2020–21 Victoria Libertas Pesaro season

The 2020–21 season is Victoria Libertas Pesaro's 75th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Victoria Libertas Pesaro

2020-21 season
President	Ario Costa
Head coach	Jasmin Repeša
Arena	Adriatic Arena
LBA	Regular season
Italian Cup	Quarter finals
Supercup	Group stage (3rd)

Overview

After the disastrous 2019-20 season where they ended at the last place before the official interruption of the championship due to the coronavirus pandemic, they had a serious risk of being relegated to the Serie A2. But, at the last moment, the management decided to keep the team in the Serie A.[1]

Kit

Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: Prosciutto Carpegna DOP

Home

Away

Third kit

Players

Current roster

Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 3 Drell, Henri 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 20 – 25 April 2000 PG 4 Massenat, Frantz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 29 – 17 January 1992 PG 5 Filloy, Ariel 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – 11 March 1987 PG 7 Calbini, Lorenzo 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 17 – 19 June 2003 C 8 Cain, Tyler 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 32 – 30 June 1988 PG 12 Robinson, Justin 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – 12 April 1995 PG 15 Tambone, Matteo 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 26 – 14 May 1994 G 22 Robinson, Gerald 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 31 – 10 February 1989 C 24 Basso, Beniamino 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 19 – 24 February 2001 PF 33 Serpilli, Michele 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – 12 March 1999 PF 35 Filipovity, Márkó 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 24 – 30 July 1996 PF 41 Zanotti, Simone 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – 31 December 1992 G/F 82 Delfino, Carlos (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 38 – 29 August 1982	Head coach Jasmin Repeša Assistant coach(es) Paolo Calbini Luca Pentucci Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 December 2020

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2		Inactive
C	Tyler Cain	Beniamino Basso
PF	Márkó Filipovity	Simone Zanotti	Michele Serpilli
SF	Henri Drell	Carlos Delfino
SG	Gerald Robinson	Matteo Tambone		Frantz Massenat
PG	Justin Robinson	Ariel Filloy	Lorenzo Calbini

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

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
82	G/F		Carlos Delfino	37	Free agent		1 year	June 2021	Free	7 July 2020	[2]
4	PG		Frantz Massenat	28	MoraBanc Andorra		1 year	June 2021	Free	21 July 2020	[3]
15	PG		Matteo Tambone	26	Pallacanestro Varese		1 year	June 2021	Free	22 July 2020	[4]
35	PF		Márkó Filipovity	23	Falco Kosárlabda		1 year	June 2021	Free	25 July 2020	[5]
8	C		Tyler Cain	32	Brescia Leonessa		1 year	June 2021	Undisclosed	31 July 2020	[6]
12	PG		Justin Robinson	25	Élan Chalon		1 year	June 2021	Free	2 August 2020	[7]
5	PG		Ariel Filloy	33	Reyer Venezia		1 year	June 2021	Free	10 August 2020	[8][9]
22	G		Gerald Robinson^[Note IN]	31	Virtus Roma		7 weeks	15 February 2021	Free	29 December 2020	[10]

1. ^
   In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
12	SF		Paul Eboua	20	Stella Azzurra Roma		end of contract	Free	18 April 2020	[11]
35	SF		Leonardo Totè	22	Fortitudo Bologna		end of contract	Free	8 June 2020	[12]
8	G		Vasilije Pušica	24	Dinamo Sassari		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[13]
4	PG		Federico Mussini	24	Pallacanestro Trieste		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[14]
11	SG		Federico Miaschi	20	Pallacanestro Biella		end of loan contract (to Venezia)	Free	1 July 2020	[15]
22	G		Gerald Robinson^[Note R]	32	JDA Dijon		end of contract	Free	15 February 2021	[16]

1. ^
   Robinson was announced by JDA Dijon before the contract was officially expired

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
41	C		Simone Zanotti	28	San Crispino Basket P.S. Elpidio		2 + 2 year	June 2022	Free	11 July 2018	[17][18][19]
3	G/F		Henri Drell	20	Baunach Young Pikes		3 years	June 2022	Free	19 July 2019	[20]

From youth team

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Transfer fee	Date	Source
24	C		Beniamino Basso	19	Youth system	9 July 2020	[21]
33	PF		Michele Serpilli	19	Youth system	September 2020

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Jasmin Repeša	59	Budućnost		1 year	June 2021	23 June 2020[22]		Giancarlo Sacco	1 July 2020	end of contract

Competitions

Supercup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	6	4	2	563	484	+79	Advance to Final Four
2	Happy Casa Brindisi	6	4	2	528	470	+58
3	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	6	4	2	498	435	+63
4	Virtus Roma	6	0	6	394	594	−200

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
6	Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	17	9	8	1374	1351	+23	Qualification to Playoffs
7	De' Longhi Treviso	17	8	9	1434	1510	−76
8	Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro	17	8	9	1412	1412	0
9	UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia	17	7	10	1295	1361	−66
10	Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna	15	6	9	1185	1222	−37

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2021. Source: LBA

References

1. "Nel 2020/2021 la VL giocherà ancora in Serie A" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 13 June 2020.
2. "Carlos Delfino firma con la VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 7 July 2020.
3. "Frantz Massenat è la Nuova Comboguard Della VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 21 July 2020.
4. "La VL ingaggia Matteo Tambone" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 22 July 2020.
5. "Nuova ala per la VL: arriva Marko Filipovity!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 25 July 2020.
6. "Tyler Cain è il nuovo centro dalla VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 31 July 2020.
7. "Justin Robinson firma con VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 2 August 2020.
8. "Notiziario VL del 10/08/2020: Ariel Filloy si aggrega alla VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 10 August 2020.
9. "La Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro firma Ariel Filloy" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 20 August 2020.
10. "La Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro firma Gerald Robinson!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 29 December 2020.
11. "VL Pesaro, Paul Eboua part ways as young forward returns to Stella Azzurra Rome". sportando.basketball. 18 April 2020.
12. "Leonardo Totè è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 8 June 2020.
13. "Una combo di ferro alla corte di Poz" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 23 June 2020.
14. "Mussini entra nel roster" (in Italian). pallacanestrotrieste.it. 9 October 2020.
15. "Doppio colpo dalla Reyer Venezia: Federico Miaschi e Nicola Berdini vestono rossoblù" (in Italian). pallacanestrobiella.it. 23 July 2020.
16. "Gerald Robinson vient renforcer l'équipe dijonnaise" (in French). jdadijon.com. 29 January 2021.
17. "VL Pesaro, firmata l'ala grande Simone Zanotti" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 11 July 2018.
18. "Simone Zanotti ancora in maglia VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 4 July 2019.
19. "Simone Zanotti rinnova con la VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 3 July 2020.
20. "Henri Drell firma un triennale con la VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 23 July 2019.
21. "VL Pesaro, Beniamino Basso resta nel roster della prima squadra" (in Italian). sportando.basketball. 9 July 2020.
22. "Jasmin Repesa e il nuovo coach della VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 23 June 2020.