The Stadio Leonardo Garilli is a multi-use stadium in

Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

, Italy. It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

matches and the home of

Piacenza Calcio 1919 Piacenza Calcio 1919, commonly referred to as Piacenza, is an Italian football club based in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. The club currently plays in Serie D. Re-founded in 2012, Piacenza Calcio 1919 acquired the rights to use the brand of the ...

and from 2014 also those of Pro Piacenza 1919.Piacenza e Pro Piacenza: c'è l'accordo per il Garilli
Sportpiacenza.it The stadium was built in 1969 and was renovated in 1993 passing from 12,000 to the current 21,668 when the former

were promoted. The Stadium used to be called 'Galleana' after the area of the city in which it is situated but currently named after (died on 30 December 1996), to whom the city and fans are highly grateful because of his dedication and competence showed when he was the president of the former

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Leonardo Garilli Leonardo

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