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Padova
File:Calcio Padova Logo.png
Full nameCalcio Padova SpA
Nickname(s)Biancoscudati (White-Shielded),
Patavini (Patavins)
FoundedJanuary 29, 1910; 114 years ago (1910-01-29)
GroundStadio Euganeo,
Padua, Italy
Capacity32,336
ChairmanMarcello Cestaro
ManagerFulvio Pea
LeagueSerie B
2011–12Serie B, 7th

Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996. The team's colors are red and white.

Some of the famous players who played for Padova include Kurt Hamrin, Walter Zenga, Angelo Di Livio, Alessandro Del Piero, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Demetrio Albertini, Goran Vlaović, Alexi Lalas, and Giuseppe Galderisi.

History

Padova's golden days were the late 1950s, when the team, managed by Nereo Rocco, reached the heights of third place in 1958 thanks to the wing wizardry of Kurt Hamrin. Forwards Sergio Brighenti and Aurelio Milani would star as Padova remained a force in Serie A, before relegation in 1962. The rest of the 1960s would see the club in Serie B before going into a serious decline ahead of a 1980s revival.

The revival would see Padova return to Serie B in the early 1980s, and within a decade they would be serious promotion contenders. A play-off win over Cesena in 1994 saw the club return to Serie A after 32 years. After a dire start to 1994/95, Padova looked like fulfilling most experts' predictions of a swift return. They nonetheless found their form in the second half of the year and when they recorded a 1–0 win away to Juventus, they were six points clear of the drop zone. However, they eventually ended up in the relegation play-off against Genoa, due to a late Inter Milan goal assisted by a Rubén Sosa corner, which they won on penalties.

There would be no such luck the following year, as Padova were relegated with further relegations in 1998 and 1999. Since 2001, they have resided in Serie C1 and Lega Pro Prima Divisione. The team returned in Serie B at the end of the season 2008–2009.

In total, Calcio Padova took part to 11 Prima Divisione/Divisione Nazionale championships between 1914–15 and 1928–29 (best place being 3rd in 1922–23) and 16 Serie A championships between 1929–30 and 1995–96 (best place being 3rd in 1957–58); in Coppa Italia, the best place was runner-up in 1967. Padova won a Coppa Italia Serie C in 1980, and played also 34 Serie B championships (won in 1947–48) and 29 Serie C1/C2/Lega Pro Prima Divisione championships (won in 1936–37, 1980–81 and 2000–01). Padova ended as runner-up the Anglo-Italian Cup of 1983.

Achievements

Vincenzo Italiano, former capitan of Padova.

Playing squad

As of 13 September 2012[1]

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 Italy ITA Marco Silvestri
2 DF Italy ITA Andrea Rispoli (on loan from Parma)
3 DF Italy ITA Michele Franco
5 DF Italy ITA Marco Piccioni
6 DF Italy ITA Trevor Trevisan
7 MF Italy ITA Marco Gallozzi
8 FW Slovenia SVN Enej Jelenič
9 FW Uruguay URU Pablo Granoche (on loan from Chievo)
10 FW Brazil BRA Diego Farias (on loan from Chievo)
11 FW Italy ITA Aniello Cutolo
12 GK Italy ITA Luca Maniero
13 DF Italy ITA Elia Legati
14 MF Brazil BRA Zé Eduardo (on loan from Parma)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Nigeria NGA Nwankwo Obiora (on loan from Parma)
16 MF Italy ITA Federico Viviani (on loan from Roma)
18 FW Italy ITA Andrea Raimondi
19 MF Italy ITA Niccolò Galli
20 MF Italy ITA Alessandro De Vitis (on loan from Parma)
21 FW Senegal SEN Khouma Babacar (on loan from Fiorentina)
22 GK Italy ITA Luca Anania
23 DF Brazil BRA Thiago Rangel Cionek
27 DF Italy ITA Matteo Piccinni (on loan from AlbinoLeffe)
29 DF Venezuela VEN Rolf Feltscher (on loan from Parma)
33 DF Italy ITA Francesco Renzetti
88 MF Argentina ARG Matías Claudio Cuffa

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
8 MF Nigeria NGA Wilfred Osuji (at Modena)
23 FW France FRA Ousmane Dramé (at Ascoli)
25 MF Brazil BRA Vicente (at Botev Vratsa)
28 DF Italy ITA Andrea Boscaro (at FeralpiSalò)
— FW Ivory Coast CIV Adama Diakite (at AlbinoLeffe)

Notable former players

References

  1. ^ http://www.padovacalcio.it/squadra.php
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