Basket Livorno

Basket Livorno, also known for sponsorship reasons as TDShop.it Livorno was an Italian basketball club based in Livorno.^[1]

In 2008/09 season it played in the Italian LegADue (also known as Serie A2, second division of Italian professional basketball), but after that season the team finished its activity due to debits.

It got relegated from Serie A, the top division, after the 2006/07 season. Livorno was represented in the past in Serie A by two other teams, Libertas Livorno and Pallacanestro Livorno. Those teams have merged under the Libertas name in 1991, and the team went bankrupt in 1994. Currently Libertas plays in the lower levels of Italian basketball.

Basket Livorno was established in 1995 and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Bini Viaggi Livorno (1996-99), Mabo Livorno (2000-02), Mabo Prefabbricati Livorno (2002-04) and Villaggio Solidago Livorno (2004-05).^[2] Their best result so far was 11th place in Serie A in the 2004/05 season.

Stadium [edit]

PalaAlgida

They play at PalaAlgida.

2008-2009 Roster [edit]

5	Rashad Anderson	Shooting guard/Small forward
6	Mauricio Aguiar	Small forward
7	Matteo Spippoli	Center
8	Marco Giuri	Point guard/Shooting guard
9	Jermaine Boyette	Shooting guard
10	Lorenzo D'Ercole	Point guard
13	Gianni Cantagalli	Point guard
14	Troy Ostler	Power forward
18	Stefano Simeoli	Small forward
19	Andrea Cessel	Center
20	Riccardo Malagoli	Power forward/Center