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Pescara
Delfino Pescara logo.svg
Full name Delfino Pescara 1936 S.p.A.
Nickname(s) I Delfini (The Dolphins)
I Biancazzurri (The White and Blues)
Gli Adriatici (The Adriatics)
Founded 1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Ground Stadio Adriatico
Ground Capacity 20,515
Chairman Daniele Sebastiani
Manager Zdeněk Zeman
League Serie B
2018–19 Serie B, 4th of 19
Third colours

Delfino Pescara 1936, commonly referred to as Pescara, is a professional Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.

The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Serie C. Pescara has competed in seven seasons in Serie A, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2012–13 and last participated in 2016–17. The team's official colors are white and light blue varied between either azure or sky blue, manifested in striped shirts with white socks and shorts.

History

Aside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno Nobili in the midfield, they managed to win their first promotion to Serie A in 1977 after winning the promotion play-off, but ultimately finished their first season in Serie A in last place. A second promotion after a play-off followed, but once more they would be relegated from the top flight and then descended to Serie C1 within two years.

Pescara through the ages 2023
The performance of Pescara in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30)

Nonetheless, after returning to Serie B after a year, Pescara would enjoy a revival after the appointment of Giovanni Galeone as coach in 1986. His philosophy of attacking football saw the Biancazzurri promoted to Serie A as champions in 1987, where they lasted two years with players such as Júnior and Blaž Slišković among the club's stars. Galeone would return during the 1990–91 season and oversaw another promotion the following year.

After relegation, Pescara remained in Serie B side throughout the 1990s, narrowly missing promotion in 1999. Relegation to C1 followed in 2001, with promotion in 2003 being followed by two revoked relegations in a row due to bankruptcy and scandals affecting other clubs. Pescara was ultimately relegated in the 2006–07 season, with three presidential and managerial changes during the season. In December 2008, the debt-ridden club was legally declared out of business and its control passed to a bankruptcy trustee appointed by the Court of Pescara. In February 2009, a takeover from a group named Delfino Pescara 1936 was finalized, with Deborah Caldora becoming the first woman to serve as chairman of the club. In the meantime, results did not improve significantly and in March, Giuseppe Galderisi was dismissed from the head coaching post, with Antonello Cuccureddu being appointed as the new boss.

At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as the new coach. Pescara finished second in Girone B of Lega Pro Prima Divisione and qualified for the promotional play-offs. They defeated Reggiana in the semi-final and Verona in the final, and subsequently returned to Serie B after a three-year absence. The following season started with the appointment of Zdeněk Zeman as new head coach; the Czech manager immediately brought Pescara back into national coverage thanks to his well-known all-attacking playing style that turned out to match perfectly with promising youngsters such as Marco Verratti with loanees Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne, who guided the squad to promotion to Serie A. Pescara secured promotion to the top-level after a 19-year absence after defeating Sampdoria with a 3–1 score in an away match on 20 May 2012. In the last minute of the final game of the regular season, Pescara striker Riccardo Maniero netted the winner in a match against Nocerina to claim Pescara's second Serie B title after Torino's draw away to AlbinoLeffe.

Pescara's 2012–13 campaign in Serie A – after losing Zeman, Verratti, Immobile and Insigne – ended with relegation back to the second tier. Three years later, under World Cup winner Massimo Oddo, the team returned to Serie A with a 3–1 aggregate win over Trapani in the playoff final. Zeman returned in February 2017 to the team, who again lasted just one year at the top before being relegated in last place.

In August 2018, Pescara launched a public mini-bond investment opportunity via sports investment platform Tifosy to raise a minimum of €2,000,000. The investment scheme raised a total of €2,300,000 to develop the club's youth sector and facilities.

Following an online competition to ease children's boredom during the coronavirus lockdown, the team adopted six-year-old Luigi D'Agostino's shirt design for the 2020 season.

After a poor 2020-21 campaign, the side were relegated to Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.

Supporters

Pescara's most passionate fan groups began to form in the early 1970s, in conjunction with the rise of the 'ultras' movement in Italy. The Rangers group, which to date is the most renowned section of the club's fanbase, was founded in 1976. Other historical fan groups include Bad Boys (founded in 1985 and dissolved during the Serie B 2003-2004 season) and Cherokee (founded in 1987 and merged with Rangers in 1999 alongside minor fan groups). In 2002, a set of supporters from the nearby seaside resort of Silvi joined the Rangers group. In 2012, a new ultras group called A Difesa di una Fede was formed, and is usually seated in Curva Sud or - if the sector is assigned to away fans - in Tribuna Adriatica.

During home games, Rangers and most fan groups are located in Curva Nord, which is named after Marco Mazza (nicknamed Bubù), a head ultras who passed away prematurely in 2006.

Pescara is widely supported across Abruzzo, with most supporters residing in the actual city of Pescara and nearby towns.

'Gemellaggi' and rivalries

Pescara's fanbase has been twinned, in what is known as a gemellaggio, with Vicenza's supporters since 9 January 1977. It is the world's first gemellaggio in football, and the bond and sense of affinity between Pescara and Vicenza supporters is still strong to this day.

One of Pescara's biggest rivals is Lazio. The rivalry started on 30 October 1977 when Lazio fans attacked Pescara supporters after the game. The initial assault was followed by several other clashes in coming years both in Pescara and Rome.

Another important rivalry is with Hellas Verona, originated due to localist reasons and Verona's friendship with Lazio ultras. The rivalry was cemented at the end of the 2009/2010 season when the clubs met in the Serie C play-off finals - Pescara won and was promoted to Serie B.

Other noticeable rivals include Ascoli, Bari, Sambenedettese, Salernitana, Foggia, Cesena and Catania.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Manuel Gasparini (on loan from Potenza)
2 Italy DF Lorenzo Milani
5 Italy DF Davide Di Pasquale (on loan from Arezzo)
6 Italy MF Niccolò Squizzato
7 Italy FW Michele Masala
8 Italy MF Salvatore Aloi
9 Italy FW Edoardo Vergani
10 Italy FW Davide Merola (on loan from Empoli)
11 Italy MF Federico Accornero (on loan from Genoa)
13 Italy DF Riccardo Brosco
15 Italy DF Romano Floriani Mussolini (on loan from Lazio)
17 Estonia MF Georgi Tunjov
18 Italy DF Roberto Pierno
No. Position Player
19 Italy FW Luca Sasanelli
20 Italy MF Lorenzo Meazzi
21 Italy FW Andrea Capone
22 Italy GK Alessandro Plizzari
23 Italy DF Filippo Pellacani
24 Slovakia DF Ivan Mesík
25 Moldova DF Cornelius Staver
27 Italy DF Brando Moruzzi
28 Italy MF Antonino De Marco
29 Italy FW Luigi Cuppone
30 Italy MF Matteo Dagasso
33 Italy MF Simone Franchini (on loan from Padova)
34 Canada FW Michael Zeppieri

Out on loan

No. Position Player
Italy GK Mattia Barretta (at Notaresco until 30 June 2024)
Italy MF Denis Manu (at Pineto until 30 June 2024)
Albania FW Aristidi Kolaj (at Sorrento until 30 June 2024)
No. Position Player
Argentina FW Facundo Lescano (at Triestina until 30 June 2024)
Italy FW Christian Tommasini (at Monopoli until 30 June 2024)

Coaching staff

As of 16 November 2023

Position Name
Head coach Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman
Assistant coach Italy Giovanni Bucaro
Goalkeeper coach Italy Giovanni Di Fiore
Match analyst Italy Diego Labricciosa
Team manager Italy Francesco Troiano
Sporting director Italy Daniele Delli Carri

Managerial history

Name Nationality Years
Edmondo De Amicis Italy 1937–38
Pietro Piselli Italy 1938–39
Armando Bonino Italy 1939–40
Mario Pizziolo Italy 1940–41
Luigi Ferrero Italy 1941–43
Edmondo De Amicis Italy 1944–45
Giuseppe Marchi Italy 1945–46
József Bánás Hungary 1946–47
Mario Pizziolo Italy 1947–48
Gino Piccinini Italy 1948–49
Benedetto Stella Italy 1949–50
Luigi Del Grosso Italy 1950–53
Umberto De Angelis Italy 1953–55
Alfredo Notti Italy 1955–56
Alfredo Monza
Renato Piacentini
Orazio Sola
Italy
Italy
Italy
1956–57
Renato Piacentini Italy 1957–58
Aurelio Marchese
Mario Tontodonati
Italy
Italy
1958–59
Ljubo Benčić
Mario Tontodonati
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy
1959–61
Umberto De Angelis Italy 1961–62
Leonardo Costagliola Italy 1962–63
Ljubo Benčić
Renato Piacentini
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy
1963–64
Ljubo Benčić
Vincenzo Marsico
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy
1964–65
Antonio Giammarinaro
Alfredo Notti
Italy
Italy
1965–66
Sergio Cervato Italy 1966–67
Antonio Giammarinaro Italy 1967–68
Gianni Seghedoni
Mario Tontodonati
Italy
Italy
1968–69
Dante Lacorata
Mario Tontodonati
Italy
Italy
1969–70
Francesco Capocasale Italy 1970–71
Enzo Falini
Vitaliano Patricelli
Italy
Italy
1971–72
Domenico Rosati Italy 1972–76
Giancarlo Cadé Italy 1976–78
Antonio Valentín Angelillo Italy 1978–79
Gustavo Giagnoni
Claudio Tobia
Mario Tontodonati
Italy
Italy
Italy
1979–80
Aldo Agroppi Italy 1980–81
Giuseppe Chiappella
Saul Malatrasi
Mario Tiddia
Italy
Italy
Italy
1981–82
Domenico Rosati Italy 1982–84
Enrico Catuzzi Italy 1984–86
Giovanni Galeone Italy 1986–89
Ilario Castagner
Edoardo Reja
Italy
Italy
1989–90
Giovanni Galeone
Carlo Mazzone
Italy
Italy
1990–91
Giovanni Galeone Italy 1991–92
Vincenzo Zucchini Italy 1992–93
Gianni Corelli
Giorgio Rumignani
Franco Scoglio
Vincenzo Zucchini
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
1993–94
Francesco Oddo
Giorgio Rumignani
Italy
Italy
1994–95
Luigi Maifredi
Francesco Oddo
Italy
Italy
1995–96
Delio Rossi Italy July 1996 – June 1997
Adriano Buffoni
Maurizio Viscidi
Italy
Italy
1997–98
Luigi De Canio
Francesco Giorgini
Italy
Italy
July 1998 – June 1999
Giovanni Galeone Italy July 1999 – Nov 2000
Tarcisio Burgnich
Giovanni Galeone
Delio Rossi
Italy
Italy
Italy
2000–01
Ivo Iaconi Italy July 2001 – May 2004
Cetteo Di Mascio Italy May 2004 - June 2004
Giovanni Simonelli Italy June 2004 – June 2005
Maurizio Sarri Italy July 2005 – July 2006
Davide Ballardini
Aldo Ammazzalorso
Luigi De Rosa
Vincenzo Vivarini
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
July 2006 – June 2007
Franco Lerda Italy July 2007 – June 2008
Giuseppe Galderisi Italy July 2008 – March 2009
Antonello Cuccureddu Italy 2009–10
Eusebio Di Francesco Italy Jan 2010 – June 2011
Zdeněk Zeman Czech Republic June 2011 – June 2012
Giovanni Stroppa Italy June 2012 – November 2012
Cristiano Bergodi Italy November 2012 – March 2013
Cristian Bucchi Italy March 2013 – June 2013
Pasquale Marino Italy June 2013 – February 2014
Serse Cosmi Italy February 2014 – July 2014
Marco Baroni Italy August 2014 – May 2015
Massimo Oddo Italy May 2015 – February 2017
Luciano Zauri (caretaker) Italy February 2017
Zdeněk Zeman Czech Republic February 2017 – March 2018
Massimo Epifani Italy March 2018 – April 2018
Giuseppe Pillon Italy April 2018 – May 2019
Luciano Zauri Italy June 2019 – January 2020
Nicola Legrottaglie Italy January 2020 – July 2020
Andrea Sottil Italy July 2020 – August 2020
Massimo Oddo Italy August 2020 – November 2020
Roberto Breda Italy November 2020 – January 2021
Gianluca Grassadonia Italy January 2021 – June 2021
Gaetano Auteri Italy June 2021 –

Honours

  • Serie B
    • Champions (2): 1986–87, 2011–12
  • Serie C
    • Champions (1): 1973–74
  • Serie D
    • Champions (1): 1972–73

Divisional movements

Series Years Last Promotions Relegations
A 7 2016–17 - Decrease 6 (1978, 1980, 1989, 1993, 2013, 2017)
B 39 2020–21 Increase 6 (1977, 1979, 1987, 1992, 2012, 2016) Decrease 5 (1949, 1982, 2001, 2007, 2021)
C 29 2021–22 Increase 5 (1941, 1974, 1983, 2003, 2010) Decrease 3 (1935✟, 1950, 1972)
75 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D 10 1972–73 Increase 1 (1938, 1958, 1973) never
E 1 1936–37 Increase 1 (1937) never

• Forerunner red-blue AC Pescara (1932–1935) included

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