A.C. Reggiana 1919
Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919, commonly referred to as Reggiana, is a professional football club based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club was formed in 1919, and will play in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football, following promotion in the 2019–20 season. Reggiana is known as i Granata in reference to the club's main colour: maroon.
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 Serie A, 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 Serie A 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 Cláudio Taffarel, who would go on to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup 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 for the 2008–2009 season. Reggiana also won 2008 Supercoppa di Serie C2, a competition for three group stage winners of Serie C2.
The club was acquired by Italian-American former baseball player Mike Piazza in 2016. After the 2017–18 season, the Piazza family decided not to register the team in 2018–19 Serie C, leading the club to the loss of its sport title and subsequent exclusion from 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. 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, after having been admitted by repechage to the Serie C 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, Reggio Audace 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, Stadio Città del Tricolore. The stadium was subsequently bought by U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.Fans
Like other Italian cities, the birth of the "ultras" phenomenon in the 1980s also affected A.C. Reggiana. With Reggiana battling for Serie B and Cantine Riunite Reggio Emilia competing in Lega Basket Serie A, 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:The main rivals are:
- Parma, see Derby dell'Enza
- Modena, Secchia Derby
- Sassuolo
- SPAL
- Spezia
- Bologna
- Piacenza
Notable players
;Italy
- Andrea Silenzi
- Paolo Ponzo
- Felice Romano
- Angelo Di Livio
- Fabrizio Ravanelli
- Luca Bucci
- Stefano Torrisi
- Francesco Antonioli
- Angelo Adamo Gregucci
- Filippo Galli
- Alberigo Evani
- Luigi Sartor
- Marco Ballotta
- Max Tonetto
- Cristiano Zanetti
- Michele Padovano
- Sandro Tovalieri
- Francesco Pedone
- Fabrizio Cacciatore
- Francesco Ruopolo
- Giuseppe Alessi
- Alessandro Cesarini
- Giuseppe Scienza
- Marco Bresciani
- Giuseppe Accardi
- Fernando De Napoli
- Luigi De Agostini
- Stefano De Agostini
- Stefano Nava
- Massimo Paganin
- Daniele De Vezze
- Marco Romizi
- Raffaele Nuzzo
- Leonardo Colucci
- Andrea Catellani
- Luca Ariatti
- Marco Ambrosio
- Igor Protti
- Alessandro Bastrini
- Massimiliano Carlini
- Trevor Trevisan
- Marco Guidone
- Cristian Altinier
- Vito Grieco
- Andrea Bovo
- Luca Ghiringhelli
- Simone Calvano
- Andrea Parola
- Raffaele Nolè
- Michele Pazienza
- Daniele Mignanelli
- Federico Angiulli
- Paolo Zanetti
- Armando Pantanelli
- Gian Piero Gasperini
- Walter Mazzarri
;Belgium
;Brazil
- Cláudio Taffarel
- André Viapiana
- Robert Anderson
;Croatia
;Czech Republic
;Georgia
;Germany
;England
;France
;Montenegro
;Nigeria
;Portugal
;Romania
;Russia
;Spain
;Sweden
;Venezuela
- Massimo Margiotta
Youth sector
The academy has produced various players, notably:
;Italy
- Gino Giaroli
- Ettore Agazzani
- Stefano Aigotti
- Egidio Anceschi
- Alessio Badari
- Silvio Bandini
- Aldo Bedogni
- Oreste Benatti
- Carlo Benelli
- Roberto Benincasa
- Andrea Costa
- Simone Gozzi
- Danilo Zini
- Luca Ariatti
- 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
- Andrea Catellani
- Maurizio Cavazzoni
- Gianluca Cherubini
;Ghana
;Morocco
;Nigeria
- Stephen Makinwa
- Saidu Adeshina
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Backdoor and directors staff
Notable managers
The team's most famous coach was Carlo Ancelotti, who coached AC Milan from 2001 to 2009 and then managed Juventus, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Napoli and currently Everton.- 1919-20: Severino Taddei
- 1920-22: Karl Stürmer
- 1922-23: Felice Romano
- 1923-24: Karl Stürmer
- 1924-25: Severino Taddei
- 1925-26: Ottorino Bojardi
- 1926: Karl Stürmer
- 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: Angelo Mattea
- 1948-49: Piero Ferrari
- 1949: Bruno Arcari
- 1949-52: Giuseppe Antonini
- 1952: Vittorio Malagoli
- 1952-53: Guido Masetti
- 1953-54: Alcide Ivan Violi
- 1954-62: Luigi Del Grosso
- 1962: Angelo Piccioli
- 1962-63: Renato Martini
- 1963: Vittorio Malagoli
- 1963-64: Giancarlo Cadè
- 1964-65: Dino Ballacci
- 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
- 1976-77: Mario Caciagli
- 1977-79: Guido Mammi
- 1979-80: Franco Marini
- 1980-83: Romano Fogli
- 1983: Giovan Battista Fabbri
- 1983-84: Lauro Toneatto
- 1984-86: Franco Fontana
- 1986: Giancarlo Cadè
- 1986-88: Nello Santin
- 1988: Marino Perani
- 1988-94: Giuseppe Marchioro
- 1994-95: Enzo Ferrari
- 1995: Cesare Vitale
- 1995-96: Giorgio Ciaschini and Carlo Ancelotti
- 1996: Adelio Moro and Mircea Lucescu
- 1996-97: Francesco Oddo
- 1997-98: Franco Varrella
- 1998-99: Attilio Perotti
- 1999: Franco Varrella
- 1999: Angelo Gregucci 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
- 2012: Lamberto Zauli and Salvatore Lanna
- 2012-13: Lamberto Zauli
- 2013: Luigi Apolloni
- 2013: Lamberto Zauli
- 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–present: Massimiliano Alvini
Honours
- Serie B
- *Winners : 1992–93
- Serie C
- *Winners : 1957–58
- Supercoppa di Serie C2
- *Winners : 2008