Dinamo Sassari, currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Sassari, Sardinia. Founded in 1960, due to sponsorship deals, in the past has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). Dinamo are the 2018–19 European Cup champions. The team currently plays in Serie A2 following its first relegation from the top Italian division Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) in the 2025–26 season, their first since 2010.
Dinamo Sassari is notable for being the club in Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive score of 158 points scored in a single game (with no overtimes), during the 1994–95 Serie A2 regular season, versus Pallacanestro Pavia (91); which is the highest score ever made by any club in Italy.
History
In 1994–95, the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular season game without overtimes against Pavia.
In 2010, Dinamo promoted to the Serie A, when it beat Prima Veroli in the Finals of the Playoffs.
In 2012, the club made its debut in Europe, when it played in the EuroCup regular season. The 2013–14 season was one of the most historic ever for the club. Banco di Sardegna Sassari won the Italian Cup, the team's first trophy. Dinamo's star player Travis Diener was named Italian Cup MVP. Later in the season Drake Diener – Travis' cousin – was named Italian League MVP. Dinamo also played in the EuroCup once again, and reached the eight-finals this time around.
Despite the third place and elimination in the Italian League semifinals in 2014, Dinamo was invited to play in the 2014–15 EuroLeague season. After Montepaschi Siena, runner-up in the Italian league, resigned the club received a B license.
In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo won its first Italian League championship. In Game 7 of the Italian League Finals, Sassari won 73–75, on the road against Reggio Emilia. Because of this, Dinamo returned to the EuroLeague in 2015. It was eliminated in the regular season and after transferring to the EuroCup it was eliminated in the round of 32.
In 2017, Dinamo reached the final of the Italian Cup, where it lost to Olimpia Milano. This season the club also made its debut in the Basketball Champions League and made the quarter-finals in its inaugural season. In the LBA, the team finished in the fifth place.
In the 2018–19 season, Dinamo played in the second qualifying round of FIBA Europe Cup. Here, it beat Benfica from Portugal to advance to the regular season. After advancing past the second round as well, Dinamo beat ZZ Leiden, Pınar Karşıyaka and Hapoel Holon. Thus, it qualified for the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals where Dinamo faced German side s.Oliver Würzburg. On 1 May 2019, Sassari won the FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Würzburg in the second leg of the finals. It was the team's first European title.
In 2019 Sassari reached the LBA Finals for the second time in club history, four years since its championship. Dinamo was defeated by Umana Reyer Venezia in Game 7, losing the series 3–4.
Honours Total titles: 6
Domestic competitions Italian League Winners (1): 2014–15 Runners-up (1): 2018–19 Italian Cup Winners (2): 2014, 2015 Runners-up (1): 2017 Italian Supercup Winners (2): 2014, 2019
European competitions FIBA Europe Cup Winners (1): 2018–19
Other competitions Varallo Sesia, Italy Invitational Game Winners (1): 2011 Torneo Città di Cagliari Runners-up (1): 2011 Torneo Geovillage Winners (2): 2014, 2015 Nuoro, Italy Invitational Game Winners (2): 2014, 2015 Runners-up (1): 2018 Sassari, Italy Invitational Game Winners (1): 2014 Wroclaw, Poland Invitational Game Runners-up (1): 2014 Torneo de Città di Sassari Runners-up (1): 2015 Trofeo Meridiana Winners (1): 2015 Olbia, Italy Invitational Game Winners (1): 2016 Cagliari, Italy Invitational Game Winners (1): 2018 Saturnia, Italy Invitational Game Winners (1): 2019
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueItalian CupEuropean competitions2001–02 3 Serie B2002–03 3 Serie B2003–04 2 Legadue 10th2004–05 2 Legadue 13th2005–06 2 Legadue 11th2006–07 2 Legadue 13th2007–08 2 Legadue 6th2008–09 2 Legadue 3rd2009–10 2 Legadue 1st2010–11 1 Serie A 6th2011–12 1 Serie A 3rd Quarterfinalist2012–13 1 Serie A 5th Semifinalist 2 Eurocup 2013–14 1 Serie A 3rd Winner 2 Eurocup 2014–15 1 Serie A 1st Winner 1 Euroleague2 Eurocup 2015–16 1 Serie A 7th Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague2 Eurocup 2016–17 1 LBA 5th Runner-up Champions League 2017–18 1 LBA 10th Champions League4 FIBA Europe Cup2018–19 1 LBA 2nd Semifinalist FIBA Europe Cup 2019–20 1 LBA 2nd Quarterfinalist Champions League 2020–21 1 LBA 5th Quarterfinalist Champions League 2021–22 1 LBA 4th Quarterfinalist Champions League 2022–23 1 LBA 4th Champions League 2023–24 1 LBA 10th Champions League 2024–25 1 LBA 10th Champions League FIBA Europe Cup
Players
Retired numbers
Dinamo Sassari retired numbersNoPlayerPositionTenure 12 Emanuele Rotondo G 1991–2007 12 Travis Diener G 2010–2014
Current roster
Depth chart
Women's team Dinamo Sassari women's team debuted in the Serie A1 in 2020.
Women's roster
See also S.E.F. Torres 1903 Torres Calcio Femminile U.S.D. Latte Dolce
References
External links Official site Eurobasket.com Team Page