Rimini Calcio F.C.

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Rimini

Full name

Rimini Calcio Football Club
SRL

Nickname(s)

Biancorosso (white-reds)

Founded

1912

Ground

Stadio Romeo Neri,
Rimini, Italy
(Capacity 10,000)

Chairman

Luca Benedettini

Manager

Leonardo Acori

League

Serie B

2006-07

Serie B, 5th





Home colours





Away colours

Rimini Calcio F.C. is an Italian football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1912 and currently plays in Serie B, after having won the Serie C1/B title in 2004-05 season. Their home ground is the 10,000-seat Stadio Romeo Neri.

1 History
- 1.1 League
- 1.2 Recent times
2 Current squad
- 2.1 Confirmed 2007-08 summer signings
3 Notable former players
4 Notable former coaches
5 Honours
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded as Libertas Rimini in 1912, and first adopted their trademark red and white shirts in the 1920s, the 1929-30 season also saw the building of the stadium still used by the club today; Stadio Romeo Neri. The club name was changed to Rimini Calcio F.C. in 1938.

[edit] League

Rimini competed in regional leagues (the equivalent of the modern day Serie C system) for many years of their existence. They were unable to gain promotion to Serie B until 1976.

During the 1970s the club spent three seasons in Serie B, finishing in the bottom half of the table; they were relegated in 1978-79, but achieved promotion straight back up the following season. Rimini were relegated again during 1981-82, this time however, they did not achieve promotion back up straight away. Rimini spent the next twenty-four seasons in the Serie C league system, dropping as low as C2/C at one point.

However, the 2000s proved to be a brighter time for Rimini; they reached the C2/B playoffs six successive times before gaining promotion to C1/A. In 2004-05, they became Serie C champions (as well as Serie C1 Super Cup winners) and returned to Serie B for the first time since the early 1970s.

[edit] Recent times

On September 9, 2006, Rimini gained the national news after having gained a shocking 1-1 home draw against Juventus F.C., with Italian-Argentine attacking midfielder Adrián Ricchiuti scoring the equaliser, despite a sending off for Rimini midfielder Domenico Cristiano soon after the 1-0 Juventus lead.^[1] They even reached the top of Serie B by early 2007, the season however is still in progress and the top teams are close.

[edit] Current squad

As of February, 2008^[2]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Maurizio Pugliesi
2	DF	Fabio Catacchini
3	DF	Paolo Bravo
4	MF	Alfredo Cardinale
5	DF	Emiliano Milone
6	MF	Migjen Basha
7	MF	Alessandro Frara
8	MF	Francesco Lunardini
9	FW	Daniele Vantaggiato
10	MF	Adrián Ricchiuti
14	MF	Giovanni Conti
16	GK	Andrea Consigli
17	DF	Michele Rinaldi

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Biagio Pagano
21	DF	Maurizio Peccarisi
22	MF	Sorin Paraschiv
23	GK	Marco Temeroli
25	DF	Sandro Porchia
27	FW	Giuseppe Greco
32	DF	Roberto Vitiello
40	MF	Luca Bezzi
55	MF	Domenico Cristiano
77	DF	Pierre Giorgio Regonesi
83	MF	Giovanni La Camera
99	FW	Emilio Benito Docente
-	FW	Alex Ambrosini

[edit] Confirmed 2007-08 summer signings

22	MF	Sorin Paraschiv (from Steaua Bucharest)^[3]
–	MF	Francesco Lunardini (from Pavia, co-ownership resolution)^[4]
	MF	Simone Palermo (on loan from AS Roma)^[5]