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Carpi
Full nameAssociazione Calcio Carpi S.r.l.
Nickname(s)i Biancorossi (The White-and-Reds)
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
GroundStadio Sandro Cabassi
Capacity15,500[citation needed]
ChairmanClaudio Lazzaretti[citation needed]
ManagerMassimo Bagatti[citation needed]
LeagueSerie D Group D
2022–23Serie D Group D, 3rd of 20
WebsiteClub website

AC Carpi is an Italian professional

Carpi, a city in the province of Modena. The club was founded in 1909, re-founded in 2000[1]
and 2022.

Carpi's colours are white and red, hence the nickname "Biancorossi".[1] At the end of the 2012–13 season, Carpi won their first promotion to Serie B. On 28 April 2015, the Biancorossi won their first promotion to Serie A, but were relegated back to Serie B after only one season. The Golden Era[tone] ended in 2019, with the relegation back in Serie C after five seasons in Serie B and one season in Serie A.

The Biancorossi have won a handful of[vague][quantify] league titles, including: the old Lega Pro Seconda Divisione; Serie B once; Serie C once; and Serie D four times. At the regional level, Carpi has won Promozione, Prima Divisione, and two Prima Categoria titles.[1]

History

A.C. Carpi (1909–2000)

The club was founded in the summer of 1909 by local student Adolfo Fanconi as Jucunditas (

Monza.[2] The club was cancelled in 2000 following relegation to Serie D and subsequent bankruptcy.[citation needed
]

Carpi F.C. 1909 (2000–2021)

A new club, named Calcio Carpi, was therefore admitted to

]

At the end of the 2009–10 season, through repechage due to the number of teams with financial difficulties, the club was admitted into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[citation needed] In 2010–11, the club's first season in the higher division, it was promoted again to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.[citation needed] Because of the work being done on their stadium, the Sandro Cabasisi, the team played in the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in the 2011–12 season.[citation needed]

Serie B (2013)

In the season 2012–13 the team was promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione to Serie B for the first time when they defeated Lecce in the Girone A Play-off Final 2–1 on aggregate.[citation needed] This was the club's third promotion in just four seasons.[citation needed]

Carpi FC's first fixture at Serie B level ended in a 1–0 defeat away to Ternana on 24 August 2013.[citation needed] Their first win was a 2–0 victory at Spezia courtesy of goals from Fabio Concas & Roberto Inglese.[citation needed] Carpi's first season in Serie B ended in a 12th-place finish, only three points away from a promotion play-off place, ensuring their place for another season.[citation needed]

Serie A debut promotion (2015)

The

Bari, the club was promoted for the first time to Serie A.[citation needed
]

Carpi's first season saw a complete overhaul of the squad from the

Napoli.[citation needed] He was subsequently replaced by Sean Sogliano.[citation needed
]

On 28 September 2015, after a 1–5 loss to

debut top-flight season ultimately ended in relegation by a single point, with the club having found itself[tone] in a relegation dogfight[tone] from virtually[vague] the start of the season.[citation needed
]

The following season saw another complete reconstruction of the first-team, with several important[according to whom?] players returning to their parent clubs from loan, as Carpi sought an immediate return to Serie A.[citation needed] However, they fell[tone] to Benevento in the playoff final.[citation needed]

Decline and Bankruptcy (2017–2021)

In the 2017–18 Serie B season, Carpi placed 11th, but the following season was marred[tone] by difficulties[vague][clarification needed] that caused the team's relegation to Serie C after six years, after having placed last with just 29 points.[5]

The

Novara in the quarter finals.[citation needed
]

The following season saw Carpi placing 15th in its group, narrowly avoiding relegation.[citation needed]

However, in July 2021, the COVISOC rejected the club's admission to the 2021–22 Serie C, citing unpaid taxes and contributions between 2020 and 2021.[citation needed] The club was successively excluded entirely from Italian football.[citation needed]

Athletic Carpi / A.C. Carpi (2021–current)

In 2021, following the disbandment of the original Carpi, a new but distinct[how?] club named Athletic Carpi played in the 2021–22 Serie D season. On 13 September 2022, the club, renamed A.C. Carpi, eventually[how?][vague] acquired all the naming and historical rights of the original one, thus formally becoming the direct heir of Carpi FC 1909.[6]

Honours

Domestic

League

Cups

Regional

Youth

  • Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Club records

League

Level Category Participation Debut Final season Total
Prima Categoria 3
1919–20
1921–22
4
Serie A 1 2015–16
Seconda Divisione 4 1922–23 1925–26 8
Prima Divisione 2 1926–27 1927–28
Serie B 2 2013–14 2014–15
Prima Divisione 7 1928–29 1934–35 32
Serie C 13 1936–37 1974–75
Serie C1 10 1989–90 1998–99
Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2 2011–12 2012–13
Promozione 2 1950–51 1951–52 26
IV Serie 5 1952–53 1958–59
Campionato Interregionale – Seconda Categoria 1 1957–58
Campionato Interregionale 1 1958–59
Serie D 13 1962–63 1977–78
Serie C2 3 1978–79 1999–00
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 1 2010–11
Campionato Interregionale 7 1981–82 1987–88 16
Serie D 9 1980–81 2009–10

In 81 football seasons starting from the onset at the national level in the Northern League in 1922:

Regional
Level Category Participation Debut Final season Total
I Promozione 2 1913–14 1914–15 9
Prima Divisione 3 1935–36 1949–50
Prima Categoria 3 1959–60 1961–62
Eccellenza 2 2000–01 2001–02

In 12 seasons starting from the onset at the regional level in Promozione in 1914:

Individual

Record of appearances
  • 329 Italy Claudio Pressich
  • 282 Italy Aurelio Dotti
  • 254 Italy Giancarlo Magnani
  • 243 Italy Simone Teocoli
  • 239 Italy Giuseppe Pantaleoni
  • 232 Italy Carlo Forghieri
  • 226 Italy Luigi Silvestri
  • 224 Italy Vittorio Soliani
  • 220 Italy Archimede Pellizzola
  • 217 Italy Raffaello Papone
Record of goals
  • 78 Italy Gianfranco Poletto
  • 78 Italy Giorgio Vernizzi
  • 76 Italy Armando Onesti
  • 57 Italy Alberto Bonaretti
  • 50 Italy Enrico Gherardi
  • 40 Italy Marco Gibertini
  • 36 Italy Mauro Sberveglieri
  • 34 Italy Armando Aguzzoli
  • 33 Italy Ennio Bergonzini
  • 33 Italy Stefano Roncarati

Notable former managers

References

  1. ^ a b c "Storia". carpifc1909.it/. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b "La storia" (in Italian). Carpi FC 1909. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Giuseppe Sannino succeeds Fabrizio Castori as Carpi boss". ESPN FC. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ^ Official: Sannino out, Castori in at Carpi
  5. ^ "Livorno - Carpi 1-0 | Nessun miracolo, è Serie C dopo sei anni".
  6. ^ "Asta fallimentare del Carpi Fc 1909: l'attuale società si aggiudica tutto il lotto della stessa" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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