A.C. Reggiana 1919

Not to be confused with Urbs Sportiva Reggina 1914.

Reggiana

Full name

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 SRL

Nickname(s)

Teste quadre (Square heads),
Granata

Founded

1919
2005 (refounded)

Ground

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore,
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Capacity

23,717

Owner

Mike Piazza

Chairman

Stefano Compagni

Manager

Leonardo Colucci

League

Lega Pro

2015–16

Lega Pro/A, 7th

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 the Lega Pro football league.

History

The club was originally founded in 1919 under the name A.C. Reggiana, and played in the Italian First Division for several seasons in the 1920s. More recently, it played in the Italian Serie A in 1993–94, 1994–95, and 1996–97. Their highest ranking was 13th place in the 1993–94 Serie A championship. The club is owned by Mike Piazza, an Italian-American former baseball player.

In July 2005, the sports title of A.C. Reggiana S.p.A. was transferred to a new investor Reggio Emilia F.C. S.p.A.,^[1]^[2] before being renamed as A.C. Reggiana 1919 S.p.A. soon after the start of the 2005–06 season.

In the 2007–08 Serie C2 regular season, the team finished first in Group B, and won direct promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly known as Serie C1 until that year) for the 2008–09 season. Reggiana also won 2008 Supercoppa di Serie C2, a competition for three group stage winners of Serie C2.

Colors and badge

The team's home jersey color is maroon, hence the nickname "Granata" (which is Italian for maroon). However, the team's shorts are traditionally dark blue, and their badge has traditionally been an orange football surrounded by the text: "associaz. calcio reggiana" surrounded by a maroon border.

Stadium

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

Fans

Like other Italian cities, the birth of the "ultras" phenomenon in the 1980s 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 1990s, 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 peak of 10,000 fans in Milan in 1994.

Reggiana includes former EU commissioner and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, singer Paolo Belli and Zucchero.^[3]

Squad

First team squad

As of 18 August 2016^[4]

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	Simone Perilli
3	DF	Daniele Pedrelli
4	MF	Federico Angiulli
6	DF	Alessandro Spanò
7	MF	Alessandro Cesarini
8	MF	Dario Maltese
9	FW	Ettore Marchi (Captain)
10	FW	Raffaele Nolè
11	FW	Héctor Otín Lafuente (on loan from Virtus Entella)
12	GK	Davide Narduzzo
13	DF	Maxime Giron (on loan from Avellino)
14	DF	Vasile Mogos

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Paolo Rozzio
16	MF	Andrea Bovo
17	FW	Jacopo Manconi (on loan from Novara)
19	MF	Mattia Lombardo
20	DF	Minel Sabotić
21	MF	Simone Calvano (on loan from Verona)
22	GK	Armando Demalija
23	DF	Erik Panizzi
24	DF	Luca Ghiringhelli
26	MF	Mattia Bonetto (on loan from Inter)
27	FW	Marco Guidone

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
		GK	Jacopo Viola (at Melfi until 30 June 2017)^[5]
		DF	Christian Maldini (at Hamrun Spartans. until 30 June 2017)^[6]

Notable players

Former Reggiana players have included: 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.

Notable managers

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

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 from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2006.
↑ "Dagli Ultras Ghetto alle Teste Quadre: l'amico Paulofutre ci parla del movimento ultras a Reggio Emilia" (in Italian).
↑ "La numerazione ufficiale dei ragazzi per la stagione 2016/2017" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
↑ "Jacopo Viola firmato e girato al Melfi in prestito" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
↑ "Christian Maldini all'Hamrun Spartans" (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

External links

(Italian) Official site

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919

Grounds	Stadio Mirabello Stadio Città del Tricolore

Rivalries	Derby dell'Enza

Lega Pro 2016–17 clubs

Girone A	Alessandria Cremonese Como Carrarese Giana Erminio Arezzo Pontedera Pavia Livorno Lucchese Olbia Piacenza Renate Pro Piacenza Siena Tuttocuoio Prato Viterbese Lupa Roma Racing Roma

Girone B	AlbinoLeffe Bassano Virtus Gubbio Reggiana Modena Venezia Südtirol Parma FeralpiSalò Padova Pordenone Lumezzane Sambenedettese Teramo Mantova Ancona Santarcangelo Maceratese Alma Juventus Forlì

Girone C	Akragas Casertana Catania Catanzaro Cosenza Fidelis Andria Foggia Fondi Juve Stabia Lecce Matera Melfi Messina Monopoli Paganese Reggina Siracusa Taranto Vibonese Virtus Francavilla

Lega Pro seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Prima Divisione	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 2016–17

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 Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct 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 Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct 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 Supercoppa Italiana

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 Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–2000 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 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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