US Livorno 1915

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from
U.S. Livorno 1915
)

Livorno
Full nameUnione Sportiva Livorno 1915[1]
Nickname(s)Gli Amaranto (transl. The Dark Reds)
I Labronici (transl. The Lighbourners)
Le Triglie (transl. The Mullets)
Founded1915; 109 years ago (1915)
GroundArmando Picchi
Capacity14,267
ChairmanJoel Esciua
ManagerGiancarlo Favarin
LeagueSerie D
2022–23Serie D Group E, 5th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season
The progress of Livorno in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a united Serie A (1929/30). The graph depicts only four upper tiers, hence the hole in the early 1990s.

Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915 (formerly A.S. Livorno Calcio, commonly known as Livorno), is a semi-professional Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. They compete in Serie D, the top tier of semi-professional Italian football after their promotion from the regional Eccellenza Tuscany league. The team's colours are dark red (amaranto in Italian, from which the team nickname derives). Livorno were one of the original sides of Serie A, the top flight of Italian football, but have been relegated seven times from the top flight and have undergone two club refoundings in 1991 and 2021, necessitating a rise from the regional Eccellenza leagues. Their longest spells in the top division were from 1940 to 1949 (accounting for seven seasons) and from 2004 to 2008. The amaranto have won Serie B on two occasions, the Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione once each, and the Supercoppa di Serie C once as well. Livorno play their home matches at the Stadio Armando Picchi.

History

Livorno supporters in 2007.
Livorno supporters in 2013.

Founded on 15 February 1915, the club ended the

Serie C1
in 1997 and was acquired by Aldo Spinelli two years later. Under the new property, Livorno returned to Serie B in 2001.

Livorno was promoted to Serie A after finishing third in the

Adriano
.

The

UEFA Cup. Shortly after, Roberto Donadoni announced his resignation after having been criticized by club's chairman Aldo Spinelli. Donadoni was replaced by veteran coach Carlo Mazzone, who was only able to save a UEFA Cup place due to the expulsion of three teams from Europe in the Calciopoli scandal. Mazzone then saw his team suffer a run of seven straight defeats. In May 2006, Daniele Arrigoni
was appointed the new coach for the next season.

In the

Round of 32 of the competition. However, the Spanish team Espanyol
knocked out Livorno from the UEFA Cup by winning 4–1 on aggregate.

After day 19 of the Italian Serie A, Arrigoni was sacked by chairman Spinelli, but his position was kept due to the strong opposition by the team. His dismissal was, however, only delayed, as Arrigoni was eventually fired on 21 March 2007, and replaced by

Empoli 2–1 on aggregate to get the Serie A promotion.[2]

In the 2019–20 season of Serie B, Livorno ended up last, leading them to be relegated to Serie C. In the 2020–21 Serie C season, Livorno finished in last place with 29 points following a five-point deduction due to failure to pay player wages on time, and was relegated to Serie D. However, due to the club's bankruptcy, they could not pay the admission fee for Serie D and disbanded.

The club joined the

throwing a game against Tau Calcio Altopascio which influenced the promotion tournament seeding.[4] In their first Serie D season, Livorno finished 5th of 18 teams in Group E, winning a head-to-head tie with Flaminia, which qualified them for the promotion playoffs where they lost to eventual Group E playoff winners US Pianese 3-1.[5]

Coaching staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach Lorenzo Collacchioni Italy Italy
Assistant coach Matteo Bonatti Italy Italy
Goalkeeper coach Fabrizio Vivaldi Italy Italy
Fitness coach Javier Livia Peru Peru
Physiotherapist Andrea Del Gaudio Italy Italy

Players

Current squad

As of 26 January 2023[6]

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 Italy ITA Gabriele Fogli
2 DF Italy ITA Cesare Ivani
3 DF Italy ITA Andrea Fancelli
4 MF Italy ITA Federico Apolloni
5 DF Italy ITA Elia Gampà
6 DF Italy ITA Matteo Bontempi
8 MF Italy ITA Andrea Luci
12 GK Italy ITA Giorgio Bettarini
14 MF Italy ITA Gian Marco Neri
16 MF Italy ITA Mattia Lucarelli
17 MF Italy ITA Jacopo Giuliani
18 FW Italy ITA Matteo Frati
19 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Zanolla
20 FW France FRA Faissal El Bakhtaoui
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Italy ITA Francesco Neri
23 MF Italy ITA Cristian Belli
24 MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Pecchia
26 MF Italy ITA Simone Greselin
27 MF Italy ITA Gabriele Mazzucca
29 DF Italy ITA Michele Russo
33 DF Italy ITA Francesco Karkalis
68 MF Italy ITA Michele Bruzzo
89 DF Italy ITA Maikol Benassi
92 FW Italy ITA Giacomo Lucatti
97 GK Italy ITA Fabrizio Bagheria (on loan from Inter Milan)
98 FW Italy ITA Simone Lo Faso
— FW Italy ITA Stefano Longo (on loan from Lecco)

Supporters

No Serie A club's supporters wear their political allegiance more boldly than Livorno's, whose leanings are strongly to the left, the city of Livorno being the birthplace of Italy's Communist party.

 The National[7]

AS Livorno supporters during a match against Udinese

Livorno's supporters are well known for their

Lazio striker Paolo Di Canio once made a Roman salute to his own fans during a match against Livorno, when tensions were running high between the two clubs' ultra groups.[8]

Since 2005, a group of migrant Livorno supporters resident in northern Europe have styled themselves Partigiani Livornesi Scandinavia (transl. Livornian partisans of Scandinavia). A so-called "triangle of brotherhood" has developed between the most heavily supported left-wing fan clubs of Marseille, Livorno, and AEK Athens, namely between Commando Ultras 84, Brigate Autonome Livornesi 99, and Original 21. Their connection is mostly an ideological one. They also have a connection with Adana Demirspor (Şimşekler) and Celtic.

In Europe

UEFA Cup

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Reference
2006–07 First round
Pasching
 2–0 1–0 3–0 [9]
Group A Scotland Rangers 2–3 — 3rd
Serbia Partizan — 1–1
Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–1 —
France Auxerre — 1–0
Round of 32 Spain Espanyol 1–2 0–2 1–4

Honours

Divisional movements

Series Years Last Promotions Relegations
A 18 2013–14 - Decrease 7 (1931, 1935, 1939, 1949, 2008, 2010, 2014)
B 27 2019–20 Increase 6 (1933, 1937, 1940, 2004, 2009, 2013) Decrease 5 (
1972, 2016, 2020
)
+C2
 		35
+7		 2020–21 Increase 4 (1955, 1964, 2002, 2018)
Increase 2 (1984 C2, 1997 C2)		 Decrease 3 (1983 C1, 1989 C1, 2021✟)
Decrease 1 (1991✟)
87 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D 1 1992–93 Increase 1 (1993) never
E 2 2021–22 Increase 1 (1992) never

References

  1. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 11 del 26/08/2021" (PDF). Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Toscana. 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Livorno return to Serie A!". Football Italia. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ^ Campanale, Suzy (9 July 2021). "Livorno go into liquidation". Football Italia.
  4. ^ "Figline denied promotion to Italy fourth tier over controversial result". Reuters. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Serie D - Group E 2022/2023 Standings - Football/Italy". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Prima Squadra 2022/23". uslivorno.com. Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  7. ^ Livorno Fans see Red – all the Time by Ian Hawkey, The National, 5 February 2010
  8. ^ Hawkey, Ian (3 April 2005). "Political Football". The Times. London: TimesOnline. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  9. ^ "UEFA Europa League 2006–07". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to A.S. Livorno Calcio.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=US_Livorno_1915&oldid=1220954512"