Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919, commonly referred to as Reggiana, is a professional football club based in

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

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, Italy. The club was formed in 2018 upon an idea of 1919, and plays in the

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, the third tier of

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. Reggiana is known as ''i Granata'' ("the Maroons") in reference to the club's main colour:

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. The club was refounded two times after going bankrupt: in 2005 as Reggio Emilia Football Club, and in 2018 as Reggio Audace Football Club. In both occasions, the club subsequently regained the naming rights and the trophies of A.C. Reggiana via judicial auction. The club has participated in the

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, the top tier of Italian football, seven times; their last appearance dates back to the 1996–97 season.

History

A.C. Reggiana (1919–2005)

The club was originally found in 1919 under the name A.C. Reggiana, and played in the Italian First Division for several seasons in the 1920s. More recently, it played in the Italian

in 1993–94, 1994–95, and 1996–97. Their highest ranking was 13th place in the 1993–94 Serie A championship, where its main name was Brazilian goalkeeper

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, who would go on to win the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the countr ...

after the season.

A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2005–2018)

In July 2005, the sports title of A.C. Reggiana S.p.A. was transferred to a new investor, Reggio Emilia F.C. S.p.A., before being renamed as A.C. Reggiana 1919 S.p.A. soon after the start of the 2005–06 season. In the 2007–08 Serie C2 regular season, the team finished first in Group B, and won direct promotion to

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

(formerly known as Serie C1 until that year) for the 2008–2009 season. Reggiana also won 2008

Supercoppa di Serie C2 The Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione was an Italian football competition played initially by the three group winners of the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, formerly Serie C2. It was contested from the 2005–06 season until the 2013–14 seaso ...

, a competition for three group stage winners of Serie C2. The club was acquired by Italian-American former baseball player

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in 2016. After the 2017–18 season, the Piazza family decided not to register the team in the 2018–19 Serie C season, leading the club to the loss of its sporting title and subsequent exclusion from the Italian professional leagues.

Reggio Audace F.C. (2018–2020)

On 31 July 2018, a new entity was formed in Reggio Emilia, called Reggio Audace F.C.. The name was given in honour of a precursor entity of the 1910s, where Reggiana founder Severino Taddei used to play before founding the granata club. The new club, whose ownership was the expression of local entrepreneurs from Reggio Emilia, subsequently announced former Ravenna manager Mauro Antonioli as the new gaffer of the newborn club, admitted into the

2018–19 Serie D The 2018–19 Serie D was the seventy-first edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system. A total of 168 teams, divided on geographical grounds into s ...

. Two days later a three-year partnership was signed with Macron. On 20 August 2018 striker Nicola Luche became the first ever signing of the club. The club gained promotion to the

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

, after having been admitted by

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to the

due to vacancies left by bankrupt clubs in the third tier of Italian football and winning the 2019-20 Serie C playoff, returning to Serie B after an absence of 21 years, gaining subsequently two consecutive promotions.

A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2020–present)

On 28 July 2020, the club changed its name back to A.C. Reggiana 1919.

Colors and badges

The team's home jersey color is ''granata'' (

), hence the nickname "Granata" or "Regia". However, the team's shorts are traditionally dark blue, and their badge has traditionally been an orange football surrounded by the text: "Associazione Calcio Reggiana " surrounded by a Granata border.

Stadium

Reggiana played all of its matches in Stadio Mirabello until 1994, when it moved to a modern arena,

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(a site previously known as ''Stadio Giglio''). The stadium was subsequently bought by U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.

Fans

Like other Italian cities, the birth of the "

ultras Ultras are a type of association football fans who are renowned for their fanatical support. The term originated in Italy, but is used worldwide to describe predominantly organised fans of association football teams. The behavioural tende ...

" phenomenon in the 1980s also affected A.C. Reggiana. With Reggiana battling for

and Cantine Riunite Reggio Emilia competing in

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, the youth of the city formed and gathered in ultras every Sunday. The leading group of Reggiana "Curva Sud" was "Ultras Ghetto", which was famous for its choreography. Since the late 1990s, the leading groups are "Teste Quadre" and "Gruppo Vandelli", which situate themselves in the East Stand of the stadium. Reggiana fans have always had good numbers on away days with a peak of 10,000 fans in Milan in 1994.

Friendships and rivalries

Reggiana fans have good and friendly relationships with fans from: *

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* Greenock Morton The main rivals are: *

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, see

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, Secchia Derby *

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Notable players

Former Reggiana players have included: ;Italy *

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* Luca Bucci * Stefano Torrisi *

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* Angelo Adamo Gregucci *

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* Luigi Sartor *

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* Max Tonetto * Cristiano Zanetti *

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* Sandro Tovalieri * Francesco Pedone *

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* Francesco Ruopolo *

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* Alessandro Cesarini * Giuseppe Scienza *

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* Giuseppe Accardi *

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* Luigi De Agostini *

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* Stefano Nava * Massimo Paganin * Daniele De Vezze * Marco Romizi * Raffaele Nuzzo * Leonardo Colucci *

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* Marco Ambrosio * Igor Protti * Alessandro Bastrini *

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* Trevor Trevisan *

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* Cristian Altinier * Vito Grieco *

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* Simone Calvano * Andrea Parola * Raffaele Nolè * Michele Pazienza *

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* Paolo Zanetti * Armando Pantanelli *

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;Austria * Michael Hatz ;Belgium *

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;Brazil *

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* Robert Anderson ;Colombia *

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;Croatia *

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;Czech Republic *

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;Georgia *

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;Germany * Dietmar Beiersdorfer ;England *

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;France * Gaël Genevier ;Montenegro * Minel Šabotić *

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;Nigeria *

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* Jero Shakpoke *

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* Saidu Adeshina ;Portugal *

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* António Pacheco * Rui Águas ;Romania *

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;Russia *

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;Spain *

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;Sweden * Johnny Ekström ;Venezuela * Massimo Margiotta

Youth sector

Reggiana have always had a good tradition in developing youth players, being a rare club with a training ground which has 16 football pitches, located in the nearbies of the club house. The youth teams play their games in Stadio Mirabello, via Agosti training ground or in small grounds located in the local province. The academy has produced various players, notably: ;Italy *

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* Ettore Agazzani * Stefano Aigotti * Egidio Anceschi * Alessio Badari * Silvio Bandini * Aldo Bedogni *

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* Carlo Benelli * Roberto Benincasa *

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* Simone Gozzi * Danilo Zini *

* Elvis Abbruscato * Christian Araboni * Alessandro Bertoni * Leonida Bietti * Ottorino Bojardi * Leopoldo Bolognesi * Alberto Boni * Fabio Bonini * Enrico Bottazzi * Denis Brunazzi * Aldo Cagnoli * Giovanni Campari * Fabio Caselli * Ilario Castagner * Aldo Catalani *

* Maurizio Cavazzoni *

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;Gabon * Catilina Aubameyang ;Ghana *

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;Morocco *

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;Nigeria * Stephen Makinwa * Saidu Adeshina

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Backdoor and directors staff

Notable managers

The team's most famous coach was

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, who coached

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from 2001 to 2009 and then managed

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, Bayern Munich,

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and currently Everton. * 1919-20: Severino Taddei * 1920-22:

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* 1922-23:

* 1923-24:

* 1924-25: Severino Taddei * 1925-26: Ottorino Bojardi * 1926:

* 1926-28: Vilmos Zsigsmond * 1928-29: Anton Ringer * 1929-30: Severino Taddei * 1930-34: Regolo Ferretti * 1934-35: Mauro Maurer * 1935-37: Italo Rossi * 1937-39: Giuseppe Valenti * 1939-1942: János Vanicsek * 1942: Luigi Bernardi and William Ruozi * 1942-43: Alfredo Mazzoni * 1943-44: Regolo Ferretti * 1945-46: Felice Romano * 1946-47: Bruno Vale * 1947: Alcide Ivan Violi * 1947-48:

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* 1948-49: Piero Ferrari * 1949: Bruno Arcari * 1949-52: Giuseppe Antonini * 1952: Vittorio Malagoli * 1952-53:

Guido Masetti Guido Masetti (; 22 November 1907 – 26 November 1993) was an Italian football goalkeeper and manager. Club career Born in Verona, Masetti played for Hellas Verona, and A.S. Roma from 1929 to 1943, appearing in 339 matches, winning an Italian ...

* 1953-54: Alcide Ivan Violi * 1954-62: Luigi Del Grosso * 1962: Angelo Piccioli * 1962-63: Renato Martini * 1963: Vittorio Malagoli * 1963-64: Giancarlo Cadé * 1964-65:

Dino Ballacci Dino Ballacci (; 24 May 1924 – 6 August 2013) was an Italian football player and manager, who played as a defender. Playing career Club During his football career, Ballacci became one of the most representative players of Bologna F.C. in t ...

* 1965-70: Romolo Bizzotto * 1970-74: Ezio Galbiati * 1974: Giampiero Grevi and Giovanni Galbiati * 1974-75: Tito Corsi * 1975-76: Carmelo Di Bella * 1976:

Bruno Giorgi Bruno Giorgi (13 August 1905, Mococa – 7 September 1993, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazi ...

* 1976-77: Mario Caciagli * 1977-79: Guido Mammi * 1979-80: Franco Marini * 1980-83: Romano Fogli * 1983:

Giovan Battista Fabbri Giovan Battista Fabbri (8 March 1926 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian football player and manager. Career Fabri managed a number of Italian club sides, including Varese, SPAL , Sangiovannese, Giulianova, Livorno, Piacenza, Vicenza, Ascoli, Ces ...

* 1983-84:

Lauro Toneatto Lauro Toneatto (born 21 January 1933 in Udine, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, died 13 May 2010 in Siena CALCIO, SIENA: MORTO EX DIFENSORE E TECNICO TONEATTO', la Repubblica) was an Italian footballer and coach. Biography Lauro Toneatto played as a d ...

* 1984-86: Franco Fontana * 1986: Giancarlo Cadé * 1986-88:

Nello Santin Nello Santin (born 3 July 1946) is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a defender, and former football manager. He made 274 appearances in Serie A, most notably for Milan, Sampdoria and Torino, during the 1960s and 1970s. ...

* 1988:

Marino Perani Marino Perani (; 27 October 1939 – 18 October 2017) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward, usually as a winger. Club career Born in Ponte Nossa, in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Perani came through the Atala ...

* 1988-94: Giuseppe Marchioro * 1994-95:

Enzo Ferrari Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (; 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automob ...

* 1995: Cesare Vitale * 1995-96: Giorgio Ciaschini and

* 1996: Adelio Moro and

Mircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu (; born 29 July 1945) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently head coach of Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time. Lucescu is also ...

* 1996-97: Francesco Oddo * 1997-98: Franco Varrella * 1998-99: Attilio Perotti * 1999: Franco Varrella * 1999:

Angelo Gregucci Angelo Adamo Gregucci (born 10 June 1964) is an Italian football coach and former player. Career Player Born in San Giorgio Ionico, Province of Taranto, Gregucci started his playing career in 1981 with Taranto, before moving to Alessandria the ...

and Fabiano Speggiorin * 1999-00: Giorgio Rumignani * 2000: Luigi Maifredi * 2000-01: Claudio Testoni * 2001-02: Salvatore Vullo * 2002: Lorenzo Mossini * 2002-03: Adriano Cadregari * 2003-04: Antonio Sala * 2004: Adriano Cadregari * 2004-05: Bruno Giordano * 2005-06: Luciano Foschi * 2006-09: Alessandro Pane * 2009-10: Loris Dominissini * 2010-12:

Amedeo Mangone Amedeo Mangone (born 12 July 1968 in Milan) is an Italian association football coach and former player, who played as a defender. He currently serves as head coach of Italian amateur club Villa Valle. Playing career A product of A.C. Milan's ...

* 2012:

Lamberto Zauli Lamberto Zauli (born 19 July 1971) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of club Crotone. As a player, he spent his career as an attacking midfielder, but was also capable of playing on the left win ...

and Salvatore Lanna * 2012-13:

* 2013:

Luigi Apolloni Luigi Apolloni (; born 2 May 1967) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a centre-back. At club level, Apolloni is mainly remembered for his time with Italian side Parma Calcio 1913, where he won several titles during h ...

* 2013:

* 2013-14: Pierfrancesco Battistini * 2014: Marcello Montanari * 2014-16: Alberto Colombo * 2016-17: Leonardo Colucci * 2017: Leonardo Menichini * 2017: Massimiliano La Rosa and Andrea Tedeschi * 2017-2018: Sergio Eberini * 2018-2019: Mauro Antonioli * 2019–2021:

Massimiliano Alvini Massimiliano Alvini (born 20 April 1970) is an Italian football coach. He is currently manager of Spezia in the Italian Serie B. Playing career As a player, Alvini was a defender who spent his entire short career in the amateur leagues of his ...

* 2021–present: Aimo Diana

Honours

**Winners (1):

1992–93 Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since th ...

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

**Winners (6): 1939–40, 1957–58, 1963–64, 1970–71, 1980–81, 1988–89 *

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of ...

**Winners (1): 2007–08, *

**Winners (1): 2008

Divisional movements

References

External links

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