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| Full name | Associazione Calcio ReggianaS.r.l. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Granata (The Maroons) Regia (local dialect for Reggiana) Teste Quadre (Square Heads) from an ancient Poems | |||
| Founded | 25 September 1919; 105 years ago (1919-09-25) | |||
| Ground | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore | |||
| Capacity | 21,584 | |||
| Owner | Romano Amadei; Carmelo Salerno; Giuseppe Fico[1] | |||
| Chairman | Carmelo Salerno | |||
| Manager | William Viali | |||
| League | Serie B | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie B, 11th of 20 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Associazione Calcio Reggiana, commonly referred to asReggiana, is a professionalfootball club based inReggio Emilia,Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club was formed in 1919, reformed in 2005 (Serie C2) and 2018 (Serie D) after going bankrupt twice, and currently plays in theSerie B, the second tier ofItalian football. Reggiana is known asi Granata ("the Maroons") in reference to the club's main colour:maroon.
The club was reformed twice after going bankrupt: in 2005 as Reggio Emilia Football Club, and in 2018 as Reggio Audace Football Club. On both occasions, the club regained the naming rights and the trophies of A.C. Reggiana via judicial auction. The club has participated inSerie A, the top tier of Italian football, seven times; their last appearance dates back to the1996–97 season.
The first football game in Reggio Emilia was played under the roof of the old market in 1909, via an exhibition promoted by the local multi-sports association “Forti per Essere Liberi” (Strong to be Free). The first football clubs emerged subsequently in the coming years, with Reggio Football Club, formed in 1912, rising to prominence as the main local side due to its participation to Promozione, the then Italian second tier, divided into regional groups. In 1914, a group of Reggio F.C. members in disagreement with the presidency at the time decided to leave the club and form Juventus F.C.The two sides clashed in 1914–15 Promozione.The entry of Italy into World War 1 in May 1915 caused a vacuum in the local football scene, as many young players were drafted into the army and lost their lives in the war.On 25 September 1919, in the main town square (today's Piazza Prampolini), a group of former footballers, assembled by former Reggio F.C. footballer Severino Taddei, decided to form a new local club, using Juventus’ ground Campo Mirabello and Reggio F.C. colours (maroon and blue). The new club was formed as Associazione Calcio Reggiana.
The club was originally founded in 1919 under the nameA.C. Reggiana, and played in the Italian First Division for several seasons in the 1920s. More recently, it played inSerie A in 1993–94,1994–95, and1996–97. Their highest ranking was 13th place in the1993–94 Serie A championship, where its main name was Brazilian goalkeeperCláudio Taffarel, who would go on to win the1994 FIFA World Cup after the season.
In July 2005, the sports title of A.C. ReggianaS.p.A. was transferred to a new investor, Reggio Emilia F.C. S.p.A.,[2][3] before being renamed asA.C. Reggiana 1919 S.p.A. soon after the start of the 2005–06 season.
In the2007–08 Serie C2 regular season, the team finished first in Group B, and won direct promotion toLega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly known as Serie C1 until that year) for the 2008–2009 season. Reggiana also won 2008Supercoppa di Serie C2, a competition for three group stage winners of Serie C2.
The club was acquired by Italian-American former baseball playerMike Piazza in 2016. After the 2017–18 season, the Piazza family decided not to register the team in the 2018–19 Serie C season, leading the club to the loss of its sporting title and subsequent exclusion from the Italian professional leagues.[4]
On 31 July 2018, a new entity was formed in Reggio Emilia, calledReggio Audace F.C.. The name was given in honour of a precursor entity of the 1910s, where Reggiana founder Severino Taddei used to play before founding the granata club.[5] The new club, whose ownership was the expression of local entrepreneurs from Reggio Emilia, subsequently announced former Ravenna manager Mauro Antonioli as the new gaffer of the newborn club, admitted into the2018–19 Serie D.[6] Two days later a three-year partnership was signed with Macron.[7][8] On 20 August 2018 striker Nicola Luche became the first ever signing of the club.[9]
The club gained promotion to theSerie B, after having been admitted byrepechage to theSerie C due to vacancies left by bankrupt clubs in the third tier of Italian football and winning the2019–20 Serie C playoff, returning to Serie B after an absence of 21 years, gaining subsequently two consecutive promotions.
On 28 July 2020, the club changed its name back to A.C. Reggiana 1919.[10][11]
The team's home jersey color isgranata (maroon), hence the nickname "Granata" or "Regia". However, the team's shorts are traditionally dark blue, and their badge has traditionally been an orange football surrounded by the text: "Associazione Calcio Reggiana " surrounded by a Granata border.
Reggiana played all of its matches inStadio Mirabello until 1994, when it moved to a modern arena,Stadio Città del Tricolore (a site previously known asStadio Giglio). The stadium was subsequently bought byU.S. Sassuolo Calcio.[citation needed]
Like other Italian cities, the birth of the "ultras" phenomenon in the 1980s also affected A.C. Reggiana. With Reggiana battling forSerie B andCantine Riunite Reggio Emilia competing inLega Basket Serie A, the youth of the city formed and gathered in ultras every Sunday.[citation needed]
The leading group of Reggiana "Curva Sud" was "Ultras Ghetto", which was famous for its choreography. Since the late 1990s, the leading groups have been "Teste Quadre" and "Gruppo Vandelli", which situate themselves in the East Stand of the stadium. Reggiana fans have always had good numbers on away days with a peak of 10,000 fans in Milan in 1994.[citation needed]
Reggiana fans have good and friendly relationships with fans from:
The main rivals are:
Former Reggiana players have included:
Andrea SilenziPaolo Ponzo
Felice RomanoAngelo Di LivioFabrizio RavanelliLuca BucciStefano TorrisiFrancesco AntonioliAngelo Adamo GregucciFilippo GalliAlberico EvaniLuigi SartorMarco BallottaMax TonettoCristiano ZanettiMichele PadovanoSandro TovalieriFrancesco PedoneFabrizio CacciatoreFrancesco RuopoloGiuseppe AlessiAlessandro CesariniGiuseppe ScienzaMarco BrescianiGiuseppe AccardiFernando De NapoliLuigi De AgostiniStefano De AgostiniStefano NavaMassimo PaganinDaniele De VezzeMarco RomiziRaffaele NuzzoLeonardo ColucciAndrea CatellaniLuca AriattiMarco AmbrosioIgor ProttiAlessandro BastriniMassimiliano CarliniTrevor TrevisanMarco GuidoneCristian AltinierVito GriecoAndrea BovoLuca GhiringhelliSimone CalvanoAndrea ParolaRaffaele NolèMichele PazienzaDaniele MignanelliFederico AngiulliPaolo ZanettiArmando PantanelliGian Piero GasperiniWalter MazzarriGianluca PiaccitaliReggiana have always had a good tradition in developing youth players, being a rare club with a training ground which has 16 football pitches, located in the nearbies of the club house. The youth teams play their games inStadio Mirabello, via Agosti training ground or in small grounds located in the local province.
The academy has produced various players, notably:
Gino Giaroli Ettore Agazzani Stefano Aigotti Egidio Anceschi Alessio Badari Silvio Bandini Aldo BedogniOreste Benatti Carlo Benelli Roberto BenincasaAndrea CostaMohammed ChakirSimone Gozzi Danilo ZiniLuca AriattiElvis Abbruscato Christian Araboni Alessandro Bertoni Leonida Bietti Ottorino Bojardi Leopoldo Bolognesi Alberto Boni Fabio Bonini Enrico Bottazzi Denis Brunazzi Aldo Cagnoli Giovanni Campari Fabio CaselliIlario Castagner Aldo CatalaniAndrea Catellani Maurizio CavazzoniGianluca CherubiniZucchero Fornaciari (after quitting football, he became a notorious singer)Dino Galparoli Lorenzo Mossini Paolo MozziniErik PanizziArmando PantanelliJacopo PellegriniGabriele Piccinini Ayman SanatMax TonettoNote: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Manager | William Viali |
| Assistant manager | Massimiliano Guidetti |
| Technical coach | Simone Baroncelli |
| Match analyst | Vincenzo Perri |
| Fitness coach | Giacomo Ceci |
| Assistant fitness coach | Mattia Fantuzzi |
| Fitness trainer technical assistant | Alessandro Spaggiari |
| Goalkeeping coach | Marco Bizzarri |
| Team manager | Michele Malpeli |
| Head of medical staff | Dott. Stefano Bondi |
| Club doctor | Dott. Massimiliano Manzotti |
| Physiotherapist | Remigio Del Sole Filippo Torricelli Gabriele Di Paola |
| Kit manager | Matteo Ferri |
Updated to match played 1 July 2024
Source: AC Reggiana Website
| Honorary President and majority shareholder | Romano Amadei |
| Chairman and CEO | Carmelo Salerno |
| Vice-President | Giuseppe Fico |
| Vice-President and Director of Operations | Vittorio Cattani |
| Director of Football | Marcello Pizzimenti |
| Head of the Academy | Pietro Lodi |
| Head of Commercial Area | Luca Tedeschi |
| General Secretary | Nicola Simonelli |
| Head of Media and Marketing | Alessandro Marconi |
| Press Officer | Andrea Montanari |
| Social Media Manager | Marcello Tosi |
Updated to match played 1 July 2019
Source: Reggio Audace Website
The team's most famous coach wasCarlo Ancelotti, who coachedAC Milan from 2001 to 2009 and then managedJuventus,Chelsea,Paris Saint-Germain,Real Madrid,Bayern Munich,Napoli,Everton before returning to Real Madrid.
Severino Taddei
Karl StürmerFelice RomanoKarl Stürmer Severino Taddei Ottorino BojardiKarl Stürmer
Vilmos Zsigsmond Anton Ringer Severino Taddei Regolo Ferretti Mora Maurer Italo Rossi Giuseppe Valenti János Vanicsek Luigi Bernardi and William Ruozi Alfredo Mazzoni Regolo FerrettiFelice RomanoBruno Vale Alcide VioliAngelo Mattea Piero FerrariBruno ArcariGiuseppe Antonini Vittorio MalagoliGuido Masetti Alcide Violi Luigi Del Grosso Angelo Piccioli Renato Martini Vittorio MalagoliGiancarlo CadéDino BallacciRomolo Bizzotto Ezio Galbiati Giampiero Grevi and Giovanni Galbiati Tito CorsiCarmelo Di BellaBruno Giorgi Mario Caciagli Guido Mammi Franco MariniRomano FogliGiovan Battista FabbriLauro Toneatto Franco FontanaGiancarlo CadéNello SantinMarino PeraniGiuseppe MarchioroEnzo Ferrari Cesare Vitale Giorgio Ciaschini andCarlo AncelottiAdelio Moro and
Mircea LucescuFrancesco OddoFranco Varrella Attilio Perotti Franco VarrellaAngelo Gregucci and Fabiano Speggiorin Giorgio RumignaniGigi Maifredi Claudio Testoni Salvatore Vullo Lorenzo Mossini Adriano Cadregari Antonio Sala Adriano CadregariBruno GiordanoLuciano FoschiAlessandro PaneLoris DominissiniAmedeo MangoneLamberto Zauli andSalvatore LannaLamberto ZauliLuigi ApolloniLamberto Zauli Pierfrancesco Battistini Marcello Montanari Alberto ColomboLeonardo ColucciLeonardo Menichini Massimiliano La Rosa and Andrea Tedeschi Sergio Eberini Mauro AntonioliMassimiliano AlviniAimo DianaAlessandro NestaWilliam Viali Giuseppe Cassoli Vittorino Palazzi Trivelli Giovanni Bonini Renato Bertolini Mario Muzzarini and Franco Fontanili Enrico Bottazzi Marcello Bofondi Giuseppe Pietranera Eugenio Bolondi Giovanni Marzi Giovanni Robba Alberto Ferrari Antonio Alessio Regolo Ferretti Carlo Visconti and Mario Curti Carlo Visconti Mario Dallaglio Renato Simonini Enzo Dal Conte Gianni Landini Carlo Visconti, Gino Lari and Giorgio Degola Carlo Visconti Franco Vacondio Giovanni Vandelli Ermete Fiaccadori Gianfranco Morini Luciano Fantinel Loris Fantinel Luciano Ferrarini Federico Spallanzani Chiarino Cimurri Federico Spallanzani Vando Veroni Clarfiorello Fontanesi Alessandro Barilli Stefano Compagni
Mike Piazza Luca Quintavalli Carmelo Salerno| Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
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| A | 3 | 1996–97 | – |  4 (1926,1929,1995,1997) |
| B | 34 | 2023–24 |  4 (1924,1927,1993,1996) | 8 (1930,1942,1952,1962,1970,1976,1983,1999,2021) |
| C +C2 | 47 +3 | 2022–23 | 9 (1940,1946,1958,1964,1971,1981,1989,2020,2023) 1 (2008 C2) | 3 (1953,2005✟,2018✟) |
| 86 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
| D | 4 | 2018–19 | 2 (1956,2019) | never |
