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| Full name | Associazione Calcio Dilettantistica LegnanoS.r.l. | ||
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| Nickname | I Lilla (The Lilacs) | ||
| Founded | 1913 2011 (refounded) | ||
| Ground | Stadio Giovanni Mari, Legnano,Milan,Italy | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Enea Benedetto | ||
| Chairman | Enea Benedetto | ||
| Manager | Gianluca Zattarin | ||
| League | Eccellenza | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie D Group A, 6th of 20 | ||
| Website | https://aclegnano.it/ | ||
Associazione Calcio Dilettantistica Legnano, commonly referred to asLegnano, is anItalian football club based inLegnano,Lombardy.Founded in 1913, Legnano played three seasons in Serie A and a total of eleven seasons in the top tier of the Italian football league system.
Legnano's most recent appearance in Serie A dates back to 1954, whereas in 1957 the club took part for the last time – to date – in a Serie B championship (the second tier of Italian football).Since then the club have played at their highest at the third tier of the Italian league.
The team's colours are lilac and white.After financial struggles and bankruptcy in 2010 the club folded and reformed in 2011 as ASD Legnano Calcio 1913; in 2015 they regained the right to name themselves ACD Legnano Calcio and to merge their history with that of the 97-year-old club which had previously folded.[1]
The club were founded in 1913 asFootball Club Legnano.
Several notable players appeared for Legnano in its early years. GoalkeeperAngelo Cameroni was called up to the Italy national side in 1920; he was the first Legnano player to achieve this.Luigi Allemandi played four seasons with the club from 1921 onwards, until he was bought by Italian giantsJuventus. He later won the World Cup with Italy at the1934 FIFA World Cup.
Legnano first gained access toSerie A for the 1930–31 season; the previous year they had finished as runners up inSerie B. The first match at the top level of Italian football was the shocking 2–1 defeat of Italy's oldest club,Genoa C.F.C.
Unfortunately for Legnano, they finished at the bottom of the table that season and were relegated; other notable results however were a 1–1 draw with eventual runners upA.S. Roma, and a 2–1 defeat ofS.S.C. Napoli in Naples.
In the 1935–1936 season, the club changed their name toAssociazione Calcio Legnano.
Left-wingerEmilio Caprile was called up bythe azzurri, to play in two international games during 1948. He became the first Legnano player to score for Italy with a goal in each match.
After their last relegation from Serie A in 1953–54, the club have gradually declined. First they came close to promotion to the league with a 3rd position in B, but two years later they were relegated toSerie C.
Legnano spent 18 consecutive seasons competing in Serie C, able to finish as high as 5th 3 successive seasons. 1974–75 saw the club slump toSerie D; this was soon rectified as coach Luciano Sassi pulled the club into Serie C2 with a runner up spot in 1977–78.
Giovanni Mari took over as club president in 1979 and under him, Legnano would achieve the championship ofSerie C2. A.C. Legnano had last finished in first position in any league in 1919. The club's stadium was renamed Stadio Giovanni Mari in his honour.
Following bankruptcy in 2010, Legnano would fold.
It was refounded on 15 July 2011, asA.S.D. Legnano Calcio 1913 and was admitted to Group N ofPrima Categoria Lombardy in the 2011–12 season. The club was promoted to Group A ofPromozione Lombardy.[2]
The club had a second successive promotion after finishing as champions of Group A of Promozione Lombardy next season and was promoted to Group A ofEccellenza Lombardy.
On 7 May 2015, A.S.D. Legnano Calcio 1913 re-acquired the nameAssociazione Calcio Legnano.[3] They finished Eccellenza Lombardy as 4th in 2014–15 but were eliminated in the play-offs. They finished Group A of Eccellanza Lombardy as 2nd and were qualified for the play-offs again. They defeated Torviscosa with 4–1 aggregate in semifinal and Sankt Georgen with 4–3 aggregate in final and were promoted to Serie D.
Over the years Legnano has had various owners, chairmen or presidential figures; here is a chronological list of the presidents;
Aldo Visconti and Eugenio Tosi (honorary president)Antonio Bernocchi Carlo Delle Piane Ernesto CastiglioniAntonio Bernocchi Giuseppe Mario Perozzi, Mario Raimondo and Riccardo Pezzoni (board of regents) Ernesto Castiglioni Primo Colombo (extraordinary commissioner) Giulio Riva Pino Mocchetti Luigi Mandelli (extraordinary commissioner), following Giovanni Mari Giovanni Mari Giuseppe Mario Perozzi (extraordinary commissioner) Davide Casero (extraordinary commissioner) Luciano Caccia Felice Bossi (extraordinary commissioner) Augusto Terreni Rolando Landoni (extraordinary commissioner) Giovanni Mari Ulrico Lucarelli Giovanni Mari Ferdinando Villa Mario Pighetti Mauro Rusignolo Mauro Rusignolo Antonio Di Bari Giovanni Simone Giuseppe Resta Giacomo Tarabbia Alessio Fiore Nicolò Zanda Salvatore Verdoliva Vanessa PaolilloBelow is a list of AC Legnano coaches from 1913 until the present day:
Adamo Bonacina Pariani Primo Colombo Primo Colombo Nino Resegotti Primo Colombo, Adamo Bonacina and Giuseppe Venegoni Primo Colombo
Imre Schöffer Primo ColomboImre SchöfferArmand HalmosLuigi BarbesinoOtto Krappan Francesco LattuadaVinicio ColomboEnrico CrottiEnrico CrottiAttilio DemariaRóbert WinklerGiuseppe GalluzziUgo InnocentiUgo Innocenti and
Héctor PuricelliHéctor PuricelliUgo InnocentiGiuseppe GalluzziUgo InnocentiMario Zidarich Renato PicentiniGiuseppe MolinaLuciano LupiFausto BragaLuciano LupiCarlo FacchiniSergio RealiniCarlo FacchiniCarlo FacchiniLuciano SassiLuciano SassiFausto BragaMario TrezziAdelio CrespiPietro MarosoPietro Maroso Romualdo CapocciAndrea ValdinociGiovanni ArdemagniMauro BicicliGiorgio VeneriLuciano Magistrelli Abramo RossettiMarco Torresani Luigi VallongoRenzo ContrattoLoris BoniCarlo MuraroGian Marco RemondinaRoberto BacchinRoberto Bacchin Mario BelluzzoErnestino RamellaPierluigi CasiraghiStefano Di Chiara Vincenzo Maiuri andGianpaolo SpagnuloGianpaolo SpagnuloLuciano MianiGianpaolo Spagnulo, and Nicolas GennarielliGianfranco MottaClaudio GabettaAttilio LombardoGiuseppe ScienzaMassimo RovelliniMassimo Rovellini Alessandro Cerri Stefano Di GioiaCampionato Nazionale Dilettanti
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