Synudine Bologna
| Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna | |||
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| Nickname | Vu Nere Black V |
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| Leagues | LBA | ||
| Founded | 1929 | ||
| History |
Virtus Bologna 1929–present |
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| Arena |
Unipol Arena Land Rover Arena |
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| Capacity | Unipol Arena - 9,513 Range Rover Arena - 5,721 |
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| Location | Bologna, Italy | ||
| Team colors | White, black |
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| Main sponsor | Segafredo Zanetti | ||
| President | Alberto Bucci | ||
| Head coach | Alessandro Ramagli | ||
| Team captain | Guido Rosselli | ||
| Ownership | Massimo Zanetti | ||
| Championships |
15 Italian Championships 8 Italian Cups 2 Euroleagues 1 Saporta Cup 1 EuroChallenge 1 Italian Supercup 1 Italian LNP Cup 1 Serie A2 Basket |
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| Retired numbers | 3 (4, 5, 10) | ||
| Website | virtus.it | ||
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Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Segafredo Virtus Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The Club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in the Lega Basket Serie A, and it is the second most titled basketball club in Italy after Olimpia Milano, having won 15 Italian League championships, 8 Italian National Cups and 1 Italian Supercup. It currently plays in the Italian first division LBA.
For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.
Virtus was founded in 1871 as a gymnastics club, forming its first professional basketball team in 1929. It won its first national Serie A title in 1945, adding the next three editions as well. They would add two back to back titles in 1955 and 1956. A 20-year national title drought ended with another championship in 1976, the first of four up to 1984, completing a domestic double the latter year by adding a Cup.
In 1990 they achieved a different double with the domestic cup completemented by the European Cup Winner's Cup, their first European title, beating Real Madrid in the final thanks to an outstanding Micheal Ray Richardson. After nearly a decade, Virtus added the 1993 Serie A, also winning the next two. Led by players such as Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić and Antoine Rigaudeau the Italians won the 1997–98 FIBA Euroleague, Europe's premier competition, with another domestic title as a bonus.
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