A.S. Bari
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| Full name | Associazione Sportiva Bari SpA |
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| Nickname(s) | Galletti (Cockerels) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy |
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| Capacity | 58,270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Vincenzo Matarrese |
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| Manager | Giuseppe Materazzi |
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| League | Serie B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie B, 13th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. The club was formed in 1928 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having spent a large part of recent years bouncing between Italy's two top divisions (its last relegation came in 2001), hence the nick name of "the Elevator Team" In 2004, Bari was due to drop to Serie C, but the bankruptcy of Napoli and Como gave it a new life. One of the most important achievement of the club was in 1996, when their forward Igor Protti became the top striker of the Serie A (Italian top division), with 25 goals. The only trophy won by Bari was the Mitropa Cup in 1990. The team's colors are white and red.
One of the most famous players in its history is Bari-born Antonio Cassano, who shined there as a youngster.
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[edit] History
On 15 January 1908[1] F.B.C Bari were founded, with red shirts and white shorts. As with many Italian clubs, foreign people were involved in the foundation of the club; amongst its founders were German Floriano Ludwig, Swiss Gustavo Kuhn and a native trader of Bari; Giovanni Tiberini.[2]
In terms of the first players (featured in the image), Bari originals included; founder Ludwig, along with Englishman Barther, Swiss players Bach, Attoma, Roth, Spanish native Labourdette and Frenchmen Jovinet, Giordano, Gazagne, Randi and Ziegler.
Other clubs in Bari followed; including U.S. Ideale; who wore green and black stripes) and F.B.C. Liberty; who wore blue and white striped shirts, later red. During the First World War, F.B.C Bari became defunct but a team with the name returned afterwards. In the 1924-25 season, in the Italian Football Championship, all three clubs competed in the Puglia regional section, Bari were relegated, Ideale finished mid-table and Liberty made it through to the next part of the tournament but lost heavily to Alba Roma.
Due to the relegation of Bari, the club were merged with Liberty 1926-27 season. The "Bari" name became adopted by Liberty from 6 February 1927 onwards; the first game played with this new name was against Audace Taranto. They reached the semi-finals of league South, but lost out to Internaples.
Just over a year since the club last changed their name, on 27 February 1928; Liberty Bari merged with U.S. Ideale to create U.S. Bari; they originally adopted a red and white striped kit.
[edit] League
The 1930s and 1940s were Bari's golden age, spending much of that time in Serie A with a finish of 7th in 1947 being the best they achieved.
In the 1950s Bari went into a sharp decline and an equally rapid revival towards the end of the decade to spend three more years in Serie A (1958-61). Stars of the team in this period included Biagio Catalano and Raul Conti. The club return to Serie A twice more in this period (1963-64 and 1969-70) with the latter proving especially harrowing with only 11 goals scored, the lowest of any top-flight club. In 1974 Bari descended to Serie C, finishing that season with only 12 goals scored and 26 conceded in 38 games.
By the late 1970s Bari were back in Serie A and on something of an upward swing, narrowly missing promotion in 1982. They managed promotion to Serie A in 1985 and acquired English players Gordon Cowans and Paul Rideout, but they were unable to prevent an instant return to Serie B.
A return to Serie A in 1989 with stars including stalwart defender Giovanni Loseto, midfielder Pietro Maiellaro and Brazilian striker João Paulo saw a respectable 10th place finish in 1990, their last season at the Della Vittoria. The following season saw Bari move to the San Nicola stadium, built for the 1990 World Cup, but by 1992- despite the signing of David Platt- they would be relegated once more.
Promotion in 1994 saw another two-year stay in Serie A with Igor Protti a regular scorer, and another promotion in 1997 saw the emergence of promising youngsters like Nicola Ventola and Diego De Ascentis. This time they managed a four-year stay in Serie A under the guidance of Eugenio Fascetti, despite his uneasy relationship with many sections of the club's support. The club has since had a generally indifferent spell in Serie B.#
The club is currently for sale after the Matarrese family had a falling out with local fans. Amongst the potential buyers, Roman Abramovich owner of English side Chelsea has been strongly linked by the media.[3]
[edit] Current first team squad
As of January 31, 2007[4]
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[edit] Famous players
Aílton- Lorenzo Amoruso
Kennet Andersson
Zvonimir Boban- Angelo Carbone
- Massimo Carrera
- Antonio Cassano
- Alberto Cavasin
Gordon Cowans- Antonio Di Gennaro
- Marco Di Vaio
Thomas Doll- Paul Elliott
Frank Farina- Gerson
- Klas Ingesson
- Robert Jarni
- Marcello Lerario
- Pietro Maiellaro
- João Paulo
- Simone Perrotta
- David Platt
- Igor Protti
Florin Raducioiu- Paul Rideout
Jaime Valdes- Nicola Ventola
Abel Xavier- Gianluca Zambrotta
[edit] Honours
Serie B: 2
- Champions: 1934-35, 1941-42
- Runners-up: 1930-31, 1933-34, 1957-58, 1962-63, 1988-89, 1993-94
- Promoted: 1968-69, 1984-85, 1996-97
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