U.S. Salernitana 1919

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Salernitana

Full name

Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 S.r.l.

Founded

1919
2005 (refounded)
2011 (refounded)

Ground

Stadio Arechi,
Salerno,^[1] Italy

Capacity

39,989^[2]

Chairman

Marco Mezzaroma

Manager

Carlo Perrone

League

Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B

2012-13

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/B, 1st

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

U.S. Salernitana 1919, or simply Salernitana is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.

The club is now the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919^[3] and there is a sports continuity also with the former Salerno Calcio^[4] in the 2011-12 season^[5]^[6] that is restarted from Serie D^[7] instead that from Terza Categoria, thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC.^[8]

Salerno Calcio is immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione where it played as Salernitana 1919.^[3] It was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

History

Football in Salerno

From Unione Sportiva Salernitana to Salernitana Calcio 1919

Main article: History of U.S. Salernitana 1919

The origins of the team go back to 1919 when in Salerno was founded the former Unione Sportiva Salernitana renamed Salernitana Sport in 1978, which spent the vast majority of their history at the Serie B and Serie C levels of Italian football. Salernitana is the Italian word for 'sultana,' a name given in honour of the vast amounts of sultana, dates and raisin farming in that region of Italy.

Salernitana plays their home games at Stadio Arechi. In their earliest years, Salernitana competed in the Italian Football Championship on a regional basis. They played at this level for four seasons during the 1920s. Since that time the club returned to the top level of Italian football twice; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99.

Salernitana, who wear an all-maroon kit, have had several name changes since they first appeared in 1919; one was after a merger with Audax Salerno.

In 2005 the club went bankrupt but were refounded by Antonio Lombardi, changing the name from Salernitana Sport to Salernitana Calcio 1919.

In the summer 2011, it did not appeal against the exclusion of Covisoc and it is excluded by the Italian football.

From Salerno Calcio to U.S. Salernitana 1919

On July 21, 2011 the mayor of Salerno Vincenzo De Luca chooses the proposal of the company Morgenstern S.r.l. administered by Gianni Mezzaroma making so born the new team Salerno Calcio, thus representing the city in Serie D.^[9] Member of society and the great protagonist of the project is Claudio Lotito,^[10] president of Lazio. His brother in law and Gianni's son, Marco Mezzaroma is the president of team:^[11] he is the husband of the former minister Mara Carfagna, born in the town.^[12]

The club in the 2011-12 season was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione winning the Group G of Serie D.

On 12 July 2012 the club was renamed U.S. Salernitana 1919.^[3]

2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

In the 2012-13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Salernitana finished first in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second consecutive promotion for the team.

Colours, badge and nicknames

Salernitana's original kit.

Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti.^[13] The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, Salerno the city lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a porting city. During the 1940s the club changed to maroon coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their homeland.

In the 2011-12 season as Salerno Calcio the shirt was striped blue and deep red, with the symbol of St. Matthew, patron of the city, similar to that of Barcelona.^[14]

Since 12 July 2012 with the renaming as U.S. Salernitana 1919, the colour of the first shirt is again the traditional garnet.^[3]

Current squad

As of 15 August 2013

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	Antony Iannarilli
		GK	Alessandro Berardi
		DF	Alessio Luciani
		DF	Christian Chirieletti
		DF	Alessandro Tuia
		DF	Morris Molinari
		DF	Federico Rizzi
		DF	Simone Piva
		DF	Andrea Luciani
		DF	Angelo Siniscalchi
		DF	Andrea Sbraga
		MF	Gennaro Esposito
		MF	Riccardo Perpetuini
		MF	Alessandro Volpe

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Giuseppe Capua
		MF	Pasquale Foggia
		MF	Enrico Zampa
		MF	Francesco Montervino
		MF	Andrea Nalini
		MF	Manuel Mancini
		FW	David Mounard
		FW	Gustavo Di Mauro Vagenin
		FW	Matteo Guazzo
		FW	Ettore Mendicino
		FW	Manuel Ricci
		FW	Thanasis Topouzis
		FW	Ciro Ginestra

Notable Former Players

From Italian national football team:

From other national football team:

Phil Masinga
Bülent Eken ^[15]
Rigobert Song
Erjon Bogdani ^[16]
Francesco Di Jorio ^[17]
Marco Zoro
Danny Tiatto
Siyabonga Nomvethe ^[18]
Roberto Merino ^[19] - called also for Spain-U19

Honours

Serie B:

Winners (2): 1947–48; 1997–98

Serie C / Serie C1:

Winners (2): 1937–38; 1965–66; 2007–08
Runners-up (2): 1989–90; 1993–94

Coppa Italia Serie C:

Runners-up (1): 1980

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione:

Winner (1): 2012-13

Serie D:

Winner (1): 2011-12 (as Salerno Calcio)

References

↑ http://www.salernocalcio1919.it/biglietteria-e-stadio/
↑ "European Football stadiums". Fussballtempel.net.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://www.resport.it/serie_d/salerno/ufficiale_da_adesso_chiamatela_u_s_salernitana_1919.aspx
↑ "Nasce "Salerno Calcio" Nel simbolo San Matteo" (in Italian). Lacittadisalerno.gelocal.it. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
↑ http://www.salernocalcio1919.it/calendario-girone-g/
↑ http://www.lnd.it/index.php?page=user.news.selectNews&id=128775
↑ http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/sport/2011/5-agosto-2011/salerno-calcio-c-l-iscrizioneoggi-presentazione-staff-1901246257655.shtml
↑ http://www.civile.it/sportivo/visual.php?num=74385
↑ http://www.salernocalcio1919.it/societa/
↑ http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2011/07/26/news/lotito_salernitana-19645738/
↑ "E' nata la nuova Salernitana Il Salerno calcio sarà "blau-grana" Lotito: non è un satellite della Lazio" (in Italian). Ilmattino.it. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
↑ "Mara Carfagna Ťpresidentessať granata La carica degli ex per la Salerno calcio" (in Italian). Corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
↑ "La Storia: 1910–1919" (in Italian). Salernitana.it. 24 June 2007.
↑ "Sarà "Salerno Calcio" il nome della nuova società calcistica della città. Lotito e Mezzaroma hanno presentato i loro progetti" (in Italian). 12mesi.it. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
↑ "Statistiche del giocatore su Fifa.com". Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ "Scheda del giocatore su Hellastory.net". Retrieved 2009-08-17.
↑ "Francesco Di Jorio". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
↑ Profilo sul sito dell'AaB
↑ "Roberto Merino convocato nella Nazionale Peruviana". Retrieved 2009-08-17.

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