Fiamme Oro Rugby

G.S. Fiamme Oro Rugby
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded	1956; 68 years ago
Location	Rome, Italy
Ground(s)	Centro Sportivo Polizia di Stato (Capacity: 1,300)
Chairman	Armando Forgione
Coach(es)	Pasquale Presutti
Captain(s)	Giuseppe Cerqua
League(s)	National Championship of Excellence
2013/2014	7° (Excellence)
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.fiammeororugby.it

Fiamme Oro Rugby are the rugby union club - formerly known as Fiamme Oro Padova - of the Italian Polizia di Stato (State Police) sport division (G.S. Fiamme Oro). Fiamme Oro are currently based in Rome and play in the National Championship of Excellence, the first national league. Though since the club's foundation in the 1950s, the former Fiamme Oro Padova won both the national league (5 times) and the Coppa Italia (4 times).

The club was established in 1955, founded by a group of policemen based in Padua (hence the name). Fiamme Oro Padova won their first championship in 1958, which was followed by another the following season. The team also had a lot of success during the 1960s; winning the national championship in 1960, 1961 and 1968. In addition to their success with the national league, Fiamme Oro Padova won the Coppa Italia in 1968 and 1969. Fiamme Oro Padova won the Coppa Italia again in 1971 and 1972 as well.

In 1978, after their first relegation, the club were de facto discontinued although never officially disbanded and in 1985 were re-formed in Milan. The Italian Rugby Federation, because of club's successful past, allowed them to restart from 3rd division. In 1993 the club moved to Rome, and in 1998 rejoined the First Division. Relegated again in 2000, in 2011 they returned in the first league, in Excellence, where they currently play, and where they won their first Trofeo Eccellenza in 2013/2014.

Current Squad (2015-16)

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Giuseppe Cerqua	Hooker	Italy
Alain Moriconi	Hooker	Italy
Valerio Vicerè	Hooker	Italy
Giuseppe Di Stefano	Prop	Italy
Stefano Iovenitti	Prop	Italy
Laert Naka	Prop	Italy
Alessio Ceglie	Prop	Italy
Massimiliano Ravalle	Prop	Italy
Fabio Cocivera	Prop	Italy
Giulio Cenedese	Prop	Italy
Gabriele Venditti	Lock	Italy
Filippo Cazzola	Lock	Italy
Alfio Mammana	Lock	Italy
Michele Sutto	Lock	Italy
Troy Callander	Lock	New Zealand
Andrea Balsemin	Flanker	Italy
Dennis Bergamin	Flanker	Italy
Lorenzo Favaro	Flanker	Italy
Vittorio Marazzi	Flanker	Italy
Matteo Zitelli	Flanker	Italy
Mirko Amenta	Number 8	Italy
Gianmarco Duca	Number 8	Italy

Player	Position	Union
Guido Calabrese	Scrum-half	Italy
Simone Marinaro	Scrum-half	Italy
Simone Parisotto	Scrum-half	Italy
Riccardo Della Rossa	Fly-half	Italy
Maicol Azzolini	Fly-half	Italy
Thomas William Halse	Fly-half	New Zealand
Giuseppe Sapuppo	Centre	Italy
Samuel Seno	Centre	Italy
Giovanni Massaro(c)	Centre	Italy
Roberto Quartaroli	Centre	Italy
Pietro Valcastelli	Centre	Italy
Andrea Bacchetti	Wing	Italy
Marcello De Gaspari	Wing	Italy
Michele Sepe	Wing	Italy
Marco Di Massimo	Fullback	Italy
Matteo Gasparini	Fullback	Italy

Players in bold capped internationally.

Honours

National Championship of Excellence:
- Champions: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968
Coppa Italia:
- Champions: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 2014 (Trofeo Eccellenza)

External links

Official site

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