Gruppo Triboldi Basket
| Guerino Vanoli Basket | |||
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| League | LBA | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| History |
Gruppo Triboldi Basket (1999–2011) Guerino Vanoli Basket (2011–present) |
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| Arena | PalaRadi | ||
| Capacity | 3,519 | ||
| Location |
Cremona Italy |
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| Team colors | White, Sky Blue, Navy |
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| President | Aldo Vanoli | ||
| Head coach | Cesare Pancotto | ||
| Website | http://www.vanolibasket.com | ||
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Guerino Vanoli Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as Vanoli Cremona, is a professional basketball team of the city of Cremona. The team plays in LBA, the top Italian basketball league. From 1999 to 2011 the society had the name of Gruppo Triboldi Basket. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.
The U.S. Gruppo Triboldi Basket was founded in 1999 in Soresina by Secondo Triboldi. The team, with Simone Lottici as coach, soon reached the Serie B d’Eccellenza, the third Italian league. Not having a suitable arena for this league, the club moved to the nearby indoor stadium in Cremona Cà de Somenzi, keeping the seat in Soresina. After five seasons in the third Italian league, in the 2005-06 season arrived the promotion in Legadue with Andrea Trinchieri on the bench, finishing first in the group A, and after winning the play-offs by beating in order Cento, Forlì and Osimo. The first year in Legadue, Gruppo Triboldi finished the regular season in fourth place, being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Pavia. At the end of the season Trinchieri left the role of head coach and moved to Caserta, being replaced by Stefano Cioppi. After a fifth place in the following season and elimination in playoffs semifinals by Caserta, the club achieved the promotion to Serie A after finishing the 2008-2009 season in third place and winning the play-offs beating in order Pavia, Casale Monferrato and Sassari.
After the promotion to Serie A, some managers of Juvi Cremona (which gives the Serie A Dilettanti’s title to Leonessa Brescia) entered in the company. Moreover, the company's registered office was transferred from Soresina to Cremona. At the end of the first season in Serie A, ended with the 13th place in the standings, the General Manager Ario Costa and Vice President Matteo Bonetti left the team to join Leonessa Brescia in Serie A Dilettanti, the third Italian league, so the owner Secondo Triboldi decided to appoint as General Manager Flavio Portaluppi, who had played in the team just two seasons before, after a year spent at Olimpia Milano. The coach for the 2010-11 season is Slovenian Tomo Mahorič.
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