Carpi F.C. 1909
Full name | Carpi Football Club 1909 S.r.l. | |||
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Nickname(s) | i Biancorossi (The White-and-Reds) | |||
Founded | 1909 | |||
Ground | Stadio Sandro Cabassi | |||
Capacity | 4,144 | |||
Chairman | Claudio Caliumi | |||
Manager | Giandomenico Costi (caretaker) | |||
League | Serie B | |||
2016β17 | Serie B, 7th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Carpi Football Club 1909 is an Italian professional football club based in Carpi in the province of Modena. The club was founded in 1909 and re-founded in 2000.[1]
Carpi's colours are white and red, hence the nickname "Biancorossi".[1] At the end of the 2012β13 season, Carpi won their first promotion to Serie B. On 28 April 2015, the Biancorossi won their first promotion to Serie A, but were relegated back to Serie B after only one season.
In its history, the Biancorossi have won a handful of league titles, including: the old Lega Pro Seconda Divisione; Serie B once; Serie C once; and Serie D four times. At the regional level, Carpi has won Promozione, Prima Divisione, and two Prima Categoria titles.[1]
History
A.C. Carpi (1909β2000)
The club was founded in the summer of 1909 by local student Adolfo Fanconi as Jucunditas (Latin for "gaiety"), and changed their denomination to Associazione Calcio Carpi a few years later.[2] Carpi played three seasons in the Italian Football Championship, the precursor to Serie A, from the 1919β20 season until 1921β22. Starting from the 1930s, they mostly played between Serie C and Serie D. Carpi achieved their best result in 1997, a third-placed finish under coach Luigi De Canio which allowed them to play the Serie B promotion playoffs then lost to Monza.[2] The club was cancelled in 2000 following relegation to Serie D and subsequent bankruptcy.
Carpi F.C. 1909 (2000βpresent)
A new club, named Calcio Carpi, was therefore admitted to Eccellenza EmiliaβRomagna. The club assumed the current denomination in 2002, following promotion to Serie D and a merger with the second team of the city, Dorando Pietri Carpi, that had just reached Serie D as well. Pietri Carpi also sold its license to Boca.
At the end of the 2009β10 season, through repechage due to the numbers of teams in financial difficulty, the club was admitted into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In 2010β11, the club's first season in the higher division, it was promoted again to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In the 2011β12 season, as a result of the work being done on their stadium, the Sandro Cabassi, the team played in the Mapei Stadium β CittΓ del Tricolore.
Serie B (2013)
In the season 2012β13 the team was promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione to Serie B for the first time ever when they defeated Lecce in the Girone A Play-off Final 2β1 on aggregate. This was the club's third promotion in just four seasons.
Carpi FC's first ever fixture at Serie B level ended in a 1β0 defeat away to Ternana on 24 August 2013. Their first win came in the manner of a 2β0 victory at Spezia courtesy of goals from Fabio Concas & Roberto Inglese. Carpi's first season in Serie B ended in a 12th-place finish, only 3 points away from a Promotion play-off place, ensuring their place for another season.
Serie A debut promotion (2015)
The 2014β15 Serie B campaign saw Carpi, managed by experienced coach Fabrizio Castori, completing the first half of the season (21 games) in a surprising 1st place, with a record of 43 points and a nine-point advantage over second-placed Frosinone. On 28 April 2015, after a goalless draw with Bari, the club gained an historic first ever promotion to Serie A.
Carpi's first season saw a complete overhaul of the squad from the season previous, as a consequence of the departure of long-time director of football Cristiano Giuntoli, who had masterminded the club's rise from the amateur Serie D to the top flight, to Napoli; he was subsequently replaced by Sean Sogliano.
On 28 September 2015, after a 1β5 loss to Roma, the club announced it had relieved Castori of his coaching duties with immediate effect, replacing him with Giuseppe Sannino in the first managerial change of the 2015β16 Serie A season.[3] Carpi had achieved just two points from its opening six matches. On 3 November, the club performed a u-turn, and Castori was rehired.[4] The club's debut top-flight season ultimately ended in relegation by a single point, with the club having found itself in a relegation dogfight from virtually the start of the season.
The following season saw another complete rebuild of the first-team squad, with several important players returning to their parent clubs from loan, as Carpi sought an immediate return to Serie A. It ended in heartbreak after they fell to Benevento in the play-off final.
Colours and badge
The Biancorossi's traditional colours are White & Red.
Honours
Domestic
League
- Winners (1): 2014β15
- Seconda Divisione
- Winners (1): 1922β23
- Winners (1): 1945β46
- Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/Girone A
- Champions (1): 2010β11
- Serie D
- Winners (3): 1963β64, 1973β74, 1977β78
Cups
- Coppa Italia Lega Pro
- Runners up (1): 2010β11
- Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione
- Runners up (1): 2010β11
Regional
- Promozione
- Winners (1): 1914β15
- Prima Divisione
- Winners (1): 1949β50
- Prima Categoria
- Winners (2): 1960β61, 1961β62
Youth
- Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti
- Serie C Winners (1): 1990β91
Club records
League
Level | Category | Participation | Debut | Final season | Total |
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1Β° | Prima Categoria | 3 | 1919β20 | 1921β22 | 4 |
Serie A | 1 | 2015β16 | |||
2Β° | Seconda Divisione | 4 | 1922β23 | 1925β26 | 8 |
Prima Divisione | 2 | 1926β27 | 1927β28 | ||
Serie B | 2 | 2013β14 | 2014β15 | ||
3Β° | Prima Divisione | 7 | 1928β29 | 1934β35 | 32 |
Serie C | 13 | 1936β37 | 1974β75 | ||
Serie C1 | 10 | 1989β90 | 1998β99 | ||
Lega Pro Prima Divisione | 2 | 2011β12 | 2012β13 | ||
4Β° | Promozione | 2 | 1950β51 | 1951β52 | 26 |
IV Serie | 5 | 1952β53 | 1958β59 | ||
Campionato Interregionale β Seconda Categoria | 1 | 1957β58 | |||
Campionato Interregionale | 1 | 1958β59 | |||
Serie D | 13 | 1962β63 | 1977β78 | ||
Serie C2 | 3 | 1978β79 | 1999β00 | ||
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione | 1 | 2010β11 | |||
5Β° | Campionato Interregionale | 7 | 1981β82 | 1987β88 | 16 |
Serie D | 9 | 1980β81 | 2009β10 |
In 81 football seasons starting from the onset at the national level in the Northern League in 1922:
- Regional
Level | Category | Participation | Debut | Final season | Total |
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I | Promozione | 2 | 1913β14 | 1914β15 | 9 |
Prima Divisione | 3 | 1935β36 | 1949β50 | ||
Prima Categoria | 3 | 1959β60 | 1961β62 | ||
Eccellenza | 2 | 2000β01 | 2001β02 |
In 12 seasons starting from the onset at the regional level in Promozione in 1914:
Individual
Current squad
First team squad
- As of 25 July 2017
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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Notable former managers
- JΓ³zsef Zilisy (1942β43)
- Gianni De Biasi (1993β96)
- Luigi De Canio (1996β97)
- Walter De Vecchi (1997β98)
- Egidio Notaristefano (2011β12)
- Giuseppe Pillon (2014)
- Fabrizio Castori (2014β15)
- Giuseppe Sannino (2015)
- Fabrizio Castori (2015β)
References
- 1 2 3 "Storia". http://www.carpifc1909.it/. Retrieved 27 October 2007. External link in
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(help) - 1 2 "La storia" (in Italian). Carpi FC 1909. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
- β "Giuseppe Sannino succeeds Fabrizio Castori as Carpi boss". ESPN FC. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- β Official: Sannino out, Castori in at Carpi