AC Carpi
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| Full name | Associazione Calcio Carpi S.r.l. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | i Biancorossi (The White-and-Reds) | |||
| Founded | 1909 | |||
| Ground | Stadio Sandro Cabassi | |||
| Capacity | 15,500 | |||
| Chairman | Claudio Lazzaretti | |||
| Manager | Massimo Bagatti | |||
| League | Serie D Group D | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie D Group D, 3rd of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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A.C. Carpi is an Italian professional
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 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 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 (
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. In 2010–11, the club's first season in the higher division, it was promoted again to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. 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.
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. This was the club's third promotion in just four seasons.
Carpi FC's first fixture at Serie B level ended in a 1–0 defeat away to Ternana on 24 August 2013. Their first win was a 2–0 victory at Spezia courtesy of goals from Fabio Concas & Roberto Inglese. 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.
Serie A debut promotion (2015)
The
Carpi's first season saw a complete overhaul of the squad from the
On 28 September 2015, after a 1–5 loss to
The following season saw another complete reconstruction of the first-team, with several important players returning to their parent clubs from loan, as Carpi sought an immediate return to Serie A. However, they fell to Benevento in the playoff final.
Decline and Bankruptcy (2017–2021)
In the 2017–18 Serie B season, Carpi placed 11th, but the following season was marred by difficulties that caused the team's relegation to Serie C after six years, after having placed last with just 29 points.[5]
The
The following season saw Carpi placing 15th in its group, narrowly avoiding relegation.
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. The club was successively excluded entirely from Italian football.
Athletic Carpi / A.C. Carpi (2021–current)
In 2021, following the disbandment of the original Carpi, a new but distinct club named Athletic Carpi played in the 2021–22 Serie D season. On 13 September 2022, the club, renamed A.C. Carpi, eventually acquired all the naming and historical rights of the original one, thus formally becoming the direct heir of Carpi FC 1909.[6]
Honours
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Domestic
League
- Winners (1): 2014–15
- Winners (1): 1922–23
- Winners (1): 1945–46
- Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/Girone A
- Champions (1): 2010–11
- Serie D
- Winners (3): 1963–64, 1973–74, 1977–78
Cups
- Coppa Italia Lega Pro
- Runners up (1): 2010–11
- Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione
- Runners up (1): 2010–11
Regional
- Promozione
- Winners (1): 1914–15
- Prima Divisione
- Winners (1): 1949–50
- Prima Categoria
- Winners (2): 1960–61, 1961–62
Youth
- Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti
- Serie C Winners (1): 1990–91
Club records
League
| Level | Category | Participation | Debut | Final season | Total |
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| 1° | Prima Categoria | 3 | 1919–20 |
1921–22 |
4 |
| Serie A | 1 | 2015–16 | |||
| 2° | Seconda Divisione | 4 | 1922–23 | 1925–26 | 8 |
| Prima Divisione | 2 | 1926–27 | 1927–28 | ||
| Serie B | 2 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | ||
| 3° | 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 | ||
| 4° | 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 | |||
| 5° | 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 |
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| 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
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Notable former managers
József Zilisy (1942–43)
Gianni De Biasi (1993–96)- Luigi De Canio (1996–97)
- Walter De Vecchi (1997–98)
- Egidio Notaristefano (2011–12)
- Giuseppe Pillon (2014)
- Fabrizio Castori (2014–15)
- Giuseppe Sannino (2015)
- Fabrizio Castori (2015–17)
References
- ^ a b c "Storia". carpifc1909.it/. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
- ^ a b "La storia" (in Italian). Carpi FC 1909. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
- ^ "Giuseppe Sannino succeeds Fabrizio Castori as Carpi boss". ESPN FC. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Official: Sannino out, Castori in at Carpi
- ^ "Livorno - Carpi 1-0 | Nessun miracolo, è Serie C dopo sei anni".
- ^ "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.