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| Full name | Vicenza Calcio SpA | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Biancorossi (white-reds), Berici, Lanerossi | ||
| Founded | 9 March 1902 | ||
| Ground | Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza, Italy | ||
| Capacity | 17,163 | ||
| Chairman |  Massimo Masolo | ||
| Manager | Luigi Cagni | ||
| League | Lega Pro Prima Divisione | ||
| 2011–12 | Serie B, 19th (relegated via play-offs) | ||
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Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A.
History
Vicenza took place for the first time in the Italian Championship in 1911, reaching the finals for the title, but they were defeated by Pro Vercelli, one of the best Italian team in that period. During the 20s and the 30s, the team played in lower divisions, reaching the first division for the first time in 1942. In the last round of the season, a 6–2 win versus Juventus, in Turin, meant a final relegation escape.
In 1947, Vicenza finished fifth in Serie A, but the following year was relegated. The early 1950s were quite troublesome, due to economic problems, but in 1953 it was bought by Lanerossi, a woolen firm from Schio, with the side being renamed Lanerossi Vicenza.
Between 1955 and 1975 Vicenza never left the top level, always putting a hard fight against more established clubs. In this period the side was also known as Nobile Provinciale (Noble Provincial). In 1964 and 1966 it finished 6th, with the Brazilian Luis Vinicio finishing league's top-scorer in in the former, with 25 goals.
In 1975 it was relegated but, after winning the 1976–77 second division, would eventually finish runner-up in the following season, as a young Paolo Rossi led the scoring charts, at 24 goals. In that year the side was nicknamed Real Vicenza. Club chairman Giuseppe Farina had just bought the striker from Juventus for a then record fee of 2,6 billion lire, but the team would eventually drop two levels in just three seasons.
In the mid-1980s, Roberto Baggio started his career at the club, leading it to a Serie B. In 1986 Vicenza achieved a top flight promotion that was subsequently denied due to its involvement in the second Totonero match-fixing scandal. The club was soon relegated back to Serie C1.
In 1990 Vicenza took back its current name and was promoted to Serie B in 1993, thanks to coach Renzo Ulivieri. His successor, Francesco Guidolin, took the team back to Serie A in 1995, and led it through successive positive seasons: after finishing ninth in the league, the club won the 1997 Italian Cup after a 3–1 aggregate win over Napoli, eventually reaching next year's Cup Winners' Cup semifinals, being defeated by Chelsea, after have win the first leg in Vicenza for 1-0.
In 1999 the team was relegated to Serie B and, after a return to the top flight in 2000–01, was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione in 2005, after losing the relegation playout against Triestina, only being readmitted to Serie B after Genoa was relegated by the F.I.G.C..
In the season 2011-12 was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after losing the relegation playoff against Empoli.
Colors and badge
The team's colors are white and red.
Players
Current squad
As of 1 February 2012[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
25 - Piermario Morosini, Midfielder (2007-09, 2011) - posthumous honour.[2]
Notable former players
- See also Category:Vicenza Calcio players.
Foreign players in club's history
- 12
Brazil: Alemão, Chinesinho, José da Silva, Fabiano, Jeda, Marco Aurélio, Américo Murolo, Diego Oliveira, Rodrigo Possebon, Bruno Siciliano, Angelo B. Sormani, Luís Vinício
- 9
Australia: Paul Okon, Nick Modaffari, Theodore Markelis, Steve Domenici, Steven Maselli, James Goulopoulos, James Papargiris, Zackery Paraskevas, Antonio Carter, Mark Byrnes - 7
Argentina: Salvador Gualtieri, Nicolas Gorobsov, Gerardo Grighini, Francisco Lojacono, Julián Magallanes, Santiago Vernazza, Walter Zunino - 5
Hungary: Egri Erbstein, István Horwart, Otto Krappan, Ferenc Molnár, Wilmas Wilhelm - 5
Uruguay: Ricardo Canals, Héctor Demarco, Roberto Leopardi, Gustavo Méndez, Marcelo Otero - 5
Croatia: Dražen Brnčić, Stjepan Tomas, Goran Tomić, Dalibor Višković, Saša Bjelanović - 5
France: Alain Baclet, Antoine Bonifaci, Ousmane Dabo, Julien Rantier, Alexis Carra - 3
Portugal: Ricardo Esteves, Vasco Faísca, Jorge Humberto Raggi - 3
Serbia and Montenegro: Vlada Avramov, Dražen Bolić, Almir Gegić - 2
England: Tony Marchi, Meachan - 2
Ghana: Sadicki Abubakari, Amidu Salifu - 2
Morocco: Oussama Essabr, Rachid Arma - 2
Paraguay: Julio Valentín González, Ronald Huth - 2
Sweden: Jan Aronsson, Joachim Björklund - 2
United States: Stephen Bickford, Armando Frigo - 1
Belgium: Marco Ingrao - 1
Cameroon: Pierre Wome - 1
Denmark: Marc Nygaard - 1
Greece: Evangelos Nastos - 1
Yugoslavia: Bora Kostić - 1
Montenegro: Ivan Fatić - 1
Netherlands: Piet Kruiver - 1
Romania: Norberto Höfling - 1
San Marino: Claudio Maiani - 1
Sierra Leone: Mohamed Kallon - 1
Spain: Luis Helguera - 1
Switzerland: Patrick Bettoni - 1
Togo: Mohamed Kader - 1
Uzbekistan: Ilyas Zeytulaev
Notable former managers
- See also Category:Vicenza Calcio managers.
Fulvio Bernardini (1951–53)-
Béla Guttmann (1955–56) - Giovan Battista Fabbri (1976–79)
- Renzo Ulivieri (1979–80), (1991–94)
- Tarcisio Burgnich (1986–87)
- Francesco Guidolin (1994–98)
References
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