A.S. Cittadella

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Cittadella
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Full name Associazione Sportiva Cittadella SpA
Nickname(s) Citta
Founded 1973
Ground Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato,
Cittadella, Italy
(Capacity: 7,623[1])
Chairman Angelo Gabrielli
Manager Claudio Foscarini
League Serie B
2010–11 Serie B, 14th
Home colours
Away colours

Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.

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[edit] History

Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie C2 and Serie C1 ranks. Cittadella won its first promotion to Serie B in 1999 after defeating Brescello in the playoff finals, and spent a total two seasons in the Italian second-highest ranked division, being then relegated in 2001. During their first stay in Serie B, the club played in Stadio Euganeo in Padua and, in an attempt to expand the fanbase, was renamed A.S. Cittadella Padova, being Padua (Padova in Italian) the capital city of Cittadella's referring province.

Cittadella returned to Serie B in 2008, after defeating Cremonese in the 2007–08 Serie C1/A playoffs, under the guide of head coach Claudio Foscarini. In the 2008–09 Serie B season, the club was involved to projects focused to boost the capacity of the Stadio Tombolato to 7,500, in order to let the club play in their home town (with dispensation from the FIGC, since a stadium of at least 10,000 seats is required for Serie B). Thus, Cittadella played the first season games in Stadio Omobono Tenni in Treviso, about 40 km away.[2][3] After some delays, the first Serie B game played in Cittadella was played on 29 October 2008, A.C. Ancona being the opponents. The club escaped relegation in the final days of the season, thus ensuring another year of Serie B football to the local fans.

The following season, Cittadella thrashed Lecce 5–1 and Mantova 6–0 to finish 6th, and only losing to Brescia in the playoffs due to Brescia's superior league placing, despite a late 1–0 win in the second leg.

[edit] Current squad

As of 27 August, 2011[4]

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

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Andrea Pierobon
2 Italy DF Ferdinando Vitofrancesco
3 Italy DF Francesco Scardina
5 Italy DF Michele Pellizzer
7 Italy MF Nunzio Di Roberto
8 Italy MF Oscar Branzani
9 Italy FW Samuel Di Carmine
10 Italy FW Tommaso Bellazzini
11 France FW Robert Maah
13 Italy FW Antonio Di Nardo
14 Italy DF Luca Martinelli
17 Italy DF Edoardo Gorini
19 Italy MF Daniele Baselli (on loan from Atalanta)
No. Position Player
21 France MF Alexis Carra
22 Argentina MF Julián Magallanes
23 Italy MF Andrea Paolucci
24 Italy MF Alberto Marchesan
26 Italy DF Cristopher Zanvettori
27 Cameroon MF Thomas Job
29 Italy DF Daniele Gasparetto
31 Italy MF Massimiliano Busellato
51 Italy DF Simone Ciancio
56 Italy DF Andrea De Vito (on loan from Milan)
71 Italy GK Alex Cordaz
80 Italy MF Eros Schiavon

[edit] Notable players

See Category:A.S. Cittadella players.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "A.S. Cittadella – Stadio" (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella – Sito ufficiale. http://www.ascittadella.it/StadioMain.asp. Retrieved 17 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "Cittadella, la B al Tombolato" (in Italian). Calciopress.net. 14 June 2008. http://www.calciopress.net/news/124/ARTICLE/4893/2008-06-14.html. Retrieved 28 July 2008. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Cittadella: scelto lo stadio" (in Italian). C1siamo.net. 17 July 2008. http://www.c1siamo.net/forum/il-forum-dei-tifosi-serie-b/9916-cittadella-scelto-lo-stadio.html. Retrieved 28 July 2008. 
  4. ^ "La Squadra" (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella. http://www.ascittadella.it/SquadraMain.asp. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 

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