Modena F.C.

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Modena
Full name	Modena Football Club SpA
Nickname(s)	Canarini (Canaries), Gialloblu (Yellow-blues)
Founded	1912
Ground	Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena, Italy
Capacity	21,000
Chairman	Luca Baraldi
Manager	Daniele Zoratto
League	Serie B
2005-06	Serie B, 5th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Modena F.C. is a football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two-year period in Serie A in 2004. Their previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team's colors are yellow and blue.

Modena F.C. is the only team to have won the Anglo-Italian Cup twice (in 1981 and 1982) .

Contents 1 Current first team squad 2 Notable former players 3 Records 4 External links

[edit] Current first team squad

As of September 25, 2006

No. Position Player 2 DF Paolo Ricchi 3 DF Armando Perna 4 MF Luca Baldo 6 DF Luca Ungari 7 FW Ignazio Abate (on loan from A.C. Milan) 8 FW Alex Pinardi 9 FW Roberto Colacone 10 MF Ivan Tisci 11 MF Simone Bentivoglio (on loan from Chievo) 14 GK Antonio Narciso 17 FW Marco Bellesia 18 MF Michele Troiano 19 MF Flavio Lazzari (on loan from Udinese)

No. Position Player 20 FW Cris Gilioli 21 DF Nicholas Frey 22 DF Angelo Antonazzo 23 DF Juri Tamburini 25 MF Nicola Campedelli 26 GK Tommaso Chiecchi (on loan from Chievo) 27 DF Matteo Centurioni 32 DF Giovanni Morselli 77 MF Carlo Luisi 78 GK Giorgio Frezzolini 87 GK Jacopo Vergari 99 FW Ferdinando Sforzini

[edit] Notable former players

• Daniele Adani
• Angelo Alessio
• Francesco Antonioli
• Marco Ballotta
• Giuseppe Baresi
• Enrico Chiesa
• Cristiano Doni
• Gianluca Gaudenzi
• Corrado Grabbi
• Diomansy Kamara
• Nicola Legrottaglie
• Massimo Marazzina
• Stephen Makinwa
• Alessandro Melli
• John Mensah
• Vedin Musić
• Fausto Pari
• Luca Toni
• Stefano Torrisi

[edit] Records

• Player with most appearances: Renato Braglia, 484
• Player with most goals: Renato Brighenti, 82
• Largest home win: 6-0 v Livorno, Serie A 1929-30
• Largest home loss: 5-0 v Napoli, Serie A 1929-30
• Largest away win: 0-4 v Venezia, Serie A 1939-40
• Largest away loss: 1-9 v Lazio, Serie A 1931-32

[edit] External links

• Modena's official website
• Modena Mania Fan Site
• Spanish Fan Site

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