Pallacanestro Cantù | |||
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Leagues | LBA | ||
Founded | 1936 | ||
History |
Associazione Pallacanestro Cantù 1936–1940 Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Cantù 1940–1948 Pallacanestro Cantù 1948–present |
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Arena |
Palasport Pianella PalaDesio |
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Capacity | 3,910 (Pianella) 8,000 (PalaDesio) |
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Location | Cantù, Lombardy, Italy | ||
Team colors | White, Blue, Sky Blue | ||
President | Irina Gerasimenko | ||
Head coach | Kyrylo Bol'shakov | ||
Ownership | Dmitry Gerasimenko | ||
Championships |
3 Italian Leagues 2 EuroLeagues 4 Saporta Cups 4 Korac Cups 2 Intercontinental Cups 2 Italian Supercups |
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Website | Official website | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Red October Cantù (domestically) and FoxTown Cantù (in Europe), is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second only to Real Madrid – against whom they have an 8–2 record – for European trophies won, with twelve titles (two EuroLeagues, four Saporta Cups, four FIBA Korać Cups and also two FIBA Intercontinental Cups.), in addition to three domestic Italian Leagues and two Italian Supercups.
The club was founded as Associazione Pallacanestro Cantù in 1936 with impetus from youngsters Mario Broggi and Angiolino Polli. At a time when basketball was an unknown sport, a nucleus composed of Broggi, Polli, Attilio Molteni, Peppino Borghi, Alberto Broggi, Vittorio Sgariboldi, Nene Marchi and Peppino Colombo started to play in the uncovered courtyard of the Sacramentine Sisters Institute. A name change in 1940 would see the club become Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Cantù, winning their first major trophy in 1942 with the Bruno Mussolini Trophy after a Luigi Cicoria -coached squad downed Pallacanestro Varese and General Cantore Milano. The club reemerged after World War II as Pallacanestro Cantù, playing in the third division Serie C in 1949. It then reached the second division Serie B in 1953 and the first division Serie A in 1954, though they were relegated after one season. The Broggi brothers retired during this period, replaced on the court by Lino Cappelletti – the first Cantù player to make the Italian national team, Lietti, Ronchetti and Quarta whilst the squad was sponsored for the first time, by the distillery Milenka.