A.C. Reggiana 1919
Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919, commonly referred to as Reggiana, is a professional football club based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club was formed in 2018 upon an idea of 1919, and plays in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. Reggiana is known as i Granata ("the Maroons") in reference to the club's main colour: maroon.
| Full name | Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 S.r.l. |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | I Granata (The Maroons) I Leoni (The Lions) Regia (local dialect for Reggiana) Teste Quadre (Square Heads) from an ancient Poems |
| Founded | 25 September 1919 |
| Ground | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore |
| Capacity | 21,584 |
| Owner | Romano Amadei; Carmelo Salerno; Giuseppe Fico; [1] |
| Chairman | Carmelo Salerno |
| Manager | Aimo Diana |
| League | Serie C Group B |
| 2021–22 | Serie C Group B, 2nd of 20 |
| Website | Club website |
The club was refounded two times after going bankrupt: in 2005 as Reggio Emilia Football Club, and in 2018 as Reggio Audace Football Club. In both occasions, the club subsequently regained the naming rights and the trophies of A.C. Reggiana via judicial auction. The club has participated in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian football, seven times; their last appearance dates back to the 1996–97 season.
History
A.C. Reggiana (1919–2005)
The club was originally founded in 1919 under the name A.C. Reggiana, and played in the Italian First Division for several seasons in the 1920s. More recently, it played in the Italian Serie A in 1993–94, 1994–95, and 1996–97. Their highest ranking was 13th place in the 1993–94 Serie A championship, where its main name was Brazilian goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel, who would go on to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup after the season.
A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2005–2018)
In July 2005, the sports title of A.C. Reggiana S.p.A. was transferred to a new investor, Reggio Emilia F.C. S.p.A.,[2][3] before being renamed as A.C. Reggiana 1919 S.p.A. soon after the start of the 2005–06 season.
In the 2007–08 Serie C2 regular season, the team finished first in Group B, and won direct promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly known as Serie C1 until that year) for the 2008–2009 season. Reggiana also won 2008 Supercoppa di Serie C2, a competition for three group stage winners of Serie C2.
The club was acquired by Italian-American former baseball player Mike Piazza in 2016. After the 2017–18 season, the Piazza family decided not to register the team in the 2018–19 Serie C season, leading the club to the loss of its sporting title and subsequent exclusion from the Italian professional leagues.[4]
Reggio Audace F.C. (2018–2020)
On 31 July 2018, a new entity was formed in Reggio Emilia, called Reggio Audace F.C.. The name was given in honour of a precursor entity of the 1910s, where Reggiana founder Severino Taddei used to play before founding the granata club.[5] The new club, whose ownership was the expression of local entrepreneurs from Reggio Emilia, subsequently announced former Ravenna manager Mauro Antonioli as the new gaffer of the newborn club, admitted into the 2018–19 Serie D.[6] Two days later a three-year partnership was signed with Macron.[7][8] On 20 August 2018 striker Nicola Luche became the first ever signing of the club.[9]
The club gained promotion to the Serie B, after having been admitted by repechage to the Serie C due to vacancies left by bankrupt clubs in the third tier of Italian football and winning the 2019-20 Serie C playoff, returning to Serie B after an absence of 21 years, gaining subsequently two consecutive promotions.
A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2020–present)
On 28 July 2020, the club changed its name back to A.C. Reggiana 1919.[10][11]
Colors and badges
The team's home jersey color is granata (maroon), hence the nickname "Granata" or "Regia". However, the team's shorts are traditionally dark blue, and their badge has traditionally been an orange football surrounded by the text: "Associazione Calcio Reggiana " surrounded by a Granata border.
Stadium
Reggiana played all of its matches in Stadio Mirabello until 1994, when it moved to a modern arena, Stadio Città del Tricolore (a site previously known as Stadio Giglio). The stadium was subsequently bought by U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.[citation needed]
Fans
Like other Italian cities, the birth of the "ultras" phenomenon in the 1980s also affected 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.[citation needed]
The leading group of Reggiana "Curva Sud" was "Ultras Ghetto", which was famous for its choreography. Since the late 1990s, the leading groups are "Teste Quadre" and "Gruppo Vandelli", which situate themselves in the East Stand of the stadium. Reggiana fans have always had good numbers on away days with a peak of 10,000 fans in Milan in 1994.[citation needed]
Friendships and rivalries
Reggiana fans have good and friendly relationships with fans from:
The main rivals are:
Notable players
Former Reggiana players have included:
- Italy
- Andrea Silenzi
- Paolo Ponzo
- Felice Romano
- Angelo Di Livio
- Fabrizio Ravanelli
- Luca Bucci
- Stefano Torrisi
- Francesco Antonioli
- Angelo Adamo Gregucci
- Filippo Galli
- Alberico Evani
- Luigi Sartor
- Marco Ballotta
- Max Tonetto
- Cristiano Zanetti
- Michele Padovano
- Sandro Tovalieri
- Francesco Pedone
- Fabrizio Cacciatore
- Francesco Ruopolo
- Giuseppe Alessi
- Alessandro Cesarini
- Giuseppe Scienza
- Marco Bresciani
- Giuseppe Accardi
- Fernando De Napoli
- Luigi De Agostini
- Stefano De Agostini
- Stefano Nava
- Massimo Paganin
- Daniele De Vezze
- Marco Romizi
- Raffaele Nuzzo
- Leonardo Colucci
- Andrea Catellani
- Luca Ariatti
- Marco Ambrosio
- Igor Protti
- Alessandro Bastrini
- Massimiliano Carlini
- Trevor Trevisan
- Marco Guidone
- Cristian Altinier
- Vito Grieco
- Andrea Bovo
- Luca Ghiringhelli
- Simone Calvano
- Andrea Parola
- Raffaele Nolè
- Michele Pazienza
- Daniele Mignanelli
- Federico Angiulli
- Paolo Zanetti
- Armando Pantanelli
- Gian Piero Gasperini
- Walter Mazzarri
- Gianluca Piaccitali
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Georgia
- Germany
- England
- France
- Montenegro
- Nigeria
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Venezuela
Youth sector
Reggiana have always had a good tradition in developing youth players, being a rare club with a training ground which has 16 football pitches, located in the nearbies of the club house. The youth teams play their games in Stadio Mirabello, via Agosti training ground or in small grounds located in the local province.
The academy has produced various players, notably:
- Italy
- Gino Giaroli
- Ettore Agazzani
- Stefano Aigotti
- Egidio Anceschi
- Alessio Badari
- Silvio Bandini
- Aldo Bedogni
- Oreste Benatti
- Carlo Benelli
- Roberto Benincasa
- Andrea Costa
- Mohammed Chakir
- Simone Gozzi
- Danilo Zini
- Luca Ariatti
- Elvis Abbruscato
- Christian Araboni
- Alessandro Bertoni
- Leonida Bietti
- Ottorino Bojardi
- Leopoldo Bolognesi
- Alberto Boni
- Fabio Bonini
- Enrico Bottazzi
- Denis Brunazzi
- Aldo Cagnoli
- Giovanni Campari
- Fabio Caselli
- Ilario Castagner
- Aldo Catalani
- Andrea Catellani
- Maurizio Cavazzoni
- Gianluca Cherubini
- Zucchero Fornaciari (after quitting football, he became a notorious singer)
- Dino Galparoli
- Lorenzo Mossini
- Paolo Mozzini
- Erik Panizzi
- Armando Pantanelli
- Jacopo Pellegrini
- Gabriele Piccinini
- Ayman Sanat
- Max Tonetto
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Morocco
- Nigeria
Players
Current squad
- As of 17 January 2023[12]
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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Backdoor and directors staff
| Honorary President | Romano Amadei |
| Chairman | Carmelo Salerno |
| Vice-President | Giuseppe Fico |
| Chief Executive Officer | Carmelo Salerno |
| General Manager | Vittorio Cattani |
| Director of Football | Roberto Goretti |
| Head of the Academy | Marco Amaranti |
| Head of Commercial Area | Luca Tedeschi |
| General Secretary | Nicola Simonelli |
| Press Officer | Marcello Tosi |
Updated to match played 1 July 2019
Source: Reggio Audace Website
Managers
The team's most famous coach was Carlo Ancelotti, who coached AC Milan from 2001 to 2009 and then managed Juventus, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Napoli and currently Everton.
- 1919-20: Severino Taddei
- 1920-22: Karl Stürmer
- 1922-23: Felice Romano
- 1923-24: Karl Stürmer
- 1924-25: Severino Taddei
- 1925-26: Ottorino Bojardi
- 1926: Karl Stürmer
- 1926-28: Vilmos Zsigsmond
- 1928-29: Anton Ringer
- 1929-30: Severino Taddei
- 1930-34: Regolo Ferretti
- 1934-35: Mora Maurer
- 1935-37: Italo Rossi
- 1937-39: Giuseppe Valenti
- 1939-1942: János Vanicsek
- 1942: Luigi Bernardi and William Ruozi
- 1942-43: Alfredo Mazzoni
- 1943-44: Regolo Ferretti
- 1945-46: Felice Romano
- 1946-47: Bruno Vale
- 1947: Alcide Ivan Violi
- 1947-48: Angelo Mattea
- 1948-49: Piero Ferrari
- 1949: Bruno Arcari
- 1949-52: Giuseppe Antonini
- 1952: Vittorio Malagoli
- 1952-53: Guido Masetti
- 1953-54: Alcide Ivan Violi
- 1954-62: Luigi Del Grosso
- 1962: Angelo Piccioli
- 1962-63: Renato Martini
- 1963: Vittorio Malagoli
- 1963-64: Giancarlo Cadé
- 1964-65: Dino Ballacci
- 1965-70: Romolo Bizzotto
- 1970-74: Ezio Galbiati
- 1974: Giampiero Grevi and Giovanni Galbiati
- 1974-75: Tito Corsi
- 1975-76: Carmelo Di Bella
- 1976: Bruno Giorgi
- 1976-77: Mario Caciagli
- 1977-79: Guido Mammi
- 1979-80: Franco Marini
- 1980-83: Romano Fogli
- 1983: Giovan Battista Fabbri
- 1983-84: Lauro Toneatto
- 1984-86: Franco Fontana
- 1986: Giancarlo Cadé
- 1986-88: Nello Santin
- 1988: Marino Perani
- 1988-94: Giuseppe Marchioro
- 1994-95: Enzo Ferrari
- 1995: Cesare Vitale
- 1995-96: Giorgio Ciaschini and Carlo Ancelotti
- 1996: Adelio Moro and Mircea Lucescu
- 1996-97: Francesco Oddo
- 1997-98: Franco Varrella
- 1998-99: Attilio Perotti
- 1999: Franco Varrella
- 1999: Angelo Gregucci and Fabiano Speggiorin
- 1999-00: Giorgio Rumignani
- 2000: Luigi Maifredi
- 2000-01: Claudio Testoni
- 2001-02: Salvatore Vullo
- 2002: Lorenzo Mossini
- 2002-03: Adriano Cadregari
- 2003-04: Antonio Sala
- 2004: Adriano Cadregari
- 2004-05: Bruno Giordano
- 2005-06: Luciano Foschi
- 2006-09: Alessandro Pane
- 2009-10: Loris Dominissini
- 2010-12: Amedeo Mangone
- 2012: Lamberto Zauli and Salvatore Lanna
- 2012-13: Lamberto Zauli
- 2013: Luigi Apolloni
- 2013: Lamberto Zauli
- 2013-14: Pierfrancesco Battistini
- 2014: Marcello Montanari
- 2014-16: Alberto Colombo
- 2016-17: Leonardo Colucci
- 2017: Leonardo Menichini
- 2017: Massimiliano La Rosa and Andrea Tedeschi
- 2017-2018: Sergio Eberini
- 2018-2019: Mauro Antonioli
- 2019–2021: Massimiliano Alvini
- 2021–present: Aimo Diana
Chairmen
- 1919-1923: Giuseppe Cassoli
- 1923-1925: Vittorino Palazzi Trivelli
- 1925-1928: Giovanni Bonini
- 1928-1930: Renato Bertolini
- 1930-1931: Mario Muzzarini and Franco Fontanili
- 1931-1932: Enrico Bottazzi
- 1932-1936: Marcello Bofondi
- 1936-1937: Giuseppe Pietranera
- 1937-1938: Eugenio Bolondi
- 1938-1939: Giovanni Marzi
- 1939-1941: Giovanni Robba
- 1941-1942: Alberto Ferrari
- 1942-1943: Antonio Alessio
- 1943-1945: Regolo Ferretti
- 1945-1946: Carlo Visconti and Mario Curti
- 1946-1947: Carlo Visconti
- 1947-1948: Mario Dallaglio
- 1948-1951: Renato Simonini
- 1951-1955: Enzo Dal Conte
- 1955-1956: Gianni Landini
- 1956-1965: Carlo Visconti, Gino Lari and Giorgio Degola
- 1965-1979: Carlo Visconti
- 1979-1982: Franco Vacondio
- 1982-1988: Giovanni Vandelli
- 1988-1993: Ermete Fiaccadori
- 1993-1994: Gianfranco Morini
- 1994-1995: Luciano Fantinel
- 1995-1996: Loris Fantinel
- 1996-2001: Luciano Ferrarini
- 2001-2002: Federico Spallanzani
- 2002-2004: Chiarino Cimurri
- 2004-2005: Federico Spallanzani
- 2005-2009: Vando Veroni
- 2009-2010: Clarfiorello Fontanesi
- 2010-2015: Alessandro Barilli
- 2015-2016: Stefano Compagni
- 2016-2018: Mike Piazza
- 2018-2020: Luca Quintavalli
- 2020-present: Carmelo Salerno
Honours
Divisional movements
| Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 1996–97 | - | 4 (1926, 1929, 1995, 1997) |
| B | 34 | 2020–21 | 4 (1924, 1927, 1993, 1996) | 8 (1930, 1942, 1952, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1983, 1999, 2021) |
| C +C2 | 46 +3 | 2021–22 | 7 (1940, 1946, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1981, 1989, 2020) 1 (2008 C2) | 3 (1953, 2005✟, 2018✟) |
| 86 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
| D | 4 | 2018–19 | 2 (1956, 2019) | never |
References
- ^ "Amadei, Salerno e Fico unici soci della Reggiana". Gazzetta di Reggio (in Italian). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 67/A (2005–06)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2006.
- ^ "Reggiana calcio, è finita. La squadra non si iscrive al campionato di serie C" [Reggiana soccer, is ended. The team does not join the championship of series C]. il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Reggiana, è nata la nuova società" (in Italian). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "La Reggio Audace è iscritta alla serie D: l'allenatore è Mauro Antonioli". www.gazzettadiparma.it. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Reggio Audace, Macron sponsor tecnico e Malpeli team manager - Reggionline - Telereggio Reggionline – Telereggio". www.reggionline.com (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Finalmente la fumata bianca: nasce la Reggio Audace Fc - Reggionline - Telereggio Reggionline – Telereggio". www.reggionline.com (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Reggio Audace, preso l'attaccante Luche dalla Feralpisalò". Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Redazione (28 July 2020). "Reggio Audace addio: torna l'AC Reggiana 1919". Calcio e Finanza (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Da Reggio Audace a Reggiana: con la Serie B torna lo storico nome | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Reggiana squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)