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Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian football club based in Leffe and Albino, province of Bergamo, Lombardy. The team currently plays Serie B.
AlbinoLeffe plays its home matches at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo. Its official colours are blue and azure.
[edit] History
The club was formed in 1998 from the merger of former Serie C2 teams Albinese Calcio and S.C. Leffe, respectively from Albino and Leffe, two neighbouring towns. After being promoted to Italian Serie C1, in 2003 AlbinoLeffe, under coach Elio Gustinetti, gained a surprising triumph for the division play-off final, beating Pisa Calcio, which gave them the right to play Serie B.
The team plays its home matches at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, in Bergamo, which is the capital city of the province AlbinoLeffe belongs to. It does so because of the tiny capacity of the 2,260-seat Leffe city stadium, where AlbinoLeffe played its matches for divisions lower than Serie B. Even though AlbinoLeffe was considered to be an outsider for the Serie B, which historically includes many several titled clubs, the team concluded its two last seasons avoiding relegation. Albinoleffe ended 2005/2006 in eighteenth place after a great second half to the season following the appointment of experienced Emiliano Mondonico as new head coach, and again maintained a place in the 2006/2007 Serie B, winning the relegation playoffs against Avellino (2-0, 2-3). The 2006/2007 Serie B campaign is the third consecutive for the small Lombardian team.
[edit] Current first team squad
As of March 8, 2007[1]
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Paolo Acerbis |
| 3 |
 |
DF |
Gleison Pinto dos Santos |
| 4 |
|
MF |
Luca Belingheri |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Mario Donadoni |
| 6 |
|
MF |
Roberto Previtali |
| 7 |
|
MF |
Ivan Del Prato |
| 8 |
|
FW |
Nicola Ferrari |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Inácio José Joelson |
| 10 |
|
FW |
Roberto Bonazzi |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Andrea Rabito |
| 13 |
|
DF |
Federico Peluso |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Ruben Garlini |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Nicola Madonna |
|
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| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 17 |
|
GK |
Andrea Angelo Offredi |
| 18 |
|
MF |
Andrea Cristiano |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Marco Cellini |
| 21 |
|
MF |
Marco Gori |
| 22 |
|
GK |
Federico Marchetti |
| 23 |
|
MF |
Mirco Poloni |
| 25 |
|
DF |
Alessandro Dal Canto |
| 27 |
|
DF |
Giuliano Lamma |
| 28 |
|
FW |
Francesco Ruopolo |
| 31 |
|
DF |
Duccio Innocenti |
| 32 |
|
DF |
Riccardo Colombo |
| 55 |
|
MF |
Davide Caremi |
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[edit] References
- ^ AlbinoLeffe.com
[edit] Noted players
[edit] Honours
[edit] External link
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