Olbia Calcio 1905
Full name | Olbia Calcio | |||
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Nickname(s) | I Bianchi (The All-Whites) | |||
Founded | 1905[1] | |||
Ground | Stadio Bruno Nespoli[2] | |||
Capacity | 3,209 | |||
Chairman | Guido Surace | |||
Manager | Leandro Greco | |||
League | Serie C Group B | |||
2022–23 | Serie C Group B, 13th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Olbia Calcio,
Founded in 1906 (although its birth is traditionally traced back to 1905),
Since its foundation, it has won nine championships, including a Serie D Scudetto in 2002.
The club colour is white, while the identifying symbols are the ship and the island of
History
Foundation
The birth of the city's first football club has been uncertain. Still, according to local chronicles, it was conceived in 1905, more precisely towards the end of that year and the beginning of the following one, in the then Terranova Pausania. According to an article in La Nuova Sardegna of that day, it was founded on 12 January 1906 as the Società Ginnastica Olbia, founded by a Sassarese athlete, Egidio Serra. The article at the time, written by Franco Sardo, lists the first board of directors with Agostino Amucano as president.[8][9]
According to the sources, the 20 June 1912, there was a match between the club's boys, refereed by Paolino Macera of
The official return to the fields and the competitive resumption at the federal level took place in the 1938–1939 season under the name G.I.L. Terranova, where the boys, led by coach-player Salvatore Satta known as "Menelik", obtained their first historic promotion to Serie C by winning the Sardinian First Division thanks to the goals of top scorer Flavio Piras and the other members of the team formed by: Spano A., Jodice, Piccaredda G.M., Dejana, Satta, Pulina, Piro C., Picciaredda F., Piras, Crola and Careddu, Aloia, Pittalis.[13]
The fledgling G.I.L. Olbia's first season in
From after World War II to the 1970s
After suspending sporting activities because of the
In the 1948–1949 Sardinian First Division, Olbia was relegated at the end of a season of passion, remaining agonistically inactive for two seasons. However, the football activity continued locally, thanks to a group of local youngsters represented by Mariano Spano, Tonino Varrucciu and Bruno Garrucciu.
After the period of inactivity, the turning point came at the end of the 1951–1952 Sardinian First Division with the arrival of Italian world champion Gino Colaussi. He ended his career as a player, playing seven matches and scoring one goal during the championship. Then he began his career as a coach. The following year, Olbia was promoted to Serie D. Thanks to Colaussi on the bench, young promises like Gustavo Giagnoni were launched. At Olbia, he played 77 matches with 23 goals before launching his successful career as a player and coach at the highest level.
Subsequently, Olbia reached first place in 1956–1957 and returned to the Interregional Championship, later renamed Serie D.
Fifteen years later, between Serie D and a brief, successful experience in the Sardinian First Division in 1963–1964, in 1968, Olbia played Serie C for the third time, under the presidency of Elio Pintus and Paolo 'Palleddu' Degortes on the bench. After winning the group F of Serie D, the club returned to the professional ranks after an absence of twenty years thanks to the goals of Benvenuto Misani, Selleri and the saves of Bettella.
From the 1970s to the bankruptcy and present day
In the 1985–1986 season, Olbia was promoted to
Olbia restarted from the Sardinian Eccellenza due to financial problems. It changed management and name after the coming of the Brescian entrepreneur Franco Rusconi, who took over the club in 2007, leading it to good results in Serie C2 and reaching the playoffs in 2008–2009.
After three seasons in the top regional division and a bankruptcy in 2010, and thanks to the restart in Eccellenza with a group of former players and Pino Scanu as president, Olbia returned to Serie D.
In the 2014–2015
On 30 November 2015, after five years that Pino Scanu taking the club back to Eccellenza after financial problems, Alessandro Marino was appointed as the new president. Marino was a professor of strategy at LUISS University until the previous year in the CDA of Cagliari and vice president of the Fluorsid.[14]
On the field, Olbia climbed from ninth to fifth place, ending the league with 62 points, tied with Rieti and
On 4 August, following the decisions taken by the Federal Council of the
In the
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 February 2024[17]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
Colours and symbols
Name
When the Società Ginnastica Olbia was founded, the town was still called Terranova. The name would only be changed in 1939 by royal decree.
Colours
The traditional colour of the Gallura-based club is white, from which the nickname Bianchi is taken to identify Olbia's footballers. On the occasion of the first derby with Torres - played in 1924 – Olbia wore a maroon shirt. Moreover, in the early 1920s, the U.S. Terranovese wore red and white shirts. The affixing of the four Moors, the symbol of the island, on the game uniforms also dates back to that period.[20]
Coat of arms
The club's coat of arms, changed over the years, has always been characterised by the trireme ship and island of
The current logo debuted in February 2016. It is reminiscent of
Anthem
The first anthem made official was Olè, Olbia olè, which paid homage to an old battle chorus/hymn shouted by the warmest fans in the 1970s. In 2017 the new anthem, Terranoa, made its debut.[22]
Honours
Italian titles
Leagues
- Serie D (Tier 4):
- Scudetto Dilettanti (Tier 5):
- Campionato Interregionale / Serie D (Tier 5):
Cups
Sardinian titles
Leagues
- Campionato Sardo ULIC / Prima Divisione / Promozione / Prima Categoria / Eccellenza (Tier 1):
Cups
References
- ^ Salvatore Zappadu, Carlo Fontanelli, Kentannos. Storia dell'Olbia Calcio, dalle origini al terzo millennio, Empoli: GeoEdizioni, pp. 13–16
- ^ "Contatti". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Contatti". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "La storia". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Schirru, Niccolò (17 July 2010). "Unione Sarda – L'Olbia è morta,evviva l'Olbia" [Unione Sarda – Olbia is dead, long live Olbia] (in Italian). Tutto Cagliari. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 48/A" (PDF). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Contatti". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "La storia". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Salvatore Zappadu, Carlo Fontanelli, Kentannos. Storia dell'Olbia Calcio, dalle origini al terzo millennio, Empoli: GeoEdizioni
- ^ Salvatore Zappadu, Carlo Fontanelli, Kentannos. Storia dell'Olbia Calcio, dalle origini al terzo millennio, Empoli: GeoEdizioni, p. 18
- ^ "Il derby è anche tra Sassari ed Olbia". Olbia Calcio. 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Derby del nord Sardegna Olbia-Torres, il comune blinda il match". La Nuova Sardegna. 30 September 2022.
- ^ "La storia". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Orrù, Mauro (30 November 2015). "Calcio. Alessandro Marino è il nuovo presidente dell'Olbia. Obiettivo: "subito la Lega Pro". Il saluto di Pino Scanu tra le lacrime" [Football. Alessandro Marino is the new president of Olbia. The goal: 'immediately the Lega Pro'. Pino Scanu's farewell through tears] (in Italian). Olbia Nova. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "L'Olbia vince il derby "promozione" contro la Torres, le immagini della partita". La Nuova Sardegna. 3 November 2022.
- ^ "La festa dei blancos Entro giugno la nuova Lega Pro". La Nuova Sardegna. 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Olbia squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Autorizzazione al comune di Terranova Pausania, in provincia di Sassari, a modificare la propria denominazione in " Olbia "". Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia. 4 November 2022.
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- ^ "La storia". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "L'Olbia sconfigge la capolista! (E cambia logo)". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Kentannos: un libro e 100 candeline per l'Olbia Calcio". Olbia Calcio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)
- Website made by supporters (in Italian)
- Mater Olbia Sport Lab