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| Leagues | LBA | ||||||
| Founded | 23 April 1960; 64 years ago (1960-04-23) | ||||||
| History | Dinamo Sassari (1960–present) | ||||||
| Arena | Palasport Roberta Serradimigni | ||||||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||||||
| Location | Sassari, Italy | ||||||
| Team colors | White, blue | ||||||
| Main sponsor | Banco di Sardegna | ||||||
| President | Stefano Sardara | ||||||
| Team manager | Federico Pasquini | ||||||
| Head coach | Nenad Marković | ||||||
| Team captain | Giacomo Devecchi | ||||||
| Ownership | Polisportiva Dinamo s.r.l. | ||||||
| Championships | |||||||
| Retired numbers | 2 (12,12) | ||||||
| Website | dinamobasket.com | ||||||
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Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known asDinamo Sassari and currently known asDinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professionalbasketball club that is based inSassari,Sardinia. They are the2018–19 European Cup Champions.[1] The club plays in the ItalianLBA, thehighest level club competition in Italian professional basketball.
Dinamo was founded in 1960, and in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). The club plays in theSerie A (the highest level for the men's basketball competitions in Italy), since 2010.
Dinamo Sassari is notable for being the club in Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive score of 158 points scored in a single game (with noovertimes), during the 1994–95Serie A2 regular season, versusPallacanestro Pavia (91);[2] which is the highest score ever made by any club in Italy.
In 1994–95, the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular season game without overtimes againstPavia.
In 2010, Dinamo promoted to theSerie A, when it beatPrima Veroli in the Finals of the Playoffs.
In 2012, the club made its debut in Europe, when it played in theEuroCup regular season. The 2013–14 season was one of the most historic ever for the club.Banco di Sardegna Sassari won theItalian Cup, the team's first trophy. Dinamo's star playerTravis Diener was named Italian Cup MVP. Later in the seasonDrake Diener – Travis' cousin – was namedItalian League MVP. Dinamo also played in the EuroCup once again, and reached the eight-finals this time around.
Despite the third place and elimination in the Italian League semifinals in 2014, Dinamo was invited to play in the2014–15 EuroLeague season. AfterMontepaschi Siena, runner-up in the Italian league, resigned the club received a B license.
In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo won its firstItalian League championship. In Game 7 of the Italian League Finals, Sassari won 73–75, on the road againstReggio Emilia.[3] Because of this, Dinamo returned to the EuroLeague in 2015. It was eliminated in the regular season and after transferring to theEuroCup it was eliminated in the round of 32.
In 2017, Dinamo reached the final of theItalian Cup, where it lost toOlimpia Milano. This season the club also made its debut in theBasketball Champions League and made the quarter-finals in its inaugural season. In the LBA, the team finished in the fifth place.
In the2018–19 season, Dinamo played in the second qualifying round ofFIBA Europe Cup. Here, it beatBenfica from Portugal to advance to the regular season. After advancing past the second round as well, Dinamo beatZZ Leiden,Pınar Karşıyaka andHapoel Holon. Thus, it qualified for the2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals where Dinamo faced German sides.Oliver Würzburg. On 1 May 2019, Sassari won the FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Würzburg in the second leg of the finals.[4] It was the team's first European title.
In 2019 Sassari reached theLBA Finals for the second time in club history, four years since its championship. Dinamo was defeated byUmana Reyer Venezia in Game 7, losing the series 3–4.[5]
Total titles: 6
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Italian Cup | European competitions | |
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| 2001–02 | 3 | Serie B | 2nd | |||
| 2002–03 | 3 | Serie B | 3rd | |||
| 2003–04 | 2 | Legadue | 10th | |||
| 2004–05 | 2 | Legadue | 13th | |||
| 2005–06 | 2 | Legadue | 11th | |||
| 2006–07 | 2 | Legadue | 13th | |||
| 2007–08 | 2 | Legadue | 6th | |||
| 2008–09 | 2 | Legadue | 3rd | |||
| 2009–10 | 2 | Legadue | 1st | |||
| 2010–11 | 1 | Serie A | 6th | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Serie A | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Serie A | 5th | Semifinalist | 2Eurocup | RS |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Serie A | 3rd | Winner | 2Eurocup | EF |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Serie A | 1st | Winner | 1Euroleague | RS |
| 2Eurocup | R32 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Serie A | 7th | Quarterfinalist | 1Euroleague | RS |
| 2Eurocup | R32 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | LBA | 5th | Runner-up | 3Champions League | QF |
| 2017–18 | 1 | LBA | 10th | 3Champions League | RS | |
| 4FIBA Europe Cup | R16 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | LBA | 2nd | Semifinalist | 4FIBA Europe Cup | C |
| 2019–20 | 1 | LBA | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | 3Champions League | R16 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | LBA | 5th | Quarterfinalist | 3Champions League | R16 |
| Dinamo Sassari retired numbers | |||||
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| No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | |
| 12 |  | Emanuele Rotondo | G | 1991–2007 | |
| 12 | | Travis Diener | G | 2010–2014 | |
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Nate Renfro | Miralem Halilović | |||
| PF | Eimantas Bendžius | Mattia Udom | Luca Vincini | ||
| SF | Michał Sokołowski | Giovanni Veronesi | |||
| SG | Brian Fobbs | Erten Gazi | |||
| PG | Justin Bibbins | Matteo Tambone | Stefano Trucchetti |
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Dinamo Sassari women's team debuted in theSerie A1 in 2020.[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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