Scafati Basket

Scafati Basket
Scafati Basket
Leagues	LBA
Founded	1969; 56 years ago
Arena	PalaMangano
Capacity	3,700
Location	Scafati, Italy
Team colors	Blue, Yellow;
Main sponsor	Givova
President	Alessandro Rossano
Head coach	Marcelo Nicola
Ownership	Aniello Longobardi
Championships	1 Italian LNP Cup; 1 LegaDue Cup; 1 Italian LNP Supercup
Website	www.scafatibasket.com
Home	Away

Scafati Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Givova Scafati, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Scafati, Campania. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

History

Scafati Basket traces its history to Silvio Pellico, a club founded by a group of students in 1949. That merged with Savoia in 1955 to form Scafatese Basket, which would be renamed Centro Sportivo Scafatese in 1969. The team played in the amateur regional Serie C and Serie D until the early 1990s when, under the presidency of Aniello Longobardi, it climbed up divisions to reach the first tier Serie A in 2006.

It was relegated from the Serie A in 2007–08.

Arena

The team has played its home games in the PalaMangano (named after former head coach Massimo Mangano), it holds 3,700 seats.

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:

Rida Scafati (2001–2003)
Eurorida Scafati (2003–2006)
Legea Scafati (2006–2008)
Harem Scafati (2008–2009)
Bialetti Scafati (2009–2010)
Sunrise Scafati (2010–2011)
Givova Scafati (2011–present)

Players

Current roster

Givova Scafati roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	2	Gray, Rob	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	30 – (1994-04-03)3 April 1994
PG	6	Zanelli, Alessandro	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	32 – (1992-06-07)7 June 1992
C	8	Ulaneo, Scott	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	26 – (1998-06-27)27 June 1998
PF	9	Sorokas, Paulius	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	32 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992
SG	11	Miaschi, Federico	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	24 – (2000-04-26)26 April 2000
PF	12	Pinkins, Kruize	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	31 – (1993-01-25)25 January 1993
PG	20	Cinciarini, Andrea	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	38 – (1986-06-21)21 June 1986
G/F	30	Stewart, Elijah	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	29 – (1995-11-14)14 November 1995
F/C	47	Akin, Daniel	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	26 – (1998-06-16)16 June 1998
G/F	52	McRae, Jordan	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	33 – (1991-03-28)28 March 1991
SF	77	Hruban, Vojtěch	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	35 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989

Head coach

Marcelo Nicola

Assistant coach(es)

Damiano Pilot
Domenico Chiariello

Physiotherapist(s)

Elia Confessore

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: November 29, 2024

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.