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2021–22 Pallacanestro Varese season

The 2020–21 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 77th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Pallacanestro Varese
2021–22 season
OwnerVarese nel cuore s.c. a r.l.
PresidentMarco Vittorelli
Head coachAdriano Vertemati
ArenaPalasport Lino Oldrini
LBARegular season
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 3)

Kit edit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis

Players edit

Current roster edit

Openjobmetis Varese roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 7   Beane, Anthony 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 29 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994
G 8   Woldetensae, Tomas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – (1998-04-30)30 April 1998
PF 9   Sorokas, Paulius 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-08-25)25 August 1992
PG 10   De Nicolao, Giovanni 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 27 – (1996-06-10)10 June 1996
F 11   Vene, Siim-Sander 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 33 – (1990-11-12)12 November 1990
G/F 12   Reyes, Justin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995
PG 13   Librizzi, Matteo 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 22 – (2002-04-06)6 April 2002
PF 18   Virginio, Nicolò 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2003-03-18)18 March 2003
F 21   Ferrero, Giancarlo (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 35 – (1988-08-29)29 August 1988
C 30   Caruso, Guglielmo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1999-07-03)3 July 1999
PG 45   Keene, Marcus 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1995-05-06)6 May 1995
Head coach
  •   Alberto Seravalli
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Vincenzo Cavazzana
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured
Updated: April 14, 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Guglielmo Caruso
PF Paulius Sorokas Giancarlo Ferrero Nicolò Virginio
SF Siim-Sander Vene
SG Tomas Woldetensae Anthony Beane Matteo Librizzi
PG Marcus Keene Trey Kell Giovanni De Nicolao

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes edit

In edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
5 SF   Alessandro Gentile 28 Estudiantes   1 year June 2022 Free 25 June 2021 [1]
30 C   Guglielmo Caruso 22 Santa Clara Broncos   2+1 years June 2023 + 2024 Free 10 July 2021 [2]
3 PG   Trey Kell 25 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski   1 year June 2022 Free 14 July 2021 [3]
11 SG   Elijah Wilson 26 Dąbrowa Górnicza   1 year June 2022 Free 19 July 2021 [4]
9 PF   Paulius Sorokas 28 Chieti   1 year June 2022 Free 21 July 2021 [5]
6 PG   Andrea Amato 27 APU Udine   3 months December 2021 Free 24 September 2021 [6]
45 PG   Marcus Keene[Note IN] 26 Cedevita Olimpija   1 year June 2022 Free 16 November 2021 [7]
11 F   Siim-Sander Vene[Note IN] 31 Limoges CSP   6 months June 2022 Free 4 January 2022 [8]
12 G/F   Justin Reyes[Note IN] 26 Capitanes de Ciudad de México   6 months June 2022 Free 17 January 2022 [9]
8 G   Tomas Woldetensae[Note IN] 23 Chieti Basket 1974   6 months June 2022 Free 11 February 2022 [10]
  1. ^
    In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
10 PG   Michele Ruzzier 23 Virtus Bologna   Exit option €15,000 30 June 2021 [11][12]
3 C   Anthony Morse 27 Pallacanestro Piacentina   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [13]
4 F/C   Luis Scola 41 Retired End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [14]
23 SG   Toney Douglas 35 Iraklis   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [15]
12 G/F   Artūrs Strautiņš 22 Reggio Emilia   Exit option Undisclosed 4 July 2020 [16][17]
19 SF   Niccolò De Vico 24 Basket Torino   Transfer Undisclosed 20 July 2021 [18][19]
11 SG   Elijah Wilson[Note OUT] 26 Start Lublin   Transfer Undisclosed 24 November 2021 [20][21]
6 PG   Andrea Amato[Note OUT] 27 Pallacanestro Nardò   Mutual consent Undisclosed 7 December 2021 [22][23]
15 C   John Egbunu[Note OUT] 27 Hapoel Jerusalem   Mutual consent Undisclosed 25 December 2021 [24][25]
22 SF   Jalen Jones[Note OUT] 28 JL Bourg   Mutual consent Undisclosed 4 January 2022 [26][27]
5 SF   Alessandro Gentile[Note OUT] 29 Free agent   Mutual consent Free 27 January 2022 [28]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

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Confirmed edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
21 F   Giancarlo Ferrero 32 Pallacanestro Trapani   4 + 3 years June 2022 Free 4 July 2015 [29][30][31]
5 PG   Giovanni De Nicolao 25 Fortitudo Agrigento   2 years June 2022 Free 12 June 2020 [32]
22 SF   Jalen Jones 28 Capital City Go-Go   1 + 1 years June 2021 Undisclosed 9 November 2020 [33]
2 G   Anthony Beane 26 Virtus Roma   2 years June 2022 Free 14 December 2020 [34]
15 C   John Egbunu 26 Busan KT Sonicboom   1 + 1 years June 2022 Free 28 January 2021 [35][36]

Coach edit

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
  Alberto Seravalli 38 Pallacanestro Varese (assistant)   End of the season June 2022 14 April 2022[37]   Johan Roijakkers 14 April 2022[37] Sacked
  Johan Roijakkers 41 Brose Bamberg   End of the season June 2022 12 January 2022[38]   Adriano Vertemati 11 January 2022[39] Mutual consent
  Adriano Vertemati 40 Bayern Munich (assistant)   2 years June 2023 15 June 2021[40]   Massimo Bulleri 19 May 2021[41] Mutual consent

Competitions edit

Supercup edit

Main article: 2021 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 4 4 0 350 304 +46 Advance to Final Eight
2 Vanoli Cremona 4 1 3 319 337 −18
3 Openjobmetis Varese 4 1 3 299 327 −28
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A edit

Main article: 2021–22 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
10 NutriBullet Treviso 30 12 18 2366 2509 −143 24
11 Happy Casa Brindisi 30 12 18 2440 2499 −59 24
12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18 2470 2655 −185 24
13 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 11 19 2345 2447 −102 22
14 GeVi Napoli 30 11 19 2393 2455 −62 22
Source: LBA

References edit

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  8. ^ "SIIM-SANDER VENE TORNA ALLA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 4 January 2022.
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  10. ^ "Tomas Woldetensae joins Varese". Eurobasket. February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
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  15. ^ "Στον ΗΡΑΚΛΗ ο Toney Douglas". iraklis-bc.gr (in Greek). 22 August 2021.
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  19. ^ "Niccolò De Vico è un nuovo giocatore della Reale Mutua Basket Torino". baskettorinoofficial.com (in Italian). 20 July 2020.
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