A.C. Pistoiese
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| Full name | Associazione Calcio Pistoiese SpA |
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| Nickname(s) | Arancioni (Orange) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio "Marcello Melani", Pistoia, Italy |
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| Capacity | 13.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Maurizio Fagni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Bruno Tedino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Serie C1/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie C1/B, 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Associazione Calcio Pistoiese is an Italian football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1921 and refounded in 1988. Pistoiese currently plays in Serie C1/A, having last been in Serie A in 1981. The team's colors are orange and blue.
The singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini is probably the most famous tifosi of Pistoiese in Italy.
[edit] History
Pistoiese achieved prominence by rising to Serie B in the late 1970s with promotion to Serie A following in 1980. With veterans like Marcello Lippi and Mario Frustalupi and promising young talents such as Paolo Benedetti, Pistoiese made a reasonable start to Serie A life and were as high as 6th after a win at Fiorentina. But a dismal freefall resulted in last place in relegation, and the club have not recovered since apart from spells in Serie B in 1995-96 and 1999-2002.
In the 2005/06 Serie C1/B campaign, Pistoiese battled against relegation from Serie C1 with goals proving hard to come by, yet having one of the best defensive records in the division. A good season ending brought the team to a good 9th place, but just three points ahead the relegation playouts.
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