F.C. Esperia Viareggio

Viareggio
Full name Football Club Esperia Viareggio
Nickname(s) Zebre (Zebras)
Founded 1919 (as Viareggio Calcio)
2003 (refounded)
Ground Stadio Torquato Bresciani,
Viareggio, Italy
(Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman Stefano Dinelli
Manager Francesco Bertolucci
League Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione B, 17th
Home colours
Away colours

Football Club Esperia Viareggio[1] known as Viareggio is an Italian football club located in Viareggio, Tuscany.

It currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

Its colors are white and black.

Contents

History

It is the heir of the old Viareggio Calcio founded on 1919 and cancelled by FIGC in 2002, with a history of seasons spent at the Serie C level, notably from 1990 to 1994 and from 1997 to 2002. The current denomination has been assumed in honour to the first team founded in the city.

Promoted in 2006 after having won its Eccellenza Tuscany round, Esperia Viareggio gained its second consecutive promotion on 22 April 2007 by mathematically winning the Group E of Serie D in advance of four matchdays.

At the end of the 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, the club was admitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the first time in its history.

However numbers of longest serving players retired, namely Samuele Barsotti and Giuseppe Costantino in 2010 and Michele Fusi in 2009, plus the left for Alberto Reccolani, made the team had to play relegation play-outs for two successive season, winning both to survive. The only defenders were hired in long-term contract in 2010–11 season were Lorenzo Fiale and Sergio Carnesalini, the others were borrowed from other teams, which the starting keeper Carlo Pinsoglio was from Juventus and was spotted by Italy national under-21 football team during his stay with club.

Players

2011–12 squad

As of 24 July 2011 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Giorgio Merlano
GK Mirko Ranieri (on loan from Spurs)
DF Nicolò Brighenti
DF Diego Conson
DF Sergio Carnesalini
DF Lorenzo Fiale
DF Andrea Grieco (on loan from Sampdoria)
DF Fabio Lamorte
MF Michael Brini Ferri
MF Nicola Cosentini
MF Alessio Cristiani
No. Position Player
MF Dario Maltese
MF Leonardo Mancini
MF Samuele Pizza
MF Giovanni Taormina
MF Pierangelo Tarantino (on loan from Bari)
FW Alessandro D'Antoni
FW Denis D'Onofrio
FW Filippo Maria Scardina (on loan from Roma)
FW Alessandro Elia (on loan from Parma)
FW Uros Palibrk (on loan from Milan)

Notable former players

Notable former managers

References

  1. ^ Esperia Viareggio page @ Serie-D.com
  2. ^ "Inizia il ritiro dei bianconeri." (in Italian). FC Esperia Viareggio. 24 July 2011. http://www.esperiaviareggio.it/sito/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1261&Itemid=120. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 

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See also Serie C2 2005-06 and its followers
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