S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924

Virtus Lanciano

Full name

Società Sportiva Virtus Lanciano 1924 Srl

Nickname(s)

Frentani

Founded

1924

Ground

Stadio Guido Biondi,
Lanciano, Italy

Capacity

4,678

Chairman

Valentina Maio

Manager

Primo Maragliulo

League

Serie B

2014–15

Serie B, 14th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Società Sportiva Virtus Lanciano 1924 is an Italian association football club, based in Lanciano, Abruzzo. Lanciano plays in Italy's Serie B since the 2012–13 season.

History

Former logo, used until 2008

The club was founded in 1919 and refounded in 2008 with the current name.

In the season 2011–12 it was promoted to Serie B for the first time under the guidance of Carmine Gautieri, who also led the team to its debut season in the second tier, ended in a safe mid-table position.

Virtus Lanciano gained national news in end-2013 after the club, now headed by Marco Baroni, surprised the whole country by leading the league table undefeated, against all odds, by the end of October.

Colors and badge

The team's official colors are red and black.

Current squad

As of 4 February 2016.^[1]

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	Vincenzo Aridità
2	DF	Antonio Aquilanti
4	DF	Simone Salviato
5	DF	Deian Boldor
6	DF	Federico Amenta
7	MF	Manuel Turchi
8	MF	Armin Bačinović
9	FW	Guido Marilungo (on loan from Atalanta)
10	FW	Federico Bonazzoli (on loan from Sampdoria)
12	GK	Alessio Cragno
13	FW	Federico Di Francesco
14	FW	Nicola Ferrari
15	DF	Nicolas Di Filippo
16	DF	Michele Rigione
17	MF	Gaetano Vastola

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Antonio Rozzi (on loan from Lazio)
19	FW	Stefano Padovan (on loan from Juventus)
20	MF	Francesco Bergamini
21	DF	Boris Grozdić
22	GK	Vittorio Antonino
23	MF	Zé Eduardo (on loan from Cesena)
24	MF	Mattia Vitale (on loan from Juventus)
26	DF	Daniel Di Nicola
27	DF	Luca Di Matteo
28	FW	Marco Di Benedetto
29	MF	Michele Rocca (on loan from Sampdoria)
30	MF	Manuel Milinković
32	MF	Manuel Giandonato (on loan from Padova)
33	GK	Angelo Casadei

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
30		DF	Filippo Penna (at Paganese Calcio 1926)
--		MF	Gianmarco De Feo (at Robur Siena)

Youth team

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

No.		Position	Player
--		GK	Eduard Marinca

No.		Position	Player

Notable former players

Managers

Fabrizio Castori (1998–99), (2000–03)
Maurizio Pellegrino (2004–05)
Francesco Monaco (2005–06)
Andrea Camplone (2006–07)
Francesco Moriero (2007–08)
Eusebio Di Francesco (2008–09)
Dino Pagliari (2009–10)
Andrea Camplone (2010–11)
Carmine Gautieri (2011–13)
Marco Baroni (2013–14)
Roberto D'Aversa (2014–16)
Primo Maragliulo (2016–)

References

↑ "Squadra". Virtus Lanciano (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2016.

External links

(Italian) Official site

Serie B

2015–16 clubs	Ascoli Avellino Bari Brescia Cagliari Cesena Como Crotone Latina Livorno Modena Novara Perugia Pescara Pro Vercelli Salernitana Spezia Ternana Trapani Vicenza Virtus Lanciano Virtus Entella

Former clubs	Acireale Alba Trastevere AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Alzano Virescit Ancona Arezzo Arsenale Taranto Atalanta Barletta Biellese Bologna Bolzano Brindisi Campobasso Carpi Carrarese Casale Casertana Castel di Sangro Catanzaro Cavese Centese Chievo Cittadella Cosenza Crema Cremonese Derthona Empoli Fanfulla Fermana Fidelis Andria Fiorentina Fiumana Foggia Forlì Frosinone Gallaratese Gallipoli Genoa Grion Pola Grosseto Gubbio Juve Stabia Juventus L'Aquila Lazio Lecce Lecco Legnano Licata Liguria Lucchese Maceratese Magenta Mantova Marzotto Massese M.A.T.E.R. Matera Messina Mestre Milan Molinella Monfalcone Monza Napoli Nocerina Padova Palermo Parma Pavia Piacenza Piombino Pisa Pistoiese Portogruaro Potenza Prato Pro Gorizia Pro Patria Pro Sesto Ravenna Reggiana Reggina Rieti Rimini Roma Sambenedettese Sampdoria Sampierdarenese Sanremese Sassuolo Savoia Savona Scafatese Seregno Sestrese Siena Siracusa Sorrento SPAL Suzzara Taranto Torino Trani Treviso Triestina Udinese Varese Venezia Verona Viareggio Vigevano Vita Nova Vogherese

Statistics	Records

Serie B seasons

Serie B seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 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 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 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1945–46 postwar season^†	Serie B-C in Northern Italy Serie A-B in Southern Italy

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

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

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