Benevento Calcio

Benevento

Full name

Benevento Calcio SRL

Nickname(s)

Stregoni (Witches)

Founded

1929
2005 (refounded)

Ground

Stadio Ciro Vigorito,
Benevento, Italy

Capacity

18,975

Chairman

Oreste Vigorito

Manager

Fabio Brini

League

Lega Pro/C

2013–14

Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B, 7th

Home colours

Away colours

Benevento Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Benevento, Campania. The club was founded in 1929 and refounded in 2005. Currently it plays in Lega Pro.

History

The club was founded as Associazione Calcio Benevento in 1929,^[1] their original home was the Meomartini which was built by Ciccio Minocchia.^[1]

After working their way up lower divisions in their earliest years, Benevento reached Prima Divisione, the third highest professional league at that time, in the 1934–35 season. Here it finished above clubs such as Reggina in its first season within the league. Although it did not win promotion to Serie B, the team did qualify to remain in the third tier of Italian football for the 1935–36 season, re-organized to a smaller 64-team league renamed Serie C. The company F.C. Sporting Benevento S.r.l. folded in 2005. At the same time Benevento Calcio S.p.A. was found.

In the Serie C2 2007-08 regular season the team finished first in Girone C, winning direct promotion to the now called Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season. In the 2008–2009 season, Benevento's first season in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, they finished in 2nd place. This meant Benevento would be in a 2 leg play-off. They won their first 2 legged playoff, but lost to Crotone 1–0 (2–1) on aggregate in the final.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are yellow and red.

Current squad

As of 21 August, 2014. ^[2]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Pasquale Pane
		GK	Riccardo Piscitelli
		DF	Gennaro Scognamiglio
		DF	Emanuele Padella
		DF	Fabio Lucioni
		DF	Thomas Som
		DF	Enrico Pezzi
		DF	Vedran Celjak
		MF	Daniel Kofi Agyei
		MF	Leandro Vitiello

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Andrea De Falco
		MF	Andrea Doninelli
		MF	Fabrizio Melara
		MF	Alessio Campagnacci
		MF	Marco Mancosu
		FW	Mamadou Kanoute
		FW	Luis Alfageme
		FW	Umberto Eusepi
		FW	Alessandro Marotta
		FW	Mattia Montini

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.

Notable former managers

Adriano Lombardi, (1995–1996)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Italian Benevento Calcio". WeltFussballArchiv.com. 25 August 2007.
↑ http://www.beneventocalciospa.it/pagine/rosa.asp?idsquadra=1

External links

(Italian) 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

Girone C	Aversa Normanna Barletta Benevento Casertana Catanzaro Cosenza Foggia Ischia Juve Stabia Lecce Lupa Roma Martina Franca Matera Melfi Messina Paganese Reggina Salernitana Savoia Vigor Lamezia

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

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