Delfino Pescara 1936

Pescara

Full name	Delfino Pescara 1936 Srl
Nickname(s)	Delfini (Dolphins) Biancazzurri (White-Light Blues)
Founded	1936 2009 (refounded)
Ground	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy (Capacity: 24,500)
Chairman	Daniele Sebastiani
Manager	Zdeněk Zeman
League	Serie B
2010–11	Serie B, 13th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Delfino Pescara 1936 (simply known as Pescara or Pescara Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.

The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. Pescara has competed in 5 seasons in Serie A (1977–1978, 1979–1980, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1992–1993). The team's official colors are white and light blue.

History

Aside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno Nobili in the midfield, they managed to win their first promotion to Serie A in 1977 after winning a play-off, but ultimately finished in their first season in Serie A in last place. A second promotion after a play-off followed, but once more they would be relegated from the top flight and descend to C1 within two years.

Nonetheless returning to Serie B after a year, Pescara would enjoy a revival after the appointment of Giovanni Galeone in 1986. His philosophy of attacking football saw the Biancazzurri promoted to Serie A as champions for 1987, where they lasted two years with players such as Blaz Sliskovic among the club's star players. Galeone would return during season 1990–91 and oversaw another promotion the following year.

After relegation, Pescara remained in Serie B side throughout the 1990s, narrowly missing promotion in 1999. Relegation to C1 followed in 2001, with promotion in 2003 being followed by two revoked relegations in a row due to bankruptcy and scandals affecting other clubs. Pescara was ultimately relegated in the 2006–07 season, with three presidential and managerial changes during the season. In December 2008, the debt-ridden club was legally declared out of business and its control passed to a bankruptcy trustee appointed by the Court of Pescara. In February 2009, a takeover from a group named "Delfino Pescara 1936" was finalized with Deborah Caldora becoming the first woman to serve as chairman for the club. In the meantime, results did not improve significantly and in March, Giuseppe Galderisi was dismissed from the head coaching post with Antonello Cuccureddu being appointed as new boss.

At the beginning of the 2010-2011 season, Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as the new coach. Pescara finished 2nd at Girone (Group) B of Lega Pro Prima Divisione and qualified for promotional play-offs. They defeated Reggiana in the semifinal and Verona in the final and subsequently returned to Serie B after 3 years of absence.

Rivalries

Pescara's regional rivals are Chieti and L'Aquila, however, they haven't faced either team since 2002, due to financial troubles. Pescara also shares notable rivalries with regional neighbors, namely the Marche clubs such as Ancona, Ascoli and Sambenedettese.

Current squad

As of 22 January 2012

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 2 DF Damiano Zanon 3 DF Filippo Petterini 4 MF Emmanuel Cascione (vice-captain) 5 DF Marco Capuano 6 DF Simone Romagnoli 7 MF Danilo Soddimo 8 MF Eugênio Togni 9 FW Marco Sansovini (captain) 10 MF Marco Verratti 11 FW Lorenzo Insigne (on loan from Napoli) 13 DF Riccardo Brosco 14 DF Antonio Balzano 15 DF Antonio Bocchetti

No. Position Player 17 FW Ciro Immobile (on loan from Juventus) 18 MF Gianluca Nicco 19 FW Riccardo Maniero 20 MF Andrea Gessa 21 FW Stefano Giacomelli 22 GK Luca Anania 23 MF Moussa Koné (on loan from Atalanta) 24 DF Marco Martin 26 MF Matti Lund Nielsen 28 DF Marco Perrotta 33 DF Loris Bacchetti 57 GK Francesco Cattenari GK Riccardo Ragni (on loan from Andria BAT)

Out on loan

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 DF Eugenio Calvarese (at L'Aquila) DF Antonello Tabacco (at Foligno)

Coaches

• Edmondo De Amicis (1937–1938)
• Pietro Piselli (1938–1939)
• Armando Bonino (1939–1940)
• Mario Pizziolo (1940–1941)
• Luigi Ferrero (1941–1943)
• Edmondo De Amicis (1944–1945)
• Giuseppe Marchi (1945–1946)
• Banas (1946–1947)
• Mario Pizziolo (1947–1948)
• Gino Piccinini (1948–1949)
• Benedetto Stella (1949–1950)
• Luigi Del Grosso (1950–1953)
• Umberto De Angelis (1953–1955)
• Alfredo Notti (1955–1956)
• Orazio Sola, Renato Piacentini, and Alfredo Monza (1956–1957)
• Renato Piacentini (1957–1958)
• Mario Tontodonati and Aurelio Marchese (1958–1959)
• Mario Tontodonati and Ljubo Bencic (1959–1961)
• Umberto De Angelis (1961–1962)
• Leonardo Costagliola (1962–1963)
• Renato Piacentini and Ljubo Bencic (1963–1964)
• Vincenzo Marsico and Ljubo Bencic (1964–1965)
• Antonio Giammarinaro and Alfredo Notti (1965–1966)

• Sergio Cervato (1966–1967)
• Antonio Giammarinaro (1967–1968)
• Gianni Seghedoni and Mario Tontodonati (1968–1969)
• Mario Tontodonati and Dante Lacorata (1969–1970)
• Francesco Capocasale (1970–1971)
• Enzo Falini and Vitaliano Patricelli (1971–1972)
• Domenico Rosati (1972–1976)
• Giancarlo Cadè (1976–1978)
• Antonio Valentín Angelillo (1978–1979)
• Gustavo Giagnoni, Mario Tontodonati, and Claudio Tobia (1979–1980)
• Aldo Agroppi (1980–1981)
• Saul Malatrasi, Mario Tiddia, and Giuseppe Chiappella (1981–1982)
• Domenico Rosati (1982–1984)
• Enrico Catuzzi (1984–1986)
• Giovanni Galeone (1986–1989)
• Ilario Castagner and Edoardo Reja (1989–1990)
• Carlo Mazzone and Giovanni Galeone (1990–1991)
• Giovanni Galeone (1991–1992)
• Vincenzo Zucchini (1992–1993)

• Gianni Corelli, Vincenzo Zucchini, Franco Scoglio, and Giorgio Rumignani (1993–1994)
• Giorgio Rumignani and Francesco Oddo (1994–1995)
• Francesco Oddo and Luigi Maifredi (1995–1996)
• Delio Rossi (1996–1997)
• Maurizio Viscidi and Adriano Buffoni (1997–1998)
• Francesco Giorgini and Luigi De Canio (1998–1999)
• Giovanni Galeone (1999-2000)
• Delio Rossi, Giovanni Galeone, and Tarcisio Burgnich (2000–2001)
• Ivo Iaconi (2001–2004)
• Cetteo Di Mascio (2004)
• Giovanni Simonelli (2004-2005)
• Maurizio Sarri (2005–2006)
• Davide Ballardini, Aldo Ammazzalorso, Vincenzo Vivarini, and Luigi De Rosa (2006–2007)
• Franco Lerda (2007–2008)
• Giuseppe Galderisi (2008–2009)
• Antonello Cuccureddu (2009–2010)
• Eusebio Di Francesco (2010–2011)
• Zdeněk Zeman (2011–)

External links

• Pescara Calcio official website