# 2021–22 Pallacanestro Varese season

The 2020–21 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 77th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

## Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis

## 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 | Guglielmo Caruso | | |
| PF | Paulius Sorokas | Giancarlo Ferrero | Nicolò Virginio |
| SF | Siim-Sander Vene | | |
| SG | Tomas Woldetensae | Anthony Beane | Matteo Librizzi |
| PG | Marcus Keene | Trey Kell | Giovanni De Nicolao |
(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 5 | SF | Alessandro Gentile | 28 | Estudiantes | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 25 June 2021 |
| 30 | C | Guglielmo Caruso | 22 | Santa Clara Broncos | 2+1 years | June 2023 + 2024 | Free | 10 July 2021 |
| 3 | PG | Trey Kell | 25 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 14 July 2021 |
| 11 | SG | Elijah Wilson | 26 | Dąbrowa Górnicza | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 19 July 2021 |
| 9 | PF | Paulius Sorokas | 28 | Chieti | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 21 July 2021 |
| 6 | PG | Andrea Amato | 27 | APU Udine | 3 months | December 2021 | Free | 24 September 2021 |
| 45 | PG | Marcus Keene | 26 | Cedevita Olimpija | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 16 November 2021 |
| 11 | F | Siim-Sander Vene | 31 | Limoges CSP | 6 months | June 2022 | Free | 4 January 2022 |
| 12 | G/F | Justin Reyes | 26 | Capitanes de Ciudad de México | 6 months | June 2022 | Free | 17 January 2022 |
| 8 | G | Tomas Woldetensae | 23 | Chieti Basket 1974 | 6 months | June 2022 | Free | 11 February 2022 |
* ^ In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 10 | PG | Michele Ruzzier | 23 | Virtus Bologna | | Exit option | €15,000 | 30 June 2021 |
| 3 | C | Anthony Morse | 27 | Pallacanestro Piacentina | | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 4 | F/C | Luis Scola | 41 | Retired | Retired | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 23 | SG | Toney Douglas | 35 | Iraklis | | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 12 | G/F | Artūrs Strautiņš | 22 | Reggio Emilia | | Exit option | Undisclosed | 4 July 2020 |
| 19 | SF | Niccolò De Vico | 24 | Basket Torino | | Transfer | Undisclosed | 20 July 2021 |
| 11 | SG | Elijah Wilson | 26 | Start Lublin | | Transfer | Undisclosed | 24 November 2021 |
| 6 | PG | Andrea Amato | 27 | Pallacanestro Nardò | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 7 December 2021 |
| 15 | C | John Egbunu | 27 | Hapoel Jerusalem | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 25 December 2021 |
| 22 | SF | Jalen Jones | 28 | JL Bourg | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 4 January 2022 |
| 5 | SF | Alessandro Gentile | 29 | Free agent | | Mutual consent | Free | 27 January 2022 |
* ^ Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 21 | F | Giancarlo Ferrero | 32 | Pallacanestro Trapani | 4 + 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 4 July 2015 |
| 5 | PG | Giovanni De Nicolao | 25 | Fortitudo Agrigento | 2 years | June 2022 | Free | 12 June 2020 |
| 22 | SF | Jalen Jones | 28 | Capital City Go-Go | 1 + 1 years | June 2021 | Undisclosed | 9 November 2020 |
| 2 | G | Anthony Beane | 26 | Virtus Roma | 2 years | June 2022 | Free | 14 December 2020 |
| 15 | C | John Egbunu | 26 | Busan KT Sonicboom | 1 + 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 28 January 2021 |

#### Coach

| Name | Age. | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Date | Type |
| Alberto Seravalli | 38 | Pallacanestro Varese (assistant) | End of the season | June 2022 | 14 April 2022 | Johan Roijakkers | 14 April 2022 | Sacked |
| Johan Roijakkers | 41 | Brose Bamberg | End of the season | June 2022 | 12 January 2022 | Adriano Vertemati | 11 January 2022 | Mutual consent |
| Adriano Vertemati | 40 | Bayern Munich (assistant) | 2 years | June 2023 | 15 June 2021 | Massimo Bulleri | 19 May 2021 | Mutual consent |

## Competitions
### Supercup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 4 | 4 | 0 | 350 | 304 | +46 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 2 | Vanoli Cremona | 4 | 1 | 3 | 319 | 337 | −18 | |
| 3 | Openjobmetis Varese | 4 | 1 | 3 | 299 | 327 | −28 | |

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 10 | NutriBullet Treviso | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2366 | 2509 | −143 | 24 |
| 11 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2440 | 2499 | −59 | 24 |
| 12 | Openjobmetis Varese | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2470 | 2655 | −185 | 24 |
| 13 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2345 | 2447 | −102 | 22 |
| 14 | GeVi Napoli | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2393 | 2455 | −62 | 22 |