A.S. Cittadella

Cittadella

Full name

Associazione Sportiva Cittadella SpA

Nickname(s)

Citta

Founded

1973

Ground

Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato,
Cittadella, Italy

Capacity

7,623^[1]

Chairman

Andrea Gabrielli

Manager

Claudio Foscarini

League

Serie B

2013–14

Serie B, 17th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.

History

Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie C2 and Serie C1 ranks. Cittadella won its first promotion to Serie B in 1999 after defeating Brescello in the playoff finals, and spent a total two seasons in the Italian second-highest ranked division, being then relegated in 2001–02 Serie B. During their first stay in Serie B, the club played in Stadio Euganeo in Padua and, in an attempt to expand the fanbase, was renamed A.S. Cittadella Padova, being Padua (Padova in Italian) the capital city of Cittadella's referring province.

Cittadella returned to Serie B in 2008, after defeating Cremonese in the 2007–08 Serie C1/A playoffs, under the guide of head coach Claudio Foscarini. In the 2008–09 Serie B season, the club was involved to projects focused to boost the capacity of the Stadio Tombolato to 7,500, in order to let the club play in their home town (with dispensation from the FIGC, since a stadium of at least 10,000 seats is required for Serie B). Thus, Cittadella played the first season games in Stadio Omobono Tenni in Treviso, about 40 km away.^[2]^[3] After some delays, the first Serie B game played in Cittadella was played on 29 October 2008, A.C. Ancona being the opponents. The club escaped relegation in the final days of the season, thus ensuring another year of Serie B football to the local fans.

The following season, Cittadella thrashed Lecce 5–1 and Mantova 6–0 to finish 6th, and only losing to Brescia in the playoffs due to Brescia's superior league placing, despite a late 1–0 win in the second leg.

The club produced two strikers who later left for Serie A teams, namely, Riccardo Meggiorini (50% rights sold for €2.5M), Matteo Ardemagni (sold for €3.75M). Moreover, 2010–11 Serie B topscorer Federico Piovaccari also left for Sampdoria in 2011 for €3.5M which Samp relegated from Serie A in 2011.

Players

Current squad

As of 5 February, 2015.^[4]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Andrea Pierobon
2	DF	Simone Pecorini
3	DF	Antonio Barreca (on loan from Torino)
4	DF	Alessandro De Leidi
5	DF	Michele Pellizzer (captain)
6	DF	Andrea Signorini
7	FW	Claudio Coralli
8	MF	Nicola Rigoni
9	FW	Federico Gerardi
10	FW	Alessandro Sgrigna
11	FW	Mattia Minesso
13	DF	Filippo Scaglia
16	MF	Alessio Benedetti

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Massimiliano Busellato
18	DF	Nicola Donazzan
19	FW	Andrea Schenetti
20	FW	Daniele Bazzoffia
21	MF	Filippo Lora
22	GK	Alex Valentini (on loan from Spezia)
23	MF	Andrea Paolucci
25	DF	Daniel Cappelletti
30	MF	Tomasz Kupisz (on loan from Chievo)
31	FW	Francesco Stanco (on loan from Modena)
32	DF	Agostino Camigliano (on loan from Udinese)
33	GK	Matteo Vaccarecci

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player

Youth team

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

No.	Position	Player
12	GK	Paolo Zanin
14	DF	Riccardo Eulogi
15	DF	Riccardo Ugo

No.		Position	Player
26		MF	Lorenzo Battagliarin
27		FW	Elia Bortoluz

Notable players

See Category:A.S. Cittadella players.

References

↑ "A.S. Cittadella – Stadio" (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella – Sito ufficiale. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
↑ "Cittadella, la B al Tombolato" (in Italian). Calciopress.net. 14 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
↑ "Cittadella: scelto lo stadio" (in Italian). C1siamo.net. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
↑ "Prima Squadra". A.S. Cittadella (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2014.

External links

Official website

Serie B

2014–15 clubs	Avellino Bari Bologna Brescia Carpi Catania Cittadella Crotone Frosinone Latina Livorno Modena Perugia Pescara Pro Vercelli Spezia Ternana Trapani Varese Vicenza Virtus Entella Virtus Lanciano

Former clubs	Acireale Alba Trastevere AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Alzano Virescit Ancona Arezzo Arsenale Taranto Ascoli Picchio Atalanta Barletta Biellese Bolzano Brindisi Cagliari Campobasso Carrarese Casale Casertana Castel di Sangro Catanzaro Cavese Centese Cesena Chievo Como Cosenza Crema Cremonese Derthona Empoli Fanfulla Fermana Fidelis Andria Fiorentina Fiumana Foggia Forlì Gallaratese Gallipoli Genoa Grion Pola Grosseto Gubbio Juve Stabia Juventus L'Aquila Lazio Lecce Lecco Legnano Licata Liguria Lucchese Maceratese Magenta Mantova Marzotto Massese M.A.T.E.R. Matera Messina Mestre Milan Molinella Monfalcone Monza Napoli Nocerina Novara Padova Palermo Parma Pavia Piacenza Piombino Pisa Pistoiese Portogruaro Potenza Prato Pro Gorizia Pro Patria Pro Sesto Ravenna Reggiana Reggina Rieti Rimini Roma Salernitana Sambenedettese Sampdoria Sampierdarenese Sanremese Sassuolo Savoia Savona Scafatese Seregno Sestrese Siena Siracusa Sorrento SPAL Suzzara Taranto Torino Trani Treviso Triestina Udinese Venezia Verona Viareggio Vigevano Vita Nova Vogherese

Statistics	Records

Serie B seasons

Serie B seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1945–46 postwar season^†	Serie B-C in Northern Italy Serie A-B in Southern Italy

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria Lega Pro Prima Divisione (defunct) Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (defunct)

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

Awards	Oscar del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 2004–10 Italian football scandal 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15