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Reggiana

Full name	Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Granata (The Maroons) I Leoni (The Lions) Regia (local dialect for Reggiana) Teste Quadre (Square Heads) from an ancient Poems
Founded	25 September 1919; 104 years ago (1919-09-25)
Ground	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Ground Capacity	21,584
Owner	Romano Amadei; Carmelo Salerno; Giuseppe Fico;
Chairman	Carmelo Salerno
Manager	Aimo Diana
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919, commonly referred to as Reggiana, is a professional football club based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club was formed in 2018 upon an idea of 1919, and plays in the Serie C, the third tier of Italian football. Reggiana is known as i Granata ("the Maroons") in reference to the club's main colour: maroon.

The club was refounded two times after going bankrupt: in 2005 as Reggio Emilia Football Club, and in 2018 as Reggio Audace Football Club. In both occasions, the club subsequently regained the naming rights and the trophies of A.C. Reggiana via judicial auction. The club has participated in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian football, seven times; their last appearance dates back to the 1996–97 season.

History

A.C. Reggiana (1919–2005)

The club was originally found 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, where its main name was Brazilian goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel, who would go on to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup after the season.

A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2005–2018)

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., 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 2008–2009 season. Reggiana also won 2008 Supercoppa di Serie C2, a competition for three group stage winners of Serie C2.

The club was acquired by Italian-American former baseball player Mike Piazza in 2016. After the 2017–18 season, the Piazza family decided not to register the team in the 2018–19 Serie C season, leading the club to the loss of its sporting title and subsequent exclusion from the Italian professional leagues.

Reggio Audace F.C. (2018–2020)

On 31 July 2018, a new entity was formed in Reggio Emilia, called Reggio Audace F.C.. The name was given in honour of a precursor entity of the 1910s, where Reggiana founder Severino Taddei used to play before founding the granata club. The new club, whose ownership was the expression of local entrepreneurs from Reggio Emilia, subsequently announced former Ravenna manager Mauro Antonioli as the new gaffer of the newborn club, admitted into the 2018–19 Serie D. Two days later a three-year partnership was signed with Macron. On 20 August 2018 striker Nicola Luche became the first ever signing of the club.

The club gained promotion to the Serie B, after having been admitted by repechage to the Serie C due to vacancies left by bankrupt clubs in the third tier of Italian football and winning the 2019-20 Serie C playoff, returning to Serie B after an absence of 21 years, gaining subsequently two consecutive promotions.

A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2020–present)

On 28 July 2020, the club changed its name back to A.C. Reggiana 1919.

Colors and badges

The team's home jersey color is granata (maroon), hence the nickname "Granata" or "Regia". However, the team's shorts are traditionally dark blue, and their badge has traditionally been an orange football surrounded by the text: "Associazione Calcio Reggiana " surrounded by a Granata 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). The stadium was subsequently bought by U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.

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.

Friendships and rivalries

Reggiana fans have good and friendly relationships with fans from:

• Genoa
• Cremonese
• Vicenza
• Carrarese
• Greenock Morton

The main rivals are:

• Parma, see Derby dell'Enza
• Modena, Secchia Derby
• Sassuolo
• SPAL
• Spezia
• Bologna
• Piacenza

Notable players

Former Reggiana players have included:

Youth sector

Reggiana have always had a good tradition in developing youth players, being a rare club with a training ground which has 16 football pitches, located in the nearbies of the club house. The youth teams play their games in Stadio Mirabello, via Agosti training ground or in small grounds located in the local province.

The academy has produced various players, notably:

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Matteo Voltolini 3 DF Cristian Cauz 4 DF Paolo Rozzio (captain) 5 MF Fausto Rossi 7 MF Marco Rosafio 8 MF Luca Cigarini 10 FW Eric Lanini (on loan from Parma) 11 FW Jacopo Pellegrini (on loan from Sassuolo) 16 DF Alessio Luciani 17 DF Lorenzo Libutti 18 FW Muhamed Djamanca 19 MF Abdoul Guiebre (on loan from Modena) 21 MF Mattia Muroni 22 GK Giacomo Venturi

No. Position Player 23 DF Giuliano Laezza 24 MF Filippo Nardi (on loan from Cremonese) 26 DF Michele Cremonesi 27 MF Santo D'Angelo 29 MF Filippo Orsi 32 FW Adriano Montalto (on loan from Reggina) 33 DF Manuel Nicoletti (on loan from Crotone) 44 MF Davide Guglielmotti 55 DF Andrea Hristov (on loan from Cosenza) 77 MF Elvis Kabashi 88 MF Daniele Sciaudone 99 GK Martin Turk (on loan from Parma) DF Denis Chiesa

Out on loan

No. Position Player FW Andrea Arrighini (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2023)

Backdoor and directors staff

Honorary President	Romano Amadei
Chairman	Carmelo Salerno
Vice-President	Giuseppe Fico
Chief Executive Officer	Carmelo Salerno
General Manager	Vittorio Cattani
Director of Football	Roberto Goretti
Head of the Academy	Marco Amaranti
Head of Commercial Area	Luca Tedeschi
General Secretary	Nicola Simonelli
Press Officer	Marcello Tosi

Updated to match played 1 July 2019
Source: Reggio Audace Website

Notable managers

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

• 1919-20: Severino Taddei
• 1920-22: Karl Stürmer
• 1922-23: Felice Romano
• 1923-24: Karl Stürmer
• 1924-25: Severino Taddei
• 1925-26: Ottorino Bojardi
• 1926: Karl Stürmer
• 1926-28: Vilmos Zsigsmond
• 1928-29: Anton Ringer
• 1929-30: Severino Taddei
• 1930-34: Regolo Ferretti
• 1934-35: Mauro Maurer
• 1935-37: Italo Rossi
• 1937-39: Giuseppe Valenti
• 1939-1942: János Vanicsek
• 1942: Luigi Bernardi and William Ruozi
• 1942-43: Alfredo Mazzoni
• 1943-44: Regolo Ferretti
• 1945-46: Felice Romano
• 1946-47: Bruno Vale
• 1947: Alcide Ivan Violi
• 1947-48: Angelo Mattea
• 1948-49: Piero Ferrari
• 1949: Bruno Arcari
• 1949-52: Giuseppe Antonini
• 1952: Vittorio Malagoli
• 1952-53: Guido Masetti
• 1953-54: Alcide Ivan Violi
• 1954-62: Luigi Del Grosso
• 1962: Angelo Piccioli
• 1962-63: Renato Martini
• 1963: Vittorio Malagoli
• 1963-64: Giancarlo Cadé
• 1964-65: Dino Ballacci
• 1965-70: Romolo Bizzotto
• 1970-74: Ezio Galbiati
• 1974: Giampiero Grevi and Giovanni Galbiati
• 1974-75: Tito Corsi
• 1975-76: Carmelo Di Bella
• 1976: Bruno Giorgi
• 1976-77: Mario Caciagli
• 1977-79: Guido Mammi
• 1979-80: Franco Marini
• 1980-83: Romano Fogli
• 1983: Giovan Battista Fabbri
• 1983-84: Lauro Toneatto
• 1984-86: Franco Fontana
• 1986: Giancarlo Cadé
• 1986-88: Nello Santin
• 1988: Marino Perani
• 1988-94: Giuseppe Marchioro
• 1994-95: Enzo Ferrari
• 1995: Cesare Vitale
• 1995-96: Giorgio Ciaschini and Carlo Ancelotti
• 1996: Adelio Moro and Mircea Lucescu
• 1996-97: Francesco Oddo
• 1997-98: Franco Varrella
• 1998-99: Attilio Perotti
• 1999: Franco Varrella
• 1999: Angelo Gregucci and Fabiano Speggiorin
• 1999-00: Giorgio Rumignani
• 2000: Luigi Maifredi
• 2000-01: Claudio Testoni
• 2001-02: Salvatore Vullo
• 2002: Lorenzo Mossini
• 2002-03: Adriano Cadregari
• 2003-04: Antonio Sala
• 2004: Adriano Cadregari
• 2004-05: Bruno Giordano
• 2005-06: Luciano Foschi
• 2006-09: Alessandro Pane
• 2009-10: Loris Dominissini
• 2010-12: Amedeo Mangone
• 2012: Lamberto Zauli and Salvatore Lanna
• 2012-13: Lamberto Zauli
• 2013: Luigi Apolloni
• 2013: Lamberto Zauli
• 2013-14: Pierfrancesco Battistini
• 2014: Marcello Montanari
• 2014-16: Alberto Colombo
• 2016-17: Leonardo Colucci
• 2017: Leonardo Menichini
• 2017: Massimiliano La Rosa and Andrea Tedeschi
• 2017-2018: Sergio Eberini
• 2018-2019: Mauro Antonioli
• 2019–2021: Massimiliano Alvini
• 2021–present: Aimo Diana

Honours

• Serie B
  • Winners (1): 1992–93
• Serie C1
  • Winners (6): 1939–40, 1957–58, 1963–64, 1970–71, 1980–81, 1988–89
• Serie C2
  • Winners (1): 2007–08,
• Supercoppa di Serie C2
  • Winners (1): 2008

Divisional movements

Series	Years	Last	Promotions	Relegations
A	3	1996–97	-	4 (1926, 1929, 1995, 1997)
B	34	2020–21	4 (1924, 1927, 1993, 1996)	8 (1930, 1942, 1952, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1983, 1999, 2021)
C +C2	46 +3	2021–22	7 (1940, 1946, 1958, 1964, 1971, 1981, 1989, 2020) 1 (2008 C2)	3 (1953, 2005✟, 2018✟)
86 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D	4	2018–19	2 (1956, 2019)	never

See also

In Spanish: Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 para niños