A.C. Pistoiese

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Pistoiese
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Full name Associazione Calcio Pistoiese
SpA
Nickname(s) Arancioni (Orange)
Founded 1921
Ground Stadio Marcello Melani,
Pistoia, Italy
(Capacity 13,195)
Chairman Massimiliano Braccialini
Manager Francesco D'Arrigo
League Serie C1/B
2007-08 Serie C1/B, 14th
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Associazione Calcio Pistoiese is an Italian football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1921 and refounded in 1988. Pistoiese currently plays in Serie C1, having last been in Serie A in 1981. The team's colors are orange and blue.

The singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini is probably the most famous tifoso of Pistoiese in Italy.

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[edit] History

Pistoiese achieved prominence by rising to Serie B in the late 1970s with promotion to Serie A following in 1980. With veterans like Marcello Lippi and Mario Frustalupi and promising young talents such as Paolo Benedetti, Pistoiese made a reasonable start to Serie A life and were as high as 6th after a win at Fiorentina at Round 13. But a dismal freefall resulted in last place in relegation, and the club have not recovered since apart from spells in Serie B in 1995-96 and 1999-2002.

In the 2005/06 Serie C1/B campaign, Pistoiese battled against relegation from Serie C1 with goals proving hard to come by, yet having one of the best defensive records in the division. A good season ending brought the team to a good 9th place in Group A, but just three points ahead the relegation playouts. She finished 14th in Group B in 2007-2008 season and played relegation play-off against Sangiovannese. She won by 4-0 aggregate and remained in Serie C1.

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Squad

No. Position Player
Flag of Italy GK Tommaso Allegri
Flag of Italy GK Simone Aresti
Flag of Italy GK Guido Lippi
Flag of Italy GK Gianmatteo Mareggini
Flag of Italy DF Marco Briganti
Flag of Italy DF Dario Cacelli
Flag of Italy DF Francesco Caco
Flag of Italy DF Nicola Calabro
Flag of Italy DF Luigi Di Simone
Flag of Italy DF Andrea Pisani
Flag of Italy DF Emanuele Venturelli
Flag of Italy MF Tommaso Bellazzini
Flag of Italy MF Michele Boldrini
Flag of Italy MF Filippo Breschi
No. Position Player
Flag of Italy MF Francesco Cardamone
Flag of Italy MF Alfredo Femiano
Flag of Italy MF Gabriele Galardini
Flag of Italy MF Alessandro Gambadori
Flag of Italy MF Alberto Genova
Flag of Italy MF Simone Guerri
Flag of Italy MF Michele Lanzillotta
Flag of Cameroon MF Daniel Maa Boumsong
Flag of Italy MF Federico Mennini
Flag of Italy FW Gianmarco Baldassarre
Flag of Italy FW Giorgio Biancospino
Flag of Italy FW Andrea Cocco
Flag of Italy FW Simone Motta
Flag of Switzerland FW Alessandro Ciarrocchi

[edit] Notable former managers

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