# 2019–20 Vanoli Cremona season

The 2019–20 season is Vanoli Cremona's 21st in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

## Overview

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. Cremona ended the championship in 6th position.

## Kit

Supplier: Errea / Sponsor: Vanoli
| Home | Away | Third |

## Players
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Josip Sobin | | |
| PF | Ethan Happ | Vojislav Stojanović | Nicola Akele |
| SF | Jordan Mathews | Niccolò De Vico | |
| SG | Wesley Saunders | Topias Palmi | |
| PG | Travis Diener | Michele Ruzzier | Giacomo Sanguinetti |
6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 45 | F | Nicola Akele | 21 | Roseto Sharks | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 11 June 2019 |
| 31 | SG | Topias Palmi | 24 | Kataja | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 27 June 2019 |
| 21 | G/F | Niccolò De Vico | 24 | Reggio Emilia | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 10 July 2019 |
| 2 | SG | Jordan Mathews | 25 | Team FOG Næstved | 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 18 July 2019 |
| 22 | F/C | Matt Tiby | 20 | Büyükçekmece | 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 24 July 2019 |
| 13 | C | Josip Sobin | 30 | Anwil Włocławek | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 19 September 2019 |
| 22 | F/C | Ethan Happ | 23 | Olympiacos | 2 years loan | June 2021 | Free | 7 November 2019 |
| 15 | G/F | Malachi Richardson | 23 | Hapoel Holon | 1 year | June 2020 | Undisclosed | 16 December 2019 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 8 | PF | Giampaolo Ricci | 27 | Virtus Bologna | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 12 | C | Mangok Mathiang | 26 | Bahçeşehir | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 16 | SF | Dario Boccasavia | 20 | Juvi Cremona | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 22 | SF | Drew Crawford | 28 | Gaziantep | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 23 | PF | Peyton Aldridge | 23 | Afyon Belediye | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 22 | F/C | Matt Tiby | 20 | Gießen 46ers | | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 7 November 2019 |
| 6 | PF | Giulio Gazzotti | 28 | Amici Udinese | | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 4 December 2019 |
| 15 | G/F | Malachi Richardson | 24 | free agent | free agent | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 11 January 2020 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 10 | PG | Michele Ruzzier | 26 | Fortitudo Bologna | 2 + 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 5 July 2017 |
| 6 | PF | Giulio Gazzotti | 28 | V.L. Pesaro | 2 + 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 23 July 2017 |
| 7 | PG | Travis Diener | 37 | Dinamo Sassari | 1 + 1 + 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 25 July 2017 |
| 1 | SG | Wesley Saunders | 26 | Kataja | 1 + 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 26 July 2018 |
| 23 | G/F | Vojislav Stojanović | 22 | Auxilium Torino | 3 years | June 2021 | Free | 26 November 2018 |
| 5 | PG | Giacomo Sanguinetti | 29 | Mens Sana Siena | 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 26 March 2019 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Romeo Sacchetti | 66 | New Basket Brindisi | | 3 + 3 years | 2022 | 15 June 2017 | |

#### Unsuccessful deals

The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.
| Signing date | Withdrawal date | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Moved to | Moved to |
| 15 July 2019 | 24 September 2019 | F/C | | Darrell Williams | 30 | Le Portel | | 1 year | İTÜ B.K. | |

## Competitions
### SuperCup

Cremona took part in the 25th edition of the Italian Basketball Supercup as the 2019 Italian Basketball Cup winner. They lost the competition at the semifinal, after one overtime against Banco di Sardegna Sassari.

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1687 | 1555 | +132 | Already qualified for EuroLeague |
| 5 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1776 | 1696 | +80 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 6 | Vanoli Cremona | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1627 | 1617 | +10 | |
| 7 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1638 | 1582 | +56 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 8 | Pompea Fortitudo Bologna | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1624 | 1670 | −46 | Qualification for Champions League |

### Italian Cup

Cremona qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 5th place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against AX Armani Exchange Milano.