Fiamme Oro Rugby

G.S. Fiamme Oro Rugby
Union Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded 1956 (1956)
Location Rome, Italy
Ground(s) Centro Sportivo Polizia di Stato (Capacity: 1,300)
Chairman Armando Forgione
Coach(es) Pasquale Presutti
Captain(s) Giuseppe Cerqua
League(s) National Championship of Excellence
2013/2014 7° (Excellence)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.fiammeororugby.it

Fiamme Oro Rugby are the rugby union club - formerly known as Fiamme Oro Padova - of the Italian Polizia di Stato (State Police) sport division (G.S. Fiamme Oro). Fiamme Oro are currently based in Rome and play in the National Championship of Excellence, the first national league. Though since the club's foundation in the 1950s, the former Fiamme Oro Padova won both the national league (5 times) and the Coppa Italia (4 times).

The club was established in 1955, founded by a group of policemen based in Padua (hence the name). Fiamme Oro Padova won their first championship in 1958, which was followed by another the following season. The team also had a lot of success during the 1960s; winning the national championship in 1960, 1961 and 1968. In addition to their success with the national league, Fiamme Oro Padova won the Coppa Italia in 1968 and 1969. Fiamme Oro Padova won the Coppa Italia again in 1971 and 1972 as well.

In 1978, after their first relegation, the club were de facto discontinued although never officially disbanded and in 1985 were re-formed in Milan. The Italian Rugby Federation, because of club's successful past, allowed them to restart from 3rd division. In 1993 the club moved to Rome, and in 1998 rejoined the First Division. Relegated again in 2000, in 2011 they returned in the first league, in Excellence, where they currently play, and where they won their first Trofeo Eccellenza in 2013/2014.

Current Squad (2015-16)

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Giuseppe Cerqua Hooker Italy Italy
Alain Moriconi Hooker Italy Italy
Valerio Vicerè Hooker Italy Italy
Giuseppe Di Stefano Prop Italy Italy
Stefano Iovenitti Prop Italy Italy
Laert Naka Prop Italy Italy
Alessio Ceglie Prop Italy Italy
Massimiliano Ravalle Prop Italy Italy
Fabio Cocivera Prop Italy Italy
Giulio Cenedese Prop Italy Italy
Gabriele Venditti Lock Italy Italy
Filippo Cazzola Lock Italy Italy
Alfio Mammana Lock Italy Italy
Michele Sutto Lock Italy Italy
Troy Callander Lock New Zealand New Zealand
Andrea Balsemin Flanker Italy Italy
Dennis Bergamin Flanker Italy Italy
Lorenzo Favaro Flanker Italy Italy
Vittorio Marazzi Flanker Italy Italy
Matteo Zitelli Flanker Italy Italy
Mirko Amenta Number 8 Italy Italy
Gianmarco Duca Number 8 Italy Italy
Player Position Union
Guido Calabrese Scrum-half Italy Italy
Simone Marinaro Scrum-half Italy Italy
Simone Parisotto Scrum-half Italy Italy
Riccardo Della Rossa Fly-half Italy Italy
Maicol Azzolini Fly-half Italy Italy
Thomas William Halse Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand
Giuseppe Sapuppo Centre Italy Italy
Samuel Seno Centre Italy Italy
Giovanni Massaro(c) Centre Italy Italy
Roberto Quartaroli Centre Italy Italy
Pietro Valcastelli Centre Italy Italy
Andrea Bacchetti Wing Italy Italy
Marcello De Gaspari Wing Italy Italy
Michele Sepe Wing Italy Italy
Marco Di Massimo Fullback Italy Italy
Matteo Gasparini Fullback Italy Italy

Honours

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