Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian professional football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recently in 2011. The current club is the heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919,[4] and it restarted from Serie D in the 2011–12 season.[5][6] Salernitana returned to Serie A in 2021, after a break of 23 seasons, having finished second in Serie B.
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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 S.r.l. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Granata (The Garnets) | |||
| Founded | 19 June 1919 (as Unione Sportiva Salernitana) 2005 (refounded as Salernitana Calcio 1919) 2011 (refounded as Salerno Calcio) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Arechi[1] | |||
| Capacity | 37,800[2] | |||
| CEO | Danilo Iervolino[3] | |||
| Head coach | Filippo Inzaghi | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie A, 15th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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History edit
From Unione Sportiva Salernitana to Salernitana Calcio 1919 edit
The Salerno-based club was originally founded in 1919 as the Unione Sportiva Salernitana. The club was known as Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax for a time during the 1920s following a merger with Audax Salerno. In 1978, the club was renamed Salernitana Sport. The club has spent the majority of their history at the Serie B and Serie C levels of Italian football.
Salernitana play their home matches at Stadio Arechi. In their early years, Salernitana competed in the regional Italian Football Championship. They played at this level for four seasons during the 1920s. Since that time the club returned to the top level of Italian football twice; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99.
In 2005, the club went bankrupt but was restarted by Antonio Lombardi, changing the name from Salernitana Sport to Salernitana Calcio 1919.
In 2011, the club did not appeal against a decision by Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Co.Vi.So.C) and was excluded from Italian football.[7]
Club refoundation: from Serie D to the top flight edit
On 21 July 2011, following the exclusion of the original Salernitana club, Salerno mayor Vincenzo De Luca, in compliance with Article 52 of N.O.I.F., assigned the new title to Marco Mezzaroma, brother-in-law of Lazio owner and chairman Claudio Lotito. The new club was admitted to Serie D under the denomination of Salerno Calcio.[1][8][9]
In the 2011–12 season, Salernitana was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after winning Group G of Serie D.
On 12 July 2012, the club was renamed US Salernitana 1919.[4] In the 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Salernitana finished first in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second consecutive promotion for the team. Finally Salernitana won Group C of Lega Pro and returned Serie B in 2014–15 season.
After several seasons at Serie B level, Salernitana won promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2020–21 Serie B season under the tenure of head coach Fabrizio Castori, finishing in 2nd place behind champions Empoli. Promotion was secured with a 3–0 victory over Pescara on the final matchday. Salernitana's return to Serie A however required Lotito and Mezzaroma to sell the club, due to Italian football laws not allowing two clubs from the same owner to play in the same league.[10] On 7 July 2021, the FIGC Federal Council approved the trust of Salernitana to take control of the club, meaning it was officially enrolled in Serie A for the first time in 23 years.[11]
Return to Serie A: 2021–present edit
Salernitana's first match in its return to the top flight was a 3–2 defeat against Bologna on 22 August 2021.[12] After a poor start to the season, earning only one point from the first six matches, the club picked up its first Serie A victory against Genoa on matchday seven, winning 1–0 due to a goal from Milan Đurić.[13] In October, the Salernitana board fired Castori after a 2–1 loss to Spezia had left the club at the bottom of the table, with four points from their opening eight league games. Stefano Colantuono was named as his replacement, returning for a second spell as head coach having previously led Salernitana from December 2017 to December 2018.[14] On 22 May 2022, Salernitana avoided relegation by finishing with the lowest points tally in Serie A history with just 31 points. Salernitana managed to pull off the great escape by securing 18 points from their last 15 matches.[15]
Colours, badge and nicknames edit
Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti.[16] The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, as Salerno lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a port city. In the 1940s, the club changed to garnet coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their homeland.
During the 2011–12 season their kit colours were striped blue and deep red, resembling F.C. Barcelona. The symbol of St. Matthew, patron saint of Salerno, was also a part of the redesigned kit.[17]
Since renaming the club US Salernitana 1919, however, their home colours have again been the traditional garnet.[4]
The 100th anniversary logo was announced on 24 June 2019, and appeared on their 2019–20 season kits.[18]
Honours edit
League edit
- Winners: 1937–38, 1965–66, 2007–08, 2014–15
- Winners: 2012–13
- Winners: 2011–12 (as Salerno Calcio)
Cups edit
- Winners: 2013–14
- Winners: 2012–13
Internationally edit
- ’’’Anglo-Italian Cup’’’:
- ’’’Quarter Finalist’’’: 1994-1995
Divisional movements edit
| Series | Years | Last | Promotions | Relegations |
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| A | 4 | 2022–23 | – |  2 (1948, 1999)
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| B | 30 | 2020–21 |  3 (1947, 1998, 2021) |
6 (1939, 1956, 1967, 1991, 2005✟, 2010)
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55 +1 |
2014–15 | 7 (1938, 1943, 1966, 1990, 1994, 2008, 2015) 1 (2013 C2) |
1 (2011✟)
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| 89 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||
| D | 1 | 2011–12 | 1 (2012) |
never |
Players edit
Current squad edit
- As of 18 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan edit
- As of 18 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Primavera edit
- As of 28 October 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Non-playing staff edit
| Position | Staff |
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| Sporting director |  Morgan De Sanctis
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| Head coach | Filippo Inzaghi
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| Assistant coach | Maurizio D'Angelo
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| Technical collaborator | Nicola Corrent
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| Goalkeeping coach | Mauro Lamberti
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| Athletic coach | Luca Alimonta Daniele Cominotti Vincenzo Laurino Marco Celia Daniele Tozzi
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| Match analyst | Simone Baggio Sandro Antonini
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| Team manager | Salvatore Avallone
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| Referee Caretaker | Cristina Lambiase Savage
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| Kit Manager | Gerardo Salvucci Rosario Fiorillo Mario Gaeta
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| Team Doctor | Dott.Italo Leo Dott.Gennaro Alfano
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| Head of medical staff | Dott.Vincenzo Rosciano
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| Nutritionist | Dott.Stefano Gallo
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| Physiotherapist - Osteopath | Giovanni Carmando Giuseppe Magliano Paolo Chianese
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| Massophysiotherapist | Davide Bisogno
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| Physiotherapist | Simone Sigillo Francesco Minieri Andrea Ciccarino
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| Scientific consultant | Prof.Marcello Zappia Dott.Antonio Lambiase Dott.Daniele Masarone Dott.Luca Bardi
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| Podiatrist | Sergio Di Palma
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| Technical director (first team football) | Giulio Migliaccio Simone Lo Schiavo
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| Youth system director | Stefano Colantuono
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National team players edit
These current and former players have recorded starts for their respective national teams.
Players from the Italy national football team:
- Italy
Roberto Breda- Francesco Caputo
- David Di Michele
- Marco Di Vaio
- Salvatore Fresi
- Gennaro Gattuso
- Pasquale Mazzocchi
- Walter Zenga
Players from other national football teams:
- Albania
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- France
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Mali
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
Simeon Nwankwo (Simy)- Joel Obi
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uruguay
World Cup players edit
The following players have been selected by their country in a World Cup Final Squad, while playing for Salernitana.
Managers edit
Géza Kertész (1929–31)
Pietro Leone (1931–32)- Ferenc Hirzer (1936–38)
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Attila Sallustro (1939) - Ferenc Hirzer (1940–41)
- Géza Kertész (1943–44)
- Giuseppe Viani (1946–48)
- Arnaldo Sentimenti (1950)
Rodolphe Hiden (1951–52)- Paolo Todeschini (1956–57)
- Nicolò Nicolosi (1958–59)
Ettore Puricelli (1960–61)
Gyula Zsengellér (1961–62)- Rodolphe Hiden (1963–64)
- Pietro Magni (1969)
- Lucio Mujesan (1977)
- Enea Masiero (1977–78)
- Lucio Mujesan (1978)
- Lamberto Leonardi (1980–81)
- Romano Mattè (1981–82)
Francisco Lojacono (1982–83)- Mario Facco (1983–84)
- Gian Piero Ghio (1984–86)
- Lamberto Leonardi (1989)
- Giovanni Simonelli (1991–92)
- Tarcisio Burgnich (1991–92)
- Giuliano Sonzogni (1992–93)
- Delio Rossi (1993–95)
- Franco Colomba (1995–97)
- Delio Rossi (1997–99)
- Luigi Cagni (1999–2000)
- Nedo Sonetti (2000–01)
Zdeněk Zeman (2001–02)- Stefano Pioli (2003–04)
- Angelo Gregucci (2004–05)
- Stefano Cuoghi (2005–06)
- Gianfranco Bellotto (2006–07)
- Andrea Agostinelli (2007)
- Fabio Brini (2008)
- Fabrizio Castori (2008)
- Bortolo Mutti (2008–09)
- Fabrizio Castori (2009)
- Fabio Brini (2009)
- Marco Cari (2009)
- Gianluca Grassadonia (2010)
- Roberto Breda (2010–11)
- Carlo Perrone (2011–12)
- Giuseppe Galderisi (2012)
- Carlo Perrone (2012–13)
- Stefano Sanderra (2013)
- Carlo Perrone (2013)
- Angelo Gregucci (2014)
- Mario Somma (2014)
- Leonardo Menichini (2014–15)
- Vincenzo Torrente (2015–16)
- Leonardo Menichini (2016)
- Giuseppe Sannino (2016)
- Alberto Bollini (2016–17)
- Stefano Colantuono (2017–18)
- Angelo Gregucci (2018–19)
- Leonardo Menichini (2019)
- Gian Piero Ventura (2019–20)
- Fabrizio Castori (2020–21)
- Stefano Colantuono (2021–22)
- Davide Nicola (2022–23)
Paulo Sousa (2023)- Filippo Inzaghi (2023–)
References edit
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- ^ "Il paradosso della Salernitana" (in Italian). Il Post. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Official: Salernitana are officially returning to Serie A after 23 years". Football Italia. 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Bologna 3-2 Salernitana: De Silvestri double rescues Rossoblu". Football Italia.
- ^ "Salernitana 1-0 Genoa: Granata finally get first win". Football Italia.
- ^ "Salernitana appoint Colantuono after Castori sacking". Reuters.com. 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Salernitana avoid relegation with record low points total". forzaitalianfootball.com. 23 May 2022.
- ^ "La Storia: 1910–1919" (in Italian). Salernitana.it. 24 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008.
- ^ "Sarà "Salerno Calcio" il nome della nuova società calcistica della città. Lotito e Mezzaroma hanno presentato i loro progetti" (in Italian). 12mesi.it. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ Il logo ufficiale della Salernitana per la stagione numero 100 (in Italian)
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Further reading edit
- Giovanni Vitale (2010). Salernitana storia di gol sorrisi e affanni. International printing. ISBN 978-88-7868-094-4.
External links edit
- Official website (in Italian)