2021–22 Pallacanestro Varese season

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Pallacanestro Varese
2021–22 season
OwnerVarese nel cuore s.c. a r.l.
PresidentMarco Vittorelli
Head coachAdriano Vertemati
ArenaPalasport Lino Oldrini
LBARegular season
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 3)

The 2020–21 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 77th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Kit[edit]

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Openjobmetis Varese roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 7 United States Beane, Anthony 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 29 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994
G 8 Italy Woldetensae, Tomas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – (1998-04-30)30 April 1998
PF 9 Lithuania Sorokas, Paulius 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-08-25)25 August 1992
PG 10 Italy De Nicolao, Giovanni 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 27 – (1996-06-10)10 June 1996
F 11 Estonia Vene, Siim-Sander 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 33 – (1990-11-12)12 November 1990
G/F 12 Puerto Rico Reyes, Justin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995
PG 13 Italy Librizzi, Matteo 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 22 – (2002-04-06)6 April 2002
PF 18 Italy Virginio, Nicolò 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2003-03-18)18 March 2003
F 21 Italy Ferrero, Giancarlo (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 35 – (1988-08-29)29 August 1988
C 30 Italy Caruso, Guglielmo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1999-07-03)3 July 1999
PG 45 United States Keene, Marcus 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1995-05-06)6 May 1995
Head coach
  • Italy Alberto Seravalli
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Vincenzo Cavazzana
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: April 14, 2022

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

Depth chart[edit]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Guglielmo Caruso
PF Paulius Sorokas Giancarlo Ferrero Nicolò Virginio
SF Siim-Sander Vene
SG Tomas Woldetensae Anthony Beane Matteo Librizzi
PG Marcus Keene Trey Kell Giovanni De Nicolao

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
5 SF Italy Alessandro Gentile 28 Estudiantes Spain 1 year June 2022 Free 25 June 2021 [1]
30 C Italy Guglielmo Caruso 22 Santa Clara Broncos United States 2+1 years June 2023 + 2024 Free 10 July 2021 [2]
3 PG United States Trey Kell 25 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Poland 1 year June 2022 Free 14 July 2021 [3]
11 SG United States Elijah Wilson 26 Dąbrowa Górnicza Poland 1 year June 2022 Free 19 July 2021 [4]
9 PF Lithuania Paulius Sorokas 28 Chieti Italy 1 year June 2022 Free 21 July 2021 [5]
6 PG Italy Andrea Amato 27 APU Udine Italy 3 months December 2021 Free 24 September 2021 [6]
45 PG United States Marcus Keene[Note IN] 26 Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia 1 year June 2022 Free 16 November 2021 [7]
11 F Estonia Siim-Sander Vene[Note IN] 31 Limoges CSP France 6 months June 2022 Free 4 January 2022 [8]
12 G/F Puerto Rico Justin Reyes[Note IN] 26 Capitanes de Ciudad de México Mexico 6 months June 2022 Free 17 January 2022 [9]
8 G Italy Tomas Woldetensae[Note IN] 23 Chieti Basket 1974 Italy 6 months June 2022 Free 11 February 2022 [10]
  1. ^
    In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
10 PG Italy Michele Ruzzier 23 Virtus Bologna Italy Exit option €15,000 30 June 2021 [11][12]
3 C United States Anthony Morse 27 Pallacanestro Piacentina Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [13]
4 F/C Argentina Luis Scola 41 Retired End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [14]
23 SG United States Toney Douglas 35 Iraklis Greece End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [15]
12 G/F Latvia Artūrs Strautiņš 22 Reggio Emilia Italy Exit option Undisclosed 4 July 2020 [16][17]
19 SF Italy Niccolò De Vico 24 Basket Torino Italy Transfer Undisclosed 20 July 2021 [18][19]
11 SG United States Elijah Wilson[Note OUT] 26 Start Lublin Poland Transfer Undisclosed 24 November 2021 [20][21]
6 PG Italy Andrea Amato[Note OUT] 27 Pallacanestro Nardò Italy Mutual consent Undisclosed 7 December 2021 [22][23]
15 C United States John Egbunu[Note OUT] 27 Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Mutual consent Undisclosed 25 December 2021 [24][25]
22 SF United States Jalen Jones[Note OUT] 28 JL Bourg France Mutual consent Undisclosed 4 January 2022 [26][27]
5 SF Italy Alessandro Gentile[Note OUT] 29 Free agent Mutual consent Free 27 January 2022 [28]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

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Confirmed[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
21 F Italy Giancarlo Ferrero 32 Pallacanestro Trapani Italy 4 + 3 years June 2022 Free 4 July 2015 [29][30][31]
5 PG Italy Giovanni De Nicolao 25 Fortitudo Agrigento Italy 2 years June 2022 Free 12 June 2020 [32]
22 SF United States Jalen Jones 28 Capital City Go-Go United States 1 + 1 years June 2021 Undisclosed 9 November 2020 [33]
2 G United States Anthony Beane 26 Virtus Roma Italy 2 years June 2022 Free 14 December 2020 [34]
15 C United States John Egbunu 26 Busan KT Sonicboom South Korea 1 + 1 years June 2022 Free 28 January 2021 [35][36]

Coach[edit]

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy Alberto Seravalli 38 Pallacanestro Varese (assistant) Italy End of the season June 2022 14 April 2022[37] Netherlands Johan Roijakkers 14 April 2022[37] Sacked
Netherlands Johan Roijakkers 41 Brose Bamberg Germany End of the season June 2022 12 January 2022[38] Italy Adriano Vertemati 11 January 2022[39] Mutual consent
Italy Adriano Vertemati 40 Bayern Munich (assistant) Germany 2 years June 2023 15 June 2021[40] Italy Massimo Bulleri 19 May 2021[41] Mutual consent

Competitions[edit]

Supercup[edit]

Main article: 2021 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 4 4 0 350 304 +46 Advance to Final Eight
2 Vanoli Cremona 4 1 3 319 337 −18
3 Openjobmetis Varese 4 1 3 299 327 −28
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A[edit]

Main article: 2021–22 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
10 NutriBullet Treviso 30 12 18 2366 2509 −143 24
11 Happy Casa Brindisi 30 12 18 2440 2499 −59 24
12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18 2470 2655 −185 24
13 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 11 19 2345 2447 −102 22
14 GeVi Napoli 30 11 19 2393 2455 −62 22
Source: LBA

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "GUGLIELMO CARUSO È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE BIANCOROSSO". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "TREY KELL É IL NUOVO PLAYMAKER DELLA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "ELIJAH WILSON È BIANCOROSSO". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "BENVENUTO PAULIUS SOROKAS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "ANDREA AMATO NUOVO INNESTO PER LA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 24 September 2021.
  7. ^ "MARCUS KEENE È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ "SIIM-SANDER VENE TORNA ALLA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 4 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Justin Reyes joins Pallacanestro Varese". Sportando. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "Tomas Woldetensae joins Varese". Eurobasket. February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
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  12. ^ "Michele Ruzzier nuovo acquisto di Virtus Segafredo Bologna". virtus.it (in Italian). 5 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Colpaccio Bakery: dalla massima serie italiana arriva Anthony Morse". bakerybasket.it (in Italian). 17 July 2021.
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  15. ^ "Στον ΗΡΑΚΛΗ ο Toney Douglas". iraklis-bc.gr (in Greek). 22 August 2021.
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  18. ^ "RISOLTO IL CONTRATTO CON NICCOLÒ DE VICO". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 20 July 2020.
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  39. ^ "VERTEMATI SOLLEVATO DALL'INCARICO DI ALLENATORE" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 11 January 2022.
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