{{Infobox Basketball club | current = | name = Pallacanestro Trieste | nickname = | logo = Logo Pall Trieste.png | logo_size = 150px | leagues = LBA | founded = {{Start date and age|1975}} | history = '''Pallacanestro Trieste'''<br>(1975–2004)<br>'''Pallacanestro Trieste 2004'''<br>(2004–present) | arena = PalaTrieste | capacity = 6,943<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fivb.ch/en/volleyball/competitions/worldleague/2003/general/cities.asp/ |title=World League 2003 Cities and competitions halls. |access-date=2017-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914022922/http://www.fivb.ch/en/volleyball/competitions/worldleague/2003/general/cities.asp |archive-date=2018-09-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | location = Trieste, Italy | colors = White, red<br />{{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#E4042C}} | owner = | president = Paul Matiasic | coach = Israel González | captain = Lodovico Deangeli | championships = '''5''' Italian Leagues<br>'''2''' Serie A2 | retired_numbers = | website = [http://www.pallacanestrotrieste.it/ pallacanestrotrieste.it] | h_body = FF0000 | h_pattern_b = _trieste_2021h | h_shorts = FF0000 | h_pattern_s = _trieste_2021h | a_body = D41421 | a_pattern_b = _trieste_2021a | a_shorts = D41421 | a_pattern_s = _trieste_2021a }} 300px|thumb|right|Players celebrating after the 2018 Serie A2 championship '''Pallacanestro Trieste 2004''' is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trieste. They played in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) for five seasons (2018–19 to 2022–23 season); after winning playoffs of Serie A2 in 2023–24 season they are going to join again Lega Basket Serie A in the 2024–25 season. The PalaTrieste serves as the club's home arena.
==History== A number of Trieste teams had played in the first division Serie A, the most successful of which was Società Ginnastica Triestina (from the 1930s to the 1960s) that won several national championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Three other top division Trieste sides were Lega Nazionale Trieste (1949-1951), San Giusto Trieste (1948-1949) and Polizia Civile Trieste (1949-1950).
Pallacanestro Trieste was established in 1975, it played in the top tier Serie A from 1982 to 1986, 1990 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2004, with a best result of third in 1994. That same year, it reached the FIBA Korać Cup final. The next season saw the team reaching the Italian Cup final.
After the 2003-04 season, the club went bankrupt and was relegated to the lower divisions.
After many years spent between the third and fourth division, in 2010 Eugenio Dalmasson was appointed Head Coach. Finally in 2012, the team reached the promotion to the second division with a win against Chieti in an epic game-5 in front of 6000 people.<ref>[http://www.pallacanestrotrieste2004.it/societa/ Trieste history on the official team website]</ref>
On June 16, 2018, Trieste won the 2017–18 Serie A2 season after beating Novipiù Casale Monferrato at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returned in LBA, the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 14 years of absence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/A2/16-06-2018/trieste-sbanca-casale-14-anni-torna-serie-a-270989060359.shtml |title=Basket, Trieste sbanca Casale: dopo 14 anni torna in Serie A!|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=gassetta.it |access-date=17 June 2018 |language=Italian |trans-title=Basketball, Trieste wins over Casale: after 14 years they return to Serie A!}}</ref>
On June 26, 2018, Luigi Scavone, the main owner of the title sponsor ''Alma Agenzia per il lavoro'', became new president of Trieste, while the former president Gianluca Mauro became new CEO of the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportando.basketball/it/italia/serie-a/278721/alma-pallacanestro-trieste-luigi-scavone-nuovo-presidente-gianluca-mauro-amministratore-delegato.html |title=Alma Pallacanestro Trieste: Luigi Scavone nuovo presidente, Gianluca Mauro amministratore delegato|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=sportando.basketball |access-date=26 June 2018 |language=Italian |trans-title=Alma Pallacanestro Trieste: Luigi Scavone new president, Gianluca Mauro CEO}}</ref>
On May 7, 2019, Gianluca Mauro became again president and CEO of the club looking for new sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.triesteprima.it/sport/alma-pallacanestro-gianluca-mauro-nuovo-presidente-7-maggio-2019.html |title=Alma Pallacanestro Trieste: Gianluca Mauro è il nuovo presidente|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=triesteprima.it |access-date=2 September 2019 |language=Italian |trans-title=Alma Pallacanestro Trieste: Gianluca Mauro new president}}</ref>
On November 29, 2019, the insurance company Allianz, became new title sponsor and main sponsor of Pallacanestro Trieste for the following three seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.legabasket.it/news/125741/inizia_l___era_allianz_pallacanestro_trieste |title=Inizia l'era Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=legabasket.it |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=Italian |trans-title=The Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste era begins }}</ref> This sponsorship lapsed at the end of the 2021-2022 season.
In January, 2023, 90% of the club was acquired by San Francisco-based Cotogna Sports Group with the remaining 10% by Trieste-based Trieste Basket. Pallacanestro Trieste's first Board of Directors of the CSG era consists of five members, four of whom are nominated by Cotogna Sports Group: they are Richard de Meo (Chairman), Fitzann R. Reid (Vice Chairman), Connor Barwin (Vice Chairman), and Mario Ghiacci (Vice Chairman and General Manager); the fifth member is chosen by the minority shareholder, Trieste Basket srl, who have appointed Trieste manager Andrea Bochicchio.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pallacanestrotrieste.it/news/254591536646/formalizzato-il-passaggio-del-90-delle-quote-a-csgi | title=Formalizzato il passaggio del 90% delle quote a CSGI }}</ref>
==Players== === Current roster === {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header |team=Pallacanestro Trieste | color1 = #FFFFFF| bg1 = #D41421| color2 = #D41421| bg2 = #FFFFFF }} {{player3 |num = 1 |nat = USA |first = Juan |last=Toscano-Anderson|pos = F |m = 1.98 |kgs = 95 | year = 1993 |month = 4 |date = 10 |nat2=MEX}} {{player3 |num = 4 |nat = USA |first = Colbey |last = Ross |pos = PG|m = 1.85 |kgs = 84 | year = 1998 |month = 10|date = 22}} {{player3 |num = 8 |nat = ITA |first = Lodovico |last = Deangeli |pos = F |m = 2.05 |kgs = 90 | year = 2000 |month = 5 |date = 19}} {{player3 |num = 9 |nat = USA |first = Jarrod |last = Uthoff |pos = PF|m = 2.06 |kgs = 100 | year = 1993 |month = 5 |date = 19}} {{player3 |num = 10 |nat = ITA |first = Michele |last = Ruzzier |pos = G |m = 1.83 |kgs = 80 | year = 1993 |month = 2 |date = 9 }} {{player3 |num = 11 |nat = MLI |first = Mady |last = Sissoko |pos = C |m = 2.06 |kgs = 113 | year = 2000 |month = 12|date = 20}} {{player3 |num = 13 |nat = ITA |first = Francesco |last = Candussi |pos = F |m = 2.13 |kgs = 109 | year = 1994 |month = 2 |date = 23}} {{player3 |num = 18 |nat = ITA |first = Pietro |last = Ianuzzi |pos = F |m = 1.96 |kgs = 85 | year = 2006 |month = 7 |date = 18}} {{player3 |num = 22 |nat = USA |first = Markel |last = Brown |pos = G |m = 1.91 |kgs = 86 | year = 1992 |month = 1 |date = 29}} {{player3 |num = 23 |nat = ITA |first = Jeff |last = Brooks |pos = PF|m = 2.03 |kgs = 100 | year = 1989 |month = 6 |date = 12}} {{player3 |num = 25 |nat = ITA |first = Davide |last = Moretti |pos = G |m = 1.90 |kgs = 81 | year = 1998 |month = 3 |date = 25}} {{player3 |num = 37 |nat = USA |first = Jahmi'us |last = Ramsey |pos = G |m = 1.91 |kgs = 86 | year = 2001 |month = 6 |date = 9 }} {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = * {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Taccetti | asst_coach = * {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Nanni | roster_url = https://www.pallacanestrotrieste.it/groups/210141019794/roster | accessdate = {{dts|2026|2|16}} }}
=== Depth chart === {{Basketball depth chart |team_name = Pallacanestro Trieste |switch_colors = true
| starter_pg = <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Colbey Ross</span> | starter_pf = <span style="color:#ff0000;"> Juan Toscano-Anderson </span> | starter_sf = <span style="color:#ff0000;"> Jahmi'us Ramsey</span> | starter_sg= <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Markel Brown </span> | starter_c= <span style="color:#ff0000;"> Mady Sissoko </span>
| bench 1_sf = <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Jarrod Uthoff </span> | bench 1_c = <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Francesco Candussi </span> | bench 1_pg = <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Michele Ruzzier </span> | bench 1_sg= <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Davide Moretti </span> | bench 1_pf= <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Jeff Brooks </span>
| bench 2_pg = <span style="color:#;"> </span> | bench 2_sg= <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Lodovico Deangeli </span> | bench 2_sf= <span style="color:#0000ff;"> Pietro Ianuzzi </span> | bench 2_pf= <span style="color:#;"> </span> | bench 2_c= <span style="color:#;"> </span>
| notes = (colours: <span style="color:#0000ff;">Italian or homegrown players</span>; <span style="color:#ff0000;">foreign players</span>; <span style="color:#0b610b;">young players)</span>}}
==Honours==
===Domestic competitions=== * '''Italian League''' : '''Winners (5)''': 1930, 1932, 1934, 1939–40, 1940–41 ''(as Gimnastica Triestina)'' : 3rd place (1): 1993–94 * '''Italian Cup''' : Runners-up (1): 1995 * '''Serie A2 Basket''' : '''Winners (2)''': 2017–18, 2023–24 * '''Serie B1 north east division''' : '''Winners (1)''': 2011–12
===European competitions=== * '''FIBA Korać Cup''' <small>(defunct)</small> : Runners-up (1): 1993–94
===Other competitions=== * '''FIBA International Christmas Tournament''' <small>(defunct)</small> : Runners-up (1): 1993
== Notable players == {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{columns-list|colwidth=24em| * {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Tonut <small>8 seasons: '79-'84, '94-'97</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Marvin Barnes <small> 1 season: '80</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Jordan <small> exhibition game in 1985</small> * {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Cantarello <small>5 seasons: '89-'94</small> * {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro De Pol <small>5 seasons: '89-'94</small> * {{flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Pilutti <small>5 seasons: '89-'94</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Tyler <small>1 season: '89-'90</small> * {{flagicon|SVN}} {{flagicon|ITA}} Gregor Fučka <small>4 seasons: '90-'94</small> * {{flagicon|ITA}} Dino Meneghin <small>3 seasons: '90-'93</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Sylvester Gray <small>2 seasons: '90-'92</small> * {{flagicon|SER}} Dejan Bodiroga <small>2 seasons: '92-'94</small> * {{flagicon|ITA}} Ferdinando Gentile <small>1 season: '93-'94</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Lemone Lampley <small>1 season: '93-'94</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Burtt Sr. <small>2 seasons: '94-'95, '96-'97</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Thompson <small>1 season: '94-'95</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Pete Chilcutt <small>1 season: '94-'95</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Jevon Crudup <small>1 season: '95-'96</small> * {{flagicon|ITA}} Aniello Laezza <small>5 seasons: '96-'01</small> * {{flagicon|BIH}} {{flagicon|SVN}} Teoman Alibegović <small>2 seasons: '96-'97, '98-'99</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Darnell Robinson <small>1 season: '96-'97</small> * {{flagicon|BIH}} {{flagicon|CRO}} Ivica Marić <small>4 seasons: '97-'98, '99-'00, '01-'03</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Irving Thomas <small>1 season: '97-'98</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Ed O'Bannon <small>1 season: '97-'98</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|IRL}} Ron Rowan <small>1 season: '99-'00</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Conrad McRae <small>1 season: '99-'00</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ITA}} Dante Calabria <small>1 season: '00-'01</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ITA}} Casey Shaw <small>1 season: '00-'01</small> * {{flagicon|SER}} {{flagicon|GRE}} Milan Gurović <small>1 season: '00-'01</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Scoonie Penn <small>1 season: '00-'01</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Nate Erdmann <small>2 seasons: '01-'03</small> * {{flagicon|CRO}} Siniša Kelečević <small>1 season: '02-'03</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Terrance Roberson <small>1 season: '02-'03</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|PUR}} Sharif Fajardo <small>1 season: '03-'04</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Alvin Sims <small>1 season: '03-'04</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Billy Thomas <small>1 season: '03-'04</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Oliver <small>1 season: '03-'04</small> * {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|MNE}} Javonte Green <small>2 season: ‘16-‘18</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Ty-Shon Alexander <small>1 season: '22 </small> }}
==Sponsorship names== In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:
{{columns-list|colwidth=24em| * Arrigoni Trieste (1955–1956) * Stock Trieste (1957–1960) * Philco Trieste (1961–1963) * Lloyd Adriatico Trieste (1974–1975) * Hurlingham Trieste (1976–1981) * Oece Trieste (1981–1982) * Bic Trieste (1982–1984) * Stefanel Trieste (1984–1994) * Illy Caffè Trieste (1994–1996) * Genertel Trieste (1996–1998) * Lineltex Trieste (1997–1999) * Telit Trieste (1999–2001) * Coop Nordest Trieste (2001–2004) * AcegasAps Trieste (2005–2013) * Pallacanestro Trieste (2013–2015) * Alma Pallacanestro Trieste (2015–2019) <ref>[http://195.56.77.208/team/history.phtml?id=TS Trieste history on the official Serie A site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185044/http://195.56.77.208/team/history.phtml?id=TS |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> * Pallacanestro Trieste (2019) * Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (2019–2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/trieste/cronaca/2019/11/29/news/nasce-l-era-dell-allianz-pallacanestro-trieste-1.38030226 |title=Nasce l'era dell'Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste |website=ilpiccolo.gelocal.it |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=Italian |trans-title=The era of the Allianz Basketball Trieste is born }}</ref> * Pallacanestro Trieste (2022–present) }}
==Kit manufacturer== * 2017–2018: '''Macron'''<ref>[https://www.pallacanestrotrieste2004.it/12082017-1/ Macron sponsor tecnico di Alma Pallacanestro Trieste], pallacanestrotrieste2004.it, Retrieved 2 November 2017.</ref> * 2018–2022: '''Adidas''' <ref>[https://sportando.basketball/it/italia/serie-a/285059/trieste-adidas-nuovo-fornitore-tecnico.html Trieste: Adidas nuovo fornitore tecnico], Sportando.basketball, Retrieved 12 August 2018.</ref> * 2022–2025: '''Macron'''<ref>[https://www.pallacanestrotrieste2004.it/12082017-1/ Macron sponsor tecnico di Alma Pallacanestro Trieste], pallacanestrotrieste2004.it, Retrieved 2 November 2017.</ref> * 2024–present: '''Nike'''
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website|http://www.pallacanestrotrieste2004.it/}} {{in lang|it}}
{{Pallacanestro Trieste current roster}} {{Pallacanestro Trieste by season}} {{Lega Basket Serie A}}
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