Modena F.C.

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Modena
Full name	Modena Football Club SpA
Nickname(s)	Canarini (Canaries), Gialloblu (Yellow-blues)
Founded	1912
Ground	Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena, Italy (Capacity 20,507)
Chairman	Alfredo Amadei
Manager	Bortolo Mutti
League	Serie B
2006-07	Serie B, 15th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Modena Football Club is a football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team colors are yellow and blue.

Modena F.C. is the only team to have won the Anglo-Italian Cup twice (in 1981 and 1982).

Contents 1 Current squad 2 Notable former players 3 Records 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Current squad

As of February, 2008^[1]

No. Position Player 2 DF Paolo Ricchi 3 MF Jorge Bolaño 4 MF Raffaele Longo 5 DF Armando Perna 6 DF Luca Ungari 7 FW Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany (on loan from Inter) 8 MF Alex Pinardi 9 FW Salvatore Bruno (co-ownership with Chievo) 10 DF Angelo Antonazzo 11 MF Claudio Pani (on loan from Cagliari) 13 DF Simone Gozzi 15 MF Fabio Gatti 17 MF Domenico Giampà

No. Position Player 20 MF Cris Gilioli 21 DF Nicholas Frey 23 MF Juri Tamburini 24 MF Marco Nicoletti 28 DF Stefano Lombardi 30 FW Jean Romaric Kevin Koffi 33 DF Alessandro Bastrini 50 GK Antonio Narciso 76 FW Enrico Fantini 78 GK Giorgio Frezzolini 88 GK Edoardo Rolli 89 FW Stefano Okaka Chuka (on loan from AS Roma) 99 FW Antonio Russo

[edit] Notable former players

Including only players with at least 100 appearances in the club, or an appearance in a FIFA World Cup edition

• Marco Ballotta
• Giuseppe Baresi
• Renato Braglia
• Renato Brighenti
• Enrico Chiesa
• Luca Toni

[edit] Records

• Player with most appearances: Renato Braglia, 484
• Player with most goals: Renato Brighenti, 82
• Largest home win: 6-0 v Livorno, Serie A 1929-30
• Largest home loss: 5-0 v SSC Napoli, Serie A 1929-30
• Largest away win: 0-4 v Venezia, Serie A 1939-40
• Largest away loss: 1-9 v Lazio, Serie A 1931-32

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Modena's official website

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