Serie A (basketball) 2007-08
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The Serie A FIP 2007-08 was the 86th edition of the top-level Italian basketball championship. The regular season began on September 30, 2007 and ended on April 27, 2008.
The 18 participating teams played each other in home and away matches. At the end of the regular season, the first eight classified were allowed to the playoffs, while the last two were relegated in LegaDue
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* Legea Scafati
was penalized by 7 points for administrative irregularities
The 18 participating teams played each other in home and away matches. At the end of the regular season, the first eight classified were allowed to the playoffs, while the last two were relegated in LegaDue
LegADue
Legadue or Lega2 is the second-highest division of professional club basketball in Italy since 2001-2002 season...
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Teams
| Team | Seasons in Serie A |
Coach | Arena |
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| Air Avellino S.S. Felice Scandone S.S. Felice Scandone, also known by their sponsorship name of Sidigas Avellino, is a prominent Italian League professional basketball club that is based in Avellino, in southern Italy. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.-History:... |
8 | Matteo Boniciolli | Palasport Del Mauro |
| Angelico Biella Pallacanestro Biella -Notable players :-Sponsorship names:In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:*Fila Biella *Lauretana Biella . For the 2009–10 season,*Lauretana Biella Eurocup-External links:* *... |
7 | Luca Bechi | PalaBiella Palasport Biella Palasport Biella is an indoor sporting arena located in Biella, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,508 people and it opened in 1994. It was the home of the Pallacanestro Biella professional basketball team.... |
| Armani Jeans Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red... |
59 | Attilio Caja | DatchForum |
| Benetton Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, more often known by its sponsorship name of Benetton Basket, or Benetton Treviso, is an Italian Serie A League professional basketball club from Treviso, the headquarters city of its longtime owner Benetton Group... |
27 | Oktay Mahmuti Oktay Mahmuti Oktay Mahmuti is a Turkish professional basketball coach. Mahmuti was born to Turkish parents living in Skopje. Mahmuti graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy... |
PalaVerde Palaverde Palaverde is an indoor sporting arena located in Treviso, Italy. The capacity of the arena is for 5,134 people and was opened in September 1983. It is currently home only of the Benetton Treviso basketball team, after the Sisley Volley Treviso volleyball team moved to Belluno.... |
| Cimberio Varese Pallacanestro Varese -Notable players:-Notable coaches: Aleksandar Nikolić Nico Messina Sandro Gamba Edoardo Rusconi Joe Isaac Carlo Recalcati Valerio Bianchini Ruben Magnano-Sponsorship names:Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:... |
57 | Valerio Bianchini | PalaWhirlpool |
| Eldo Napoli | 6 | Piero Bucchi | PalaBarbuto PalaBarbuto PalaBarbuto, also known by its sponsorship name of PalaEldo, is an indoor sporting arena located in Naples, Italy. The facility is located in Viale Giochi del Mediterraneo, in close proximity to the Olympic swimming pool Scandone.-History:... |
| La Fortezza Bologna Virtus Bologna -Notable players: Marco Bonamico 9 seasons: '75-'76, '77-'78, '80-'86, '88-'89 Carlo Caglieris 6 seasons: '75-'81 Pietro Generali 6 seasons: '75-'76, '78-'83 Gianni Bertolotti 5 seasons: '75-'80 Terry Driscoll 3 seasons: '75-'78 Eric Luc Leclerc 1 season: '75-'76 Luigi Serafini 2 seasons: '75-'77... |
58 | Renato Pasquali | PalaMalaguti |
| Legea Scafati | 2 | Marco Calvani | PalaMangano PalaMangano PalaMangano is an indoor sporting arena located in Scafati, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,000 people and is named after former coach Massimo Mangano. It is currently home of the Scafati Basket basketball team.... |
| Lottomatica Roma Pallacanestro Virtus Roma Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, also known for sponsorship reasons as Acea Virtus Roma, is a prominent Italian League professional basketball club, and is also currently one of 13 European clubs that hold ULEB A Licenses, which provide their holders with a guaranteed place in the Euroleague. The club... |
28 | Jasmin Repesa Jasmin Repeša Jasmin Repeša was a Croatian basketball player, and one of the most successful Croatian basketball coaches... |
PalaLottomatica PalaLottomatica PalaLottomatica, formerly known as Palazzo dello Sport or PalaEUR, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Rome, Italy. It is located in the heart of the well known modern EUR complex. The arena hosted the 1960 Olympic basketball tournamentsThe stadium features 8 meetings points, a... |
| Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basket Mens Sana Basket, more frequently referred to as Montepaschi Siena, is an Italian League professional basketball club from Siena. More precisely, it is the now-autonomous basketball section of the comprehensive sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana... |
22 | Simone Pianigiani Simone Pianigiani Simone Pianigiani is an Italian basketball coach.He is currently coaching the Montepaschi Siena club in the Italian Lega A. He was appointed the head coach before the 2006/07 season, and has led his team to the Italian championship in all five of his seasons on the bench... |
Palasport Mens Sana Palasport Mens Sana Palasport Mens Sana is an indoor sporting arena located in Via Sclavo, Siena, Italy. The seating capacity of the arena is for 7,025 people. Opened in 1976, it is currently home to the Mens Sana Basket professional basketball team.-External links:*... |
| Pierrel Capo d'Orlando Orlandina Basket Orlandina Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as UPEA Capo d'Orlando is an Italian professional basketball club from the town of Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy. It was founded in 1978, and is among the most recently founded basketball clubs in Italy... |
3 | Romeo Sacchetti Romeo Sacchetti Romeo Sacchetti is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow... |
PalaFantozzi PalaFantozzi PalaFantozzi is an indoor sporting arena located in Capo d'Orlando, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,613 people and it is named after basketball player Alessandro Fantozzi. It is currently home of the Orlandina Basket professional basketball team.... |
| Premiata Montegranaro Sutor Basket Montegranaro Sutor Basket Montegranaro, also known for sponsorship reasons as Sigma Coatings Montegranaro, is an Italian League professional basketball club from the town of Montegranaro, Marche... |
2 | Alessandro Finelli | PalaSavelli PalaSavelli PalaSavelli is an indoor sporting arena located in Porto San Giorgio, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,800 people. It is currently home of the Sutor Basket Montegranaro basketball team.... |
| Scavolini Spar Pesaro Victoria Libertas Pesaro Victoria Libertas , 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... |
53 | Stefano Sacripanti | Adriatic Arena ADRIATIC Arena ADRIATIC Arena, formerly known as BPA Palace, is an indoor sporting arena located in Pesaro, Italy. The seat capacity of the arena it's 10.323 seats... |
| Siviglia Wear Teramo Teramo Basket Teramo Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Teramo, Italy and plays in the Italian League. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bancatercas Teramo. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.-History:... |
5 | Massimo Bianchi | PalaScapriano PalaScapriano PalaScapriano is an indoor sporting arena located in Teramo, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people. It is currently home to the Teramo Basket.-References:... |
| Snaidero Cucine Udine | 8 | Cesare Pancotto | PalaCarnera Palasport Primo Carnera Palasport Primo Carnera is an indoor sporting arena located in Udine, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,850 people. It is currently home of the Pallalcesto Amatori Udine basketball team. It is named after former world heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera, who was born in Sequals, near... |
| Solsonica Rieti | 9 | Lino Lardo | PalaSojourner PalaSojourner PalaSojourner is an indoor sporting arena located in Rieti, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people. It is currently home of the Sebastiani Basket Club Rieti basketball team, and is named after Willie Sojourner, a star for the Sebastiani in the late 1970s and early 1980s.... |
| Tisettanta Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù is an Italian League professional basketball club that is based in Cantù. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bennet Cantù, after Bennet, an Italian supermarket chain. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below... |
51 | Luca Dalmonte | PalaPianella Palasport Pianella Palasport Pianella is an indoor sporting arena located in Cucciago, Italy.Built up in 1974, it has a capacity of 3,910 people, in the past he reached 4,500 but it was reduced due to a restructuring... |
| Upim Bologna | 35 | Dragan Šakota | PalaDozza PalaDozza Land Rover Arena is an indoor sporting arena located at Piazza Azzarita Manfredi 8, in Bologna, Italy. The seating capacity of the arena is fit to host 5,721 people and was inaugurated in 1956. It is currently home to the Fortitudo Bologna basketball team... |
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Scafati Basket
Scafati Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as Harem Scafati, is an Italian basketball club from the town of Scafati, Campania. The club plays in LegADue, the second level of Italian basketball; it was relegated from Lega Basket after finishing last in the 2007-08 season...
was penalized by 7 points for administrative irregularities