U.S. Sassuolo Calcio
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Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio SRL | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Neroverdi (The Black-and-Greens) | |||
| Founded | 1922 | |||
| Ground | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy | |||
| Capacity | 20,084 | |||
| Owner | Giorgio Squinzi | |||
| Chairman | Carlo Rossi | |||
| Manager | Eusebio Di Francesco | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2013–14 | Serie A, 17th | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna. They are playing in Serie A, having made their first top flight appearance ever in the 2013–14 season as 2012–13 Serie B champions.
Due to the lack of a Serie A licensed venue in Sassuolo, they play home games in neighbouring Reggio Emilia at Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, which was acquired by the club in December 2013.
History
The club was founded in 1922.
Serie C1
Sassuolo reached Serie C1 in 2006, after winning the promotion play-offs by beating Sansovino in the final. In the following years, Sassuolo proved to be a serious contender for promotion to Serie B, barely missing it in 2007, with Gian Marco Remondina as head coach, as they lost immediate promotion to Grosseto in the final season days, and were defeated by fifth-placed Monza in the play-off semi-finals. Remondina then left Sassuolo to join Serie B's Piacenza, and former Serie A player Massimiliano Allegri was then chosen as new head coach.
Under Allegri, Sassuolo quickly revived their hopes to obtain promotion to Serie B; this ultimately came on 27 April 2008, when they won the Serie C1/A title, thus ensuring a historical promotion to Serie B, the first in the club's history.[1]
Serie B
Following Sassuolo's promotion to the Italian second tier, Allegri left Sassuolo to fill the head coaching position at Serie A team Cagliari. On July 2008 the club appointed former Atalanta and Siena boss Andrea Mandorlini for the 2008–09 season.
Sassuolo had a surprising start to the 2008–09 campaign and held a promotion play-off place for very long time, but they managed to win only two points in the last 5 games and eventually finished in 7th place. Despite a successful season, Mandorlini left Sassuolo by mutual consent in June 2009. They appointed former Piacenza coach Stefano Pioli on 11 June 2009.
Sassuolo successively qualified to the Serie B promotion play-offs in 2009–10 by coming fourth, and 2011–12 in third, being eliminated at the semi-finals in both seasons.
However, in the 2012–13 season, under the guidance of new head coach Eusebio Di Francesco, Sassuolo won the Serie B title, thus achieving direct promotion to Serie A and ensuring a first top flight campaign ever for the small Emilian club in the 2013–14 season.
Serie A
During pre-season training Sassuolo then went on to win the Trofeo Tim cup after losing to Juventus on penalties and then beating Milan 2–1. This is the first time a team apart from Milan, Inter or Juventus have won the Cup.
On 25 August 2013, Sassuolo played their first Serie A match, a 2–0 loss away at Torino.[2] Their second match was their first at home, against Livorno. Simone Zaza scored Sassuolo's first top-flight goal as they lost 4–1.[3] The team earned their first point in their fifth match, on 25 September away to Napoli. Zaza equalised as the game finished 1–1, ending the hosts' perfect start to the season.[4] This was followed by a first home point on 29 September, a 2–2 draw with Lazio.[5] On 20 October 2013, Sassuolo won their first Serie A game, defeating Bologna 2–1 at home with goals from Domenico Berardi and Antonio Floro Flores, moving the club off bottom place.[6]
Sassuolo won away for the first time in Serie A on 3 November, against Sampdoria, with Berardi scoring their first top-flight hat-trick to win 4–3.[7] Since the following match, a 1–1 draw at AS Roma on 10 November, the club has been outside the relegation zone.[8] On 12 January 2014, Berardi was the only player in the season to score 4 goals in a game, as Sassuolo came from 2–0 down to win 4–3 against A.C. Milan.[9] Sassuolo won its away match against Fiorentina 4–3 on 6 May 2014, and by winning 4–2 against Genoa on 11 May 2014 guaranteed to remain in Serie A for the 2014–15 season.
Colours and badge
Sassuolo's famous colours of green and black originated from a kit donated by Lancaster Rovers FC of England. Lancaster Rovers had a brief tour of Italy in 1921 and donated their kit as a kind gesture to apologise for failing to fulfil their fixture.[10][11][12][13] The game between U.S. Sassuolo Calcio and Lancaster Rovers FC never went ahead due to financial restrictions on The Rovers side. As a result they packed up their belongings and headed back for North West England leaving their famous kit behind in Italy.[14][15]
Stadium
Sassuolo's home stadium is Stadio Enzo Ricci still used for training, but due to its tiny capacity (4,000), the club played Serie B seasons in Modena's Stadio Alberto Braglia.[16]
Starting from the 2013–14 season, the first Serie A campaign for the club, Sassuolo will play in Reggio Emilia at the renovated Stadio Città del Tricolore (formerly Stadio Giglio) in a venue-sharing agreement with Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Reggiana.[17]
Current squad
- As of 11 March 2015.[18]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Youth team
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Managers
- Loris Boni (1997–98)
- Paolo Magnani (2000–26 March 2002)
- Cesare Maestroni (200?–13 Jan 2003)
- Cristiano Bergodi (1 July 2003 – 30 June 2004)
- Giuseppe Brucato (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
- Gian Marco Remondina (1 July 2005 – 30 June 2007)
- Massimiliano Allegri (17 July 2007 – 28 May 2008)
- Andrea Mandorlini (7 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
- Stefano Pioli (12 June 2009 – 9 June 2010)
- Daniele Arrigoni (26 June 2010 – 3 Oct 2010)
- Angelo Gregucci (3 Oct 2010 – 9 May 2011)
- Paolo Mandelli (9 May 2011 – 9 June 2011)
- Fulvio Pea (9 June 2011 – 10 June 2012)
- Eusebio Di Francesco (19 June 2012 – 28 Jan 2014)
- Alberto Malesani (29 Jan 2014 – 3 March 2014)
- Eusebio Di Francesco (3 March 2014–)
References
- ↑ "Sassuolo e Salernitana in serie B, promozione storica per gli emiliani" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/300466
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/299347/report
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/299246/report
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/303022/report
- ↑ http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2013/10/sassuolo-2-1-bologna-neroverdi-leapfrog-rossublu-after-home-win/
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/299284/report
- ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/299291/report
- ↑ "Milan rocked by Sassuolo". Sky Sports News. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.just-football.com/2012/01/chasing-the-big-leagues-sassuolo-serie-b/
- ↑ http://www.footballtop.com/clubs/sassuolo
- ↑ http://wap.hupu.com/bbs/9520524.html
- ↑ http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2013/08/sassuolo-club-focus-season-preview-201314/
- ↑ http://tarjetaroja.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/el-sassuolo-un-milagro-tocateja.html
- ↑ http://footballtripper.com/stadio-mapei-citta-del-tricolore-guide/
- ↑ Sito ufficiale US Sassuolo Calcio – La Società
- ↑ http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Sassuolo/notizie/24-06-2013/sassulo-trofeo-tim-juve-milan-20647501610.shtml
- ↑ "Rosa Prima Squadra" [First Team Squad]. U.S. Sassuolo (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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