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ASD Perugia
File:Ac perugia.png
Full nameAssociazione Sportiva Dilletantistica Perugia Calcio Srl
Nickname(s)Grifoni (Griffons)
Founded1905
2005 (refounded)
2010 (refounded)
GroundStadio Renato Curi,
Perugia, Italy
Capacity28 000
ChairmanRoberto Damaschi
ManagerPier Francesco Battistini
LeagueLega Pro Seconda Divisione
2010-11Serie D Girone E, 1st (promoted)

A.S.D. Perugia Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Perugia, Umbria, direct heir of the old Perugia Calcio and A.C. Perugia, excluded from Italian football because of financial troubles.

Perugia, in the season 2010-11, from Serie D group E promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

The team's colors are red and white.

History

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Old logo 2005–2009

The A.C. Perugia was formed in 1905, and was cancelled in 2005 after having spent a large part of recent years in Serie A (its last relegation came in 2004).

The team also won the Intertoto Cup in 2003.

The club is also known for going through the entire 1978–79 Serie A season unbeaten and still not winning the championship, instead finishing runners-up.

Perugia had become known for taking a chance on players from "non-traditional" footballing nations, and was the first European team of Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata[1].

Other famous former foreign players included Ahn Jung-Hwan, Rahman Rezaei and Al-Saadi Qadhafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi.

The team came under scrutiny when its owner, Luciano Gaucci, criticized and eventually terminated the contract of his own player, Ahn Jung-Hwan of South Korea, for scoring the golden goal that knocked Italy out of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

The Perugia Calcio played only in Serie C1 (now Lega Pro Prima divisione) and was cancelled in 2010 after bankruptcy.


The A.C. Perugia

The club was founded on 9 June 1905 by the merger of U.S. Fortebraccio and Libertas.

Promotion to Serie B in 1966 would mark the beginning of one of the club's most successful periods. Perugia spent the next eight years in Serie B before promotion to Serie A for the first time in 1975.

In the club's first Serie A season, Perugia finished 8th with 31 points- just short of a European place. Star players in the side included defender Pierluigi Frosio and midfielders Renato Curi and Franco Vannini. The side remained in the top half of the table for the rest of the decade, finishing runners-up in 1979 with 11 wins and 19 draws- the only unbeaten side not to win a title. However, tragedy and scandal marred this period- in 1977, Curi died of a heart attack during a league match with Juventus, while Vannini's career was ended by injury in 1979. The Totonero scandal in 1980 led to a 5-point penalty and relegation in 1981. Illario Castagner was coach during this period.

The club spent the first half of the 80s trying to get back to Serie A, nearly succeeding in 1985 with an 11–26–1 record. Another scandal in 1986 forced Perugia down to Serie C2. It was during this time that Fabrizio Ravanelli would be discovered, he would later go on to a career with Reggiana, Juventus, Middlesbrough and several other clubs before returning to Perugia.

The controversial and eccentric Luciano Gaucci took control of the club. The side returned to Serie B in 1994 and under the guidance of Giovanni Galeone reached Serie A in 1996. Perugia started well before Gaucci's bizarre decision to replace Galeone with Nevio Scala. The side's form slumped alarmingly before a late rally gave them a chance of survival- a 2–1 defeat at Piacenza in the final round sealed their fate. With Castagner back in charge, Perugia won a play-off with Torino to secure a return to the top flight.

The next six seasons saw Perugia hold their own in Serie A with an array of home-grown and foreign stars passing through the ranks, most notably Hidetoshi Nakata and Milan Rapaić.

The Perugia Calcio

The new chairman Vincenzo Silvestrini, who re-established the club in 2005, has declared his goal to bring the club back to Serie A in four seasons.[citation needed] However, he didn't reach his purpose and he resigned. After a takeover, in 2009 Perugia Calcio property passed to Perugian entrepreuner and former Pisa owner and chairman Leonardo Covarelli.

On 21 May 2010 the Court of Perugia declared the bankruptcy of Perugia Calcio srl[2]. Nobody decided to take over the society at the subsequent auction[3] and on 30 June 2010 the club was unable to join the Italian 3rd level championship 2010–2011. The Italian Football Federation decided on 8 July 2010 to revoke the affiliation of the bankrupt Perugia Calcio Srl[4].

The A.S.D. Perugia Calcio

During the summer break 2010, this new club with the same denomination and inheiriting the old side history, was entered in Serie D.

On April 10, 2011 the team became in this season, the first team to get promoted from Serie D to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2011-12, after a 3-2 home victory with the Castel Rigone.[5]. Four days after the club wins, also, the Coppa Italia Serie D 2010/11, beating in the final 1-0 Turris.[6]

Current squad

As of 17 August 2010[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Italy ITA Francesco Ripa
— GK Italy ITA Lorenzo Riommi
— DF Italy ITA Marco Bolletta
— DF Italy ITA Manuel Fiorucci
— DF Italy ITA Roberto Goretti
— DF Italy ITA Francesco Radi
— DF Italy ITA Fabio Tinazzi
— DF Italy ITA Marco Taccucci
— MF Brazil BRA Alessio Benedetti
— MF Italy ITA Luca Fiordani
— MF Italy ITA Matteo Luchini
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Francesco Mocarelli
— MF Italy ITA Francesco Rampi
— MF Italy ITA Raffaele Trezzi
— FW Italy ITA Enrico Bartolini
— FW Italy ITA Riccardo Cannistrà
— FW Italy ITA Alessandro Corallo
— FW Italy ITA Emiliano Frediani
— FW Italy ITA Gennaro Gargiuolo
— FW Italy ITA Nicolò Luchini
— FW Italy ITA Marco Marri
— FW Italy ITA Tiberio Rocchi

Notable former players

See also Category:Perugia Calcio players
   

Honours

Serie A:

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Coppa Italia Serie D:

  • Winner: 2010-11

Trivia

Luciano Gaucci (1991 till 2004 chairman) tried also to hire two female footabllers, forwards Hanna Ljungberg and Birgit Prinz, while he succeeded in getting Libyan leader Muhammar Gheddafi's son, Al-Saadi Gheddafi, in the squad.

Notes

  1. ^ IHT, 30 November 1998
  2. ^ Erika Pontini (21 May 2010). "I giudici: buco da 100 milioni. Falliti Perugia e Mas" (in Italian). La Nazione. Retrieved 10 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |separator=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ "CALCIO: ASTA DESERTA PER RILEVARE PERUGIA DOPO FALLIMENTO" (in Italian). SPR / La Repubblica. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |separator=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 7/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC (Italia football federation). 8 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |separator=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ http://www.notiziariocalcio.com/?action=read&idnotizia=10046
  6. ^ http://www.tuttolegapro.com/?action=read&idnotizia=26878
  7. ^ "Rosa Stagione 2009/2010" (in Italian). Perugia Calcio. Retrieved 2010-03-38. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

References

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