A.S. Livorno Calcio

Livorno

Full name

Associazione Sportiva
Livorno Calcio S.p.A.

Nickname(s)

Amaranto (Dark red)
Labronici (Lighbourners) Le Triglie (The mullets) L'Unione (Union)

Founded

1915

Ground

Stadio Armando Picchi,
Livorno, Italy

Capacity

19,238

Chairman

Aldo Spinelli

Manager

Ezio Gelain

League

Serie B

2014–15

Serie B, 9th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Serie B. The team's colours are dark red or maroon (amaranto in Italian, from which the team nickname derives). The best placement in Italian Serie A was second place in 1942–43 season, during which the amaranto gave life to a head-to-head competition with Torino. Livorno Calcio play their home matches at the 19,238 seater Stadio Armando Picchi.

History

Founded February 15, 1915 as US Livorno, the club ended the Italian Football Championship 1919–20 in second place, losing the final to Internazionale. One year later, they were defeated in the semi-final by arch-rivals Pisa. In 1933, the club moved to the current stadium, originally named after Edda Ciano Mussolini, daughter of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Livorno was one of original Serie A teams. She played in top level during periods of 1929–31, 1933–35 and 1937–39. Successively, Livorno ended as Serie A runners-up in the 1942–43 season. Livorno left Serie A in 1949 after seven consecutive seasons. They relegated to Serie C soon after (1951–52 season), making a return to Serie B in 1955 for a single season and again from 1964 to 1972. They relegated to Serie C2 in 1982–83 and played again in third level between 1984 and 1989. The club was then cancelled in 1991, being forced to start from Eccellenza; two consecutive promotions led the team back to Serie C2. The club was promoted to Serie C1 in 1997 and was acquired by Aldo Spinelli two years later. Under the new property, Livorno returned to Serie B in 2001.

Livorno were promoted to Serie A after finishing third in the Serie B 2003–04, one of six clubs to be promoted that season. It had been 55 years since Livorno's last season in the top flight, and as a result of this, most were predicting an instant return to Serie B for the club. The first match in the major league was attended by Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, a Livorno's citizen and team supporter in his childhood. There were spells of struggle during the season, but there were many more good performances shown, and Livorno finished a surprise and creditable ninth place in the league for the Serie A 2004–05, also thanks to goals by striker Cristiano Lucarelli, who won the Serie A top scorer award that season, outscoring even the likes of Andriy Shevchenko and Adriano.

The Serie A 2005–06 saw Livorno in sixth place after the first half of the season the team, being involved for qualification to the next UEFA Cup. However, shortly after Roberto Donadoni announced his resignations after having been criticised by club's chairman Aldo Spinelli. Donadoni was replaced by veteran coach Carlo Mazzone, who was only able to save a UEFA Cup place due to the expulsion of three teams from Europe in the 2006 Serie A match fixing scandal. Mazzone then saw his team suffer a run of seven straight defeats. In May 2006, Daniele Arrigoni was appointed new coach for the next season.

In the Serie A 2006–07 season, Livorno took part to the UEFA Cup for their first time ever. The Tuscan side were drawn to face Austrian team SV Pasching in the first round, beating them comfortably 3–0 on aggregate. They thus qualified for the group stages being drawn in Group A, along with Rangers, Auxerre, FK Partizan, and Maccabi Haifa. After a home loss to Rangers (2–3) and two 1–1 draws against Partizan in Belgrade (where goalkeeper Marco Amelia scored in the 87th minute) and Maccabi (in Livorno), the Tuscan side gained a 1–0 victory over Auxerre in the last game played in France, thus earning a spot in the Round of 32 of the competition. However, Spanish team Espanyol knocked out Livorno from the UEFA Cup by winning 4–1 on aggregate.

After day 19 of the Italian Serie A, Arrigoni was sacked by chairman Spinelli, but his position was kept due to the strong opposition by the team. His dismissal was, however, only delayed, as Arrigoni was eventually fired on 21 March 2007, and replaced by Fernando Orsi, who managed to keep the team away from the relegation battle. For the 2007–08 campaign, Orsi was confirmed as head coach and a number of notable signings such as Francesco Tavano, Diego Tristan and Vikash Dhorasoo were finalised, but also the transfer of Lucarelli to Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. The club, however, did not start well, making a mere two points in the first seven matches, and Orsi was sacked on 9 October and replaced by Giancarlo Camolese. Despite showing some positive signals at the beginning, Livorno found himself again at the bottom of league table. On 28 April 2008 Camolese was fired as Orsi was re-appointed, but in the penultimate day of the season, the team could not avoid relegation, due to a 1–0 home defeat against Torino. They finished last in the Serie A standings of the 2007–08 season. Thus, being relegated to Serie B. They finished Serie B as the third place team in 2008–09 season and returned to Serie A after winning promotion play-offs after defeating successively Grosseto with a 4–3 aggregate score and Brescia with a 5–2 aggregate score. However, this return was short-lived and one season later they relegated again to Serie B after finishing last. Livorno were promoted again after they beat Empoli 2–1 on aggregate to get the Serie A promotion.^[1]

Current squad

As of 28 January 2016.^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Guido Pulidori
2	DF	Emerson
3	MF	Paolo Regoli (on loan from Latina)
4	MF	Andrea Schiavone (on loan from Juventus)
5	DF	Lorenzo Gonnelli
6	DF	Andrea Gasbarro
7	MF	Marco Moscati
8	MF	Andrea Luci (Captain)
9	FW	Gianmario Comi (on loan from Milan)
10	FW	Daniele Vantaggiato
11	DF	Alessandro Lambrughi
12	GK	Carlo Pinsoglio (on loan from Juventus)
13	MF	Manuele Macera
14	MF	Armando Vajushi (on loan from Chievo)
15	DF	Martino Borghese
16	FW	Jaime Báez (on loan from Fiorentina)

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Federico Ceccherini
19	FW	Francesco Fedato (on loan from Sampdoria)
20	MF	Mattia Valoti (on loan from Verona)
21	MF	Enej Jelenič
22	GK	Matteo Ricci (on loan from Empoli)
23	DF	Luca Antonini (on loan from Ascoli)
24	DF	Gabriele Morelli
26	MF	Jami Rafati
27	MF	Marco Biagianti
28	MF	Andrea Palazzi (on loan from Inter)
30	MF	Mattia Aramu (on loan from Torino)
32	FW	Cristian Bunino (on loan from Juventus)
33	DF	Jherson Vergara (on loan from Milan)
44	MF	Riccardo Cazzola
45	MF	Andrés Schetino (on loan from Fiorentina)

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
		FW	Simone Dell'Agnello (at Savona)

Reserves

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

No.		Position	Player

No.		Position	Player

Retired numbers

25 – Piermario Morosini, Midfielder (2012), (deceased)^[3]

Managers

Jack Kirwan (1923–24)
Karl Stürmer (1934–36)
József Viola (1940–41)
Hermann Felsner (1948–50)
Mario Magnozzi (1954–56)
Arturo Silvestri (1959–61)
Carlo Parola (1964–65)
Aldo Puccinelli (1969–70)
Armando Picchi (1969–70)
Costanzo Balleri (1970–72)
Giovan Battista Fabbri (1973–74)
Aldo Puccinelli (1975)
Francisco Lojacono (1975–76)
Tarcisio Burgnich (1978–80)
Idilio Cei (1981–82)
Costanzo Balleri (1982–83)
Giuliano Zoratti (1992–94)
Giuseppe Papadopulo (July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
Paolo Stringara (1996–98)
Simone Boldini (Dec 30, 1998–99)
Pietro Carmignani (1999–00)
Osvaldo Jaconi (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2002)
Roberto Donadoni (July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003)
Walter Mazzarri (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004)
Franco Colomba (July 1, 2004 – Jan 11, 2005)
Roberto Donadoni (Jan 11, 2005 – Feb 6, 2006)
Carlo Mazzone (Feb 7, 2006 – June 30, 2006)
Daniele Arrigoni (July 1, 2006 – Jan 14, 2007)

Fernando Orsi (March 20, 2007 – Oct 10, 2007)
Giancarlo Camolese (Oct 10, 2007 – April 28, 2008)
Leonardo Acori (June 4, 2008 – May 23, 2009)
Gennaro Ruotolo (May 23, 2009 – Oct 20, 2009)
Serse Cosmi (Oct 21, 2009 – Jan 25, 2010)
Gennaro Ruotolo (2010)
Giuseppe Pillon (June 30, 2010 – Feb 12, 2011)
Walter Novellino (Feb 12, 2011 – Dec 21, 2011)
Armando Madonna (Dec 22, 2011 – May 6, 2012)
Attilio Perotti (May 6, 2012 – June 6, 2012)
Davide Nicola (June 6, 2012 – Jan 13, 2014)
Attilio Perotti (Jan 13, 2014 – Jan 21, 2014)
Domenico Di Carlo (Jan 21, 2014 – April 21, 2014)
Davide Nicola (April 21, 2014 – June 30, 2014)
Carmine Gautieri (July 4, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015)
Ezio Gelain (Jan 4, 2015 – March 18, 2015)
Christian Panucci (March 18, 2015 – Nov 25, 2015)
Bortolo Mutti (Nov 25, 2015 – Jan 27, 2016)
Christian Panucci (Jan 27, 2016 – March 21, 2016)
Franco Colomba (March 21, 2016 – April 16, 2016)
Ezio Gelain (April 16, 2016–)

Supporters

No Serie A club's supporters wear their political allegiance more boldly than Livorno's, whose leanings are strongly to the left, the city of Livorno being the birthplace of Italy's Communist party.

The National^[4]

Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno, Italy – (Livorno – Udinese)

AS Livorno supporters during a match against Udinese

Livorno's supporters are well known for their left-wing politics which often spark fiercely violent clashes with opposing right-wing supporter groups, especially those of Roma, Lazio, Inter Milan and Verona. The notorious right-wing Lazio striker Paolo Di Canio once made a fascist salute to his own fans during a match against Livorno, when tensions were running high between the two clubs' ultra groups.^[5]

Since 2005, a group of migrant Livorno supporters resident in northern Europe have styled themselves Partigiani Livornesi Scandinavia (Livornian partisans of Scandinavia). A so-called "triangle of brotherhood" has developed between the most heavily supported left-wing fan clubs of Marseille, Livorno, and AEK Athens, namely between Commando Ultras 84, Brigate Autonome Livornesi 99, and Original 21. Their connection is mostly an ideological one. They also have a connection with Adana Demirspor (Şimşekler), Celtic and Omonoia of Nicosia. The team's friendly game in September 2009 with Adana Demirspor created a leftist rally in the city of Adana, Turkey.

References

↑ http://www.football-italia.net/34912/livorno-return-serie
↑ "Squadra Rosa" (in Italian). AS Livorno Calcio. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
↑ "Italian club Livorno to retire Piermario Morosini's number 25 shirt". The Independent (London). 16 April 2012.
↑ Livorno Fans see Red – all the Time by Ian Hawkey, The National, 5 February 2010
↑ Hawkey, Ian (3 April 2005). "Political Football". The Times (London: TimesOnline). Retrieved 31 August 2008.

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