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Spezia Calcio 1906 is an Italian football club, based in La Spezia, Liguria. The club was founded in 1906. Spezia currently plays in Serie B. The team's colors are black and white.
[edit] The 1943/1944 scudetto
The VV.F. Spezia roster that won the 1943/1944 Italian war times league
In the 1943/1944 season, because of the World War II the Italian football federation decided to split the top league in regional rounds. The team, named Vigili del Fuoco della Spezia (Firefighters of La Spezia), was included in round D, together with Suzzara, Fidenza, Busseto and Parma. Spezia won the round, even playing one less match than the second-placed team, Suzzara, and got qualified to the semi-final round, in which it challenged Suzzara, Carpi and Modena. Spezia won also this round, winning five of the six matches played, losing only to Carpi. By winning the semi-final round, Spezia was admitted to play a two-legs play-off against Bologna.
The first match, played in Bologna, was suspended because of incidents started after the 1-0 goal of Spezia, contested by the Bologna supporters; Spezia was awarded a 2-0 win because of that. The return match, scheduled to be played in La Spezia, was first moved to Carpi, because of the heavy bombings underwent by the Ligurian city in the period, then cancelled because of protest by Bologna chairman Renato Dall'Ara, so Spezia was admitted to the final without to play the return match.
The finals, held in Milan, were played against Venezia and Torino. On July 9, 1944, the first match between Spezia and Venezia was played: it ended in a 1-1 draw, commented by the Gazzetta as "surprising result".
On July 16, Spezia challenged the Great Torino, with Vittorio Pozzo as coach and Silvio Piola as striker. The matched ended in an epic 2-1 victory of Spezia. After the third match, in which Torino beated Venezia in a 5-2 win, Spezia won the finals.
However, the Italian league of 1944 was not immediately considered as official by the Italian federation, because it was obtained during war times in a reduced league, and the first and only scudetto of Spezia was finally awarded only in 2002 by the Federation, even if not counted officially as Italian championship triumph, but as "decoration".
Today, Spezia remembers the 1944 triumph by playing with a tricolour badge on the team's official jersey (but differ from the Scudetto), with the authorization of the Football Federation.
[edit] Current first team squad
[edit] Notable former players
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 Davor Jozic Fabrizio Lorieri- Andrea Mazzantini
- Luca Mondini
 Goran Pandev
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[edit] Seasons
- 1906: Sport Club Spezia is founded.
- 1911: Foot Ball Club Spezia is founded.
- 1911-1917: Friendly matches.
- 1919-20: 1st in Promozione Ligure. Promoted to I Categoria Ligure.
- 1920-21: 4th in I Categoria Ligure.
- 1921-22: 11th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. A (C.C.I. Championship).
- 1922-23: 9th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. B.
- 1923-24: 11th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. B.
- 1924-25: 12th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. A. Relegated to II Divisione.
- 1925-26: 1st in II Divisione gir. B. Promoted to I Divisione.
- 1926-27: 6th in I Divisione gir. A.
- 1927-28: 3rd in I Divisione gir. C.
- 1928-29: 1st in I Divisione gir. A. Promoted to Serie B. I Divisione italian champion.
- 1929-30: 13th in Serie B.
- 1930-31: 11th in Serie B.
- 1931-32: 7th in Serie B.
- 1932-33: 4th in Serie B.
- 1933-34: 7th in Serie B.
- 1934-35: 11th in Serie B. Relegated to Serie C.
- 1935-36: 1st in Serie C gir. C. Promoted to Serie B.
- 1936: Name changed in Associazione Calcio Spezia.
- 1936-37: 4th in Serie B.
- 1937-38: 13th in Serie B.
- 1938-39: 15th in Serie B. Relegated to Serie C.
- 1939-40: 1st in Serie C gir. E. Promoted to Serie B.
- 1940-41: 12th in Serie B.
- 1941-42: 6th in Serie B.
- 1942-43: 6th in Serie B.
- 1943-44: 1st in Campionato Alta Italia. Italian Champion.
- 1944-45: league suspended due to World War II.
- 1945-46: 3rd in I Divisione Ligure gir. A.
- 1946-47: 3rd in Serie B gir. A.
- 1947-48: 4th in Serie B gir. A.
- 1948-49: 18th in Serie B.
- 1949-50: 7th in Serie B.
- 1950-51: 17th in Serie B. Relegated to Serie C.
- 1951-52: 14th in Serie C gir. C. Relegated to IV Serie.
- 1952-53: 15th in IV Serie gir. D. Relegated to Promozione.
- 1953-54: 4th in Promozione Ligure.
- 1954 Name changed in A.C. Spezia-Arsenal.
- 1954-55: 6th in IV Serie gir. A.
- 1955 Name changed in Foot Ball Club Spezia 1906.
- 1955-56: runners-up in IV Serie gir. E.
- 1956-57: 3rd in IV Serie gir. E.
- 1957-58: 1st in IV Serie I Serie gir. A. Promoted to Serie C. IV Serie italian Champion.
- 1958-59: 3rd in Serie C gir. A.
- 1959-60: 6th in Serie C gir. A.
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- 1960-61: 8th in Serie C gir. A.
- 1961-62: 18th in Serie C gir. B. Relegated to Serie D.
- 1962-63: 3rd in Serie D gir. A.
- 1963-64: 4th in Serie D gir. A.
- 1964-65: 4th in Serie D gir. A.
- 1965-66: 1st in Serie D gir. A. Promoted to Serie C.
- 1966-67: 4th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1967-68: runners-up in Serie C gir. B.
- 1968-69: 17th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1969-70: 11th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1970-71: 9th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1971-72: 11th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1972-73: 14th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1973-74: 12th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1974-75: 12th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1975-76: 12th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1976-77: 3rd in Serie C gir. B.
- 1977-78: 7th in Serie C gir. B.
- 1978-79: 17th in Serie C1 gir. A. Relegated to Serie C2.
- 1979-80: 3rd in Serie C2 gir. A. Promoted to Serie C1.
- 1980-81: 17th in Serie C1 gir. A. Relegated to Serie C2.
- 1981-82: 10th in Serie C2 gir. A.
- 1982-83: 16th in Serie C2 gir. A.
- 1983-84: 14th in Serie C2 gir. A.
- 1984-85: 13th in Serie C2 gir. A.
- 1985-86: runners-up in Serie C2 gir. A. Promoted to Serie C1.
- 1986: Name changed in Associazione Calcio Spezia.
- 1986-87: 12th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1987-88: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1988-89: 3rd in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1989-90: 12th in serie C1 gir. A.
- 1990-91: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1991-92: 8th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1992-93: 15th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1993-94: 17th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1994-95: 8th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1995: Name changed in Spezia Calcio.
- 1995-96: 15th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 1996-97: 18th in Serie C1 gir. A. Relegated to Serie C2.
- 1997-98: 5th in Serie C2 gir. B.
- 1998-99: 5th in Serie C2 gir. A.
- 1999-00: 1st in Serie C2 gir. A. Promoted to Serie C1.
- 2000-01: 5th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 2001-02: runners-up in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 2002-03: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 2003-04: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
- 2004-05: 7th in Serie C1 gir. A. Wins Coppa Italia Serie C.
- 2005-06: 1st in Serie C1 gir. A. Promoted to Serie B. Wins Supercoppa di Lega Serie C1.
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[edit] Honours
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1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 | 1936-37 | 1937-38
1938-39 | 1939-40 | 1940-41 | 1941-42 | 1942-43 | 1945-46 | 1946-47 | 1947-48 | 1948-49
1949-50 | 1950-51 | 1951-52 | 1952-53 | 1953-54 | 1954-55 | 1955-56 | 1956-57 | 1957-58
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1967-68 | 1968-69 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76
1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1981-82 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85
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1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03
2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07
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Giuseppe Ruggieri
