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| Fortitudo Agrigento | |||
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| Nickname | I Giganti | ||
| Leagues | Serie B | ||
| Founded | 1969 | ||
| Arena | PalaMoncada | ||
| Capacity | 3,200 | ||
| Location | Agrigento,Italy | ||
| Team colors | White,Blue | ||
| Main sponsor | Moncada | ||
| President | Salvatore Moncada | ||
| Head coach | Michele Catalani | ||
| Website | fortitudoagrigento.it | ||
Fortitudo Agrigento is an Italian professionalbasketball team, based inAgrigento,Sicily.[1] Founded in 1969, the side plays in the second divisionSerie A2 as of the2015–16 season.
Before the creation of Fortitudo Agrigento, there were many different teams inAgrigento. In 1968, one of these local teams achieved promotion to Serie C, but due to financial difficulties it soon had to leave the league.
In 1969, Fortitudo Agrigento was founded and started in the 7th-tier League, "Promozione", of theItalian basketball league system.
During the 1988–89 season, Fortitudo achieved promotion toSerie B beatingPorto Empedocle,Cefalù,Catania and many other popular teams. In the next season, Fortitudo was relegated again to Serie C and decided to rebuild part of the team from the 1988–89 season with a new manager. At the end of the season Agrigento was again in Serie B.
From the 2007-08 season, Fortitudo Agrigento achieved a series of consecutive promotions until promotion toSerie A2 in 2012.
2015–16 teams | |
| Girone Ovest (West Group) | |
| Girone Est (East Group) | |
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