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, and in 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. Reyer claimed its third national championship on 20 June 2017, after beating Trento 4–2 in the series.Reyer Venezia crowned Italian league champion! Reyer also played in the Basketball Champions League that season and advanced to the Final Four, where the team finished in fourth place.
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.Reyer Venezia conquer FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Sidigas Avellino
On 22 June 2019 Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th Italian league title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the LBA finals.
On 16 February 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.
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
Depth chart
Notable players
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueItalian CupEuropean competitions2010–112LegaDue2nd2011–121Serie A7th2012–131Serie A8th2013–141Serie A11th2014–151Serie A4thQuarterfinalist2015–161Serie A4thQuarterfinalist2 Eurocup 2016–171LBA 1st Quarterfinalist3 Champions League 4th2017–181LBA3rdQuarterfinalist3 Champions League 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2018–191LBA 1stQuarterfinalist3 Champions League 2019–201LBA 7thChampion2 EuroCup 2020–211LBA4thQuarterfinalist2 Eurocup 2021–221LBA6th2 Eurocup 2022–231LBA4thQuarterfinalist2 Eurocup 2023–241LBA4thQuarterfinalist2 Eurocup 2024–251LBA 8th2 Eurocup 2025–261LBA Quarterfinalist2 Eurocup Source: Eurobasket.com
Head coaches
1940–1946: Vidal Carmelo 1948–1951: Amerigo Penzo 1951–1953: Enrico Garbosi 1953–1955: Egidio Marsico 1955–1956: Enrico Garbosi 1956–1957: Giulio Geroli 1958–1959: Egidio Marsico 1959–1960: Giulio Geroli 1964–1971: Giulio Geroli 1971–1979: Tonino Zorzi 1979–1980: Giuseppe Guerrieri 1980–1981: Tonino Zorzi 1981–1982: Waldi Medeot 1982–1983: Aca Nikolić 1983–1985: Waldi Medeot 1985–1987: Tonino Zorzi 1987–1988: Petar Skansi 1988–1990: Marco Calamai 1990–1991: Andy Russo 1991–1993: Mario De Sisti
1993–1996: Francesco Vitucci 1997–2006: Costantini Sales e Rubini 2008: Eugenio Dalmasson 2008: Stefano Bizzozi 2009: Sandro Dell'Agnello 2009–2013: Andrea Mazzon 2013–2014: Zare Markovski 2014–2016: Carlo Recalcati 2016–2023: Walter De Raffaele 2023–present: Neven Spahija
Sponsorship names Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as :
Noalex Venezia: (1966–1970) Splügen Venezia (1970–1973) Canon Venezia: (1973–1980) Carrera Venezia: (1980–1984) Giomo Venezia: (1984–1987) Hitachi Venezia: (1987–1990) Scaini Venezia: (1991–1993) Acqua Lora Venezia: (1993–1994) San Benedetto: (1994–1995) Reyer Venezia: (1995-1996) Panto Venezia: (1998–2001) Acqua Pia Antica Marcia: (2005–2006) Umana Reyer Venezia: (2006–present)
References
External links Official site Serie A profile