A.C. Reggiana 1919

Not to be confused with Reggina Calcio.

Reggiana

Full name

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 SRL

Nickname(s)

Teste quadre (Square heads),
Granata (Maroons)

Founded

1919
2005 (refounded)

Ground

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore,
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Capacity

20,084

Chairman

Stefano Compagni

Manager

Alberto Colombo

League

Lega Pro/B

2014–15

Lega Pro/B, 3rd

Home colours

Away colours

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian association football club based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The club currently plays in Lega Pro.

History

The football club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and re-founded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C.^[1]^[2] However, it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005–2006 season. The club last played in Serie A in 1997.

In the 2007–08 Serie C2 regular season the team finished first in Group B, winning a direct promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (renamed from Serie C1 that year) for the 2008–09 season.

A.C. Reggiana played in Italian First Division for many seasons in the 1920s. The club took part in the Italian Serie A in 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1996–97. Their best result was 13th place in the 1993–94 Serie A championship.

Some of the most famous players who have played for Reggiana include Gino Giaroli, Andrea Silenzi, Paolo Ponzo, Felice Romano, Angelo Di Livio, Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Luca Bucci, Claudio Taffarel, Paulo Futre, Stefano Torrisi, Francesco Antonioli, Igor Simutenkov, Angelo Adamo Gregucci, Sunday Oliseh, Filippo Galli, Alberigo Evani, Luigi Sartor, Marco Ballotta, Max Tonetto, Adolfo Valencia, Cristiano Zanetti, and Obafemi Martins.

The team's most famous coach was Carlo Ancelotti, who worked for AC Milan from 2001 to 2009, and then managed Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.

Colors and badge

The team's home jersey color is maroon, hence the nickname "Granata" (Italian word for maroon). The shorts are traditionally dark blue.

Stadium

Reggiana played all its matches in Stadio Mirabello until 1994, when it moved to a modern arena, Stadio Città del Tricolore, which was previously known as Stadio Giglio.

Fans

Like the majority of other Italian cities, the birth of the "ultras" phenomenon in the 80's 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. The leading group of Reggiana "Curva Sud" was "Ultras Ghetto", which was famous for its choreography. Since the late 90's 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 peek of 10,000 fans in Milan in 1994. Reggiana includes former EU commissioner and former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, singer Paolo Belli, Zucchero.

Squad

As of 19 March 2016^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Simone Perilli
		GK	Andrea Rossini
		DF	Daniele Mignanelli
		DF	Alessandro Castellana
		DF	Riccardo De Biasi
		DF	Paolo Frascatore
		DF	Vasile Mogos
		DF	Erik Panizzi
		DF	Minel Sabotić
		DF	Alessandro Spanò
		MF	Michele Pazienza
		MF	Paolo Bartolomei

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Mirko Bruccini
		MF	Riccardo Ceccarelli
		MF	Dejan Danza
		MF	Dario Maltese
		MF	Andrea Parola
		MF	Francesco Rampi
		FW	Rachid Arma
		FW	Antonio Loi
		FW	Yuri Meleleo
		FW	Raffaele Nolè
		FW	Antonio Letizia
		FW	Nicholas Siega
		FW	Christian Silenzi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Lorenzo Bianciardi (at Vigor Lamezia)^[4]

Honours

Serie B Championship Winner: 1
Serie C Championship Winner: 6
Seasons played in Serie A: 3
Seasons played in Italian First Division: 4
Seasons played in Serie B: 33
Seasons played in second division/first division (second level 1920s/1940s): 4

References

↑ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 67/A (2005–06)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
↑ "Comunicazioni della F.I.G.C" (PDF). Archived 2 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Lega Pro Stagione 2015–16" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
↑ "Ceduto Bianciardi alla Vigor Lamezia" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

External links

(Italian) Official site

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919

Grounds	Stadio Mirabello Stadio Città del Tricolore

Rivalries	Derby dell'Enza

Lega Pro 2015–16 clubs

Girone A	AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Pavia Bassano Virtus Cremonese Südtirol FeralpiSalò Renate Mantova Torres Giana Erminio Lumezzane Savona Pordenone Cittadella Padova Virtus Entella Cuneo

Girone B	Ascoli Reggiana SPAL Arezzo Robur Siena Pistoiese Pisa Ancona L'Aquila Prato Tuttocuoio Carrarese Pontedera Santarcangelo Maceratese Pro Piacenza Lucchese Rimini

Girone C	Lecce Benevento Foggia Matera Juve Stabia Cosenza Casertana Catanzaro Ischia Fidelis Andria Akragas Lupa Roma Martina Franca Vigor Lamezia Melfi Paganese Monopoli Lupa Castelli

Lega Pro seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28

Prima Divisione	1928–29 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

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto 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 Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro 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 Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione 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

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 Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 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

Original Italian Serie B clubs, 1929–30

Atalanta Bari Biellese Casale La Dominante (Sampdoria forerunner) Fiorentina Fiumana Lecce Legnano Monfalcone (as Monfalconese) Novara Parma Pistoiese Prato Reggiana Spezia Venezia Verona

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