Pescara Calcio
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Delfino Pescara 1936 is an Italian football
club based in Pescara
, Abruzzo
.
The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie B
. Pescara has competed in 5 seasons in Serie A
(1977–1978, 1979–1980, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1992–1993). The team's official colors are white and light blue.
in the midfield, they managed to win their first promotion to Serie A in 1977 after winning a play-off, but ultimately finished in their first season in Serie A in last place. A second promotion after a play-off followed, but once more they would be relegated from the top flight and descend to C1 within two years.
Nonetheless returning to Serie B after a year, Pescara would enjoy a revival after the appointment of Giovanni Galeone
in 1986. His philosophy of attacking football saw the Biancazzurri promoted to Serie A as champions for 1987, where they lasted two years with players such as Blaz Sliskovic
among the club's star players. Galeone would return during season 1990–91 and oversaw another promotion the following year.
After relegation, Pescara remained in Serie B side throughout the 1990s, narrowly missing promotion in 1999. Relegation to C1 followed in 2001, with promotion in 2003 being followed by two revoked relegations in a row due to bankruptcy and scandals affecting other clubs. Pescara was ultimately relegated in the 2006–07
season, with three presidential and managerial changes during the season. In December 2008, the debt-ridden club was legally declared out of business and its control passed to a bankruptcy trustee appointed by the Court of Pescara. In February 2009, a takeover from a group named "Delfino Pescara 1936" was finalized with Deborah Caldora becoming the first woman to serve as chairman for the club. In the meantime, results did not improve significantly and in March, Giuseppe Galderisi
was dismissed from the head coaching post with Antonello Cuccureddu
being appointed as new boss.
At the beginning of the 2010-2011 season, Eusebio Di Francesco
was appointed as the new coach. Pescara finished 2nd at Girone (Group) B of Lega Pro Prima Divisione and qualified for promotional play-offs. They defeated Reggiana
in the semifinal and Verona
in the final and subsequently returned to Serie B
after 3 years of absence.
, however, they haven't faced either team since 2002, due to financial troubles. Pescara also shares notable rivalries with regional neighbors, namely the Marche
clubs such as Ancona
, Ascoli
and Sambenedettese
.
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
club based in Pescara
Pescara
Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area...
, Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
.
The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
. Pescara has competed in 5 seasons in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
(1977–1978, 1979–1980, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1992–1993). The team's official colors are white and light blue.
History
Aside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno NobiliBruno Nobili
Bruno Nobili is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.His father was Renato Nobili and his mother Silvana Bertazzi. He has 4 brothers and 1 sister...
in the midfield, they managed to win their first promotion to Serie A in 1977 after winning a play-off, but ultimately finished in their first season in Serie A in last place. A second promotion after a play-off followed, but once more they would be relegated from the top flight and descend to C1 within two years.
Nonetheless returning to Serie B after a year, Pescara would enjoy a revival after the appointment of Giovanni Galeone
Giovanni Galeone
Giovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...
in 1986. His philosophy of attacking football saw the Biancazzurri promoted to Serie A as champions for 1987, where they lasted two years with players such as Blaz Sliskovic
Blaž Sliškovic
Blaž "Baka" Slišković is a former Bosnian Croat football player and currently the manager of Al-Ansar....
among the club's star players. Galeone would return during season 1990–91 and oversaw another promotion the following year.
After relegation, Pescara remained in Serie B side throughout the 1990s, narrowly missing promotion in 1999. Relegation to C1 followed in 2001, with promotion in 2003 being followed by two revoked relegations in a row due to bankruptcy and scandals affecting other clubs. Pescara was ultimately relegated in the 2006–07
Serie B 2006-07
The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....
season, with three presidential and managerial changes during the season. In December 2008, the debt-ridden club was legally declared out of business and its control passed to a bankruptcy trustee appointed by the Court of Pescara. In February 2009, a takeover from a group named "Delfino Pescara 1936" was finalized with Deborah Caldora becoming the first woman to serve as chairman for the club. In the meantime, results did not improve significantly and in March, Giuseppe Galderisi
Giuseppe Galderisi
Giuseppe Galderisi is an Italian former football forward and currently is the manager of Triestina.-Playing career:...
was dismissed from the head coaching post with Antonello Cuccureddu
Antonello Cuccureddu
Antonello Cuccureddu is an Italian football coach and former player.-Career:A central defender, Cuccureddu spent his playing career with Brescia , Juventus , and Fiorentina...
being appointed as new boss.
At the beginning of the 2010-2011 season, Eusebio Di Francesco
Eusebio Di Francesco
Eusebio Di Francesco is a former professional Italian footballer, and now a football manager, currently managing U.S. Lecce.-Playing career:...
was appointed as the new coach. Pescara finished 2nd at Girone (Group) B of Lega Pro Prima Divisione and qualified for promotional play-offs. They defeated Reggiana
A.C. Reggiana 1919
Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian association football club, based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and refounded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C., but it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005–06 season. The...
in the semifinal and Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...
in the final and subsequently returned to Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
after 3 years of absence.
Rivalries
Pescara's regional rivals are Chieti and L'AquilaA.S.D. L'Aquila Calcio 1927
L'Aquila Calcio 1927 is an Italian association football club located in L'Aquila, Abruzzo.They are currently playing the 2010–11 season in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B being promoted from the Serie D/F in the 2009–10 season...
, however, they haven't faced either team since 2002, due to financial troubles. Pescara also shares notable rivalries with regional neighbors, namely the Marche
Marche
The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...
clubs such as Ancona
A.C. Ancona
Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination....
, Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...
and Sambenedettese
S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sambenedettese is an Italian association football club, based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche. The club was founded in 1923. Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie D, having last been in Serie B in 1989. The team's colors are red and blue....
.
Current squad
As of 16 October 2011Out on loan
Coaches
- Edmondo De Amicis (1937–1938)
- Pietro Piselli (1938–1939)
- Armando Bonino (1939–1940)
- Mario Pizziolo (1940–1941)
- Luigi FerreroLuigi FerreroLuigi Ferrero was an Italian football manager and former player from Turin. As a player he spent time with some of the top clubs in his country such as Inter and others.-References:...
(1941–1943) - Edmondo De Amicis (1944–1945)
- Giuseppe Marchi (1945–1946)
- Banas (1946–1947)
- Mario Pizziolo (1947–1948)
- Gino Piccinini (1948–1949)
- Benedetto Stella (1949–1950)
- Luigi Del Grosso (1950–1953)
- Umberto De Angelis (1953–1955)
- Alfredo Notti (1955–1956)
- Orazio Sola, Renato Piacentini, and Alfredo Monza (1956–1957)
- Renato Piacentini (1957–1958)
- Mario Tontodonati and Aurelio Marchese (1958–1959)
- Mario Tontodonati and Ljubo Bencic (1959–1961)
- Umberto De Angelis (1961–1962)
- Leonardo Costagliola (1962–1963)
- Renato Piacentini and Ljubo Bencic (1963–1964)
- Vincenzo Marsico and Ljubo Bencic (1964–1965)
- Antonio Giammarinaro and Alfredo Notti (1965–1966)
- Sergio Cervato (1966–1967)
- Antonio Giammarinaro (1967–1968)
- Gianni Seghedoni and Mario Tontodonati (1968–1969)
- Mario Tontodonati and Dante Lacorata (1969–1970)
- Francesco CapocasaleFrancesco CapocasaleFrancesco Capocasale was an Italian professional football player and coach.-External links:*...
(1970–1971) - Enzo Falini and Vitaliano Patricelli (1971–1972)
- Domenico Rosati (1972–1976)
- Giancarlo CadèGiancarlo CadèGiancarlo Cadè is a retired Italian professional football player and coach.He played for 6 seasons in the Serie A for Atalanta B.C.....
(1976–1978) - Antonio Valentín AngelilloAntonio Valentin AngelilloAntonio Valentín Angelillo is an Italian Argentine former football forward who played the majority of his professional career in the Italian Serie A, and was a member of both the Argentine and the Italian national teams.-Club career:...
(1978–1979) - Gustavo GiagnoniGustavo GiagnoniGustavo Giagnoni is an Italian former footballer and manager from Olbia, Sardinia. He is most noted for his career as a footballing manager in Italy at clubs such as Roma, Bologna and AC Milan....
, Mario Tontodonati, and Claudio Tobia (1979–1980) - Aldo AgroppiAldo AgroppiAldo Agroppi is a professional Italian football coach and a former player.He played for 12 seasons in Serie A with Torino Calcio and Perugia Calcio....
(1980–1981) - Saul Malatrasi, Mario Tiddia, and Giuseppe ChiappellaGiuseppe ChiappellaGiuseppe Chiappella was an Italian football midfielder and manager. He started his career with Pisa, but is most famous for making over 300 appearances for Fiorentina...
(1981–1982) - Domenico Rosati (1982–1984)
- Enrico Catuzzi (1984–1986)
- Giovanni GaleoneGiovanni GaleoneGiovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...
(1986–1989) - Ilario Castagner and Edoardo RejaEdoardo RejaEdoardo "Edy" Reja is an Italian football coach and former player, currently managing Lazio in the Italian Serie A. Born in Italy to Slovenian parents, Reja speaks Slovene and Italian. He is also fluent in Friulan....
(1989–1990) - Carlo MazzoneCarlo MazzoneCarlo "Carletto" Mazzone is an Italian football manager.A former centre back who played several seasons for his beloved team, AS Roma, other than Spal and Ascoli, where he played for nine season, Mazzone left the playing career in season 1968-1969, to become the manager of Ascoli itself, in Serie...
and Giovanni GaleoneGiovanni GaleoneGiovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...
(1990–1991) - Giovanni GaleoneGiovanni GaleoneGiovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...
(1991–1992) - Vincenzo Zucchini (1992–1993)
- Gianni Corelli, Vincenzo Zucchini, Franco Scoglio, and Giorgio Rumignani (1993–1994)
- Giorgio Rumignani and Francesco OddoFrancesco OddoFrancesco Oddo is a football manager and former player.Born in Trapani, Sicily, but resident of Città Sant'Angelo, Abruzzo, Oddo started his coaching career in 1988 for Giulianova of Serie C2 league. In 1990 he became head coach of Serie B club Avellino, successively managing several other teams...
(1994–1995) - Francesco OddoFrancesco OddoFrancesco Oddo is a football manager and former player.Born in Trapani, Sicily, but resident of Città Sant'Angelo, Abruzzo, Oddo started his coaching career in 1988 for Giulianova of Serie C2 league. In 1990 he became head coach of Serie B club Avellino, successively managing several other teams...
and Luigi MaifrediLuigi MaifrediLuigi Maifredi , commonly known as Gigi Maifredi, is an Italian football manager from Lograto in the Province of Brescia...
(1995–1996) - Delio RossiDelio RossiDelio Rossi is an Italian association football manager, currently managing Fiorentina.-Playing career:Rossi's playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his personal top from 1981 to 1983, playing Serie B with U.S. Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time...
(1996–1997) - Maurizio Viscidi and Adriano Buffoni (1997–1998)
- Francesco Giorgini and Luigi De CanioLuigi De CanioLuigi "Gigi" De Canio is an Italian football manager and former player.-Player:De Canio, a full back, played mostly with Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams, his lone season in Serie B being 1979–80 with Matera, marking his debut in the division on September 16, 1979 against Genoa...
(1998–1999) - Giovanni GaleoneGiovanni GaleoneGiovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...
(1999-2000) - Delio RossiDelio RossiDelio Rossi is an Italian association football manager, currently managing Fiorentina.-Playing career:Rossi's playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his personal top from 1981 to 1983, playing Serie B with U.S. Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time...
, Giovanni GaleoneGiovanni GaleoneGiovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...
, and Tarcisio BurgnichTarcisio BurgnichTarcisio Burgnich is a former Italian football defender.After short spells at Udinese, Juventus and Palermo, it was with Internazionale that he found his spiritual home in the 1960s...
(2000–2001) - Ivo IaconiIvo IaconiIvo Iaconi is an Italian football manager and former player.-Playing career:Iaconi played mostly with Serie C and amateur clubs, starting his career with Giulianova in the 1970s. He retired in 1992 after Giulianova were relegated to Serie D.-Managing career:In 1992-93 he started his coaching...
(2001–2004) - Cetteo Di Mascio (2004)
- Giovanni Simonelli (2004-2005)
- Maurizio Sarri (2005–2006)
- Davide BallardiniDavide BallardiniDavide Ballardini is an Italian association football manager who is currently the head coach at Serie A club Cagliari...
, Aldo Ammazzalorso, Vincenzo Vivarini, and Luigi De Rosa (2006–2007) - Franco Lerda (2007–2008)
- Giuseppe GalderisiGiuseppe GalderisiGiuseppe Galderisi is an Italian former football forward and currently is the manager of Triestina.-Playing career:...
(2008–2009) - Antonello CuccuredduAntonello CuccuredduAntonello Cuccureddu is an Italian football coach and former player.-Career:A central defender, Cuccureddu spent his playing career with Brescia , Juventus , and Fiorentina...
(2009–2010) - Eusebio Di FrancescoEusebio Di FrancescoEusebio Di Francesco is a former professional Italian footballer, and now a football manager, currently managing U.S. Lecce.-Playing career:...
(2010–2011) - Zdeněk ZemanZdenek ZemanZdeněk Zeman is a Czech-Italian football coach. He has managed numerous different teams, mostly in Italian football, over the years, and is currently in charge of Serie B club Pescara.-Biography:...
(2011–)