Piacenza Calcio 1919

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Piacenza

Full name	Piacenza Calcio S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	Il Piace (The Piace)[citation needed] I Biancorossi (The Red and Whites)[citation needed] I Papaveri (The Poppies)[citation needed] I Lupi (The Wolves)[citation needed]
Founded	1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Ground	Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Capacity	21,668
Owner	Roberto Pighi, Polenghi Group S.p.A., Artigiana Farnese S.r.l[citation needed]
Chairman	Roberto Pighi[citation needed]
Manager	Stefano Rossini
League	Serie D Group B
2022–23	Serie C Group A, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Piacenza Calcio 1919, commonly referred to as Piacenza, is an Italian football club based in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. The club currently plays in Serie D.

Re-founded in 2012, Piacenza Calcio 1919 acquired the rights to use the brand of the original club Piacenza Calcio (also known as Piacenza F.C.) from Salva Piace.

History

Foundation of Piacenza F.C.

Piacenza Football Club was founded in 1919 with Giovanni Dosi as the first club president. Dosi was an ambitious manager, taking control of every

After spending much of the club's early life in the regional leagues, they entered into

From Serie B to Serie D

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^[vague] in 1956 and were relegated to Serie D. This proved to be quite a heavy blow^[tone] for the club as they would continue to yo-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^[

.

Between Serie A and Serie B

Promotion in 1991 saw a rise in the side's fortunes under coach

Giampietro 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.^[tone] The club wisely^{[according to whom?}

] 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^[

2001-02 season

.

Piacenza was relegated in

2002-03, 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 against

Albinoleffe

which they lost due to Albinoleffe's higher league position.

2012: Final bankruptcy after relegation

On 22 March 2012 Piacenza Calcio in strong financial difficulty was declared bankrupt by the court of Piacenza.

Lega Pro Prima Divisione to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after play-out. On 19 June 2012 the club was finally declared bankrupt and the team was disbanded.^[2]

The refoundation: from Lupa Piacenza to Piacenza Calcio 1919

Following the bankruptcy of Piacenza Football Club, regional amateur club A.C.D. LibertaSpes, recently promoted in the season 2011–12 to

Eccellenza Emilia–Romagna after winning Promozione Emilia–Romagna Group A, was renamed to Lupa 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 renamed Piacenza Calcio 1919.

Lega Pro by winning the Group B title with 96 points and 30 wins over the course of the season, beating second placed Lecco by 16 points. The club didn't manage any further promotions however, and after a few seasons^[vague

] in Serie C, they were relegated to Serie D in the summer of 2023.

Stadium

Main article: Stadio Leonardo Garilli

Piacenza Calcio 1919 and Piacenza Calcio play their home matches at the 21,668-capacity Stadio Leonardo Garilli, located in the city of Piacenza.^[7][8]

Players

Current squad

As of 17 December 2023^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Christian Maianti 3 DF  ITA Nicola Santella (on loan from SPAL) 4 DF  ITA Riccardo Del Dotto 5 DF  ITA Kevin Tortelli (on loan from Lumezzane) 6 MF  ITA Luca Boffini 7 MF  ITA Filippo Artioli 8 MF  ITA Nicola Andreoli 9 FW  ITA Giorgio Recino 10 MF  ITA Mattia Corradi 11 FW  ITA Andrea Zini 11 GK  ITA Luca Moro (on loan from Perugia) 15 DF  ITA Michele Somma 16 MF  ITA Matteo Gerbaudo 18 FW  SEN Moussa Seck Ndoye

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ITA Matteo Russo 20 MF  GUI Amadou Touré 21 MF  ITA Giorgio Bachini 24 DF  ITA Simone Iob (on loan from Udinese) 28 DF  ITA Jacopo Silva 31 MF  ITA Stefano D'Agostino 36 DF  ITA Nicolò Berton 37 FW  ITA Riccardo Bassanini 55 DF  FRA Noah Baudouin 74 FW  ITA Domenico Chiricosta 77 FW  ITA Gabriele Kernezo 90 FW  ARG Facundo Márquez 98 GK  ITA Thomas Charles Galletti

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  POR Edi Castro (at Gladiator until 30 June 2024) — FW  ROU Darian Hrom (at Ghiviborgo until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ITA Cristian Poerio (at Crotone U19 until 30 June 2024)

Former players

For a list of all former and current Piacenza Calcio 1919 players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Piacenza Calcio 1919 players.

Notable former managers

See Category:Piacenza Calcio 1919 managers.

Honours

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Anglo-Italian Cup

• Winners: 1986

Serie B

• Winners: 1994–95
• Runners-up: 2000–01
• Promoted: 1992–93

Serie C

• Winners: 1968–69, 1974–75, 1986–87, 1990–91
• Runners-up: 1936–37, 1937–38^[a]

Serie D

• Winners: 1963–64, 2015–16

Seconda Divisione

• Promoted: 1927–28
• Group runners-up: 1922–23, 1924–25

Emilian Championship

• Winners: 1919–20

1. A.C. Fanfulla 1874

References

1. ^ "Depositata la sentenza di fallimento del Piacenza Calcio". Ilpiacenza.it. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
2. ^ "Piacenza e Triestina: triste epilogo, è fallimento". Calcioblog.it. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
3. ^ "Emilia Romagna - Lupa Piacenza, il 49% ai tifosi con l'azionariato popolare".
4. ^ "Accordo tra Lupa e Salva Piace". ilpiacenza.it (in Italian). 18 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
5. ^ "Piacenza Calcio 1919".^{[permanent dead link]}
6. ^ "Le squadre del girone B di serie D 2013–14". direttaradio.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
7. ^ "Stadio" (in Italian). Piacenza Calcio. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
8. ^ "Stadio Leonardo Garilli" (in Italian). Piacenza Calcio 1919. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
9. ^ "Piacenza squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

External links

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• Official website (in Italian)