A.C. Reggiana 1919

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Reggiana
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Full name Associazione Calcio
Reggiana 1919 SRL
Nickname(s) Teste quadre (Square heads),
Granata (Maroons)
Founded 1919
2005 (refounded)
Ground Stadio Giglio,
Reggio Emilia, Italy
(Capacity 29,546)
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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No. Position Player
Flag of Italy GK Marco Ambrosio
Flag of Italy GK Mattia Busani
Flag of Italy GK Adriano Esposito
Flag of Italy GK Luca Tomasig
Flag of Italy DF Fabio Caselli
Flag of Brazil DF Anderson Robert Cavalheiro
Flag of Italy DF Luca Fiuzzi
Flag of Italy DF Marco Mallus
Flag of Italy DF Mirco Stefani
Flag of Italy DF Francesco Tognetti
Flag of Italy DF Danilo Zini
Flag of Italy MF Giuseppe Alessi
No. Position Player
Flag of Italy MF Matteo Arati
Flag of Italy MF Nicola Cingolani
Flag of Italy MF Vito Grieco
Flag of Italy MF Michele Malpeli
Flag of Italy MF Antonio Maschio
Flag of Italy MF Nicolas Migliaccio
Flag of Italy MF Paolo Ponzo
Flag of Italy MF Paolo Ruffini
Flag of Italy FW Andrea Cetellani
Flag of Italy FW Giuseppe Ingari
Flag of Italy FW Omar Martinetti
Flag of Italy FW Matteo Pelatti

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