U.S. Arezzo

Arezzo

Full name

Unione Sportiva Arezzo

Nickname(s)

Amaranto (Dark Reds)

Founded

1923
(refounded 1993)
(refounded 2010)

Ground

Stadio Città di Arezzo,
Arezzo, Italy

Capacity

13,128

Chairman

Mauro Ferretti^[1]

Manager

Ezio Capuano

League

Lega Pro

2014–15

Lega Pro/A, 9th

Home colours

Away colours

Unione Sportiva Arezzo (formerly Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo, Associazione Calcio Arezzo and Unione Sportiva Arezzo) is an Italian association football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1923, refounded in 1993 after going bankrupt and refounded in 2010 after being unable to enroll in the tournament. Currently plays in the Lega Pro league.

History

Former AC Arezzo logo

The club was founded on 9 September 1923, by a group of friends, and football fans, as Juventus Football Club Arezzo (in honour of Juventus F.C.). In 1930, following a merge with several other minor Arezzo teams, the club became Unione Sportiva Arezzo, which was admitted in 1935 to new-born Serie C division. The team was relegated from Serie C in 1953, following several financial troubles, returning to Serie C division five years later. In 1961, Arezzo started to play its games in the Stadio Comunale, its current venue. In 1966, Arezzo promoted to Serie B for the first time; in order to celebrate the triumph, Arezzo played a friendly match with Brazilian team Vasco da Gama, winning it 2–1. However, the next year Arezzo was not able to remain in the division, and returned to Serie C the following year. But in 1969 Arezzo again won Serie C, and returned to play in Serie B, where it played until 1975. In 1971, Arezzo signed striker Francesco Graziani, who quickly became a fan favourite and a key player for the team.

The third promotion to Serie B came in 1982, under coach Antonio Valentin Angelillo, with Tullio Gritti as striker. The previous year, Arezzo had won its first (and only) Italy's Serie C Cup, defeating Ternana in the finals. In 1984, Arezzo barely missed promotion to Serie A, ending just five points back from the last promotion place. In 1988, despite a team accordingly built to promote to Serie A, Arezzo relegated to Serie C1. Arezzo disbanded in 1993, following financial troubles, being excluded by Serie C1 seven football days before the end of the season. Following the cancellation, a pool of shareholders led by former Arezzo star Ciccio Graziani founded Associazione Calcio Arezzo, admitted to Serie D. In 1996 an unknown coach with a few lower division experiences, Serse Cosmi, was appointed as new manager. Despite his complete lack of experience in the division, Cosmi immediately won hands down Serie D, leading Arezzo back to professional football. In 1998, again with Cosmi, Arezzo qualified to and won the Serie C2 promotion playoffs, gaining promotion to Serie C1. In 1999/2000, despite the contributions of Fabio Bazzani, Arezzo lost promotion playoffs; the following year, after Cosmi left Arezzo for Serie A side Perugia, Antonio Cabrini was appointed as new coach, and Mario Frick replaced Bazzani as forward. The team returned to Serie B in 2004, with Mario Somma as coach; the next season, which saw Pasquale Marino replacing Somma, who signed for Empoli, Arezzo barely maintained a Serie B place.

At the end of the 2009-10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club, due to financial problems, were unable to enroll to the next season tournament. A new club with the Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo denomination was entered in Serie D.^[2]

In November 2010 the club was acquired by a consortium of Rome-based entrepreneurs (including popular actor Luca Zingaretti) for a sum of €400,000; the new owners immediately made a number of changes, appointing former Cagliari player Maurizio Coppola as head coach and former Serie A star Abel Balbo as assistant coach and technical area coordinator.^[3]^[4]

On 1 July 2012 the club was renamed Unione Sportiva Arezzo^[5] with Abel Balbo as new head coach, replaced since 30 October 2012 by Michele Bacis.

On 9 January 2013 Mauro Ferretti, an enreprenuer from Rome, bought the club.^[6] A few week laters, on 28 Januar, Federico Nofri replaced Michele Bacis as coach.^[7]

For the 2013–14 season, Davide Mezzanotti was appointed as new coach.^[8] After the club ended in third place, Ezio Capuano was named new head coach; later on September 2014, Arezzo was readmitted to Lega Pro to fill a vacancy.

League and cup history

Season	A	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8	Pts.	Pl.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
2004–05		14							51	42	12	15	15	51	52	−1
2005–06		7							66	42	17	15	10	45	34	+11
2010–11					9 (E)				45	34	11	11	12	42	41	+11

Scoring history

Highest scoring and best win:

2004–05 season: 5–3, defeated Verona

Current squad

As of 29 January, 2016

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Paolo Baiocco
		GK	Mirko Ronchi (on loan from Torino)
		GK	Lorenzo Garbinesi
		DF	Saverio Madrigali (on loan from Fiorentina)
		DF	Riccardo Carlini
		DF	Aniello Panariello
		DF	Luca Milesi (on loan from Atalanta)
		DF	Simone De Martino
		DF	Sergio Sabatino
		DF	Edoardo Masciangelo
		MF	Giorgio Capece

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Mario Pugliese (on loan from Atalanta)
		MF	Andrea Feola (on loan from Trapani)
		MF	Alessandro Gambadori
		MF	Luca Tremolada
		MF	Matteo Brumat (on loan from Empoli)
		MF	Federico Varano
		MF	Alessio Benedetti
		MF	Edoardo Ceria (on loan from Atalanta)
		FW	Rubén Bentancourt (on loan from Atalanta)
		FW	Edoardo Defendi (on loan from Brescia)
		FW	Sasha Cori (on loan from Cesena)
		FW	Antonio Calabrese (on loan from Bologna)
		FW	Giuseppe Greco
		FW	Niccolò Mariani

Notable players

See Category:U.S. Arezzo players.

Notable managers

See Category:U.S. Arezzo managers.

References

↑ "Organigramma" (in Italian). USD Arezzo. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "L'Arezzo riparte dalla serie D: nasce l'ASD Atletico Arezzo, presidente Marco Massetti" (in Italian). Comune di Arezzo. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
↑ "Calcio D, Arezzo: Zingaretti-Montalbano dirigente, a Abel Balbo l’area tecnica" (in Italian). Blitz Quotidiano. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ "Ufficiale Fratini esonerato, al suo posto Coppola affiancato da Balbo" (in Italian). Colore Amaranto. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site
↑ "Mauro Ferretti nuovo presidente dell'Arezzo. Ieri sera le firme, sabato la presentazione" (in Italian). Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "Federico Nofri nuovo allenatore amaranto. Domani alle 11:30 la presentazione" (in Italian). Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "Mezzanotti nuovo allenatore amaranto" (in Italian). Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

External links

Official website

Lega Pro 2015–16 clubs

Girone A	AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Pavia Bassano Virtus Cremonese Südtirol FeralpiSalò Renate Mantova Torres Giana Erminio Lumezzane Savona Pordenone Cittadella Padova Virtus Entella Cuneo

Girone B	Ascoli Reggiana SPAL Arezzo Robur Siena Pistoiese Pisa Ancona L'Aquila Prato Tuttocuoio Carrarese Pontedera Santarcangelo Maceratese Pro Piacenza Lucchese Rimini

Girone C	Lecce Benevento Foggia Matera Juve Stabia Cosenza Casertana Catanzaro Ischia Fidelis Andria Akragas Lupa Roma Martina Franca Vigor Lamezia Melfi Paganese Monopoli Lupa Castelli

Lega Pro 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

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

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

Lega Pro	2014–15 2015–16

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 Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

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	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 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

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