Bologna F.C. 1909
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| Full name | Bologna Football Club 1909 SpA |
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| Nickname(s) | Rossoblu (Red-Blues); Felsinei |
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| Founded | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy |
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| Capacity | 39,444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Alfredo Cazzola |
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| Manager | Renzo Ulivieri |
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| League | Serie B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie B, 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bologna Football Club 1909 is an Italian football club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. They were formed in 1909 and continue on today. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear.
During its history the club has won the Italian League Championship seven times. They are the sixth most successful team in the league ever. Currently Bologna F.C. play in Serie B.
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[edit] History
Bologna Football Club's formation was orchastrated by Emilio Arnstein, an Austrian who became interested in football at university in Vienna and Praga. He and his brother had previously founded another football club Black Star F.C. in Austria.
The club was founded on 3 October 1909 as AGC Bologna, in the Northern Italian city of Bologna. Upon its formation, Carlo Sandoni was the clubs sponsor and General manager, Swissman Louis Rauch became president, nobleman Guido Della Valle was the vice-president, Enrico Penaglia secretary, Sergio Lampronti cashier, while Emilio Arnstein and Leone Vincenzi were appointed councilmen. They are thought to have adopted their red and blue stripes from Crystal Palace F.C.
On 20 March 1910 Bologna played their first ever game, it was against Virtus (who wore white shirts), Bologna outclassed their opponents winning 9-1. The first football squad featured; Koch, Chiara, Pessarelli, Bragaglia, Guido Della Valle, Nanni, Donati, Rauch, Bernabeu, Mezzano and Gradi.
Their formative season was spent in the regional league under Arrigo Gradi as captain, Bologna won their league gaining promotion to a league named Group Veneto-Emiliano. They spent four seasons in this league, never finishing lower than fifth. Bologna were entered into the Northern League before all football leagues were postponed for World War I.
[edit] Champions: 1920s and 1930s
After the first war, Bologna began to become more successful; first reaching the semi-finals of the Northern Italian competition in 1919-20, they went one better the following season by reaching the Northern League finals; going out 2-1 to Pro Vercelli. They would equal this again in 1923-24, coming runner up to (eventual National champions) Genoa.
Bologna became Northern and National League champions for the first time during 1924-25, thrashing A.S. Roma 6-0 to take the championship. A few seasons later Bologna became champions of Italy for the second time in 1928-29 giving them a foothold in Italian football, building up a legacy, this was the last time the league was competed in the old system, Serie A was instated the following year.
The Scudetto was won by Bologna four more times before World War II, these were achieved in; 1935-36, 1936-37, 1938-39 and 1940-41.
[edit] Post-World War II
After World War II, the club was less successful. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the club generally floated between 4th, 5th and 6th position in the league, until they took the league title back in 1963-64. To date this remains their last Serie A championship, bringing the club's total to seven.
It wasn't all doom and gloom for the club however, in the 1970s they won the Italian Cup twice, the second of which was competed against Palermo, the game was tense and finished 1-1 beforing going to a penalty shootout, Bologna won the shootout 4-3.
[edit] Climbing Down and back up the Leagues
Beginning in the 1981-82 season the club began to slide, first they were relegated from Serie A after battling it out for survival with Cagliari and Genoa. They were relegated twice in succession and slid into Serie C1. They won their way out of C1 the next year, and returned to Serie A for the 1989-90 season after four years of fighting it out in Serie B.
They did not remain long, however, being relegated in 1991 and returning to Serie C1 in 1993. The club returned to Serie A for 1996, two years later Bologna tastes a slice of success on the European stage; winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup and playing in the UEFA Cup. The club remained in Serie A until the 2004/05 campaign, losing to Parma in the playoffs.
[edit] Recent times
Bologna now plays in Serie B, despite losing some key players, Bologna expected to be challenging strongly for promotion in the 2005-06 campaign. However, despite its ambition, Bologna had a poor start on his Serie B league, causing the sacking of experienced coach Renzo Ulivieri, replaced by Andrea Mandorlini.
During the first half of the season, the team has also been sold from Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascara to the hands of Alfredo Cazzola, a local entrepreneur. However, Mandorlini was not either able to bring Bologna up the Serie B table, and he was thus fired on March 5, 2006; Ulivieri was then appointed back as team coach, after having been sacked a few months before. Bologna ended the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign in eighth place.
[edit] Current first team squad
As of October 19, 2006[1]
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[edit] Honours
- Champions: 1925, 1929, 1935-36, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1940-41, 1963-64
- Runners-up: 1931-32, 1939-40
Italian Cup 2:
- Winners: 1969-70, 1973-74
Mitropa Cup 3:
- Winners: 1932, 1934, 1961
- Winners: 1998
Italian Northern League:
- Winners: 1924-25
- Runners-up: 1920-21, 1923-24, 1925-26
[edit] Famous players
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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