U.S. Foggia
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Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club
, based in Foggia
, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie A
in 1995.
The team gained nationwide popularity in the 1990s when coached by Zdeněk Zeman
because of its attacking, spectacular style of play, which brought Foggia continuously on the verge of UEFA Cup
qualification, launching several players who later broke through at international level such as Giuseppe Signori
, Francesco Baiano
, Brian Roy, Igor Kolyvanov
, Igor Shalimov
, Roberto Rambaudi
and Dan Petrescu
.
In 1957–58, a merger took place between Foggia Calcio and Foggia Incedit, forming Unione Sportiva Foggia as the club is today. In 1961–62, the team was taken over by President Domenico Rosa Rosa, a wood industrialist, and coach Oronzo Pugliese
, who quickly led them to promotion to Serie B
.
for the first time. From 1964–65
, Foggia managed to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On 31 January 1965, still under the guidance of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3–2 victory against Inter
, who were at the time led by manager Helenio Herrera
. The season was crowned by the national call-ups of Micelli and Nocera who played for Italy
against Wales
. Italy won 4–1 and Nocera managed to get on the scoresheet. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to take charge of Roma
.
Pugliese was replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the drop again. The following year, however, Foggia was relegated. It wasa forgettable championship, after 10 matches Foggia had collected only three points and scored just 24 goals. Rubino was sacked and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, president Rosa Rosa also left the club, following their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966–67
season, Foggia returned to the top flight in 1970–71
, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. Maestrelli would later win the 1973–74 scudetto
with Lazio
. Luigi Del Neri was, at the time, a Foggia player. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973–74, before another relegation which came after a 6 point deduction for alleged corruption relating to the referee of a home match against Milan
. The coach that season was Lauro Toneatto. Foggia played two more seasons in Serie A in 1976–77
and in 1977–78
, when they were once more relegated to Serie B
.
Following their relegation back to Serie B, Foggia were then dealt with a further blow with relegation to Serie C
. They battled their way in Serie C1
throughout much of the 1980s. This was a particularly tough time for Foggia as their regional rivals, Bari
, Lecce
, Barletta and Taranto
were all playing at higher levels.
In 1989, with the appointment of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman
, the club began to enter the greatest period in its history. The aggressive and entertaining football of the Bohemian coach was based on a 4–3–3 formation. Pressure, offside tactics and frenetic movement of both players and the ball made up the trademark style of Zeman's Foggia. The club first returned to Serie B
, and then the following season in 1990–91
, they won the Serie B by a large margin and returned to Serie A
.
After returning to Serie A
in the 1991–92
season, Foggia dei Miracoli , as they were known, proved to be competitive with any opponent and was appreciated by the press because of the attractive football they played. The term Zemanlandia was then coined to indicate the style created by Zeman, and became strictly associated to the Foggia team of the 1990s. The Foggia team also featured star players, especially attacking trio of Giuseppe Signori
, Francesco Baiano
and Roberto Rambaudi
, as well as Russian star Igor Shalimov
. That season, Foggia achieved the amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while also conceding 58. Foggia soon lost many of these quality players, including their three key forwards, and had to replace them with young talent. The club completed three Serie A campaigns finishing mid-table. In Serie A 1993-94
, Foggia's football continued but the depleted squad was no longer as competitive and the club was relegated back to Serie B
in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio
at the end of that season, marking the end of Zemanlandia whilst the club was beset with financial problems. The Foggia glory days had come to an end.
achieving mid-table finishes, before another relegation followed at the end of the 1997–98
season. They did not fare any better down in Serie C1
, with another successive relegation to Serie C2
.
Playing football in Italy's fourth tier was far less glamorous than the Zemanlandia days but the club set itself on the long road back in 2002–03, when led by coach Pasquale Marino
and key players Roberto De Zerbi
and Michele Pazienza
, they were promoted back to Serie C1
.
After the 2003–04 season, in which they finished mid-table but with good signs for the following year, Foggia were hit with financial problems and lost the coach Marino and all the best players.
The news sent the fans into despair but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the reins of the club and gave confidence to the new club which assumed the team's historic name, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and was able to keep their place in the league.
After two more seasons finishing in mid-table, during which there were five coaching changes, Coccimiglio was criticised for not paying players' wages, a situation which created instability. After complex negotiations, the company passed into the hands of a team of local entrepreneurs led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club spent the following years mid-table in C1, narrowly losing a promotion playoff in 2006–07
against Avellino
which would have seen them return to Serie B. The following season, 2007–08
, they again reached the playoffs, this time losing to Cremonese
.
On June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, chairman and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, re-acquired the club, and reformed the old trio of Foggia heads by appointing back Zdeněk Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone
as director of football.
, especially since the Zeman years. I Satanelli can also count on support from across the Province of Foggia
.
The only twinning Foggia fans have is with the supporters of Cagliari
and more specifically with the Sconvolts 1987 ultras. However, each group has personal friendships, notable are those with Monza, Latina and Budapest Honved
.
Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club
, based in Foggia
, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie A
in 1995.
The team gained nationwide popularity in the 1990s when coached by Zdeněk Zeman
because of its attacking, spectacular style of play, which brought Foggia continuously on the verge of UEFA Cup
qualification, launching several players who later broke through at international level such as Giuseppe Signori
, Francesco Baiano
, Brian Roy, Igor Kolyvanov
, Igor Shalimov
, Roberto Rambaudi
and Dan Petrescu
.
In 1957–58, a merger took place between Foggia Calcio and Foggia Incedit, forming Unione Sportiva Foggia as the club is today. In 1961–62, the team was taken over by President Domenico Rosa Rosa, a wood industrialist, and coach Oronzo Pugliese
, who quickly led them to promotion to Serie B
.
for the first time. From 1964–65
, Foggia managed to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On 31 January 1965, still under the guidance of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3–2 victory against Inter
, who were at the time led by manager Helenio Herrera
. The season was crowned by the national call-ups of Micelli and Nocera who played for Italy
against Wales
. Italy won 4–1 and Nocera managed to get on the scoresheet. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to take charge of Roma
.
Pugliese was replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the drop again. The following year, however, Foggia was relegated. It wasa forgettable championship, after 10 matches Foggia had collected only three points and scored just 24 goals. Rubino was sacked and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, president Rosa Rosa also left the club, following their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966–67
season, Foggia returned to the top flight in 1970–71
, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. Maestrelli would later win the 1973–74 scudetto
with Lazio
. Luigi Del Neri was, at the time, a Foggia player. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973–74, before another relegation which came after a 6 point deduction for alleged corruption relating to the referee of a home match against Milan
. The coach that season was Lauro Toneatto. Foggia played two more seasons in Serie A in 1976–77
and in 1977–78
, when they were once more relegated to Serie B
.
Following their relegation back to Serie B, Foggia were then dealt with a further blow with relegation to Serie C
. They battled their way in Serie C1
throughout much of the 1980s. This was a particularly tough time for Foggia as their regional rivals, Bari
, Lecce
, Barletta and Taranto
were all playing at higher levels.
In 1989, with the appointment of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman
, the club began to enter the greatest period in its history. The aggressive and entertaining football of the Bohemian coach was based on a 4–3–3 formation. Pressure, offside tactics and frenetic movement of both players and the ball made up the trademark style of Zeman's Foggia. The club first returned to Serie B
, and then the following season in 1990–91
, they won the Serie B by a large margin and returned to Serie A
.
After returning to Serie A
in the 1991–92
season, Foggia dei Miracoli , as they were known, proved to be competitive with any opponent and was appreciated by the press because of the attractive football they played. The term Zemanlandia was then coined to indicate the style created by Zeman, and became strictly associated to the Foggia team of the 1990s. The Foggia team also featured star players, especially attacking trio of Giuseppe Signori
, Francesco Baiano
and Roberto Rambaudi
, as well as Russian star Igor Shalimov
. That season, Foggia achieved the amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while also conceding 58. Foggia soon lost many of these quality players, including their three key forwards, and had to replace them with young talent. The club completed three Serie A campaigns finishing mid-table. In Serie A 1993-94
, Foggia's football continued but the depleted squad was no longer as competitive and the club was relegated back to Serie B
in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio
at the end of that season, marking the end of Zemanlandia whilst the club was beset with financial problems. The Foggia glory days had come to an end.
achieving mid-table finishes, before another relegation followed at the end of the 1997–98
season. They did not fare any better down in Serie C1
, with another successive relegation to Serie C2
.
Playing football in Italy's fourth tier was far less glamorous than the Zemanlandia days but the club set itself on the long road back in 2002–03, when led by coach Pasquale Marino
and key players Roberto De Zerbi
and Michele Pazienza
, they were promoted back to Serie C1
.
After the 2003–04 season, in which they finished mid-table but with good signs for the following year, Foggia were hit with financial problems and lost the coach Marino and all the best players.
The news sent the fans into despair but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the reins of the club and gave confidence to the new club which assumed the team's historic name, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and was able to keep their place in the league.
After two more seasons finishing in mid-table, during which there were five coaching changes, Coccimiglio was criticised for not paying players' wages, a situation which created instability. After complex negotiations, the company passed into the hands of a team of local entrepreneurs led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club spent the following years mid-table in C1, narrowly losing a promotion playoff in 2006–07
against Avellino
which would have seen them return to Serie B. The following season, 2007–08
, they again reached the playoffs, this time losing to Cremonese
.
On June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, chairman and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, re-acquired the club, and reformed the old trio of Foggia heads by appointing back Zdeněk Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone
as director of football.
, especially since the Zeman years. I Satanelli can also count on support from across the Province of Foggia
.
The only twinning Foggia fans have is with the supporters of Cagliari
and more specifically with the Sconvolts 1987 ultras. However, each group has personal friendships, notable are those with Monza, Latina and Budapest Honved
.
Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club
, based in Foggia
, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie A
in 1995.
The team gained nationwide popularity in the 1990s when coached by Zdeněk Zeman
because of its attacking, spectacular style of play, which brought Foggia continuously on the verge of UEFA Cup
qualification, launching several players who later broke through at international level such as Giuseppe Signori
, Francesco Baiano
, Brian Roy, Igor Kolyvanov
, Igor Shalimov
, Roberto Rambaudi
and Dan Petrescu
.
In 1957–58, a merger took place between Foggia Calcio and Foggia Incedit, forming Unione Sportiva Foggia as the club is today. In 1961–62, the team was taken over by President Domenico Rosa Rosa, a wood industrialist, and coach Oronzo Pugliese
, who quickly led them to promotion to Serie B
.
for the first time. From 1964–65
, Foggia managed to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On 31 January 1965, still under the guidance of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3–2 victory against Inter
, who were at the time led by manager Helenio Herrera
. The season was crowned by the national call-ups of Micelli and Nocera who played for Italy
against Wales
. Italy won 4–1 and Nocera managed to get on the scoresheet. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to take charge of Roma
.
Pugliese was replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the drop again. The following year, however, Foggia was relegated. It wasa forgettable championship, after 10 matches Foggia had collected only three points and scored just 24 goals. Rubino was sacked and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, president Rosa Rosa also left the club, following their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966–67
season, Foggia returned to the top flight in 1970–71
, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. Maestrelli would later win the 1973–74 scudetto
with Lazio
. Luigi Del Neri was, at the time, a Foggia player. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973–74, before another relegation which came after a 6 point deduction for alleged corruption relating to the referee of a home match against Milan
. The coach that season was Lauro Toneatto. Foggia played two more seasons in Serie A in 1976–77
and in 1977–78
, when they were once more relegated to Serie B
.
Following their relegation back to Serie B, Foggia were then dealt with a further blow with relegation to Serie C
. They battled their way in Serie C1
throughout much of the 1980s. This was a particularly tough time for Foggia as their regional rivals, Bari
, Lecce
, Barletta and Taranto
were all playing at higher levels.
In 1989, with the appointment of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman
, the club began to enter the greatest period in its history. The aggressive and entertaining football of the Bohemian coach was based on a 4–3–3 formation. Pressure, offside tactics and frenetic movement of both players and the ball made up the trademark style of Zeman's Foggia. The club first returned to Serie B
, and then the following season in 1990–91
, they won the Serie B by a large margin and returned to Serie A
.
After returning to Serie A
in the 1991–92
season, Foggia dei Miracoli , as they were known, proved to be competitive with any opponent and was appreciated by the press because of the attractive football they played. The term Zemanlandia was then coined to indicate the style created by Zeman, and became strictly associated to the Foggia team of the 1990s. The Foggia team also featured star players, especially attacking trio of Giuseppe Signori
, Francesco Baiano
and Roberto Rambaudi
, as well as Russian star Igor Shalimov
. That season, Foggia achieved the amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while also conceding 58. Foggia soon lost many of these quality players, including their three key forwards, and had to replace them with young talent. The club completed three Serie A campaigns finishing mid-table. In Serie A 1993-94
, Foggia's football continued but the depleted squad was no longer as competitive and the club was relegated back to Serie B
in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio
at the end of that season, marking the end of Zemanlandia whilst the club was beset with financial problems. The Foggia glory days had come to an end.
achieving mid-table finishes, before another relegation followed at the end of the 1997–98
season. They did not fare any better down in Serie C1
, with another successive relegation to Serie C2
.
Playing football in Italy's fourth tier was far less glamorous than the Zemanlandia days but the club set itself on the long road back in 2002–03, when led by coach Pasquale Marino
and key players Roberto De Zerbi
and Michele Pazienza
, they were promoted back to Serie C1
.
After the 2003–04 season, in which they finished mid-table but with good signs for the following year, Foggia were hit with financial problems and lost the coach Marino and all the best players.
The news sent the fans into despair but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the reins of the club and gave confidence to the new club which assumed the team's historic name, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and was able to keep their place in the league.
After two more seasons finishing in mid-table, during which there were five coaching changes, Coccimiglio was criticised for not paying players' wages, a situation which created instability. After complex negotiations, the company passed into the hands of a team of local entrepreneurs led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club spent the following years mid-table in C1, narrowly losing a promotion playoff in 2006–07
against Avellino
which would have seen them return to Serie B. The following season, 2007–08
, they again reached the playoffs, this time losing to Cremonese
.
On June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, chairman and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, re-acquired the club, and reformed the old trio of Foggia heads by appointing back Zdeněk Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone
as director of football.
, especially since the Zeman years. I Satanelli can also count on support from across the Province of Foggia
.
The only twinning Foggia fans have is with the supporters of Cagliari
and more specifically with the Sconvolts 1987 ultras. However, each group has personal friendships, notable are those with Monza, Latina and Budapest Honved
.
Mario Salgado
Hernán Medford
Francesco Baiano
Pierpaolo Bresciani Luigi Di Biagio
Massimo Marazzina
Pasquale Padalino
Roberto Rambaudi
Flavio Roma
Delio Rossi
Andrea Seno
Giuseppe Signori
Bryan Roy
Dan Petrescu
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Shalimov
Bartosz Salamon
Robert Englaro
Football in Italy
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, based in Foggia
Foggia
Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...
, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been 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...
in 1995.
The team gained nationwide popularity in the 1990s when coached by Zdeněk Zeman
Zdenek Zeman
Zdeněk 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:...
because of its attacking, spectacular style of play, which brought Foggia continuously on the verge of UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
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qualification, launching several players who later broke through at international level such as Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori
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, Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano
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, Brian Roy, Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
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, Igor Shalimov
Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...
, Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi
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and Dan Petrescu
Dan Petrescu
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.
Foundation and early years
The club was founded in 1920 as Foggia Calcio. The club spent its early history playing football in the lower leagues, winning a championship in the dilettanti in 1933.In 1957–58, a merger took place between Foggia Calcio and Foggia Incedit, forming Unione Sportiva Foggia as the club is today. In 1961–62, the team was taken over by President Domenico Rosa Rosa, a wood industrialist, and coach Oronzo Pugliese
Oronzo Pugliese
Oronzo Pugliese was an Italian football manager from Turi in the Province of Bari.Over the course of his career, Pugliese managed several notable clubs in Italian football, amongst them were; Roma, Fiorentina and his home province side Bari.-References:...
, who quickly led them to promotion 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...
.
Reaching Serie A
History was made in the 1963–64 season, when Rosa Rosa and Oronzo Pugliese's Foggia reached Serie ASerie 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...
for the first time. From 1964–65
Serie A 1964-65
-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, Foggia managed to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On 31 January 1965, still under the guidance of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3–2 victory against Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
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, who were at the time led by manager Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera
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. The season was crowned by the national call-ups of Micelli and Nocera who played for Italy
Italy national football team
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against Wales
Wales national football team
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. Italy won 4–1 and Nocera managed to get on the scoresheet. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to take charge of Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
.
Pugliese was replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the drop again. The following year, however, Foggia was relegated. It wasa forgettable championship, after 10 matches Foggia had collected only three points and scored just 24 goals. Rubino was sacked and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, president Rosa Rosa also left the club, following their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966–67
Serie A 1966-67
Serie A 1966-67 season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Inter were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat Lazio to win the title. However, Inter lost 1-0 on the final day to...
season, Foggia returned to the top flight in 1970–71
Serie A 1970-71
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, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. Maestrelli would later win the 1973–74 scudetto
Serie A 1973-74
The 1973/1974 Serie A season was won by S.S. Lazio.-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
with Lazio
S.S. Lazio
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. Luigi Del Neri was, at the time, a Foggia player. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973–74, before another relegation which came after a 6 point deduction for alleged corruption relating to the referee of a home match against Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
. The coach that season was Lauro Toneatto. Foggia played two more seasons in Serie A in 1976–77
Serie A 1976-77
The 1976/1977 Serie A season was won by Juventus F.C..-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
and in 1977–78
Serie A 1977-78
The 1977/1978 Serie A season was won by Juventus F.C..-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, when they were once more relegated 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...
.
Glory years and Zemanlandia
Following their relegation back to Serie B, Foggia were then dealt with a further blow with relegation to Serie C
Serie C
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. They battled their way in Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
throughout much of the 1980s. This was a particularly tough time for Foggia as their regional rivals, Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
, Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
, Barletta and Taranto
Taranto Sport
A.S. Taranto Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. The club was founded in 1904. Taranto currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie B in 1993. The team's colors are red and blue.-History:...
were all playing at higher levels.
In 1989, with the appointment of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman
Zdenek Zeman
Zdeněk 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:...
, the club began to enter the greatest period in its history. The aggressive and entertaining football of the Bohemian coach was based on a 4–3–3 formation. Pressure, offside tactics and frenetic movement of both players and the ball made up the trademark style of Zeman's Foggia. The club first 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...
, and then the following season in 1990–91
Serie B 1990-91
This article contains information on the 1990-1991 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...
, they won the Serie B by a large margin and returned to 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...
.
After returning to 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...
in the 1991–92
Serie A 1991-92
During this season, under the guidance of Fabio Capello, AC Milan completed a remarkable unbeaten season, a run that eventually totalled 58 games.- Final classification :- Results :-Top scorers:25 goals* Marco van Basten 18 goals...
season, Foggia dei Miracoli , as they were known, proved to be competitive with any opponent and was appreciated by the press because of the attractive football they played. The term Zemanlandia was then coined to indicate the style created by Zeman, and became strictly associated to the Foggia team of the 1990s. The Foggia team also featured star players, especially attacking trio of Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...
, Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano was an Italian football and currently a coach. He is a well-known striker famous for his shooting technique....
and Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...
, as well as Russian star Igor Shalimov
Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...
. That season, Foggia achieved the amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while also conceding 58. Foggia soon lost many of these quality players, including their three key forwards, and had to replace them with young talent. The club completed three Serie A campaigns finishing mid-table. In Serie A 1993-94
Serie A 1993-94
The 1993–94 Serie A was won by A.C. Milan, being the 14th title for the rossoneri.-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:23 goals* Giuseppe Signori 18 goals* Gianfranco Zola 17 goals* Roberto Baggio...
, Foggia's football continued but the depleted squad was no longer as competitive and the club was relegated back 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...
in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
at the end of that season, marking the end of Zemanlandia whilst the club was beset with financial problems. The Foggia glory days had come to an end.
Decline, Serie C and Zeman's return
Following the drop, Foggia spent two seasons in Serie BSerie 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...
achieving mid-table finishes, before another relegation followed at the end of the 1997–98
Serie B 1997-98
This article contains information on the 1997-1998 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...
season. They did not fare any better down in Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
, with another successive relegation to Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
.
Playing football in Italy's fourth tier was far less glamorous than the Zemanlandia days but the club set itself on the long road back in 2002–03, when led by coach Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino is an Italian football coach.-Playing career:In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in divisions higher than Serie C1, and ended his career for Catania in 1996/1997....
and key players Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi is an left footed Italian footballer, currently playing for Liga 1 side CFR Cluj.-Career:De Zerbi plays in midfield and has a good goal scoring record from the position. He made his debut in the Serie A with Napoli, which the team signed him from Calcio Catania for €2.5 million....
and Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, as a defensive midfielder.Pazienza started his career with Foggia in 2000. Three years later he was transferred to Udinese, but played on loan with Fiorentina for the 2006–07 season. Fiorentina purchased him in June 2007...
, they were promoted back to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
.
After the 2003–04 season, in which they finished mid-table but with good signs for the following year, Foggia were hit with financial problems and lost the coach Marino and all the best players.
The news sent the fans into despair but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the reins of the club and gave confidence to the new club which assumed the team's historic name, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and was able to keep their place in the league.
After two more seasons finishing in mid-table, during which there were five coaching changes, Coccimiglio was criticised for not paying players' wages, a situation which created instability. After complex negotiations, the company passed into the hands of a team of local entrepreneurs led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club spent the following years mid-table in C1, narrowly losing a promotion playoff in 2006–07
Serie C1 2006-07
The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the football league season of Italian Serie C1 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff...
against Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
which would have seen them return to Serie B. The following season, 2007–08
Serie C1 2007-08
The 2007-08 Serie C1 season will be the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978 . It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008.The league will be composed of...
, they again reached the playoffs, this time losing to Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...
.
On June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, chairman and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, re-acquired the club, and reformed the old trio of Foggia heads by appointing back Zdeněk Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone
Giuseppe Pavone
Giuseppe Pavone is a retired Italian professional football player, best famous for having been director of football of Foggia during the club's most successful period, when the Satanelli played in the Serie A in the 1990s under the guidance of head coach Zdeněk Zeman and chairman Pasquale Casillo...
as director of football.
Current squad
As of 24 August, 2011Fans
Football has always been a popular sport to follow in the city of FoggiaFoggia
Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...
, especially since the Zeman years. I Satanelli can also count on support from across the Province of Foggia
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.This province is also known as Capitanata, originally Catapanata, because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catapan, as part of the Catapanate of Italy...
.
The only twinning Foggia fans have is with the supporters of Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
and more specifically with the Sconvolts 1987 ultras. However, each group has personal friendships, notable are those with Monza, Latina and Budapest Honved
Honved
Honvéd may refer to;* Honvédség, the Hungarian army.* Budapest Honvéd FC, a Hungarian football team....
.
Managerial history
Foggia have had many managers and trainers throughout the history of a club, in some seasons more than one manager was in charge. Here is a chronological list of them from 1923 onwards.Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club
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...
, based in Foggia
Foggia
Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...
, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been 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...
in 1995.
The team gained nationwide popularity in the 1990s when coached by Zdeněk Zeman
Zdenek Zeman
Zdeněk 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:...
because of its attacking, spectacular style of play, which brought Foggia continuously on the verge of UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
qualification, launching several players who later broke through at international level such as Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...
, Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano was an Italian football and currently a coach. He is a well-known striker famous for his shooting technique....
, Brian Roy, Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
, Igor Shalimov
Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...
, Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...
and Dan Petrescu
Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently the manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League....
.
Foundation and early years
The club was founded in 1920 as Foggia Calcio. The club spent its early history playing football in the lower leagues, winning a championship in the dilettanti in 1933.In 1957–58, a merger took place between Foggia Calcio and Foggia Incedit, forming Unione Sportiva Foggia as the club is today. In 1961–62, the team was taken over by President Domenico Rosa Rosa, a wood industrialist, and coach Oronzo Pugliese
Oronzo Pugliese
Oronzo Pugliese was an Italian football manager from Turi in the Province of Bari.Over the course of his career, Pugliese managed several notable clubs in Italian football, amongst them were; Roma, Fiorentina and his home province side Bari.-References:...
, who quickly led them to promotion 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...
.
Reaching Serie A
History was made in the 1963–64 season, when Rosa Rosa and Oronzo Pugliese's Foggia reached Serie ASerie 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...
for the first time. From 1964–65
Serie A 1964-65
-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, Foggia managed to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On 31 January 1965, still under the guidance of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3–2 victory against Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
, who were at the time led by manager Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán was a Franco-Argentine football player and manager.Although born in Argentina, Herrera's parents were both Spanish, his father being a well-known Spanish anarchist in exile...
. The season was crowned by the national call-ups of Micelli and Nocera who played for Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
against Wales
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...
. Italy won 4–1 and Nocera managed to get on the scoresheet. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to take charge of Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
.
Pugliese was replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the drop again. The following year, however, Foggia was relegated. It wasa forgettable championship, after 10 matches Foggia had collected only three points and scored just 24 goals. Rubino was sacked and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, president Rosa Rosa also left the club, following their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966–67
Serie A 1966-67
Serie A 1966-67 season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Inter were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat Lazio to win the title. However, Inter lost 1-0 on the final day to...
season, Foggia returned to the top flight in 1970–71
Serie A 1970-71
The 1970/1971 Serie A season was won by F.C. Internazionale Milano.-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. Maestrelli would later win the 1973–74 scudetto
Serie A 1973-74
The 1973/1974 Serie A season was won by S.S. Lazio.-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
with Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
. Luigi Del Neri was, at the time, a Foggia player. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973–74, before another relegation which came after a 6 point deduction for alleged corruption relating to the referee of a home match against Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
. The coach that season was Lauro Toneatto. Foggia played two more seasons in Serie A in 1976–77
Serie A 1976-77
The 1976/1977 Serie A season was won by Juventus F.C..-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
and in 1977–78
Serie A 1977-78
The 1977/1978 Serie A season was won by Juventus F.C..-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, when they were once more relegated 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...
.
Glory years and Zemanlandia
Following their relegation back to Serie B, Foggia were then dealt with a further blow with relegation to Serie C
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
. They battled their way in Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
throughout much of the 1980s. This was a particularly tough time for Foggia as their regional rivals, Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
, Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
, Barletta and Taranto
Taranto Sport
A.S. Taranto Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. The club was founded in 1904. Taranto currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie B in 1993. The team's colors are red and blue.-History:...
were all playing at higher levels.
In 1989, with the appointment of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman
Zdenek Zeman
Zdeněk 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:...
, the club began to enter the greatest period in its history. The aggressive and entertaining football of the Bohemian coach was based on a 4–3–3 formation. Pressure, offside tactics and frenetic movement of both players and the ball made up the trademark style of Zeman's Foggia. The club first 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...
, and then the following season in 1990–91
Serie B 1990-91
This article contains information on the 1990-1991 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...
, they won the Serie B by a large margin and returned to 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...
.
After returning to 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...
in the 1991–92
Serie A 1991-92
During this season, under the guidance of Fabio Capello, AC Milan completed a remarkable unbeaten season, a run that eventually totalled 58 games.- Final classification :- Results :-Top scorers:25 goals* Marco van Basten 18 goals...
season, Foggia dei Miracoli , as they were known, proved to be competitive with any opponent and was appreciated by the press because of the attractive football they played. The term Zemanlandia was then coined to indicate the style created by Zeman, and became strictly associated to the Foggia team of the 1990s. The Foggia team also featured star players, especially attacking trio of Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...
, Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano was an Italian football and currently a coach. He is a well-known striker famous for his shooting technique....
and Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...
, as well as Russian star Igor Shalimov
Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...
. That season, Foggia achieved the amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while also conceding 58. Foggia soon lost many of these quality players, including their three key forwards, and had to replace them with young talent. The club completed three Serie A campaigns finishing mid-table. In Serie A 1993-94
Serie A 1993-94
The 1993–94 Serie A was won by A.C. Milan, being the 14th title for the rossoneri.-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:23 goals* Giuseppe Signori 18 goals* Gianfranco Zola 17 goals* Roberto Baggio...
, Foggia's football continued but the depleted squad was no longer as competitive and the club was relegated back 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...
in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
at the end of that season, marking the end of Zemanlandia whilst the club was beset with financial problems. The Foggia glory days had come to an end.
Decline, Serie C and Zeman's return
Following the drop, Foggia spent two seasons in Serie BSerie 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...
achieving mid-table finishes, before another relegation followed at the end of the 1997–98
Serie B 1997-98
This article contains information on the 1997-1998 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...
season. They did not fare any better down in Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
, with another successive relegation to Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
.
Playing football in Italy's fourth tier was far less glamorous than the Zemanlandia days but the club set itself on the long road back in 2002–03, when led by coach Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino is an Italian football coach.-Playing career:In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in divisions higher than Serie C1, and ended his career for Catania in 1996/1997....
and key players Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi is an left footed Italian footballer, currently playing for Liga 1 side CFR Cluj.-Career:De Zerbi plays in midfield and has a good goal scoring record from the position. He made his debut in the Serie A with Napoli, which the team signed him from Calcio Catania for €2.5 million....
and Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, as a defensive midfielder.Pazienza started his career with Foggia in 2000. Three years later he was transferred to Udinese, but played on loan with Fiorentina for the 2006–07 season. Fiorentina purchased him in June 2007...
, they were promoted back to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
.
After the 2003–04 season, in which they finished mid-table but with good signs for the following year, Foggia were hit with financial problems and lost the coach Marino and all the best players.
The news sent the fans into despair but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the reins of the club and gave confidence to the new club which assumed the team's historic name, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and was able to keep their place in the league.
After two more seasons finishing in mid-table, during which there were five coaching changes, Coccimiglio was criticised for not paying players' wages, a situation which created instability. After complex negotiations, the company passed into the hands of a team of local entrepreneurs led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club spent the following years mid-table in C1, narrowly losing a promotion playoff in 2006–07
Serie C1 2006-07
The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the football league season of Italian Serie C1 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff...
against Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
which would have seen them return to Serie B. The following season, 2007–08
Serie C1 2007-08
The 2007-08 Serie C1 season will be the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978 . It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008.The league will be composed of...
, they again reached the playoffs, this time losing to Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...
.
On June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, chairman and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, re-acquired the club, and reformed the old trio of Foggia heads by appointing back Zdeněk Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone
Giuseppe Pavone
Giuseppe Pavone is a retired Italian professional football player, best famous for having been director of football of Foggia during the club's most successful period, when the Satanelli played in the Serie A in the 1990s under the guidance of head coach Zdeněk Zeman and chairman Pasquale Casillo...
as director of football.
Current squad
As of 24 August, 2011Fans
Football has always been a popular sport to follow in the city of FoggiaFoggia
Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...
, especially since the Zeman years. I Satanelli can also count on support from across the Province of Foggia
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.This province is also known as Capitanata, originally Catapanata, because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catapan, as part of the Catapanate of Italy...
.
The only twinning Foggia fans have is with the supporters of Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
and more specifically with the Sconvolts 1987 ultras. However, each group has personal friendships, notable are those with Monza, Latina and Budapest Honved
Honved
Honvéd may refer to;* Honvédség, the Hungarian army.* Budapest Honvéd FC, a Hungarian football team....
.
Managerial history
Foggia have had many managers and trainers throughout the history of a club, in some seasons more than one manager was in charge. Here is a chronological list of them from 1923 onwards.Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club
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...
, based in Foggia
Foggia
Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...
, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been 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...
in 1995.
The team gained nationwide popularity in the 1990s when coached by Zdeněk Zeman
Zdenek Zeman
Zdeněk 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:...
because of its attacking, spectacular style of play, which brought Foggia continuously on the verge of UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
qualification, launching several players who later broke through at international level such as Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...
, Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano was an Italian football and currently a coach. He is a well-known striker famous for his shooting technique....
, Brian Roy, Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Kolyvanov
Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
, Igor Shalimov
Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...
, Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...
and Dan Petrescu
Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently the manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League....
.
Foundation and early years
The club was founded in 1920 as Foggia Calcio. The club spent its early history playing football in the lower leagues, winning a championship in the dilettanti in 1933.In 1957–58, a merger took place between Foggia Calcio and Foggia Incedit, forming Unione Sportiva Foggia as the club is today. In 1961–62, the team was taken over by President Domenico Rosa Rosa, a wood industrialist, and coach Oronzo Pugliese
Oronzo Pugliese
Oronzo Pugliese was an Italian football manager from Turi in the Province of Bari.Over the course of his career, Pugliese managed several notable clubs in Italian football, amongst them were; Roma, Fiorentina and his home province side Bari.-References:...
, who quickly led them to promotion 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...
.
Reaching Serie A
History was made in the 1963–64 season, when Rosa Rosa and Oronzo Pugliese's Foggia reached Serie ASerie 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...
for the first time. From 1964–65
Serie A 1964-65
-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, Foggia managed to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On 31 January 1965, still under the guidance of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3–2 victory against Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
, who were at the time led by manager Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán was a Franco-Argentine football player and manager.Although born in Argentina, Herrera's parents were both Spanish, his father being a well-known Spanish anarchist in exile...
. The season was crowned by the national call-ups of Micelli and Nocera who played for Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
against Wales
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...
. Italy won 4–1 and Nocera managed to get on the scoresheet. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to take charge of Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
.
Pugliese was replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the drop again. The following year, however, Foggia was relegated. It wasa forgettable championship, after 10 matches Foggia had collected only three points and scored just 24 goals. Rubino was sacked and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, president Rosa Rosa also left the club, following their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966–67
Serie A 1966-67
Serie A 1966-67 season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Inter were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat Lazio to win the title. However, Inter lost 1-0 on the final day to...
season, Foggia returned to the top flight in 1970–71
Serie A 1970-71
The 1970/1971 Serie A season was won by F.C. Internazionale Milano.-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. Maestrelli would later win the 1973–74 scudetto
Serie A 1973-74
The 1973/1974 Serie A season was won by S.S. Lazio.-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
with Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
. Luigi Del Neri was, at the time, a Foggia player. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973–74, before another relegation which came after a 6 point deduction for alleged corruption relating to the referee of a home match against Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
. The coach that season was Lauro Toneatto. Foggia played two more seasons in Serie A in 1976–77
Serie A 1976-77
The 1976/1977 Serie A season was won by Juventus F.C..-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
and in 1977–78
Serie A 1977-78
The 1977/1978 Serie A season was won by Juventus F.C..-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
, when they were once more relegated 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...
.
Glory years and Zemanlandia
Following their relegation back to Serie B, Foggia were then dealt with a further blow with relegation to Serie C
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
. They battled their way in Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
throughout much of the 1980s. This was a particularly tough time for Foggia as their regional rivals, Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
, Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
, Barletta and Taranto
Taranto Sport
A.S. Taranto Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. The club was founded in 1904. Taranto currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie B in 1993. The team's colors are red and blue.-History:...
were all playing at higher levels.
In 1989, with the appointment of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman
Zdenek Zeman
Zdeněk 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:...
, the club began to enter the greatest period in its history. The aggressive and entertaining football of the Bohemian coach was based on a 4–3–3 formation. Pressure, offside tactics and frenetic movement of both players and the ball made up the trademark style of Zeman's Foggia. The club first 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...
, and then the following season in 1990–91
Serie B 1990-91
This article contains information on the 1990-1991 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...
, they won the Serie B by a large margin and returned to 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...
.
After returning to 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...
in the 1991–92
Serie A 1991-92
During this season, under the guidance of Fabio Capello, AC Milan completed a remarkable unbeaten season, a run that eventually totalled 58 games.- Final classification :- Results :-Top scorers:25 goals* Marco van Basten 18 goals...
season, Foggia dei Miracoli , as they were known, proved to be competitive with any opponent and was appreciated by the press because of the attractive football they played. The term Zemanlandia was then coined to indicate the style created by Zeman, and became strictly associated to the Foggia team of the 1990s. The Foggia team also featured star players, especially attacking trio of Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...
, Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano was an Italian football and currently a coach. He is a well-known striker famous for his shooting technique....
and Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...
, as well as Russian star Igor Shalimov
Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...
. That season, Foggia achieved the amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while also conceding 58. Foggia soon lost many of these quality players, including their three key forwards, and had to replace them with young talent. The club completed three Serie A campaigns finishing mid-table. In Serie A 1993-94
Serie A 1993-94
The 1993–94 Serie A was won by A.C. Milan, being the 14th title for the rossoneri.-Final classification:-Results:-Top scorers:23 goals* Giuseppe Signori 18 goals* Gianfranco Zola 17 goals* Roberto Baggio...
, Foggia's football continued but the depleted squad was no longer as competitive and the club was relegated back 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...
in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
at the end of that season, marking the end of Zemanlandia whilst the club was beset with financial problems. The Foggia glory days had come to an end.
Decline, Serie C and Zeman's return
Following the drop, Foggia spent two seasons in Serie BSerie 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...
achieving mid-table finishes, before another relegation followed at the end of the 1997–98
Serie B 1997-98
This article contains information on the 1997-1998 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...
season. They did not fare any better down in Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
, with another successive relegation to Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
.
Playing football in Italy's fourth tier was far less glamorous than the Zemanlandia days but the club set itself on the long road back in 2002–03, when led by coach Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino is an Italian football coach.-Playing career:In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in divisions higher than Serie C1, and ended his career for Catania in 1996/1997....
and key players Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi is an left footed Italian footballer, currently playing for Liga 1 side CFR Cluj.-Career:De Zerbi plays in midfield and has a good goal scoring record from the position. He made his debut in the Serie A with Napoli, which the team signed him from Calcio Catania for €2.5 million....
and Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, as a defensive midfielder.Pazienza started his career with Foggia in 2000. Three years later he was transferred to Udinese, but played on loan with Fiorentina for the 2006–07 season. Fiorentina purchased him in June 2007...
, they were promoted back to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
.
After the 2003–04 season, in which they finished mid-table but with good signs for the following year, Foggia were hit with financial problems and lost the coach Marino and all the best players.
The news sent the fans into despair but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the reins of the club and gave confidence to the new club which assumed the team's historic name, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and was able to keep their place in the league.
After two more seasons finishing in mid-table, during which there were five coaching changes, Coccimiglio was criticised for not paying players' wages, a situation which created instability. After complex negotiations, the company passed into the hands of a team of local entrepreneurs led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club spent the following years mid-table in C1, narrowly losing a promotion playoff in 2006–07
Serie C1 2006-07
The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the football league season of Italian Serie C1 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff...
against Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
which would have seen them return to Serie B. The following season, 2007–08
Serie C1 2007-08
The 2007-08 Serie C1 season will be the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978 . It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008.The league will be composed of...
, they again reached the playoffs, this time losing to Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...
.
On June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, chairman and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, re-acquired the club, and reformed the old trio of Foggia heads by appointing back Zdeněk Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone
Giuseppe Pavone
Giuseppe Pavone is a retired Italian professional football player, best famous for having been director of football of Foggia during the club's most successful period, when the Satanelli played in the Serie A in the 1990s under the guidance of head coach Zdeněk Zeman and chairman Pasquale Casillo...
as director of football.
Current squad
As of 24 August, 2011Fans
Football has always been a popular sport to follow in the city of FoggiaFoggia
Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...
, especially since the Zeman years. I Satanelli can also count on support from across the Province of Foggia
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.This province is also known as Capitanata, originally Catapanata, because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catapan, as part of the Catapanate of Italy...
.
The only twinning Foggia fans have is with the supporters of Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
and more specifically with the Sconvolts 1987 ultras. However, each group has personal friendships, notable are those with Monza, Latina and Budapest Honved
Honved
Honvéd may refer to;* Honvédség, the Hungarian army.* Budapest Honvéd FC, a Hungarian football team....
.
Managerial history
Foggia have had many managers and trainers throughout the history of a club, in some seasons more than one manager was in charge. Here is a chronological list of them from 1923 onwards.EWLINE
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Mario Salgado
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Flavio Roma
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Andrea Seno
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Igor Shalimov
Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...
Bartosz Salamon
Bartosz Salamon
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Robert Englaro
Robert Englaro
Robert Englaro is a retired Slovenian football defender.Englaro was capped 36 times for the Slovenian national team between 1992 and 1999.-Clubs:*1988-1996 : Olimpija Ljubljana*1996-1997 : U.S. Foggia*1997-2000 : Atalanta B.C....
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