Rende Calcio 1968

Rende

Full name	Rende Calcio 1968
Nickname(s)	Biancorossi (Redandwhite)
Founded	1968 (Rende Calcio) 2007 (S.S. Rende)
Ground	Stadio Marco Lorenzon, Rende, Italy
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Fabio Coscarella
Manager	Pino Rigoli
League	Eccellenza Calabria Group A
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Rende Calcio 1968 S.r.l. is an Italian football club, based in Rende, Calabria, currently playing in Serie C, the third highest football division in Italy.

History

Rende Calcio

Old logo of Rende

The club was founded in 1968 with the name Sesso Rende and renamed as Rende Calcio. The club's first coach was the late Mario Portone, who afterward became the mayor of the Calabrian city, and won promotion to Serie C2 for their first time in 1978, and then even Serie C1 one year later. Rende played a consecutive five Serie C1 seasons before being relegated back to Serie C2 in 1984, and Serie D in 1987. In 1992 the club relegated again, this time to Eccellenza Calabria, and returned to Serie D only in 1997.

Rende were relegated to Eccellenza again in 2000, but two consecutive promotions from 2003 to 2005 led the club back into professionalism, spending a total two seasons into Serie C2, and also playing in the Coppa Italia, losing 4–0 to Lazio in a one-legged round in Rome.

In July 2007 the club moved to Cosenza and changed its name to Fortitudo Cosenza, taking the place of local club A.S. Cosenza Calcio, that was facing financial problem. The owner of the club also changed from Franco Chiappetta to Damiano Paletta in March 2007.

S.S. Rende

The club was refounded in 2007 switching the denomination of the minor local club Santo Stefano to Società Sportiva Rende.

The club won Prima Categoria in 2008 and Promozione in 2009.

Return to Serie D

In the season 2012–13 the team was promoted from Eccellenza Calabria to Serie D to fill the vacancies created.

Return to Serie C

In the season 2016–17 the team played in Serie D and placed second in the football pitch. It also won the playoff final against Cavese for 2–1 at the Marco Lorenzon Stadium in Rende.

For this reason, the team was kicked off in Serie C 2017–2018.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are red and white.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2020

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	ITA	Luca Savelloni
2	DF	ITA	Alessandro Negri
3	DF	ITA	Federico Ampollini
4	MF	ITA	Daniele Cipolla
5	MF	ITA	Michele Collocolo
6	DF	ITA	Maicol Origlio (on loan from Monza)
7	FW	ITA	Alberto Libertazzi
8	MF	ITA	Massimo Loviso
9	FW	ITA	Francesco Vivacqua (Captain)
10	MF	ITA	Alessandro Godano
11	MF	ITA	Riccardo Rossini
12	GK	ITA	Gianmarco Palermo
13	DF	ITA	Gabriele Germinio
15	DF	ITA	Luca Bruno
16	MF	NZL	Luca Scimia

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Allan Blaze
18	FW	ITA	Fabio Morselli (on loan from Pescara)
19	MF	LVA	Aleksejs Saveljevs (on loan from Verona)
20	MF	SEN	Moussa Ndiaye
21	DF	ITA	Devis Nossa
22	GK	ITA	Davide Borsellini
23	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Fornito
24	MF	ITA	Pasquale Giannotti (on loan from Crotone)
25	FW	CIV	Abdoullaye Traoré (on loan from Verona)
27	MF	CRO	Emir Murati (on loan from Milan)
28	MF	ITA	Gaetano Navas
30	FW	SEN	Keba Coly (on loan from Roma)
31	DF	ITA	Ferdinando Vitofrancesco
32	MF	ITA	Emanuele Offidani

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MAR	Ismail Achik (at Roccella)

External links

• Official website