A.C. Reggiana 1919

Not to be confused with Reggina Calcio.
Reggiana
Full name Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 SRL
Nickname(s) Teste quadre (Square heads),
Granata (Maroons)
Founded 1919
2005 (refounded)
Ground Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore,
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Ground Capacity 20,084
Chairman Stefano Compagni
Manager Alberto Colombo
League Lega Pro/B
2014–15 Lega Pro/B, 3rd

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian association football club, based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. It currently plays in Lega Pro.

History

The club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and refounded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C.,[1][2] but it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005–06 season. The club last played in Serie A in 1997.

In the 2007–08 Serie C2 regular season the team finished first in Group B, winning direct promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (renamed from Serie C1 that year) for the 2008–09 season.

Reggiana played in Italian First Division for many seasons in the 1920s; the club took part in Italian Serie A in 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1996–97 Serie A. Best result is 13th place in 1993–94 Serie A championship.

Some famous players played for Reggiana, including Gino Giaroli, Andrea Silenzi, Paolo Ponzo, Felice Romano, Angelo Di Livio, Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Luca Bucci, Claudio Taffarel, Paulo Futre, Stefano Torrisi, Francesco Antonioli, Igor Simutenkov, Angelo Adamo Gregucci, Sunday Oliseh, Filippo Galli, Alberigo Evani, Luigi Sartor, Marco Ballotta, Max Tonetto, Adolfo Valencia, Cristiano Zanetti and Obafemi Martins.

Most famous coach has been Carlo Ancelotti, who has been working for AC Milan from 2001 to 2009 and then managed Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.

Colors and badge

The team's color is dark red (Granata).

Stadium

Reggiana played all matches in Stadio Mirabello until 1994; then they moved to a new and modern arena, now called Stadio Città del Tricolore and before Stadio Giglio.

Fans

Like the majority of other Italien cities, the birth of the "ultras" phenomenon in the 80s affected also A.C. Reggiana. With Reggiana battling for Serie B and Cantine Riunite Reggio Emilia competing in Lega Basket Serie A, the youth of the city formed and gathered in ultras every sunday. The leading group of Reggiana "Curva Sud" was "Ultras Ghetto", which was famous for its coreography, passion and pyros; however Ghetto dissolved in 1997 when its banner was stolen by archrivals Parma A.C. fans. By this date the leading groups are "Teste Quadre" and "Gruppo Vandelli", which locates in the East Stand of the stadium. Reggiana fans have always had good number on away days with a peek of 10.000 away fans in Milan in 1994. Reggiana numbers former EU commissioner and former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, singer Paolo Belli, Zucchero and Ligabue.

Squad

As of 1 October 2015[3]

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

No. Position Player
Italy GK Simone Perilli
Italy GK Andrea Rossini
Italy DF Cristian Andreoni
Italy DF Alessandro Castellana
Italy DF Riccardo De Biasi
Italy DF Daniel Di Nicola (on loan from Pescara)
Italy DF Paolo Frascatore
Romania DF Vasile Mogos
Italy DF Erik Panizzi
Montenegro DF Minel Sabotić
Italy DF Alessandro Spanò
Italy MF Federico Angiulli
Italy MF Paolo Bartolomei
Italy MF Mirko Bruccini
Italy MF Stefano Barilli
No. Position Player
Italy MF Riccardo Ceccarelli
Italy MF Dejan Danza
Italy MF Dario Maltese
Italy MF Matteo Messetti
Italy MF Andrea Parola
Italy MF Francesco Rampi
Italy MF Antonio Vacca, Jr.
Morocco FW Rachid Arma
Italy FW Luca Giannone
Italy FW Antonio Loi
Italy FW Yuri Meleleo
Italy FW Raffaele Nolè
Italy FW Massimiliano Pesenti
Italy FW Nicholas Siega

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Italy MF Lorenzo Bianciardi (at Vigor Lamezia)[4]
 

Honours

References

  1. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 67/A (2005–06)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. http://www.lega-calcio-serie-c.it/it/Comunic2006/Lega/Lega%20087.pdf Archived 2 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Lega Pro Stagione 2015–16" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. "Ceduto Bianciardi alla Vigor Lamezia" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

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