UC AlbinoLeffe
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Full name | Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. | ||
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Nickname(s) | La Celeste (The Light-Blue) Seriani (People from Val Seriana) Blucelesti | ||
Founded | 1995 | ||
Ground | AlbinoLeffe Stadium | ||
Capacity | 1,791[citation needed] | ||
Owner | Gianfranco Andreoletti[citation needed] | ||
Head coach | Giovanni Lopez | ||
League | Serie C Group A | ||
2022–23 | Serie C Group A, 19th of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an
History
The club was created in 1998 as a result of the merger between former
However, in 2002, the Seriani went to the finals of the
The team moved from the small Martinelli Stadium in Leffe, where they used to play home matches before promotion to Serie B, to the bigger Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia located in Bergamo, the chief-town of the province where both Albino and Leffe are located. Even though AlbinoLeffe was considered[by whom?] to be an outsider in Serie B, which historically includes several former Scudetto winners, the team remarkably[tone] managed to[tone] avoid relegation in the last two seasons. In 2005–2006, after a great[tone][according to whom?] comeback in the second half of the season following the appointment of Emiliano Mondonico as new head coach, Albinoleffe ended the season in eighteenth place and managed to[tone] save itself from relegation by prevailing[tone] in the playouts against Avellino (score: 2–0, 2–3). The 2006–2007 Serie B campaign, the fourth consecutive for the small Lombard team, ended with a good[tone][according to whom?] tenth place, well ahead of the relegation zone.
Historically, AlbinoLeffe's home games have been characterized[by whom?] by very low attendance, as shown by the average 2,400 spectators per game in the 2006–07 season, the most successful in the club history.[1]
With local hero[
At the end of the 2011–12 season, it was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after 9 consecutive years in Serie B.
AlbinoLeffe following the systematic match fixing as a club controlled by Singapore-based organized crime[vague][clarification needed][3][4][5] was penalized 10 points in the 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione.[citation needed]
Stadium and colours
From the
Following Atalanta's renovation works on the stadium, the club reached a venue sharing agreement with Giana Erminio from the nearby city of Gorgonzola allowing the club to play their home matches for the 2019–20 Serie C season at the Stadio Città di Gorgonzola.[6]
In 2021, the club opened a brand-new stadium in the town of Zanica with a capacity of 1,791 (with possibility of expansion to up to 5,500 in case of a promotion in Serie B) built next to the club's headquarters and training centre; the stadium was formally approved by the Italian National Olympic Committee in March 2019.[7] The stadium makes AlbinoLeffe the first Serie C team to own their home stadium. the[vague][clarification needed] inauguration match was played on 21 December 2021, a Serie C league game against Pro Patria.[8]
The club's official colours are dark blue and azure blue, also used for home matches, while the outfit worn by the players for away matches is red and yellow. Up until the 2022/2023 season, the official stadium speaker of the club was Simone Altrocchi.[9]
Honours
Domestic
- Winners (1): 2001–02[citation needed]
- Play-off Finals: 2007–08[citation needed]
- Runners-up (1): 2002–03[citation needed]
- Runners-up (1): 1998-1999[citation needed]
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 February 2024[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
Board of directorsAs of 1 September 2023[11]
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Current technical staffAs of 1 September 2023[12]
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Seasons
Season | Div | Pos | League record | Other | ||||||
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P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||||
1998–99 | Serie C2/A
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2nd | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 58 | [13] |
1999-00 | Serie C1/A
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9th | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 45 | |
2000–01 | Serie C1/A
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13th | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 39 | |
2001–02 | Serie C1/A
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13th | 34 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 41 | |
2002–03 | Serie C1/A
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2nd | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 62 | 36 | 63 | [13] |
2003–04 | Serie B | 18th | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 59 | 54 | |
2004–05 | Serie B | 11th | 38 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 51 | 55 | |
2005–06 | Serie B | 18th | 38 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 46 | [14] |
2006–07 | Serie B | 10th | 38 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 46 | 48 | 53 | |
2007–08 | Serie B | 4th | 38 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 48 | 78 | [15] |
2008–09 | Serie B | 9th | 38 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 58 | |
2009–10 | Serie B | 11th | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 59 | 56 | 55 | |
2010–11 | Serie B | 18th | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 55 | 66 | 49 | [16] |
2011–12 | Serie B | 22nd | 42 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 60 | 30 | [17] |
2012–13 | Serie C1/A
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6th | 32 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 47 | |
2013–14 | Serie C1/A
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7th | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 40 | 43 | [18] |
2014–15 | Lega Pro/A | 20th | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 51 | 32 | [19] |
2015–16 | Lega Pro/A | 17th | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 57 | 20 | [20] |
2016–17 | Lega Pro/B | 9th | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 52 | |
2017–18 | Serie C/B | 5th | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 49 | |
2018–19 | Serie C/B | 14th | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 43 | |
2019–20 | Serie C/B | 8th | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 39 | |
2020–21 | Serie C/A | 7th | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 57 |
Notable former players
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The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or a significant[vague][clarification needed] number of caps and goals accumulated throughout a certain number of seasons[vague][quantify][clarification needed] for UC AlbinoLeffe.
- Andrea Belotti[citation needed]
- Alessandro Diamanti[citation needed]
- Federico Marchetti[citation needed]
- Federico Peluso[citation needed]
- Marco Sau[citation needed]
- Kewullay Conteh[citation needed]
- Karamoko Cissé[citation needed]
- Mehmet Hetemaj[citation needed]
- Sergejs Vorobjovs[citation needed]
- Mirco Poloni[citation needed]
- Ivan Del Prato[citation needed]
- Pierre Regonesi[citation needed]
- Ruben Garlini[citation needed]
- Damiano Sonzogni[citation needed]
- Roberto Bonazzi[citation needed]
- Marco Cellini[citation needed]
- Francesco Ruopolo[citation needed]
- Christian Araboni[citation needed]
- Filippo Carobbio[citation needed]
- Roberto Previtali[citation needed]
- Alessandro Salvi[citation needed]
- Andrea Soncin[citation needed]
- Fabio Gavazzi[citation needed]
Notable former managers
References
- ^ "Serie B 06-07 attendances". Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ^ "Albinoleffe, via Gustinetti" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
- ^ "La gola profonda: "L'organizzazione controllava l'Albinoleffe"". Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ^ "Un pari dell'AlbinoLeffe valeva 6,5 milioni di euro". Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ^ "Il caso AlbinoLeffe: "Oltre sei milioni su quel pareggio con il Piacenza"". 21 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ^ "L'ALBINOLEFFE ALLO STADIO CITTÀ DI GORGONZOLA" (in Italian). AS Giana Erminio. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Stadio dell'AlbinoLeffe a Zanica Via libera dal Coni al progetto" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Zanica, debutta lo stadio dell'AlbinoLeffe: è il primo impianto di proprietà in serie C" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Dall'ottobre scorso, sono lo Speaker, la voce dell'Albinoleffe" (in Italian). Simone Altrocchi. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Rosa AlbinoLeffe - Serie C 2020/21". www.albinoleffe.com (in Italian). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "STAFF" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "STAFF" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b promoted through playoffs
- Avellino
- Lecce
- Piacenza
- ^ relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione
- Cremonese
- ^ relegated to Serie D, but reinstated in Lega Pro by Italian Football Federation
- ^ relegated to Serie D for the second time, but reinstated one more time in Lega Pro by Italian Football Federation
External links
- Official Website (in Italian)