Taranto F.C. 1927

Full name

Taranto Football Club 1927 S.r.l.

Nickname(s)

Ionici,
Rossoblu (Red Blues)

Founded

1927
1993 (refounded)
2012 (refounded)

Ground

Stadio Erasmo Iacovone,
Taranto, Italy

Capacity

27,584

Chairman

Elisabetta Zelatore

Manager

Francesco Cozza

League

Serie D

2016/17

Lega Pro/C, 20th (relegated)

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Former logo AS Taranto

Taranto Football Club 1927 S.r.l. is an Italian association football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. The club was founded in 1927, having last been in Serie B in 1993. It currently plays in Serie D.

History

A.S. Taranto

The first team ever founded in the city of Taranto was the Mario Rapisardi, established in 1904. However, in 1904 another team, U.S. Pro Italia, was founded. That year, the two teams attempted unsuccessfully to merge with each other. In 1911, after the founding of Audace Foot Ball Club by a group of local students, a rivalry between the two teams started, lasting until 1927, when the two teams merged to form A.S. Taranto. The new team first promoted to Serie B in 1935, played only one year in that category. In 1947, after merging with U.S. Arsenale Taranto, another team in the city, the club assumed the name of U.S. Arsenaltaranto, which lasted until 1955, when the old one was restored. In 1965, the new venue was inaugurated, after a hundred days of construction. A number of years played in Serie B and Serie C saw the highest peak ever reached by Taranto in 1977–1978, when the team, led by striker Erasmo Iacovone, was seriously fighting for a surprising promotion. However, on 6 February 1978, Iacovone was killed in a car accident. After his death, Taranto's venue was named after him. Taranto left Serie B in 1980/1981 and reached it again three years later. In 1985 the club was declared bankrupt by magistrates, and was taken over before the end of that season. Because of all that, it was forced to change its name to a different one, Taranto Football Club SpA. However, after more economic woes, the team was disbanded in 1993.

A new team, named A.S. Taranto 1906, was established in 1993 and registered to Serie D. The team reached Serie C2/C in 1994/1995, but went into liquidation in 1998, so that a new team, again named U.S. Arsenaltaranto, was admitted to Serie D. In 2000 it was admitted to Serie C2/C, and changed its name to Taranto Calcio Srl. However, in 2004 the team was declared bankrupt one more time, and the consequent bankruptcy auction entrusted the club in the hands of businessman Vito Luigi Blasi, who changed its name in Taranto Sport Srl. In 2005/2006, the team ended second, gaining a spot in the promotion play-offs. The final phase of the Serie C2/C league ended in a triumph for Taranto Sport, which won the playoff finals against Rende and returned to Serie C1/B.

On 29 June 2012 it was excluded from Italian professional football and did not take its place in the 2012–13 championship of Lega Pro Prima Divisione.^[1]

Taranto Football Club 1927

On 20 July 2012 the new company Taranto Football Club 1927 S.p.A. was established. It restarted from the Serie D (Girone H)^[2] thanks to Article 52 of N.O.I.F.. ^[3] In 2013 the team finished 7th in the league. In 2014 it ended the season in second place and lost to Arezzo in the play-offs. The next season ended in similar fashion, with Taranto ending the season in second place and losing in the play-offs semifinal to Sestri Levante.

In 2015 the club was renamed to Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Taranto Football Club 1927. In 2016 the team finished the season in second place and lost in the play-offs to Fondi, but eventually benefitted from a repechage to Lega Pro.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are red and blue.

References

↑ Dramma Taranto, Lega Pro addio L'unica chance resta la serie D – Corriere del Mezzogiorno. Corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it. Retrieved on 2012-08-07.
↑ http://www.foggiacalciomania.com/rubriche/news.asp?id=46710
↑ TARANTO – E' FATTA: 1 MILIONE PER LA D CON IL TARANTO FC. DOMANI FIRME E AFFILIAZIONE. Tuttosporttaranto.com. Retrieved on 2012-08-07.

External links

(in Italian) Official site
(in Italian) Miky & Genny – Complete database since 1904 and current season
(in Spanish) El jinete marino de Taranto

Serie C
2017–18 clubs
Girone A	Alessandria Arezzo Arzignano Carrarese Cuneo Gavorrano Giana Erminio Livorno Lucchese Monza Olbia Piacenza Pisa Pontedera Pro Piacenza Pistoiese Prato Siena Viterbese
Girone B	AlbinoLeffe Bassano Virtus Fano FeralpiSalò Fermana Gubbio Mestre Modena Padova Pordenone Ravenna Reggiana Sambenedettese Santarcangelo Südtirol Renate Teramo Triestina Vicenza
Girone C	Akragas Bisceglie Casertana Catania Catanzaro Cosenza Fidelis Andria Fondi Juve Stabia Lecce Matera Monopoli Paganese Reggina Rende Sicula Leonzio Siracusa Trapani Virtus Francavilla
Former clubs	Ancona Rovigo Massese Asti Belluno Cantù Cesena Maceratese Codogno Fanfulla Legnano Magenta Pavia Meda Marzotto Palazzolo Pavia Cremonese Venezia Foggia Lumezzane Perugia Taranto Ponte San Pietro Rimini Mantova Messina Sangiovannese Savoia Sant'Angelo Treviso Tenente Mario Passamonte Virtus Spoleto Bari Casale Parma Cittadella Pro Gorizia Varese Albese Melfi Battipagliese Vibonese Ivrea Panigale Cecina Cynthia Sora Tuttocuoio Igea Virtus Lanciotto Nardò Riccione Forlì Nissa Giovinezza Sanremese Torviscosa Monfalcone Vis Pesaro Vittorio Veneto Juve Pomigliano Nocerina Piombino Pro Patria Benevento Brescia Ponziana Cagliari Lecco Montebelluna Carpi Civitanovese Clodia Sottomarina Colleferro Pescara Derthona Empoli Crotone Viareggio Legnago Pro Vercelli Rieti Vado Sestrese Foligno Frosinone FIAT Torino Rosignano Solvay Grion Pola Genoa Giulianova Verona Vogherese Turris Aosta Ilva Bagnolese Imolese L'Aquila MATER Manfredonia Molinella Montevarchi Novara Potenza Real Vicenza Marsala Torres Aversa Normanna Gallaratese SPAL Ischia Isolaverde Scafatese Tivoli Verbania Lanciano San Donà Jesi Pro Sesto Cirio Internapoli Settimese Trento San Marino Savona Solbiatese Sorrento Spezia Suzzara Pro Italia Ternana AlbinoLeffe Trani Campobasso Centese Palermo-Juventina Como Fiumana Caratese Grosseto Imperia Latina Luparense Palmese Pergocrema Ragusa Salernitana SIAI Marchetti Sestri Levante Seregno Alcamo Cavese Gavinovese Novese Sebinia Udinese Vastese Vigevano Vigor Lamezia Crema Acqui Civitavecchia Biellese Ascoli Bolzano Ampelea Alba Roma Barletta Chieti Acireale Brindisi Andrea Doria Avellino Racing Roma Lupa Roma A.R.S.A. Abbiategrasso Agrigento Ala Littoria Albenga Alfa Romeo Amatori Bologna Andreanelli Ardens Armando Casalini Arsenale Venezia Audace Aullese Avio Calcio Avio Squadra Aviosicula Palermo Baracca Lugo Bondenese Breda Budrio Cantiere Tosi Caproni Carbosarda Centrale del Latte di Genova Cerignola Chinotto Neri Cinzano Città di Castello Corniglianese Cossatese Dipendenti Municipali La Spezia Edera Trieste Enna Falck FEDIT Forlimpopoli Forte dei Marmi Fortitudo Trieste Fossanese Fucecchio Galliate Gerli Guastalla Ilva Savona Isotta Fraschini Juventina Palermo Juventus Domo Juventus Siderno Libertas Trieste Luino Magazzini Generali Marzotto Manerbio Massiminiana Mirandolese Mogliano Molfetta Monsummanese Mortara Omegna Orbetello Parabiago Pieris Pietro Resta Pinerolo Pirelli Pontedecimo Pro Enna Pro Lissone Pro San Giorgio R.S.T. Littorio Rapallo Redaelli Rogoredo Reparto Reggimento Distrettuale Rivarolese Rizzoli Rovereto Saronno Saviglianese Schio Signa SIME Popoli Sparta Novara Tevere Roma Toma Maglie Trevigliese Varazze Ventimigliese Villafranca Villasanta Vincenzo Benini Vis Nova Vittorio Necchi VV.FF. Palermo VV.FF. Roma
Records	Champions

Serie C seasons
Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
Prima Divisione	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 2016–17
Serie C	2017–18

Football in Italy
Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Cadetti 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 Serie C Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio defunct
League competitions	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Serie C 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 Serie C Supercoppa di Serie C Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct 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 Supercoppa Italiana
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 Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Serie A players Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players
Seasons	1999–2000 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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