US Sassuolo Calcio
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Full name | Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio S.r.l. | ||
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Nickname(s) | I Neroverdi (The Black and Greens) The Watermelon Peel | ||
Founded | 1920 | ||
Ground | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore | ||
Capacity | 21,584[1] | ||
Owner | Mapei | ||
Chairman | Carlo Rossi Giovanni Carnevali | ||
Head coach | Davide Ballardini | ||
League | Serie A | ||
2022–23 | Serie A, 13th of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, commonly referred to as Sassuolo (Italian pronunciation: [sasˈswɔːlo]), is an Italian professional football club based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.[2] Their colours are black and green, hence the nickname Neroverdi (literally "black and greens", in Italian).
Sassuolo have participated in
History
The club was founded in 1920[5] and played in the Emilian amateur divisions for most of its history until its first promotion to Serie D in 1968.[citation needed] In this era, the club merged with other local football teams to eventually form the current US Sassuolo Calcio in 1974.[citation needed] In 1984, the club gained promotion to Serie C2, the lowest level of professional football in Italy.[citation needed] However, they were relegated in 1990 and subsequently spent most of the 1990s in Serie D.[citation needed] In 1998, a second-place finish ensured promotion back to Serie C2.[citation needed]
Serie C1
Sassuolo reached
Under Allegri, Sassuolo quickly revived their hopes to obtain promotion to Serie B; this ultimately came on 27 April 2008, when they won the Serie C1/A title, thus ensuring a historical promotion to Serie B, the first in the club's history.[6]
Serie B
Following Sassuolo's promotion to the Italian second tier, Allegri left Sassuolo to fill the head coaching position at Serie A team
Sassuolo had a surprisingly good start to the 2008–09 campaign and held a promotion playoff place for a very[
Sassuolo successively qualified to the Serie B promotion playoffs in 2009–10 by placing fourth, and 2011–12 in third, being eliminated at the semi-finals in both seasons.[citation needed]
In the 2012–13 season, however, under the guidance of new head coach
Serie A
During pre-season training in July 2013, Sassuolo won the TIM Trophy, after beating Juventus on penalties, then beating Milan 2–1, marking the first time a team other than Milan, Internazionale or Juventus had won the Cup.
On 25 August 2013, Sassuolo played their first-ever Serie A match, a 2–0 loss away at
The Neroverdi had a much better 2014–15 Serie A season, finishing comfortably beyond relegation in 12th place.[citation needed] Berardi was once more the club's top goalscorer with 15 league goals.
Sassuolo improved again in the
On 21 May 2016, Sassuolo achieved their first ever
Over the following three seasons, the Neroverdi returned to mid-table, ending the
The 2019–20 season oversaw an improvement in Sassuolo's fortunes. The club concluded the season in 8th position, just outside the final qualifying position for the UEFA Europa League, marking only the second top-half Serie A finish in its history.[citation needed] A primary reason for Sassuolo's growth was due to De Zerbi's innovative, attack-minded style of play, which began to flourish[according to whom?] and led to a record-breaking Serie A goal return of 69, the most prolific the club had been since promotion in 2013.[21] The transfer of Francesco Caputo from Empoli in the preceding off-season was particularly crucial to this, as the striker ended the campaign with 21 league goals, and wingers Jérémie Boga and Domenico Berardi also achieved double-figure goal tallies.[22]
The club continued its development as a top 10 team in Serie A in the following season, in which the record of 61 points in 2015–16 was broken, with another 8th place finish on 62 points.[citation needed] After eight matches, Sassuolo was placed second in the table, which in part was the result of the excellent form of the likes of Berardi, Manuel Locatelli, Filip Đuričić, amongst others.[citation needed] An impressive 2–0 away win against Napoli on matchday six was perhaps the best reflection of this impressive early-season form.[tone][23] Although the club's form declined slightly in the mid-stage of the season,[according to whom?] a 2–0 victory over Lazio on the final matchday meant that Sassuolo reached the same points total as Roma in 7th place, but narrowly missed out on European qualification on goal difference.[24] Berardi, in his eighth professional season with the club, enjoyed[tone] the best year of his career with 17 league goals and his double in a 3–1 against Fiorentina on 17 April 2021 meant that he had reached 100 goals in all competitions for the Neroverdi.[25] De Zerbi announced he would leave the club at the end of the season to take up the vacant head coach position at Shakhtar Donetsk.[26] On 11 July 2021, Sassuolo's Manuel Locatelli, Domenico Berardi and Giacomo Raspadori were part of the Italy national squad that defeated England in the UEFA Euro 2020 final.[27]
Stadium and kit
Sassuolo's home stadium is the Stadio Enzo Ricci in Sassuolo, still used by the club for training, but due to its tiny capacity (4,000) the club played Serie B seasons in Modena's Stadio Alberto Braglia.[28][29]
Starting from the 2013–14 season, the first Serie A campaign for the club, Sassuolo plays in
Sassuolo's famous green kit originates from a donation from English side Lancaster Rovers FC. During a tour of Italy in 1921, the Rovers side were unable to fulfil a fixture with Sassuolo and as a way of apology, donated their green shirts for Sassuolo to keep.[32]
Anthem
The anthem 'Neroverdi'
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 February 2024[35]
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
- As of 3 February 2024.
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Youth sector
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Coaching staff
- As of 1 July 2021
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Davide Ballardini |
Assistant head coach | Carlo Regno |
Goalkeeping coach | Paolo Orlandoni |
Technical coach | Nicola Tarroni |
Match analyst | Gianluca Maran |
Athletic coach | Daniele Caleca Andrea Azzalin Nicola Riva |
Chief analyst | Marco Riggio |
Rehab coach | Andrea Rinaldi |
Head of medical staff | Marco Bruzzone |
Club doctor | Riccardo Saporiti |
Nutritionist | Davide Tonelli |
Physiotherapist | Leonardo Belotti Marco Bertuzzi Nicola Daprile Emanuele Randelli |
Kit Manager | Roberto Baraldi Andrea Carra Matteo Caruso Alfonso De Santo |
Managers
- Ezio Pascutti (1986–87)
- Loris Boni (1997–98)
- Stefano Garuti
- Roberto Busi
- Gianni Balugani
- Daniele Simeoni
- Fabio Bedogni
- Paolo Magnani (2000 – 26 March 2002)
- Oscar Lamagni
- Cesare Maestroni (2002 – 13 January 2003)
- Cristiano Bergodi (1 July 2003 – 30 June 2004)
- Giuseppe Brucato (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
- Gian Marco Remondina (1 July 2005 – 30 June 2007)
- Massimiliano Allegri (17 July 2007 – 28 May 2008)
- Andrea Mandorlini (7 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
- Stefano Pioli (12 June 2009 – 9 June 2010)
- Daniele Arrigoni (26 June 2010 – 3 October 2010)
- Angelo Gregucci (3 October 2010 – 9 May 2011)
- Paolo Mandelli (9 May 2011 – 9 June 2011)
- Fulvio Pea (9 June 2011 – 10 June 2012)
- Eusebio Di Francesco (19 June 2012 – 28 January 2014)
- Alberto Malesani (29 January 2014 – 3 March 2014)
- Eusebio Di Francesco (3 March 2014 – 13 June 2017)
- Cristian Bucchi (20 June 2017 – 27 November 2017)
- Giuseppe Iachini (27 November 2017 – 5 June 2018)
- Roberto De Zerbi (13 June 2018 – 25 May 2021)
- Alessio Dionisi (16 June 2021 – 25 February 2024)
- Emiliano Bigica (25 February 2024 – 1 March 2024)
- Davide Ballardini (1 March 2024 – )
Recent seasons
Season | Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Cup | Supercoppa Italiana |
Cup | Result | Player(s) | Goals[36][37] |
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League | UEFA – FIFA | Top goalscorer(s)[38] | |||||||||||||
2022–23 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 61 | 45 | 13th | R64 | Domenico Berardi | 13 | |||
2021–22 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | 50 | 11th | QF | Gianluca Scamacca | 16 | |||
2020–21 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | 62 | 8th | R16 | Domenico Berardi | 17 | |||
2019–20 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 8th | 4R | Francesco Caputo | 21 | |||
2018–19 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 53 | 60 | 43 | 11th | R16 | Domenico Berardi | 10 | |||
2017–18 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 59 | 43 | 11th | R16 | Matteo Politano | 11 | |||
2016–17 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 63 | 46 | 12th | R16 | Europa League | Group stage | Grégoire Defrel | 16 | |
2015–16 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 40 | 61 | 6th | 4R | Domenico Berardi Grégoire Defrel Nicola Sansone |
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2014–15 | Serie A (1) | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 57 | 49 | 12th | R16 | Domenico Berardi | 15 | |||
2013–14 | Serie (1) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 43 | 72 | 34 | 17th | 4R | Domenico Berardi | 16 |
Honours
- Serie B:
- Winners: 2012–13[citation needed]
- Serie C1:
- Winners: 2007–08[citation needed]
- Supercoppa di Serie C:
- Winners: 2008[citation needed]
- Serie D:
- Winners: 1983–84,[citation needed] 1997–98,[citation needed]
- Promozione Emilia-Romagna:
- Winners: 1980–81[citation needed]
In Europe
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg.
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2016–17
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Europa League | QR3 | Luzern | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | [39] |
PO | Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |||
GS | Athletic Bilbao | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4th out of 4 | |||
Genk | 0–2 | 1–3 | |||||
Rapid Wien | 2–2 | 1–1 |
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