Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli
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Full name |
Ascoli Calcio 1898 SpA |
Nickname(s) |
Picchio (Woodpecker),
Bianconeri (White-blacks) |
Founded |
1898 |
Ground |
Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca,
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
(Capacity: 20,000) |
Chairman |
Roberto Benigni |
Head Coach |
Vincenzo Chiarenza |
League |
Serie B |
2007–08 |
Serie B, 8th |
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Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A. Ascoli played in Serie A between periods of 1974-1976, 1978-1985, 1986-1990, 1991-1992, and 2005-2007.
The team's colours are black and white.
History
Founded in 1898 as "Candido Augusto Vecchi", the team changed his denomination to Ascoli Vigor in 1905, U.S. Ascolana in 1921, and A.S. Ascoli in 1945. In 1955, the team was acquired and saved from bankruptcy by publishing magnate, Cino Del Duca, who merged it with his own team to make the "Del Duca Ascoli". The stadium still bears his and his brother's name. In 1959 the team finally returned in Serie C for the first time since before the beginning of World War II. In 1971, under the chairmanship of Costantino Rozzi, who had acquired the team three years before, the team changed his denomination to the current one, finally being known as "Ascoli Calcio 1898". From that same year, the team, led by Carlo Mazzone as coach, gained two consecutive promotions, being promoted in Serie B, and then Serie A, for its first time. The team stayed in Serie A for two seasons before being once again relegated to Serie B.
Ascoli returned to Serie A in 1978 and enjoyed a seven-year tenure in the top league, during which time they managed to finish a surprising 5th in 1980 and 6th in 1982. Some of the most notable players under the management of Mazzone and Giovan Battista Fabbri included Adelio Moro, Alessandro Scanziani, Gianfranco Bellotto, Walter Novellino and Andrea Mandorlini, as well as Walter De Vecchi and Giuseppe Greco. After relegation in 1985, the club immediately bounced back and stayed for four more years. Another return to Serie A followed in 1991 but this lasted only one season. After just missing out on promotion for two year's running, the club went into decline and were relegated to Serie C1 in 1995. They would remain there for seven seasons, returning to B as Serie C1/B champions in 2002.
In August 2005, after the sentence of relegation from Serie A for both Genoa and Torino respectively due to fraud and financial troubles, Ascoli, who obtained a place in the Serie B promotion playoffs the previous season under coach Marco Giampaolo, have been arbitrarily admitted to Serie A as replacements, finishing a highly credible 12th. After the end of the season, Giampaolo, who gained a reputation as one of the finest young Italian coaches, resigned, for being replaced by Attilio Tesser for the 2006/2007 season. Tesser, unable to obtain good results in his time with Ascoli, was fired after a 1-0 loss at home to Empoli F.C. in the 11th matchday, and replaced by veteran coach Nedo Sonetti.
Ascoli were the first team to be officially relegated to Serie B for the 2007-08 season after a 1-0 loss to Torino F.C. on May 7, 2007. They ended the season in nineteenth place, one point above last-placed Messina.
German striker Oliver Bierhoff began his experience in Italian football with Ascoli.
Success
Even though from a small city of 50 000 people, Ascoli have been able to punch above their weight. Ascoli have competed 16 seasons in Serie A since 1974, with an incredible 5th and 6th spot finish respectively in the seasons of 1979-80 and 1981-82.
To complement Ascoli's success in Serie A, the club has also achieved 2 Cadetti (Serie B Championships) in 1977-78, and 1985-86. The 1977-78 season yielded a record championship with achieving 61 points (2 points for a victory). Ascoli have competed in Serie B 13 times, with a total of 5 promotion seasons.
Ascoli have made way to Serie B with only two winning seasons in Serie C and C1B. These were in 1971-72, and 2001-02.
Another one of Ascoli's successes is the fact for a city of 50 000, their record home attendace has reached 36 500 more than 70% than the cities population. In Serie A this was seen against Juventus and the famous season in 1982-83 where Ascoli saved themselves from relegation in the last game of the Serie A season against Cagliari, who were subsequently relegated. However with stadium restrictions the maxium attendance allowed in the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca is 21 000 - 24 000. Nonetheless when filled it is still an amazing achievement from such a small city.
Other success were in the Mitropa Cup in 1986-87, the Capodanno Challenge, and the Red Leaf Cup. Ascoli were also finalists in the Anglo-Italia Cup, during Ascoli's last season in Serie B 1994-95, before Ascoli long await in Serie C1 before an emotional return to Serie B for the 2002-03 season.
Under the reign of the great president of Ascoli Calcio - Costantino Rozzi, Ascoli competed 14 of their amazing 16 seasons in Serie A, again another amazing achievement from a club who were once playing in the regional divisions of le Marche. Not only this, but Rozzi was able to implement players who were born and raised through the ranks of Ascoli. In the mid to late 1980s saw Giuseppe Iachini, Domenico Agostini, Giuseppe Carillo, and Lorenzo Scarafoni, help Ascoli ensure a return to Serie A and survival the following season. Once Iachini left Agostini, Carillo and Scarafoni, were first team starters as well as Marino Fioravanti and Antonio Aloisi on the bench. Aloisi went on to compete in many season for Ascoli.
Another success is Carlo Mazzone, once at the heart of Del Duca Ascoli's defence playing 9 seasons, led Ascoli for another 10 or so seasons as manager. Mazzone guided Ascoli from Serie C to Serie A, including Ascoli's 6th placed finish in 1981-82.
Rivalries
Although it may seem like the biggest derby in Le Marche is between Ascoli and Ancona, it is not the truth. The biggest derby in Le Marche is between Ascoli and Sambenedettese (Samb, Samba). The last time these two teams met in a league season was in 1986. San Benedetto Del Tronto is a city in the province of Ascoli Piceno, only 20 minutes away from the city of Ascoli Piceno. It is an intense hate of each other, with the pride of each area defended passionately. It is said that a person who wears the oppositions colours in their territory, trouble is most likely to occur. The biggest attendance of the derby was a number of 35 000 in Ascoli Piceno (mind you the city only being 50 000 people big). Although the derby has not occurred in many many years, the passionate hate, has never died down.
Ancona is the second derby, these are the two most successful clubs of Le Marche. However Ascoli being the far superior. Ancona is the capital of Le Marche, but Ascoli (Asculum) was the capital of ancient Picenun. So both have a feeling of leadership. The battles between the Ascolani and Anconetani have been intense, and there is very much a fight to be 'La Regina Delle Marche' (the queen of le marche). In terms of 'calcio' Ascoli is far and beyond Ancona with 16 seasons in Serie A and 2 Cadetti. Whereas Ancona have only participated in 2 Serie A campaigns.
Fermana completes the big three, and incredibly it is another team in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, alongside San Benedetto Del Tronto. However Fermana from the city of Fermo, have not typically had a strong team. However this still is a derby for the Ascolani and Fermani, with both supporters not wanting to lose this game.
Other Rivalries, Teramo (a 30 mintue drive in Abruzzo), Livorno, Pescara, Ternana, Perugia, Inter, Catania, Fiorentina, Hellas Verona, Roma, Rimini.
Ascoli Season by Season
Season by Season of Ascoli Calcio 1898 |
- 1898: Foundation of the sporting society Candido Augusto Vecchi.
- 1905: Name changed to Ascoli Vigor.
- 1921: Name changed to Unione Sportiva Ascolana.
- 1926-27: 1° nel Campionato di III Divisione. Promosso in II Divisione.
- 1927-29: Partecipa alla Lega Sud di II Divisione.
- 1929-30: 1° nel Campionato di II Divisione. Promosso in I Divisione.
- 1930-31: 8° nel girone F della I Divisione.
- 1931-32: 10° nel girone E della I Divisione.
- 1932-33: 6° nel girone G della I Divisione.
Rinuncia alla I Divisione e riparte dal Campionato di Zona.
- 1933-37: Partecipa al Campionato di Zona.
- 1937-38: 1° nel Campionato di Zona. Promosso in Serie C
a seguito dell'allargamento del numero di squadre iscritte.
- 1938-39: 5° nel girone F della Serie C.
- 1939-40: 13° nel girone F della Serie C.
- 1940-41: 13° nel girone F della Serie C.
- 1941-42: 12° nel girone F della Serie C.
- 1942-43: 2° nel girone H della Serie C.
- 1943-1945: Stop during World War Two.
- 1945: Re-union of the team' Associazione Sportiva Ascoli.
- 1945-46: 9° nel girone B della Lega Sud di Serie C.
- 1946-47: 12° nel girone F della Lega Centro di Serie C.
- 1947-48: 12° nel girone F della Lega Centro di Serie C.
Demoted to Campionato Interregionale
in seguito alla riforma dei campionati che ridusse il numero di squadre iscritte alla Serie C.
- 1948-49: 11° nel girone L del Campionato Interregionale.
- 1949-50: 12° nel girone L del Campionato Interregionale.
- 1950-51: 10° nel girone L del Campionato Interregionale.
- 1951-52: 3° nel girone L del Campionato Interregionale.
- 1952-53: 2° nel girone E della IV Serie.
- 1953-54: 4° nel girone F della IV Serie.
- 1954-55: 15° nel girone G della IV Serie. Demoted to the championshipPromozione Marchigiana.
- 1955: Assume the name of Del Duca Ascoli after Cino Del Duca saved the club from bankruptcy.
- 1955-56: 2° nel Campionato di Promozione Marchigiana.
- 1956-57: 1° nel Campionato di Promozione Marchigiana.
Promosso nella II Categoria di IV Serie,
istituita dalla FIGC dopo la suddivisione della IV serie in 2 sotto-serie.
- 1957-58: 5° nel girone G della II Categoria di IV Serie.
- 1958-59: 4° nel girone G della IV Serie. Ripescato in Serie C,
a seguito dell'allargamento della serie varato dalla F.I.G.C.
- 1959-60: 7° nel girone B della Serie C.
- 1960-61: 6° nel girone B della Serie C.
- 1961-62: 14° nel girone B della Serie C.
- 1962-63: 13° nel girone C della Serie C.
- 1963-64: 4° nel girone C della Serie C.
- 1964-65: 4° nel girone C della Serie C.
- 1965-66: 8° nel girone C della Serie C.
- 1966-67: 10° nel girone C della Serie C.
- 1967-68: 8° nel girone B della Serie C.
- 1968-69: 3° nel girone B della Serie C.
- 1969-70: 4° nel girone B della Serie C.
- 1970-71: 4° nel girone B della Serie C.
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- 1971: Officially named Ascoli Calcio 1898.
- 1971-72: 1° in girone B of Serie C. Promoted to Serie B.
- 1972-73: 4° in Serie B.
- 1973-74: 2° in Serie B. Promoted to Serie A.
- 1974-75: 12° in Serie A.
- 1975-76: 14° in Serie A. Demoted to Serie B.
- 1976-77: 9° in Serie B.
- 1977-78: 1° in Serie B. Promoted to Serie A.
- 1978-79: 10° in Serie A.
- 1979-80: 5° in Serie A Milan expelled to Serie B who were in 4th spot.
- 1980-81: 10° in Serie A.
Victory in the Torneo di Capodanno against Juventus.
- 1981-82: 6° in Serie A.
- 1982-83: 13° in Serie A.
- 1983-84: 10° in Serie A.
- 1984-85: 14° in Serie A. Demoted to Serie B.
- 1985-86: 1° in Serie B. Promoted to Serie A.
- 1986-87: 12° in Serie A.
Won the Mitropa Cup against Bohemians Praga.
- 1987-88: 12° in Serie A.
- 1988-89: 12° in Serie A.
- 1989-90: 18° in Serie A. Demoted to Serie B.
- 1990-91: 4° in Serie B. Promoted to Serie A.
- 1991-92: 18° in Serie A. Demoted to Serie B.
- 1992-93: 6° in Serie B.
- 1993-94: 7° in Serie B.
- 1994-95: 18° in Serie B. Demoted to Serie C1.
Played the final of theTorneo Anglo-Italiano againstNotts County F.C..
- 1995-96: 4° nel girone B della Serie C1.
Lost in the playoff final againstCastel di Sangro.
- 1996-97: 8° nel girone B della Serie C1.
- 1997-98: 10° nel girone B della Serie C1.
- 1998-99: 8° nel girone B della Serie C1.
- 1999-00: 3° nel girone B della Serie C1.
Lost in the playoff final againstAncona.
- 2000-01: 5° nel girone B della Serie C1.
Lost in the playoff semi-final againstMessina.
- 2001-02: 1° nel girone B della Serie C1. Promoted to Serie B.
Won theSupercoppa di Lega Serie C1 against Livorno.
- 2002-03: 12° in Serie B.
- 2003-04: 11° in Serie B.
- 2004-05: 6° in Serie B.
Genoa were demoted for bribing while Perugia did not have the funds to compete in Serie A or Serie B, both teams were relgated to Serie C1. Torino also did not have the required funds to compete in Serie A
Promoted to Serie A by the way of Perugia and Torino.
- 2005-06: 10° in Serie A.
- 2006-07: 19° in Serie A. Demoted to Serie B.
- 2007-08: Currently in Serie B.
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Current squad
As of 2008-10-26[1][2]
No. |
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Position |
Player |
1 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
GK |
Massimo Taibi |
4 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Luca Belingheri |
5 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Luigi Giorgi |
6 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
DF |
Massimo Melucci |
7 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Stefano Guberti |
8 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Daniele Di Donato |
9 |
![Flag of Albania](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/125px_Flag_of_Albania_svg.png) |
FW |
Edgar Çani (on loan from Palermo) |
10 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Vincenzo Sommese |
11 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
DF |
Andrea Giallombardo |
13 |
![Flag of Greece](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/200px_Flag_of_Greece_svg.png) |
DF |
Evangelos Nastos |
14 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
DF |
Matteo Camillini |
15 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
DF |
Giuseppe Bellusci |
16 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
GK |
Mirko Pennesi (from youth team) |
17 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
GK |
Enrico Guarna |
18 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Simone Pesce |
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No. |
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Position |
Player |
19 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Davide Raffaello (from youth team) |
20 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Ilario Aloe |
21 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Andrea Luci |
22 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
FW |
Antonio Gaeta |
23 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
DF |
Gabriele Cioffi |
24 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
DF |
Vittorio Micolucci |
29 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
FW |
Christian Bucchi (on loan from Napoli) |
32 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
FW |
Simone Masini |
35 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Francesco Di Tacchio (from youth team) |
77 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
MF |
Carlo Luisi |
82 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
DF |
Fabio Conocchioli (from youth team) |
85 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
FW |
Domenico Falco |
87 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
FW |
Steeve Gerard Fanka (from youth team) |
88 |
![Flag of Latvia](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/250px_Flag_of_Latvia_svg.png) |
FW |
Edgars Gauračs (from youth team) |
99 |
![Flag of Italy](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Italy_svg.png) |
FW |
Andrea Soncin |
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Notable former players
Pietro Anastasi
Oliver Bierhoff
Gianluca Pagliuca
Marco Delvecchio
Liam Brady
Walter Casagrande
Dirceu
Marco Ferrante
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Bruno Giordano
Andrea Barzagli
Hugo Maradona
Carlo Mazzone
Ludo Coeck
Pedro Troglio
Patrick Vervoort
Fabio Quagliarella
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Pasquale Foggia
Luigi di Biagio
Walter Alfredo Novellino
Roberto Sosa
Benito Carbone
Viktor Budyanskiy
Borislav Cvetković
Ervin Skela
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Coaches
- 2001-2002 Giuseppe Pillon- Serie B promotion
- 2002 2003 Giuseppe Pillon
- 2003 Loris Dominissini
- 2003-2004 Aldo Ammazzalorso
- 2004-2005 Massimo Silva (official) Marco Giampaolo (actual)- Serie A promotion
- 2005-2006: Massimo Silva (official) Marco Giampaolo (actual)- Serie A 10th
- 2006: Attilio Tesser
- 2006-2007: Nedo Sonetti
- 2007-2008 Ivo Iaconi Serie B
- 2008- ? Nello di Costanzo
References
- ↑ "La squadra" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. Retrieved on 2008-10-21.
- ↑ "Variazione numerazione maglie" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
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