Serie A2 | 12/13 19:00 | 12 | 팔라카네스트로 트라파니 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 96-74 | |
Serie A2 | 12/06 13:15 | 11 | 비르투스 로마 v 멘스 사나 | W | 68-50 | |
Serie A2 | 11/29 17:00 | 10 | 비르투스 로마 v 파포니 | W | 87-84 | |
Serie A2 | 11/22 17:00 | 9 | B. 바르첼로나 v 비르투스 로마 | W | 66-80 | |
Serie A2 | 11/19 20:00 | 7 | 레조 칼라브리아 v 비르투스 로마 | W | 83-96 | |
Serie A2 | 11/15 17:00 | 8 | 비르투스 로마 v 비엘라 | W | 83-77 | |
Serie A2 | 11/08 17:00 | 6 | 아그로폴리 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 69-68 | |
Serie A2 | 11/01 17:00 | 5 | 비르투스 로마 v 카살푸스테를렝고 | L | 90-94 | |
Serie A2 | 10/23 18:30 | 4 | Npc 리에티 팔라카네스트로 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 75-64 | |
Serie A2 | 10/18 16:00 | 3 | 비르투스 로마 v 포르티투도 아그리젠토 | L | 52-67 | |
Serie A2 | 10/11 16:00 | 2 | FMC 페렌티노 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 74-70 | |
Serie A2 | 10/04 16:00 | 1 | 비르투스 로마 v 데르토나 바스켓 | L | 57-64 | |
세리에 A | 05/10 15:30 | 30 | 비르투스 로마 v 칸투 | L | 75-78 | |
세리에 A | 05/03 18:30 | 29 | 비르투스 볼로냐 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 90-77 | |
세리에 A | 04/26 16:15 | 28 | 아퀼라 트렌토 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 82-68 | |
세리에 A | 04/19 16:15 | 27 | 비르투스 로마 v 바스켓 브린디시 | W | 80-58 | |
세리에 A | 04/12 15:00 | 26 | 올림피아 밀라노 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 77-56 | |
세리에 A | 04/04 18:30 | 25 | 비르투스 로마 v Del Fes Avellino | W | 81-72 | |
세리에 A | 03/29 16:15 | 24 | 크레모나 v 비르투스 로마 | W | 71-74 | |
세리에 A | 03/22 17:15 | 23 | 비르투스 로마 v 피스토야 바스켓 | W | 70-63 | |
세리에 A | 03/16 19:00 | 22 | 비르투스 로마 v 레자나 | W | 66-56 | |
유로컵, 그룹 B | 03/11 19:45 | 4 | 비르투스 로마 v 반디르마 BIK | W | 66-56 | |
세리에 A | 03/08 16:00 | 21 | 바레세 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 78-73 | |
유로컵, 그룹 B | 03/04 17:00 | 4 | 반디르마 BIK v 비르투스 로마 | L | 71-55 | |
세리에 A | 02/28 17:30 | 20 | 비르투스 로마 v 빅토리아 리베르타스 | L | 76-80 | |
세리에 A | 02/15 17:15 | 19 | 디나모 사사리 v 비르투스 로마 | L | 72-61 | |
유로컵, 그룹 B | 02/11 19:45 | 6 | 비르투스 로마 v 사라고사 | W | 87-66 | |
세리에 A | 02/08 17:15 | 18 | 비르투스 로마 v 오를란디나 바스켓 | W | 67-63 | |
유로컵, 그룹 B | 02/04 16:00 | 5 | 악티브르 v 비르투스 로마 | W | 86-88 | |
세리에 A | 02/01 15:30 | 17 | 비르투스 로마 v 레예르 베네치아 | L | 62-72 |
Virtus Roma 1960, commonly known as Virtus Roma, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Rome, Lazio. The club, named Pallacanestro Virtus Roma competed in the first division of Italian basketball, the LBA, for decades until 2020, when it failed. In 2021 the club was refounded.
It was formerly a major side in Europe, winning the 1983–84 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague), and at one time being one of only 13 clubs to hold a EuroLeague A license. However, its standing later waned, and Virtus became less competitive in both Europe and the domestic LBA - which it had won in 1983 – before being voluntarily relegated to the Italian second division in July 2015.
In December 2020, Virtus was dissolved after the club was declared bankrupt after months of financial struggles.
For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names.
The club was formed by the merger of two Roman sides, San Saba and Gruppo Borgo Cavalleggeri, under the name Virtus Aurelia in the late 1960s, the founding date of San Saba, 1960, was kept as Virtus'. In 1972, Virtus Aurelia merged with GS Banco di Roma, the sporting wing of Banco di Roma, forming Pallacanestro Banco di Roma Virtus or simply Banco di Roma. The side reached the Italian second division in 1978, staying two years before moving up to the Italian top level LBA, in 1980.
This was the start of an extended stay in the first division, and success followed soon after, with the side winning the 1983 championship. Earning a place in the 1983–84 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague), Virtus went on to win the competition at its first try, with a Larry Wright led squad, that also had Clarence Kea, Renzo Tombolato, and Fulvio Polesello. Wright was decisive in the EuroLeague Final against FC Barcelona, scoring 27 points, as Roma overturned a 10-point halftime deficit to win the decider. The next season, the Italian club won the 1984 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, after topping a group of international clubs in Brazil. Roma also won the 1985–86 FIBA Korać Cup final against Mobilgirgi Caserta.
The club's next title was the 1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup, by which time Banco di Roma had been replaced as the club's sponsor by Il Messaggero. A squad comprising Dino Rađa, Rick Mahorn, Roberto Premier, and Andrea Niccolai downed Scavolini Pesaro in the two-legged final. The next year, Virtus managed to reach the FIBA Korać Cup final again, but lost the game against Philips Milano. During the 2002–03 season, Carlton Myers led the team to a 25–9 record in the Serie A (LBA), as Roma reached the playoff's semifinals. After adding Dejan Bodiroga as a player, and head coach Svetislav Pešić, in the 2005 off-season, Virtus reached the ULEB Cup (EuroCup) quarterfinals, the Serie A semifinals, and the Italian Cup final, that it lost in overtime.
In the summer of 2011, the Italian club's EuroLeague A-license was suspended, after it finished in the bottom half of the Serie A. The next year, it lost the license completely, after having the worst record among A license clubs. It lost its license to EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.
In a strange twist, Virtus Roma then went on to have an excellent season, unexpectedly, by their own admission, reaching the Serie A finals, which would earn it the right to return to the EuroLeague. However, the club relinquished their rights, as they did not agree to some of the competition's requirements. In particular, paying rent for an arena with the minimum arena capacity. They thus earned a place in the second tier EuroCup instead.
In July 2015, despite having satisfied the economic conditions to participate in the Italian top level LBA, the club's management asked to participate instead in the Italian second division Serie A2. The permission to do so was granted by the Italian Basketball Federation. The cited motive for the move to the lower division, was an insufficient budget to be competitive at the higher level, and the desire to restructure the club based on a youth policy.
On April 23, 2019, after beating Legnano Knights by 83–88, Virtus Roma is proclaimed champion of the Serie A2, getting the direct promotion to the Serie A. Virtu returns to the highest tier after an absence of four years.
On December 9, 2020, the club withdrew from the Serie A due to financial difficulties and the inability to find a new investor.