Virtus Vecomp Verona

Virtus Verona

Full name

Founded

1921

Ground

Stadio Mario Sandrini,^[1]^[2]
Legnago, Italy

Capacity

2,152

Chairman

Luigi Fresco

Manager

Luigi Fresco

League

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/A

2012-13

Serie D/C, 4th (promoted as playoff winners)

Home colours

Away colours

Virtus Vecomp Verona (formerly known as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia), usually referred to as Virtus Verona or Virtus Vecomp for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

History

The club was founded in 1921 as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia.

Virtus Verona, the third football club in Verona behind Chievo and Hellas Verona, is a unique case in Italy of a club whose chairman, Luigi Fresco, had also been the head coach of the first team for over 31 years, after the other historic president Sinibaldo Nocini, who was in charge for 18 years. The club is also notable for being the only Italian professional football team to field a reserve team in the regional amateur divisions.

The club was promoted into professionalism for its first time ever at the end of the 2012–13 season, after winning the national playoff tournament in which they were qualified as fourth-placed in the Girone C of Serie D.

Colors and badge

Its colors are red and blue.

Supporters

Virtus Vecomp Verona supporters are known for their hardline anti-fascist and left-wing leanings. The group Virtus Fans, founded in 2006, have a friendship with antifa supporters groups all over the world: Livorno Calcio, Ternana Calcio, Cosenza Calcio, Lanciotto, Celtic Glasgow, Wrexham, Olympique Marseille, Rayo Vallecano, FC St. Pauli, RSV Goettingen 05, TSV 1860 München, Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. and Bubi Merano (futsal).^[3]

References

External links

Official site

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione · 2013–14 clubs

Girone A	Alessandria Bassano Virtus Bellaria Igea Bra Castiglione Cuneo Delta Porto Tolle Forlì Mantova Monza Pergolettese Real Vicenza Renate Rimini Santarcangelo SPAL Torres Virtus Verona

Girone B	Aprilia Arzanese Aversa Normanna Casertana Castel Rigone Chieti Cosenza Foggia Gavorrano Ischia Martina Franca Melfi Messina Poggibonsi Sorrento Teramo Tuttocuoio Vigor Lamezia

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione seasons

Serie C2	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

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

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