Reyer Venezia

Umana Reyer Venezia
2021–22 Reyer Venezia season
Nickname	Orogranata
Leagues	LBA EuroCup
Founded	1925; 97 years ago (1925)
Arena	Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Capacity	3,509
Location	Venice, Italy
Team colors	Garnet Red, Gold, White
President	Federico Casarin
Head coach	Walter De Raffaele
Ownership	Luigi Brugnaro
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup 4 Italian Leagues 1 Italian Cup
Website	reyer.it
Home Away

S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in Italy, as well as the EuroCup. Reyer operates both men's and women's professional teams, both playing in their respective first divisions as of the 2017–18 season. The men's team has been crowned the Italian champions four times, as they won the LBA in 1942, 1943, 2017 and 2019.

History[]

The team was founded in 1872 as gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, by the gymnastics teacher Peter Gallo in Venice. The basketball section was founded in 1925. In the 1941–42 and 1942–43 season, Reyer won back-to-back Italian league titles. In 1944, the team also won the Italian championship, but the victory was not approved by the Italian Federation.

The club, under the name Carrera Venezia, participated in the 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup and managed to reach the final where the club was defeated 104–105 by Joventut Freixenet that took place in Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona at March 19.

In 2006–07, Reyer was the amateur champion of Italy, and promoted to the LegaDue. In the 2010–11 season, the team finally promoted back to the Lega Basket Serie A.

In the 2016–17 season, Reyer reached the LBA Finals for the first time since 1944.^[1] Reyer claimed its third national championship on June 20, 2017, after beating Trento 4–2 in the series.^[2] Reyer also played in the Basketball Champions League that season and advanced to the Final Four, where the team finished in fourth place.^[3]

In the 2017–18 season, coming off of its national championship, Venezia participated in its second straight Champions League season. In Group C, Reyer finished in the sixth-place after holding an 8–6 record. The team was transferred to the FIBA Europe Cup for the play-offs, where it beat Egis Körmend, Nizhny Novgorod and Donar in order to reach the Finals. In the Finals, Reyer faced fellow Italian side Sidigas Avellino. Reyer won the finals 158–148 on aggregate, and on 2 May 2018 the club won the FIBA Europe Cup, its first ever European trophy.^[4]

On June 22, 2019, Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th Italian league title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the LBA finals.^[5]

On February 16, 2020, Venezia went to win its first Italian Cup ever by beating Happy Casa Brindisi 73–67 in the Finals in the Adriatic Arena of Pesaro.^[6]

Honours[]

Total titles: 4

Domestic competitions[]

• Italian League

Winners (4): 1941–42, 1942–43, 2016–17, 2018–19

Runners-up (1): 1945–46

• Italian Cup

Winners (1): 2019–20

• Italian Supercup

Runners-up (2): 2017, 2019

European competitions[]

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1980–81

• FIBA Europe Cup

Winners (1): 2017–18

Players[]

Current roster[]

Umana Reyer Venezia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 5 Stone, Julyan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 G/F 6 Bramos, Michael (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 34 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987 SG 7 Tonut, Stefano 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993 PF 9 Daye, Austin 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 PG 10 De Nicolao, Andrea 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 30 – (1991-08-21)21 August 1991 SG 11 Sanders, Victor 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1995-02-16)16 February 1995 F/C 14 Echodas, Martynas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 24 – (1997-07-07)7 July 1997 F/C 19 Morgan, Jordan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 30 – (1991-09-15)15 September 1991 PF 22 Mazzola, Valerio 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 33 – (1988-03-07)7 March 1988 PF 23 Brooks, Jeff 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 PG 25 Theodore, Jordan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 32 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989 G/F 30 Cerella, Bruno 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 35 – (1986-07-30)30 July 1986 SG 31 Vitali, Michele 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991 C 50 Watt, Mitchell 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 32 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989	Head coach Walter De Raffaele Assistant coach(es) Gianluca Tucci Alberto Billio Simone Bianchi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 31, 2022

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jordan Morgan	Mitchell Watt	Martynas Echodas
PF	Jeff Brooks	Austin Daye	Valerio Mazzola
SF	Michael Bramos	Victor Sanders
SG	Stefano Tonut	Michele Vitali	Bruno Cerella
PG	Jordan Theodore	Andrea De Nicolao	Julyan Stone

Notable players[]

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.

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Italian Cup	European competitions
2010–11	2	LegaDue	2nd
2011–12	1	Serie A	7th
2012–13	1	Serie A	8th
2013–14	1	Serie A	11th
2014–15	1	Serie A	4th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	Serie A	4th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	L32
2016–17	1	LBA	1st	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	4th
2017–18	1	LBA	3rd	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	RS
					4 FIBA Europe Cup	C
2018–19	1	LBA	1st	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	T16
2019–20	1	LBA	7th	Champion	2 EuroCup	QF
2020–21	1	LBA	4th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS

Source: Eurobasket.com

Head coaches[]

Sponsorship names[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Official site (in Italian)
• Serie A profile (in Italian)