Rugby Calvisano

Full name

Rugby Calvisano S.R.L.

Union

Federazione Italiana Rugby

Founded

1970

Location

Calvisano, Italy

Ground(s)

Centro Sportivo San Michele (Capacity: 4,000)

President

Alessandro Vaccari

Coach(es)

Gianluca Guidi

Captain(s)

Tommaso Castello

League(s)

National Championship of Excellence

2013-14

Winner (Excellence)

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.rugbycalvisano.it

Rugby Calvisano are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in National Championship of Excellence. They are based in Calvisano (Province of Brescia), in Lombardy. They were founded in 1970 by a group of players Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gavazzi. In 1992 the club became "Rugby Calvisano Srl".

History

Calvisano were founded in 1970 by a group of players, in 1992 the club became Rugby Calvisano Srl. Calvisano first qualified for European competition for the 1999-00 season, where they competed in the European Challenge Cup, playing six pool games, though they did not win any. They qualified for their first Heineken Cup for the 2001-02 season, though it was season after where the club won a couple of their pool games, but they have yet to make the finals.

In 2005 they beat Benetton Treviso 25-20 in Padova to win their first championship. They had previously lost in the final on four occasions. Later in the year, they hosted a match in the 2005-06 Heineken Cup against the Cardiff Blues that turned out to be notable as the first competitive appearance of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu since undergoing a kidney transplant in 2004. They were forced to withdraw from the Super 10 (now National Championship of Excellence) for the 2009-10 season but go on to compete in Serie A. They finally returned to the National Championship of Excellence for the 11/12 season.

Current squad

2014/2015 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Luigi Ferraro	Hooker	Italy
Andrea Gavazzi	Hooker	Italy
Rudy Biancotti	Prop	Italy
Salvatore Costanzo	Prop	Italy
Gabriele Morelli	Prop	Italy
Luca Scarsini	Prop	Italy
Elia Violi	Prop	Italy
Michele Andreotti	Lock	Italy
Luca Beccaris	Lock	Italy
Augustin Cavalieri	Lock	Italy
Sakonala Kalou	Lock	Fiji
Nicola Belardo	Flanker	Italy
Jacopo Salvetti	Flanker	Italy
Stefano Scanferla	Flanker	Italy
Alessio Zdrilich	Flanker	Italy
Maxime Mbandà	Number 8	Italy
Braam Steyn	Number 8	South Africa

Player	Position	Union
Rodolfo Ambrosio, Jr.	Scrum-half	Italy
Marcello Violi	Scrum-half	Italy
Filippo Buscema	Fly-half	Italy
Giacomo De Santis	Fly-half	Italy
Ben Seymour	Fly-half	New Zealand
Tommaso Castello (c)	Centre	Italy
Alberto Chiesa	Centre	Italy
Pablo Canavosio	Centre	Italy
Alberto Bergamo	Wing	Italy
Marco Susio	Wing	Italy
Gabriele Di Giulio	Wing	Italy
Benjamin De Jager	Fullback	Italy
Alexander Rokobaro	Fullback	Fiji

Notable former players

Honours

National Championship of Excellence:
- Champions: 2004-05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013-14
Coppa Italia:
- Champions: 2003-04, 2011–12

Statistics

European Challenge Cup

Season	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against
1999-2000	6	0	6	69	155
2007-2008	6	2	4	123	200
2012-2013	6	1	5	117	223

Heineken Cup

Season	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against
2001-02	6	0	6	58	279
2002-03	6	2	4	105	236
2003-04	6	0	6	115	225
2004-05	6	0	6	79	264
2005-06	6	0	6	48	191
2006-07	6	0	6	74	264
2008-09	6	0	6	87	280

External links

Official site

National Championship of Excellence

2014/15 Teams	L'Aquila Calvisano Cavalieri Prato Fiamme Oro Lazio Mogliano Petrarca Rovigo San Donà Viadana

Serie A (1929-1960)	1929 • 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 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

"Eccellenza" (1960-65)	1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65

"Serie A" (1965-86)	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

Serie A1 (1986–01)	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

Super 10 (2001-10)	2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10

Eccellenza (2010-…)	2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15

Rugby union in Italy

Governing body

Federazione Italiana Rugby

National teams

Italy
A
7's
U-20
U-18
Schoolboys
Women's
Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional Club	Pro12 European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup ERCC Qualifying Competition Excellence Coppa Italia Serie A Serie B Serie C

Defunct	Heineken Cup European Challenge Cup European Shield

Representative teams

Zebre
Dogi (disbanded)
Lupi (disbanded)