Basket Club Ferrara is an Italian

Italy

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 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team from the town of Ferrara

Ferrara

Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...

. The club was established in 1999. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

History

Ferrara won the 2007-08 championship of the Italian second-division, the LegADue

LegADue

Legadue or Lega2 is the second-highest division of professional club basketball in Italy since 2001-2002 season...

. The club was then promoted

Promotion and relegation

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 to the Italian First Division

Serie A (basketball)

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 for the 2008-09 season.

2008-09 Roster

4		Harold Jamison Harold Jamison Harold Sherill Jamison is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for BC Politekhnika-Halychyna in Lviv, Ukraine. He is 6'9" and plays the power forward and center positions....	Center Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
5		Daniel Farabello Daniel Farabello Daniel Edgardo Farabello is an Argentine basketball player with Basket Club Ferrara of Italy's Serie A. A member of the Argentina national basketball team, Farabello competed with the squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2006 FIBA World Championship.-External links:**...	Point guard Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that... /Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
6		Oluoma Nnamaka	Power forward Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low... /Center Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
7		Marco Allegretti	Power forward Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
10		Mykal Riley	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
11		Andre Collins Andre Collins Andre Pierre Collins is a former American football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXVI for the Washington Redskins...	Point guard Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that... /Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
14		Brian Sacchetti	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team... /Small forward Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
15		Massimiliano Rizzo	Center Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
18		Valerio Mazzola	Power forward Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low... /Center Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
19		Ndudi Ebi Ndudi Ebi Ndudi Hamani Ebi is a Nigerian-British professional basketball player who formerly played in the NBA.He committed to the University of Arizona, in the U.S., but reneged by making himself eligible for the NBA Draft...	Power forward Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
20		Fabio Zanelli	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
-		Rick Apodaca Rick Apodaca Rick Apodaca is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Apodaca has played in the NCAA, USBL, NBDL, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with the Arecibo Captains, Bayamón Cowboys, and San German Athletics. Apodaca has played internationally in Poland, Italy and Turkey...	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team... /Small forward Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
		Allan Ray Allan Ray Allan Ray is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays for the French team Pau-Orthez. He played college basketball for four years at Villanova University. He played one season with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

Notable players

Monty Mack 1 season: '01-'02 Frantz Pierre-Louis 1 season: '01-'02 Terence Black 1 season: '01-'02 Venson Hamilton

Venson Hamilton

Venson Hamilton is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for CB Gran Canaria in Spain.-College career:...

 1 season: '01-'02-  Michael Williams 3 seasons: '02-'05 Cristiano Grappasonni 2 seasons: '02-'04 Brian Tolbert 1 season: '02-'03 Albert Burditt

Albert Burditt

Albert Burditt is an American basketball player who played for four years at the University of Texas at Austin, before being drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1994 NBA Draft. However, he did not play in the NBA.-References:* — TheDraftReview.com...

 1 season: '02-'03 Geno Carlisle

Geno Carlisle

Geno Marcellus Carlisle is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 3", 200-lb. point guard has played in Venezuela, Italy, Spain, Greece, Kuwait, the American Basketball Association and Continental Basketball Association.-Collegiate career:Carlisle began his collegiate basketball...

 1 season: '02-'03 Andrea Ghiacci 3 seasons: '03-'06 Terrell McIntyre

Terrell McIntyre

Lance Terrell McIntyre is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Virtus Bologna in Italy. He is 5'9¼" tall and plays at the point guard position.-College career:...

 1 season: '03-'04 MC Mazique 1 season: '03-'04 Jobey Thomas 2 seasons: '04-'06 Glen Whisby 1 season: '04-'05 Titus Ivory 1 season: '04-'05 Leonardo Busca 1 season: '04-'05 Brent Darby 1 season: '05-'06 Paul Marigney 1 season: '06-'07

Sponsorship names

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

• Mangiaebevi Ferrara (1982–84)
• Succhi G Ferrara (1984–85)
• Cercom Ferrara (1991–92)
• Pall. Ferrara (1992–93)
• Carife Ferrara (1993–94)
• Sinteco Ferrara (1999-02)
• Carife Ferrara (2002–present)

External links

• Official Site
• Eurobasket.com Team Page