Rugby Calvisano

Rugby Calvisano
Full name	Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1970; 54 years ago
Location	Calvisano, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio San Michele (Capacity: 5,000)
President	Alessandro Vaccari
Coach(es)	Massimo Brunello
Captain(s)	Alberto Chiesa
League(s)	Top12
2017–18	Runners-up
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.rugbycalvisano.it

Rugby Calvisano is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12. They are based in Calvisano (Province of Brescia), in Lombardy. They were founded in 1970 by a group of players: Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gavazzi. In 1992 the club became “Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.”

History

Calvisano were founded in 1970 by a group of players, in 1992 the club became “Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.” Calvisano first qualified for European competition for the 1999–2000 season, where they competed in the European Challenge Cup, playing six pool games, though they did not win any. They qualified for their first Heineken Cup for the 2001–02 season, though it was season after where the club won a couple of their pool games, but they have yet to make the finals.

In 2005 they beat Benetton Treviso 25–20 in Padova to win their first Italian Championship. They had previously lost in the final on four occasions. Later in the year, they hosted a match in the 2005-06 Heineken Cup against the Cardiff Blues that turned out to be notable as the first competitive appearance of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu since undergoing a kidney transplant in 2004. They were forced to withdraw from the Super 10 (now Top12) for the 2009–10 season but go on to compete in Serie A. They finally returned to the National Championship of Excellence for the 2011–12, that proclaimed them “champions of Italy”. They also won the championship in the seasons 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2016–17.

Honours

Italian championship
- Champions (6): 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
- Runners-up (7): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2015–16, 2017–18
Coppa Italia
- Champions (1): 2003–04
- Runners-up (3): 1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07
Excellence Trophy
- Champions (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
Intercontinental Cup
- Champions (1): 2006

Current squad

The Calvisano squad for 2018–19:^[1]

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

Player	Position	Union
Matteo Luccardi	Hooker	Italy
Marco Manfredi	Hooker	Italy
Rudy Biancotti	Prop	Italy
Gianmario Ferrari	Prop	Italy
Danilo Fischetti	Prop	Italy
Dante Gavrilita	Prop	Italy
Piermaria Leso	Prop	Italy
Gabriele Morelli	Prop	Italy
Matteo Zanusso	Prop	Italy
Michele Andreotti	Lock	Italy
Augustin Cavalieri	Lock	Italy
Michael Van Vuren	Lock	Italy
Davide Zanetti	Lock	Italy
Carlo Amadei	Flanker	Italy
Matteo Archetti	Flanker	Italy
Nardo Casolari	Flanker	Italy
Andrea Martani	Flanker	Italy
Antoine Koffi	Flanker	Italy
Gabriele Venditti	Flanker	Italy
Alessio Zdrilich	Flanker	Italy
Samuela Vunisa	Number 8	Italy

Player	Position	Union
Nicolò Casilio	Scrum-half	Italy
Federico Consoli	Scrum-half	Italy
Fabio Semenzato	Scrum-half	Italy
Sam Lane	Fly-half	Australia
Paolo Pescetto	Fly-half	Italy
Alberto Chiesa (c)	Centre	Italy
Roberto Dal Zilio	Centre	Italy
Facundo Panceyra Garrido	Centre	Argentina
Enrico Lucchin	Centre	Italy
Damiano Mazza	Centre	Italy
Simone Balocchi	Wing	Italy
Pierre Bruno	Wing	Italy
Marco Susio	Wing	Italy
Giacomo de Santis	Fullback	Italy
Kayle van Zyl	Fullback	Italy

Players in bold capped internationally.
Players and their allocated positions from the Calvisano Rugby website.^[1]
Notes:

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Calvisano and have caps for Italy:

Overseas players

Former players who have played for Calvisano and have caps for their respective country:

Statistics

European Challenge Cup (1996–2014)

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
1999–2000	6	0	0	6	69	155
2007–08	6	2	0	4	123	200
2012–13	6	1	0	5	117	223
2013–14	6	0	1	5	80	173

European Rugby Challenge Cup (2014-present)

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
2015–16	6	0	0	6	39	344

Heineken Cup (1995–2014)

Season	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against
2001–02	6	0	6	58	279
2002–03	6	2	4	105	236
2003–04	6	0	6	115	225
2004–05	6	0	6	79	264
2005–06	6	0	6	48	191
2006–07	6	0	6	74	264
2008–09	6	0	6	87	280

References

^ ^a ^b "PRIMA SQUADRA > GIOCATORI La rosa della prima squadra". rugbycalvisano.it. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

External links

Official website

Template:Calvisano squad

[PRIMA_SQUADRA_-_La_rosa_della_prima_squadra-1] "PRIMA SQUADRA > GIOCATORI La rosa della prima squadra". rugbycalvisano.it. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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