Mens Sana Basket

2012/13: Winners, 1st place

2012/13: second round. space

Mens Sana Basket Siena is an Italian basketball club that is located in the city of Siena. The name is derived from the Latin phrase mens sana in corpore sano ( " a healthy mind in a healthy body "). Most of the club is named after its main sponsor, the bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena Montepaschi Siena. It is a largely autonomous part of the sports club Poli Sportiva Mens Sana. Home games are borne by the club whose colors are green and white, from the 7025 -seat hall Pala Sports Mens Sana.

History

Mens Sana led, according to his own statement as the first club in Italy, the basketball game, shortly after its invention by James Naismith in 1891. Yet he played until 1973 for the first time in Italy's top league. Most recently, he rose in 1994 to Serie A and has since then established itself in the top tier of the league. In 2002 he won the Saporta Cup the first title, in 2004, he won the Italian championship and the first national success. In addition, Siena was consecutively recruited in the second year to the Final Four of the Euro League. The Main Round 2006/2007 in Serie A Siena finished with a winning score of 30:4, and also during the play-offs were allowed only one defeat, so in the end was the superior Championship. In the following three years, Siena lost even the entire first round game and was not long in each master, also for the third time the team reached the 2008 Final Four of the Euro League and was eventually third place of the competition. In 2011, this success will be repeated also Siena won for the third time in a row the Double. The fifth double in a row succeeded in 2013, when the seventh league title and fifth success Cup was won in a row.

Achievements

Italian Champion: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Italian Cup Winners' Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Italian Super Cup: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Euro League: semi-finalist in 2003, 2004, 2008, 2011
Saporta Cup winner: 2002

Squad

Significant former players

Retraction jersey numbers

United States Terrell McIntyre (No. 5, 2006-2010 )
United States / Italy Shaun Stonerook (No. 20; 2005-2012)

More Players

United States Mike Bantom (1982-1985)
United States Wendell Alexis (1990-1991)
Italy Marco Solfrini (1991-1994)
United States Darren Daye (1992-1994)
United States Gerard King (1996-1998)
Italy Sandro Dell'Agnello (1996-1998, 1998-2000)
Slovenia Boris Gorenc (2000-2002)
Italy Roberto Chiacig (2000-2006)
Macedonia Petar Naumoski (2001-2002)
Serbia and Montenegro Milenko Topic (2001-2002)
Macedonia Vrbica Stefanov (2001-2005, 2006-2007)

United States Alphonso Ford (2002-2003)
Turkey Mirsad Türkcan (2002-2003)
Greece Michalis Kakiouzis (2002-2005)
Lithuania Mindaugas Žukauskas (2002-2006)
Italy Giacomo Galanda (2003-2005)
Australia David Andersen (2003-2004, 2011-2012)
United States Bootsy Thornton (2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2012)
Italy Carlton Myers (2004-2005)
Efthimios Rentzias Greece (2004-2005)
Nigeria Benjamin Eze (2004-2010, 2012-2013)
Argentina Marcelo Nicola (2005-2006)

Lithuania Rimantas Kaukėnas (2005-2009, 2011-2012)
United States Joseph Forte (2006-2007)
Central African Republic Romain Sato (2006-2010)
Lithuania Kšyštof Lavrinovic (2007-2012)
Greece Nikolaos Zisis (2009-2012)
United States / Macedonia Bo McCalebb (2010-2012)
Serbia Igor Rakočević (2011-2012)
United States Bobby Brown (2012-2013)
Serbia Aleksandar Rašić (2012-2013)
Georgia Viktor Sanikidse (2012-2013)

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