2019–20 Victoria Libertas Pesaro season explained

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Club:Victoria Libertas Pesaro
Season:2019-20
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Ario Costa
Manager:Giancarlo Sacco
Stadium:Adriatic Arena
League:LBA
League Result:season cancelled (17th)
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 season is Victoria Libertas Pesaro's 74th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

For the 2019-20 season, Pesaro entrusts the team to the young and promising coach Federico Perego, coming from a 5 years experience in the German Basketball Bundesliga as assistant coach of Brose Bamberg and head coach in the second half of his last year.

But the season has an horrible start with a streak of 10 consecutive losses that forces the team to replace Perego with Giancarlo Sacco.[1] Sacco's nomination is a comeback as he started his coaching career with Pesaro in 1984 until 1987 and again as head coach in the 1998–99 season.

However, even with the new coach, Pesaro did not manage to interrupt the losing streak until the first match of the second half of the season against Fortitudo Bologna,[2] after 16 consecutive losses.

The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[3] Pesaro ended the championship in the last 17th position with only one match won.

Kit

Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: Prosciutto Carpegna DOP

Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on February 9[4] before the interruption of the championship[5] due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Before the official conclusion of the season, four players left the team. Clint Chapman first and Jaylen Barford, who moved to Virtus Roma, left in search for better opportunities, while Troy Williams and Zach Thomas were released after the pandemic to rejoin their families in the US.

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes

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Coach

Nat.NameAge.Previous teamTypeEndsDateReplacesDateType
Giancarlo SaccoLegnano Basket KnightsFederico Peregosacked
Federico PeregoBrose BambergMatteo Boniciolli14 May 2019[6] resigned

Unsuccessful deals

The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2019–20 LBA season.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La VL saluta Coach Federico Perego e si affida a Giancarlo Sacco . victorialibertas.it . 5 December 2019 . Italian .
  2. Web site: La VL sbanca il PalaDozza e vince 80-77 contro la Fortitudo . victorialibertas.it . 11 January 2020 . Italian .
  3. Web site: Emergenza COVID-19. La FIP dichiara conclusa la stagione 2019/2020 del Campionato di Serie A . fip.it . 7 April 2020 . Italian .
  4. Web site: Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro-Happy Casa Brindisi 77-103 . legabasket.it . 9 February 2020 . Italian .
  5. Web site: Lega Basket, confermata la sospensione del campionato di Serie A . legabasket.it . 9 March 2020 . Italian . 10 March 2020 . 24 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200324200736/http://web.legabasket.it/news/126128/lega_basket__confermata_la_sospensione_del_campionato_di_serie_a . dead .
  6. Web site: Il bilancio del Presidente Costa: "Orgogliosi di essere in serie A: serve più positività" . victorialibertas.it . 14 May 2019 . Italian .