A.C. Reggiana 1919
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Full name | Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 SRL |
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Nickname(s) | Teste quadre (Square heads), Granata (Maroons) |
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Founded | 1919 2005 (refounded) |
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Ground | Stadio Giglio, Reggio Emilia, Italy (Capacity 29,546) |
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Chairman | Vando Veroni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Alessandro Pane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Serie C2/B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007-08 | Serie C2/B, 1st (Promoted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Not to be confused with Reggina Calcio, a Serie A team.
Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian football club, based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and refounded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C., but it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005-06 season. Reggiana played in Serie C2/B in 2007-2008 season and promoted to Serie C1 after finishing champion. The club having last been in Serie A in 1997. The team's color is dark red (Granata).
Some famous players played for Reggiana, including Felice Romano, Angelo Di Livio, Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Luca Bucci, Claudio Taffarel, Paulo Futre, Stefano Torrisi, Francesco Antonioli, Igor Simutenkov, Angelo Adamo Gregucci, Sunday Oliseh, Filippo Galli, Alberigo Evani, Luigi Sartor, Marco Ballotta, Max Tonetto, Adolfo Valencia, Cristiano Zanetti and Obafemi Martins. Reggiana played in Italian First Division for many seasons in the 1920's; the club took part in Italian Serie A in 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1996/97. Best result is 13th place in 1993/94 Serie A championship. Most famous coach has been Carlo Ancelotti, who has been working for A.C. Milan since 2001. Reggiana played all matches in Mirabello Stadium until 1994; then they moved to a new and modern arena, called Stadio Giglio.
Reggiana numbers former EU commissioner and current Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi among its supporters.
Reggiana are famous for taking a group of fans to a Morton F.C. game in Greenock, Scotland.
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- Serie B Championship Winner: 1
- Seasons played in Serie A: 3
- Seasons played in Italian First Division: 5
[edit] Notable former coaches
- Carlo Ancelotti
- Bruno Giordano
- Luigi Del Grosso
- Mircea Lucescu
- Giuseppe Marchioro
- Francesco Oddo
[edit] Squads
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[edit] Notable former players
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[edit] External links
- (Italian) Official site