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Salernitana
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Full name Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 S.r.l.
Nickname(s) I Granata (The Garnets)
Founded 19 June 1919; 106 years ago (19 June 1919) (as Unione Sportiva Salernitana)
4 May 1927; 98 years ago (4 May 1927) (refounded as US Salernitana)
2005; 20 years ago (2005) (refounded as Salernitana Calcio 1919)
2011; 14 years ago (2011) (refounded as Salerno Calcio)
Ground Stadio Arechi
Ground Capacity 37,800
CEO Danilo Iervolino
Head coach Stefano Colantuono
League Serie B
2018–19 Serie B, 16th of 19
Third colours
Salernitana through the ages 2023
How Salernitana has performed in Italian football leagues since 1929.

Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 is a professional Italian football club. It is based in Salerno, a city in the Campania region of Italy. The club was first started in 1919. It has been reformed three times since then, most recently in 2011.

The current club is the continuation of the older Salernitana Calcio 1919. It began playing again in Serie D in the 2011–12 season. Salernitana made it back to Serie A in 2021. This was after 23 seasons away, by finishing second in Serie B. They played in Serie A until the 2023–24 season, when they moved back down to Serie B.

Club History: From Start to Today

Early Years and Changes

The club from Salerno was first called Unione Sportiva Salernitana in 1919. For a while in the 1920s, it was known as Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax. This happened after it joined with another club, Audax Salerno. In 1978, the club's name changed again to Salernitana Sport.

Salernitana has spent most of its history playing in Serie B and Serie C. These are the second and third levels of Italian football. The team plays its home games at Stadio Arechi.

In its early days, Salernitana played in regional Italian football championships. They played at this top level for four seasons in the 1920s. Since then, the club has reached the very top level of Italian football, Serie A, twice. They played in Serie A during the 1947–48 and 1998–99 seasons.

In 2005, the club faced financial problems. It was restarted by Antonio Lombardi and changed its name to Salernitana Calcio 1919. In 2011, the club was removed from Italian football.

Rising from Serie D to the Top League

On July 21, 2011, after the original Salernitana club was removed, the mayor of Salerno helped create a new club. This new club was called Salerno Calcio and was allowed to join Serie D.

In the 2011–12 season, Salerno Calcio quickly won their group in Serie D. This meant they were promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

On July 12, 2012, the club changed its name to US Salernitana 1919. In the 2012–13 season, Salernitana finished first in their league again. This led to another promotion, this time to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Salernitana then won their group in Lega Pro and returned to Serie B for the 2014–15 season.

After several seasons in Serie B, Salernitana earned promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2020–21 Serie B season. They finished in 2nd place under coach Fabrizio Castori. They secured their promotion by winning 3–0 against Pescara in the last game.

For Salernitana to play in Serie A, the club's owners had to sell it. This is because Italian football rules do not allow two clubs with the same owner to play in the same league. On July 7, 2021, the FIGC approved a new ownership plan. This meant Salernitana was officially back in Serie A after 23 years.

Back in Serie A: Recent Seasons

Salernitana's first game back in Serie A was a 3–2 loss to Bologna on August 22, 2021. The team had a tough start, getting only one point from their first six games. However, they got their first Serie A win against Genoa, winning 1–0.

In October, the club changed coaches. Stefano Colantuono became the head coach again. He had coached Salernitana before, from 2017 to 2018. On May 22, 2022, Salernitana managed to avoid moving back down to Serie B. They did this by earning 18 points in their last 15 matches.

In the 2023–2024 Serie A season, Salernitana finished last in the league. This meant they were moved back down to Serie B.

Team Colors, Badge, and Nicknames

Salernitana's original kit

Salernitana first wore light blue and white striped shirts. In Italy, these are called biancocelesti. The blue color on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea. This is because Salerno is right next to the Gulf of Salerno and is a port city.

In the 1940s, the club changed to garnet-colored shirts. This color gave them their nickname granata, which means "garnets" in Italian.

During the 2011–12 season, their kit colors were striped blue and deep red. This looked similar to F.C. Barcelona's kit. The symbol of St. Matthew, the patron saint of Salerno, was also part of the new kit design.

Since the club was renamed US Salernitana 1919, their home colors have gone back to the traditional garnet. The club's 100th anniversary logo was revealed on June 24, 2019. It appeared on their kits for the 2019–20 season.

Team Achievements and Trophies

Salernitana has won several important titles throughout its history:

League Wins

  • Serie B:
    • Winners: 1946–47 (Group C), 1997–98
  • Serie C / Serie C1:
    • Winners: 1937–38, 1965–66, 2007–08, 2014–15
  • Lega Pro Seconda Divisione / Serie C2:
    • Winners: 2012–13
  • Serie D:
    • Winners: 2011–12 (as Salerno Calcio)

Cup Wins

  • Coppa Italia Serie C:
    • Winners: 2013–14
  • Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione:
    • Winners: 2012–13

Current Players

Main Team Squad

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Vincenzo Fiorillo
2 Italy DF Davide Gentile (on loan from Fiorentina)
4 Netherlands DF Tijs Velthuis (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam)
7 Italy MF Franco Tongya
8 Australia MF Ajdin Hrustić
9 Nigeria FW Simy
10 Venezuela FW Ernesto Torregrossa
11 Sierra Leone FW Yayah Kallon (on loan from Hellas Verona)
12 Italy GK Francesco Corriere
13 Italy DF Fabio Ruggeri (on loan from Lazio)
14 Chile FW Diego Valencia
15 Tunisia DF Dylan Bronn
17 France DF Lilian Njoh
19 France MF Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
20 Poland FW Szymon Włodarczyk (on loan from Sturm Graz)
No. Position Player
21 Italy MF Roberto Soriano
22 Italy GK Gregorio Salvati
23 Italy MF Nicola Dalmonte
24 Netherlands FW Jayden Braaf (on loan from Hellas Verona)
25 Italy MF Giulio Maggiore
29 Italy DF Paolo Ghiglione
30 Slovenia DF Petar Stojanović (on loan from Empoli)
31 Italy FW Daniele Verde (on loan from Spezia)
33 Italy DF Gian Marco Ferrari
44 Poland DF Paweł Jaroszyński
45 Italy MF Rocco Di Vico
55 Italy GK Luigi Sepe
70 Colombia MF Andrés Tello (on loan from Catania)
73 Italy MF Lorenzo Amatucci (on loan from Fiorentina)
77 Romania MF Andres Șfaiț

Salernitana Primavera (Youth Team)

No. Position Player
42 Italy DF Niccolò Guccione

Players on Loan to Other Teams

No. Position Player
Croatia DF Domagoj Bradarić (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2025)
Austria DF Flavius Daniliuc (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2025)
France DF Junior Sambia (at Empoli until 30 June 2025)
Italy DF Matteo Lovato (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2025)
No. Position Player
Poland MF Mateusz Łęgowski (at Yverdon-Sport until 30 June 2025)
Italy MF Antonio Pio Iervolino (at Taranto until 30 June 2025)
Cyprus MF Grigoris Kastanos (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2025)
Senegal FW Boulaye Dia (at Lazio until 30 June 2026)

Players Who Played for Their National Teams

These players, past and present, have played for their country's national football teams.

Italy
Other Countries
  • Albania Erjon Bogdani
  • Albania Frédéric Veseli
  • Argentina Federico Fazio
  • Argentina Diego Perotti
  • Australia Danny Tiatto
  • Austria Flavius Daniliuc
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Milan Đurić
  • Cameroon Rigobert Song
  • Cape Verde Jovane
  • Chile Diego Valencia
  • Croatia Domagoj Bradarić
  • Cyprus Andreas Karo
  • Cyprus Grigoris Kastanos
  • France Benoît Costil
  • France Franck Ribéry
  • Ivory Coast Marco Zoro
  • Jamaica Trivante Stewart
  • Mali Lassana Coulibaly
  • Mexico Guillermo Ochoa
  • Netherlands Tonny Vilhena
  • Nigeria Simeon Nwankwo (Simy)
  • Nigeria Joel Obi
  • Norway Emil Bohinen
  • Norway Erik Botheim
  • Norway Stefan Strandberg
  • Peru Roberto Merino
  • Poland Mateusz Łęgowski
  • Poland Krzysztof Piątek
  • Romania Andrei Cristea
  • Romania Radu Drăgușin
  • Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin
  • Senegal Mamadou Coulibaly
  • Senegal Boulaye Dia
  • Serbia Ivan Radovanović
  • Slovakia Norbert Gyömbér
  • Slovenia Vid Belec
  • Slovenia Domen Črnigoj
  • South Africa Phil Masinga
  • South Africa Siyabonga Nomvethe
  • Sweden Riccardo Gagliolo
  • Switzerland Francesco Di Jorio
  • Tunisia Dylan Bronn
  • Tunisia Wajdi Kechrida
  • Turkey Bülent Eken
  • Uruguay Wálter López

World Cup Players from Salernitana

The following players were chosen for their country's World Cup team while playing for Salernitana:

  • Tunisia Dylan Bronn (2022)

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