SS Virtus Lanciano 1924

Virtus Lanciano

Full name	Società Sportiva Virtus Lanciano 1924 Srl
Nickname(s)	Frentani
Founded	1924
Ground	Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano, Italy
Capacity	4,678
Chairman	Valentina Maio
Manager	Primo Maragliulo
League	Serie B
2014–15	Serie B, 14th
Website	http://www.virtuslanciano.it/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Società Sportiva Virtus Lanciano 1924 is an Italian association football club, based in Lanciano, Abruzzo. Lanciano plays in Italy's Serie B since the 2012–13 season.

History

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Former logo, used until 2008

The club was founded in 1919 and refounded in 2008 with the current name.

In the season 2011–12 it was promoted to Serie B for the first time under the guidance of Carmine Gautieri, who also led the team to its debut season in the second tier, ended in a safe mid-table position.

Virtus Lanciano gained national news in end-2013 after the club, now headed by Marco Baroni, surprised the whole country by leading the league table undefeated, against all odds, by the end of October.

Colors and badge

The team's official colors are red and black.

Current squad

As of 4 February 2016.

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	Vincenzo Aridità
2	DF	ITA	Antonio Aquilanti
4	DF	ITA	Simone Salviato
5	DF	ROU	Deian Boldor
6	DF	ITA	Federico Amenta
7	MF	ITA	Manuel Turchi
8	MF	SVN	Armin Bačinović
9	FW	ITA	Guido Marilungo (on loan from Atalanta)
10	FW	ITA	Federico Bonazzoli (on loan from Sampdoria)
12	GK	ITA	Alessio Cragno
13	FW	ITA	Federico Di Francesco
14	FW	ITA	Nicola Ferrari
15	DF	ITA	Nicolas Di Filippo
16	DF	ITA	Michele Rigione
17	MF	ITA	Gaetano Vastola

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ITA	Antonio Rozzi (on loan from Lazio)
19	FW	ITA	Stefano Padovan (on loan from Juventus)
20	MF	ITA	Francesco Bergamini
21	DF	SRB	Boris Grozdić
22	GK	ITA	Vittorio Antonino
23	MF	BRA	Zé Eduardo (on loan from Cesena)
24	MF	ITA	Mattia Vitale (on loan from Juventus)
26	DF	ITA	Daniel Di Nicola
27	DF	ITA	Luca Di Matteo
28	FW	ITA	Marco Di Benedetto
29	MF	ITA	Michele Rocca (on loan from Sampdoria)
30	MF	SRB	Manuel Milinković
32	MF	ITA	Manuel Giandonato (on loan from Padova)
33	GK	ITA	Angelo Casadei

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
30	DF	ITA	Filippo Penna (at Paganese Calcio 1926)
--	MF	ITA	Gianmarco De Feo (at Robur Siena)

Youth team

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	ROU	Eduard Marinca

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Notable former players

See also: Category:S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 players

• Salvatore Bocchetti
• Davide Bombardini
• Dražen Bolić

Managers

• Fabrizio Castori (1998–99), (2000–03)
• Maurizio Pellegrino (2004–05)
• Francesco Monaco (2005–06)
• Andrea Camplone (2006–07)
• Francesco Moriero (2007–08)
• Eusebio Di Francesco (2008–09)
• Dino Pagliari (2009–10)
• Andrea Camplone (2010–11)
• Carmine Gautieri (2011–13)
• Marco Baroni (2013–14)
• Roberto D'Aversa (2014–16)
• Primo Maragliulo (2016–)

External links

• Template:It icon Official site