Pallacanestro Brescia

The Pallacanestro Brescia, better known for sponsorship reasons as Germani Brescia, is an Italian professional basketball team, based in Brescia, Lombardy.^[1] Founded in 2009, the team plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2016–17 season.

Germani Basket Brescia
Nickname	Leonessa d'Italia (Lioness of Italy)
Leagues	LBA
Founded	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
History	List Basket Brescia (1957–1996) Basket Brescia 2005 (2005–2009) Basket Brescia Leonessa (2009–2020) Pallacanestro Brescia (2020–present)
Arena	PalaLeonessa
Capacity	5,200
Location	Brescia, Italy
Main sponsor	Germani Trasporti (LBA) FAP Investments (EuroCup)
President	Graziella Bragaglio
Head coach	Vacant
Team captain	David Moss
Ownership	Graziella Bragaglio Matteo Bonetti
Championships	1 Italian Cup 2 Serie A2 Basket
Retired numbers	2 (13, 14)
Website	pallacanestrobrescia.it
Home Away Europe

History

The history of the Pallacanestro Brescia as we know it today, began in 2009 when Graziella Bragaglio and Matteo Bonetti, took back to the city, the basket's love. The name of the team has always been Basket Brescia Leonessa, till 2020 when it changed to Pallacanestro Brescia.

In 2016, after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of the league's playoffs, the team Brescia Leonessa won the Serie A2 League and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years.^[2][3]

In 2018, Pallacanestro Brescia reached the final of the Italian Cup. The team lost 69–67, as Fiat Torino went on to win its first Cup ever.^[4]

During season 2018-2019 the team played its first international Cup, participating at the EuroCup.

The 2021-2022 season has been one of the best seasons of Germani Brescia's history. The team won 14 consecutive matches, with 21 matches won over 30 matches played. The team and players also won awards given by LBA at the end of the season.

The greatest achievement of his history for Brescia has been the win of the Coppa Italia on February 19, 2023, the first time ever for them.

Arena and logo

The club plays its home games in PalaLeonessa,^[5] the new arena built in the city in year 2018. It can host 5.000 people. The logo of Pallacanestro Brescia is blue and white, with a female lion inside. These are the colours and symbol also of the city of Brescia.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Italian Cup	European competitions
2015–16	2	Serie A2	1st	-	-
2016–17	1	LBA	10th	SF	-
2017–18	1	LBA	3rd	Finalist	-
2018–19	1	LBA	12nd	-	EuroCup
2019–20	1	LBA	3rd	QF	EuroCup
2020–21	1	LBA	9th	-	Eurocup
2021–22	1	LBA	5th	SF	-
2022–23	1	LBA	8th	Winner	Eurocup
2023–24	1	LBA	4th	QF
2024–25	1	LBA	2nd	2025 Italian Basketball Cup

Players

Current roster

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

Germani Basket Brescia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 2 Bilan, Miro 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 36 – (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 SF 3 Ferrero, Giancarlo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 36 – (1988-08-29)29 August 1988 SG 5 Massinburg, C. J. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997 SG 8 Della Valle, Amedeo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 F/C 9 Ndour, Maurice 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 PF 10 Burnell, Jason 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1997-08-15)15 August 1997 F 11 Tonelli, Alessandro 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 18 – (2006-08-22)22 August 2006 PG 18 Ivanović, Nikola 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 SF 21 Mobio, Joseph 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1997-06-10)10 June 1997 G/F 23 Rivers, Demetre 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1995-12-07)7 December 1995 G 25 Cournooh, David 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 35 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990	Head coach Matteo Cotelli Assistant coach(es) Gianpaolo Alberti David Moss Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 20 July 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Maurice Ndour	Miro Bilan
PF	Demetre Rivers	Jason Burnell
SF	Giancarlo Ferrero	Joseph Mobio	Alessandro Tonelli
SG	Amedeo Della Valle	Chris Dowe
PG	Nikola Ivanović	David Cournooh	Lorenzo Pollini

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

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Ryan Thompson (2011–12)
• J.R. Giddens (2012–14)
• Tamar Slay (2013–14)
• Justin Brownlee (2014-15)
• Damian Hollis (2015–2023)
• Franko Bushati (2015–2017)
• David Moss (2015–2023)
• Christian Burns (basketball) (2016–2017, 2020–2024)
• Michele Vitali (2016–2018)
• Luca Vitali (2016–2021)
• Marcus Landry (2016–2018)
• Benjamin Ortner (2017–2018)
• Bryce Cotton (2018)
• Jared Cunningham (2018–2019)
• Awudu Abass (2018–2020)
• Tyler Cain (2019–2020)
• Ojārs Siliņš (2019–2020)
• T. J. Cline (2020-2021)
• Michael Cobbins (2021–2024)
• Amedeo Della Valle (2021–present)
• Tyler Kalinoski (2021–2022)
• Naz Mitrou-Long (2021–2022)
• David Cournooh (2022–2024)
• C.J. Massinburg (2022–2024)
• Jason Burnell (2023–present)
• Miro Bilan (2024–present)

Honours

• Serie A2 Basket

Champions (2): 2010-11, 2015–16

• Italian Cup

Winners (1): 2023

Runners-up (1): 2018

Sponsorship names

Home game of Brescia in 2012

Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:

• Centrale del Latte di Brescia (2009–2016)
• Germani Trasporti (2016–present) (Since 2018 only in LBA)^[6]
• FAP Investments (2018–present) (EuroCup)^[7]

Kit

Manufacturer

2017–present

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