Fortitudo Bologna
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| Fortitudo Bologna | |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| Arena | PalaDozza (5721) |
| Team History | Fortitudo Bologna (1932-present) |
| Team Colors | White and Navy Blue |
| Lega Basket Serie A | 2 (2000, 2005) |
| Italian Cup | 1 (1998) |
| Italian Supercup | 2 (1998, 2005) |
| Euroleague | 0 (1 Final) |
| Cup Winners' Cups (Saporta Cup) | 0 (-) |
| Owner | Giorgio Seragnoli |
| Head Coach | Jasmin Repesa |
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is a prominent Italian basketball club based in Bologna. It is now also known as Climamio Bologna after its current sponsor, a major dealer in home climate-control systems. The club has had numerous sponsors over the years.
Despite being one of Europe's richest clubs, Fortitudo has for much of its history played second fiddle in its own city to archrivals Virtus Bologna. Fortitudo won its first major trophy in 1998, winning the Italian Cup.
Fortitudo has made the Italian League championship finals ten consecutive years (1997 through 2006). After three straight finals losses, Fortitudo won the Italian League Championship for the first time in 2000. Four consecutive finals losses were followed by Fortitudo's second league title in 2005, courtesy of a 3-1 win over Armani Jeans Milano in the finals series when instant replay upheld a Ruben Douglas buzzer beater in Game 4 of the championship series.
In recent years, Fortitudo has become a fixture in the Euroleague, basketball's equivalent to the Champions League in football. It lost in the Euroleague final in 2004 to Maccabi Tel-Aviv by 44 points, after defeating Montepaschi Siena on the day before in semifinal.
Fortitudo's home arena is Paladozza, now also known for sponsorship reasons as Land Rover Arena.
List of former club sponsorship names
- Cassera 1966-1968
- Eldorado 1968-1971
- Alco 1971-1978
- Mercury 1978-1980
- I&B 1980-1981
- Lattesole 1981-1983
- Yoga 1983-1988
- Arimo 1988-1990
- Aprimatic 1990-1991
- Mangiaebevi 1991-1993
- brief period without a name sponsor 1993
- Filodoro 1993-1995
- Teamsystem 1995-1999
- Paf Wennington 1999-2001
- Skipper 2001-2004
- Climamio 2004-
Current roster
| 4 | Rodolfo Rombaldoni | Shooting guard
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| 6 | Stefano Mancinelli | Small forward
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| 7 | Sani Becirovic | Shooting guard
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| 8 | Marco Belinelli | Shooting guard
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| 9 | Yakhouba Diawara | Small forward
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| 10 | Kiwane Garris | Point guard
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| 11 | Dalibor Bagaric | Center
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| 12 | Nate Green | Shooting guard
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| 13 | Travis Watson
| Power forward
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| 14 | Tomas Ress
| Power forward
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| 15 | Eražem Lorbek | Center
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| 17 | Davide Bruttini | Small forward
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