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| Full name | Piacenza CalcioS.r.l. | |||
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| Nicknames | Il Piace (The Piace) I Biancorossi (The Red and Whites) I Papaveri (The Poppies) I Lupi (The Wolves) | |||
| Founded | 1919; 106 years ago (1919) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Leonardo Garilli | |||
| Capacity | 21,668 | |||
| Owner(s) | Roberto Pighi, Polenghi Group S.p.A., Artigiana Farnese S.r.l | |||
| Chairman | Roberto Pighi | |||
| Manager | Stefano Rossini | |||
| League | Serie D Group B | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie D Group B, 2nd of 20 | |||
| Website | www | |||
Piacenza Calcio 1919, commonly referred to asPiacenza, is anItalian football club based inPiacenza,Emilia-Romagna. The club currently plays inSerie D.
Re-founded in 2012, Piacenza Calcio 1919 acquired the rights to use the brand of the original clubPiacenza Calcio (also known asPiacenza F.C.) from Salva Piace.
Piacenza Football Club was founded in 1919 withGiovanni Dosi as the first club president. Dosi was an ambitious manager, taking control of everysocial,technical, andadministrative aspect of the club, with the sole focus at bringing the club into the national championship under theFIGC.
After spending much of the club's early life in the regional leagues, they entered intoSerie C for the 1935–36 season, coming close to gaining promotion intoSerie B during 1938 but lost out toFanfulla.
After World War II, Piacenza competed in Serie B for the first time, competing there for two seasons before falling back down to Serie C in 1948.
The club were punished for illicit sportsmanship in 1956 and were relegated toSerie D. This proved to be quite a heavy blow for the club as they would continue toyo-yo between Serie C and D until 1964. Piacenza finally returned to Serie B in 1969, under coach Tino Molinari and president Vincenzo Romagnoli.
Piacenza's history until recent times was mostly undistinguished, with brief spells in Serie B in the 1940s and further spells in1969–70,1975–76, and1987–88 to1988–89.
Promotion in 1991 saw a rise in the side's fortunes under coachGigi Cagni, with the club promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1993, but was immediately relegated in the next season, despite the presence of players such as midfielder Daniele Moretti, wingerFrancesco Turrini, and forwardGiampietro Piovani. For much of the season, Piacenza had battled into mid-table and were even a few points short of a European place, but were relegated on the last day of the season in a tight scrap. The club wisely chose to retain Cagni and most of his squad, and they would achieve promotion as Serie B champions in 1995.
The following five years saw the club win many supporters with its all-Italian lineup and successful battles against relegation. This period also saw Piacenza produce a generation of talented players from its youth academy, such as futureItalian international playersFilippo Inzaghi,Simone Inzaghi,Alberto Gilardino, as well asAlessandro Lucarelli. In 1997 the club acquired legendary hard man defenderPietro Vierchowod. Despite his advancing years, Vierchowod proved an outstanding purchase, more than holding his own in defence and even scoring decisive goals in the relegation battle. Relegation in 2000 was followed by an instant return to Serie A for two years with outstanding form shown by players like midfielderEnzo Maresca, as the club reached as high as 12th place in the2001-02 season.
Piacenza was relegated in2002-03, finishing in 16th position and thus returned to Serie B. The club remained in Serie B without threatening to mount a promotion challenge.
However following a poor 2010–11 Serie B season, Piacenza found themselves in a relegation playoff againstAlbinoleffe which they lost due to Albinoleffe's higher league position.
On 22 March 2012 Piacenza Calcio in strong financial difficulty was declared bankrupt by the court of Piacenza.[1] In this season it was ranked 15th and relegated fromLega Pro Prima Divisione toLega Pro Seconda Divisione after play-out. On 19 June 2012 the club was finally declared bankrupt and the team was disbanded.[2]
Following the bankruptcy of Piacenza Football Club, regional amateur clubA.C.D. LibertaSpes, recently promoted in the season 2011–12 toEccellenza Emilia–Romagna after winningPromozione Emilia–Romagna Group A, was renamed toLupa Piacenza[3] after the obtaining the brand for four years from an association "Salva Piace",[4] in order to continue the football history of Piacenza Football Club (aka Piacenza Calcio).In mid-2013 Lupa Piacenza was renamedPiacenza Calcio 1919.[5] In2013–14 Serie D season Piacenza Calcio was placed in the group B along with other team of the same city Pro Piacenza 1919 (formerly Atletico B.P. Pro Piacenza).[6] In the2015–16 Serie D season, Piacenza Calcio secured promotion toLega Pro by winning the Group B title with 96 points and 30 wins over the course of the season, beating second placedLecco by 16 points. The club didn't manage any further promotions however, and after a few seasons in Serie C, they were relegated to Serie D in the summer of 2023.
Piacenza Calcio 1919 and Piacenza Calcio play their home matches at the 21,668-capacityStadio Leonardo Garilli, located in the city ofPiacenza.[7][8]
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