Aurora Pro Patria 1919

Pro Patria

Full name

Aurora Pro Patria 1919 S.r.l.

Nickname(s)

Tigrotti (Little Tigers)

Founded

1919
1995 (refounded)
2009 (refounded)

Ground

Stadio Carlo Speroni,
Busto Arsizio, Italy

Capacity

4,627

President

Pietro Vavassori

Manager

Luís Oliveira

League

Lega Pro/A

2013–14

Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A, 13th

Home colours

Away colours

Aurora Pro Patria 1919^[1] (commonly referred to as Pro Patria) is an Italian association football club, based in Busto Arsizio, Lombardy. They currently play in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

In Latin, Pro Patria translates to "For the Fatherland".

History

Pro Patria et Libertate

The club was founded in 1919.

It played fourteen times in Serie A during the first half of the 20th century, the last time being in 1955–56.

In 1995 the Pro Patria et Libertate is not enrolled in the Serie D.

Pro Patria Gallaratese G.B.

The Gallaratese of Gallarate admitted to Serie C2, in order to keep the historical brand alive, legally has changed its name to Pro Patria Gallaratese G.B. (G.B. being for Gallarate and Busto Arsizio, respectively): the club is direct heir of the Pro Patria et Libertate.

It was playing in the fourth tier until 2002, when the club won promotion to Serie C1 after playoffs. In 2008 the club was relegated to Serie C2 after losing in the playoffs to Hellas Verona by 2–1 on aggregate, but was later readmitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione to fill a vacancy.

On June 2008, a club takeover was completed, and ambitious plans for a return to Serie B were unveiled. However, impressive performances in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2008–09 were accompanied by financial troubles, that led to the club being declared insolvent by the local magistrature in April 2009 due to excessive financial debts. The club's president was later arrested and has to stand trial on charges related to the bankruptcy.^[2] The drive to Serie B came to nothing for the team in the most bitter way, badly losing the home return match of their playoff final against Padova, who played with 10 men after an early sending off.

Aurora Pro Patria 1919

Aurora Pro Patria 1919 since 27 June 2009 is the new name of the club that had later to be completely reconstructed from scratch by the new management (led by the Tesoro family, construction businessmen from Apulia). In the season 2009-10 it was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

2013 racism incident

On January 3, 2013, the club was hosting A.C. Milan in a friendly, when the crowd aimed racist chants at A.C. Milan players, including M'Baye Niang, Urby Emanuelson, Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng. Boateng reacted angrily, kicking the ball into the stands, before the Milan players walked off the field, causing the game to be abandoned.^[3]

The Italian side have now been forced to play one game behind closed doors because of this incident.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 17 October, 2014 ^[5]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Vincenzo Melillo
		GK	Simone Perilli
		GK	Alessandro Zanier
		DF	Myles Anderson
		DF	Andrea Botturi
		DF	Alessio Cannoni
		DF	Adolfo Gerolino
		DF	Davide Guglielmotti
		DF	Fabio Lamorte
		DF	Erik Panizzi
		DF	Marco Taino
		DF	Giovanni Zaro
		MF	Matteo Arati
		MF	Lorenzo Bianciardi
		MF	Nicolas Bovi

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Alessandro Cannataro
		MF	Luca Gianone
		MF	Matteo Casantini
		MF	Manuel Romeo
		MF	Bedri Ryustemov
		MF	Liam Graham
		MF	Andrea Ulizio
		FW	Alain Baclet
		FW	Roberto Candido
		FW	Andrea D'Errico
		FW	Francesco Giorno
		FW	Filippo Moscati
		FW	Matteo Serafini
		FW	Giovanni Terrani

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

Notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

References

↑ "Aurora Pro Patria 1919" (in Italian). Lega Pro. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ "Choc in Lega Pro, fallisce la Pro Patria" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ "AC Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng leads team off pitch in protest at racist chanting in friendly match with Pro Patria". The Telegraph. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
↑ "Soccer-Pro Patria given one-game fan ban over Boateng incident". Reuters. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
↑ "PRIMA SQUADRA SECONDA DIVISIONE - STAGIONE SPORTIVA 2011 / 2012". Aurora Pro Patria 1919 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

External links

Official website

Lega Pro · 2014–15 clubs

Girone A	AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Arezzo Bassano Virtus Como Cremonese FeralpiSalò Giana Erminio Lumezzane Mantova Monza Novara Pavia Pordenone Pro Patria Real Vicenza Renate Südtirol Torres Venezia

Girone B	Ancona Ascoli Carrarese Forlì Grosseto Gubbio L'Aquila Lucchese Pisa Pistoiese Pontedera Prato Pro Piacenza Reggiana San Marino Santarcangelo Savona SPAL Teramo Tuttocuoio

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Serie C seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28

Prima Divisione	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35

Serie C	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

Prima Divisione (Serie C1)	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 1999–2000 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

Lega Pro	2014–15

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Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

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Original Italian Serie A clubs, 1929–30

Alessandria Bologna Brescia Cremonese Genoa (as Genova 1893) Internazionale (as Ambrosiana) Juventus Lazio Livorno Milan Modena Napoli Padova Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Roma Torino Triestina