Salernitana Calcio 1919

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Salernitana
Full name	Salernitana Calcio 1919 SpA
Nickname(s)	Granata (Dark-Reds), Cavallucci marini (Seahorses)
Founded	1919
Ground	Stadio Arechi, Salerno, Italy (Capacity 37,245[1])
Chairman	Antonio Lombardi
Manager	Fabio Brini
League	Serie C1/B
2007-08	Serie C1/B, 1st - Promoted
Home colours 　 Away colours

Salernitana Calcio 1919, commonly referred to as simply Salernitana, is an Italian professional football club from Salerno, Campania. Founded in 1919, Salernitana have spent the vast majority of their history bouncing between the Serie B and Serie C levels of Italian football. Currently the club are competing in Serie C1 for the 2007–08 season; on April 27, 2008 they mathematically won the league title, thus ensuring a place back in Serie B for the 2008–09 season.^[2]

In their earliest years, Salernitana competed in the Italian Football Championship when it was competed on a regional basis, they played at this level for four seasons during the 1920s. Since that time the club returned to the top level of Italian football twice; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99.

Salernitana, who wear an all maroon kit have had several name changes since they first appeared in 1919; one was after a merger with Audax Salerno. The most recent change was in 2005, when the club went bankrupt but were refounded by Antonio Lombardi, they were however forced to give up their Salernitana Sport name for the present one.

Contents 1 History 2 Current squad 3 Notable players 4 Presidential history 5 Managerial history 6 Colours, badge and nicknames 7 Honours 8 References 9 External links

[edit] History

Unione Sportiva Salernitana was founded on 19 June 1919 by Adalgiso Onesti,^[3] who initiated the merger of an older club using the same name; which itself was founded in 1911 by a merger of four local clubs; and Foot-Ball Club Salerno.^[4]

The club was known as Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax for a time during the 1920s. It can be argued that Salernitana's best period as a club was 1997-1999. In the 1997-98 season, Salernitana topped Serie B and gained their second promotion to Serie A (first was in 1947-48). A young Marco Di Vaio led the scoring charts with 21 goals. In the 1998-99 season, their first in Serie A after 50 years, Salernitana fought hard and were led by Cameroonian international Rigobert Song and Salvatore Fresi in defense, a young Gennaro Gattuso in midfield, and Marco Di Vaio and David Di Michele leading the attack. They recorded surprise wins against Inter, Juventus, Roma and Lazio. Unfortunately, they finished 1 point shy of salvation and were relegated.

[edit] Current squad

As of 25 April, 2007^[5]

No. Position Player GK Rino Iuliano GK Damiano Milan GK Salvatore Pinna DF Marco Ambrogioni DF Roberto Cardinale DF Mauro Coppini DF Luca Fusco DF Mauro Milanese DF Salvatore Russo DF Emanuele Troise MF Carlos Barrionuevo MF Andrea Cesaro

No. Position Player MF Giampaolo Ciarcià MF Guido Di Deo MF Rocco Giannone MF José Mamede MF Carlo Mammarella MF Walter Piccioni MF Evans Soligo MF Andrea Tricarico FW Fabrizio Cammarata FW Arturo Di Napoli FW Emmanuele Ferraro FW Federico Ezequiel Turienzo

[edit] Notable players

Main article: List of Salernitana Calcio 1919 players

[edit] Presidential history

Below is the complete presidential history of Salernitana, from when Adalgiso Onesti was first in place at the club in 1919, until the present day.^[6]

[edit] Managerial history

Salernitana have had many managers and trainers running the team during their history, here is a chronological list of them from 1919 onwards.^[6]

[edit] Colours, badge and nicknames

Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti.^[3] The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, Salerno the city lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a porting city. During the 1940s the club changed to their current and most recognised maroon coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their homeland.

[edit] Honours

Serie B:

• Winners (2): 1947–48; 1997–98

Serie C / Serie C1:

• Winners (2): 1937–38; 1965–66; 2007–08
• Runners-up (2): 1989–90; 1993–94

Coppa Italia Serie C:

• Runners-up (1): 1980

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Salernitana Calcio's official website (Italian)

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Serie C1 seasons
Serie C  • 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 • 1999-00 • 2000-01 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09