 1989–90

Runners-up (4): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1993–94

• Italian Cup

Winners (2): 1984–85, 1991–92

Runner-up (4): 1985–85, 1986–87, 2000–01, 2003–04

• Italian Supercup

Runners-up (1): 2001

European competitions

• EuroLeague

4th place (1): 1990–91

Final Four (1): 1991

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  FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
  

Winners (1): 1982–83

Runners-up (2): 1985–86, 1986–87

Semifinalists (2): 1983–84, 1987–88

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  FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
  

Runners-up (2): 1989–90, 1991–92

• FIBA EuroChallenge

4th place (1): 2009–10

Final Four (1): 2010

Worldwide competitions

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  McDonald's Championship (defunct)
  

4th place (2): 1988, 1990

Other competitions

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  FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)
  

4th place (1): 1996

International record

Logos

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Arena and supporters

In 1996 Victoria Libertas moved from the historic "hangar" arena into the new BPA Palas arena (today: ADRIATIC Arena) which now hosts its home games. Drawing large audiences from nearby towns and the whole Marche region, in mid 2000s Victoria Libertas was among the top ten basketball teams in Europe for average attendance.

2018–19 Roster

Victoria Libertas Pesaro roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 7000100000000000000♠1 Blackmon Jr., James 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (1995-04-25)25 April 1995 PF 7000200000000000000♠2 McCree, Erik 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 PG 7000300000000000000♠3 Artis, Dominic 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1993-07-07)7 July 1993 G/F 7000700000000000000♠7 Murray Jr., Lamond 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 24 – (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 G/F 7000800000000000000♠8 Conti, Luca 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb) 18 – (2000-12-20)20 December 2000 G 7001110000000000000♠11 Bonci, Alessandro 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb) 18 – (2000-03-17)17 March 2000 GA 7001120000000000000♠12 Tognacci, Federico 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 18 – (2000-04-19)19 April 2000 C 7001200000000000000♠20 Anncellotti, Andrea (C) 7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 7002110000000000000♠110 kg (243 lb) 30 – (1988-03-28)28 March 1988 F 7001230000000000000♠23 Alessandrini, Nicolas 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 17 – (2001-05-08)8 May 2001 PG 7001320000000000000♠32 Monaldi, Diego 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb) 25 – (1993-04-03)3 April 1993 PF 7001350000000000000♠35 Šaškov, Aleksandr 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 18 – (2000-02-26)26 February 2000 C 7001410000000000000♠41 Zanotti, Simone 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1992-12-31)31 December 1992 C 7001550000000000000♠55 Mockevičius, Egidijus 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002108000000000000♠108 kg (238 lb) 26 – (1992-09-01)1 September 1992	Head coach Matteo Boniciolli Assistant coach(es) Paolo Calbini Luca Pentucci Athletic trainer(s) Roberto Venerandi Physiotherapist(s) Saverio Serafini Roberto Tamburini Team manager Matteo Magi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 10, 2019

Notable players

Head coaches

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  Petar Skansi 2 seasons: '81-'82, '82-'83
  


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  Valerio Bianchini 5 seasons: '87-'88, '88-'89, '93-'94, '94-'95, '95-'96
  


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  Sergio Scariolo 2 seasons: '89-'90, '90-'91
  


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  Duško Vujošević 1 season: '97-'98
  


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  Marco Crespi 2 seasons: '02-'03, '04-'05
  


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  Piero Bucchi 1 season: '16-17
  


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  Spiro Leka 1 season '17-'18
  


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  Massimo Galli 1 season '18-'19
  


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  Matteo Boniciolli 1 season '19-present
  

Sponsorship names

In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:^[2]

• Benelli Pesaro (1952–58)


• Lanco Pesaro (1958–61)


• Algor Pesaro (1961–63)


• Butangas Pesaro (1966–69)


• Frizz Pelmo Pesaro (1969–70)


• Tropicali Pesaro (1970–71)


• Maxmobili Pesaro (1971–75)


• Scavolini Pesaro (1975–2014)


• Consultinvest Pesaro (2014–2017)


• VL Pesaro (2017–present)

References

External links

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  Official Site (in Italian)
  


• Eurobasket.com Team Page


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  Previous Season Stats (LegaBasket 2007–08) (in Italian)
  


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  Latest Stats (LegaBasket 2008–09) (in Italian)