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| Full name | Società Sportiva Arezzo | |||
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| Nicknames | Amaranto (Dark Reds) Cavallo Rampante (Rampant Horse) | |||
| Founded | 1923; 102 years ago (1923) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Città di Arezzo, Arezzo,Italy | |||
| Capacity | 13,128 | |||
| Chairman | Giorgio La Cava[1] | |||
| Manager | Cristian Bucchi | |||
| League | Serie C Group B | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie C Group B, 5th of 20 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Società Sportiva Arezzo (formerlyAssociazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo andAssociazione Calcio Arezzo) is anItalian association football club based inArezzo, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1923, refounded in 1993 after going bankrupt and refounded in 2010 after being unable to enroll in the tournament. The club currently plays inSerie C, the third tier of Italian football.
The club was founded on 9 September 1923, by a group of friends, and football fans, asJuventus Football Club Arezzo (in honour ofJuventus F.C.). In 1930, following a merge with several other minor Arezzo teams, the club becameUnione Sportiva Arezzo, which was admitted in 1935 to new-born Serie C division. The team was relegated from Serie C in 1953, following several financial troubles, returning to Serie C division five years later. In 1961, Arezzo started to play its games in theStadio Comunale, its current venue. In 1966, Arezzo promoted to Serie B for the first time; in order to celebrate the triumph, Arezzo played a friendly match withBrazilian teamVasco da Gama, winning it 2–1. However, the next year Arezzo was not able to remain in the division, and returned to Serie C the following year. But in 1969 Arezzo again won Serie C, and returned to play in Serie B, where it played until 1975. In 1971, Arezzo signed strikerFrancesco Graziani, who quickly became a fan favourite and a key player for the team.
The third promotion to Serie B came in 1982, under coachAntonio Valentin Angelillo, withTullio Gritti as striker. The previous year, Arezzo had won its first (and only) Italy's Serie C Cup, defeatingTernana in the finals. In 1984, Arezzo barely missed promotion toSerie A, ending just five points back from the last promotion place. In 1988, despite a team accordingly built to promote to Serie A, Arezzo relegated to Serie C1. Arezzo disbanded in 1993, following financial troubles, being excluded by Serie C1 seven football days before the end of the season. Following the cancellation, a pool of shareholders led by former Arezzo star Ciccio Graziani foundedAssociazione Calcio Arezzo, admitted toSerie D. In 1996 an unknown coach with a few lower division experiences,Serse Cosmi, was appointed as new manager. Despite his complete lack of experience in the division, Cosmi immediately won hands down Serie D, leading Arezzo back to professional football. In 1998, again with Cosmi, Arezzo qualified to and won the Serie C2 promotion playoffs, gaining promotion to Serie C1. In 1999/2000, despite the contributions ofFabio Bazzani, Arezzo lost promotion playoffs; the following year, after Cosmi left Arezzo for Serie A sidePerugia,Antonio Cabrini was appointed as new coach, andMario Frick replaced Bazzani as forward. The team returned to Serie B in 2004, withMario Somma as coach; the next season, which sawPasquale Marino replacing Somma, who signed forEmpoli, Arezzo barely maintained a Serie B place.
At the end of the2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club, due to financial problems, were unable to enroll to the next season tournament. A new club with theAssociazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo denomination was entered inSerie D.[2]
In November 2010 the club was acquired by a consortium of Rome-based entrepreneurs (including popular actorLuca Zingaretti) for a sum of €400,000; the new owners immediately made a number of changes, appointing former Cagliari playerMaurizio Coppola as head coach and former Serie A starAbel Balbo as assistant coach and technical area coordinator.[3][4]
On 1 July 2012 the club was renamedUnione Sportiva Arezzo[5] with Balbo as new head coach, replaced since 30 October 2012 byMichele Bacis.
On 9 January 2013 Mauro Ferretti, an enreprenuer from Rome, bought the club.[6] A few weeks later, on 28 January,Federico Nofri replaced Bacis as coach.[7]
For the 2013–14 season,Davide Mezzanotti was appointed as new coach.[8] After the club ended in third place,Ezio Capuano was named new head coach; later in September 2014, Arezzo was readmitted toLega Pro to fill a vacancy. Under Capuano's tenure (which lasted until April 2016), the club safely escaped relegation on both seasons. For the 2016–17 season, the club came with a new head coach,Stefano Sottili, and a number of major signings such as former Serie A playerDavide Moscardelli.
| Season | A | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 | Tier 6 | Tier 7 | Tier 8 | Pts. | Pl. | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 2004–05 | 14 | 51 | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 51 | 52 | −1 | |||||||
| 2005–06 | 7 | 66 | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | |||||||
| 2010–11 | 9 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +11 |
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