The Stadio Armando Picchi is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

in Livorno,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

A.S. Livorno Calcio Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915 (formerly A.S. Livorno Calcio, commonly known as Livorno), is a semi-professional Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. They compete in Serie D, the top tier of semi-professional Italian football after ...

originally used the Villa Chayes Stadium, part of the nearby the Naval Academy, for matches but when the city team was promoted to the

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Copp ...

1928-29 Divisione Nazionale Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music ...

a new and larger facility was required.

History

The new stadium was built in 1933 on project by Raffaello Brizzi, with a capacity of 19,234, at ''Ardenza Mare'' district and was named after Edda Ciano Mussolini until 1945. It was built in reinforced concrete, has an area of 30,000 square metre and two rectilinear 90m stands The first match, Livorno vs.

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

, was played on October 8, 1933 when the stadium was incomplete. Its inaugural match, on March 24, 1935, was Italia B vs. Austria B. In the post war period it was used by the Americans from the nearby

Camp Darby The Darby Military Community, previously known as Camp Darby, is a United States military complex in Italy located between Pisa and Livorno. It is under Italian military control and can be managed anytime by Italian authorities. The Northern part ...

logistic base who renamed it “Yankee Stadium” for the occasion. The stadium was then designated ''Stadio Comunale di Livorno'' and for the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

underwent a summary renovation. It hosted some of the football preliminaries in 1960, but was overlooked for Italia 90. In 1971, the stadium was renamed after the Livorno born footballer

Armando Picchi Armando Picchi (; 20 June 1935 – 27 May 1971) was an Italian football player and coach. Regularly positioned as a libero, he captained the Internazionale side known as "La Grande Inter". Club career Early career Born in Livorno, Picchi sta ...

who started playing at his home club before ending his career with

Inter Inter may refer to: Association football clubs * Inter Milan, an Italian club * SC Internacional, a Brazilian club * Inter Miami CF, an American club * FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club * FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club * FK Inter Bratislava, a forme ...

. In the 1980s it underwent a reconstruction with the demolition of the distinctive ''Torre Maratona''. In 2005 the stadium was renovated in order to improve the safety and the capacity of the structure to mark the return of Livorno to Serie A. In 2021, the

grandstand A grandstand is a normally permanent structure for seating spectators. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap al ...

of the stadium was named after Mauro Lessi, the player who holds the record of longevity with the A.S. Livorno Calcio. In 2022, the grass field was replaced with synthetic grass.

Gallery

File:Livorno Stadio 1.JPG, File:Livorno Stadio 3.01.JPG, File:Stadio Armando Picchi.jpg, File:Stadio armando picchi.JPG, File:Stadio Armando Picchi 2.jpg, File:Stadio A. Picchi , Livorno.JPG, File:Livorno Stadio 3.02.JPG, File:Livorno Stadio 3.03.JPG, File:Livorno Calcio - 90esimo anniversario.jpg,

References

1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 86.

External links

Stadio Armando Picchi
on StadiumDB {{Coord, 43, 31, 36, N, 10, 18, 51, E, type:landmark_region:IT, display=title Venue

Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic football venues Multi-purpose stadiums in Italy Buildings and structures in Livorno Buildings and structures completed in 1935 Sports venues in Tuscany Armando

History

Gallery

See also

References

External links