Parma F.C.
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| Full name | Parma Football Club SpA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Crociati (Cros-bearers), Ducali (Duchy) Gialloblu (Yellow-blues) |
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| Founded | July 27, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy |
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| Capacity | 29,050 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Tommaso Ghirardi |
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| Head Coach | Claudio Ranieri |
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| League | Serie A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie A, 10th (7th) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, nicknamed the Crociati (Crusaders) and the Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues). The club's stadium is the 29,050 seater Stadio Comunale Ennio Tardini.
The club are prominent in Italian football, especially in the cup competitions. They have also won the UEFA Cup twice during the 1990s.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Football Club, it was named so in honour of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born in the city of Parma. By December of the same year, the club had changed its name to Parma FC.
Parma began playing league football during the 1919-20 season, in their first season they ended up second in the qualifying matches for the Emilian Championship. They achieved their first promotion from their regional league during the 1924-25 season, moving them from the second to the first division. A few short seasons later during 1928-29, they won the first division and were promoted; becoming founding members of Serie B.
[edit] Serie B and C
The early years of the 1930s were spent by the club in Serie B, around this time they changed the club name to A.S. Parma. In 1932, Parma were relegated and became founding members of Serie C where they spent the rest of the decade.
After a long decade of trying to gain promotion back into Serie B, they achieved it in the 1941-42 season. Italian football was postponed due to World War II but after it was continued Parma played another three seasons in Serie B before beging relegated once more in 1948-49. Then, they spent another five seasons in Serie C where they ended up in second place on two occasions before gaining promotion once again in 1953-54.
Following this promotion one of the most successful periods in the club's history began, in 1954-55 they ended up ninth (a record for the club at the time). A notable star during this period was Ivo Cocconi who broke the club's appearance record, playing 308 times. Parma made their debut on the European stage during the 1960-61 season, defeating Swiss side Bellinzona in the Coppa delle Alpi. The club's form dropped however, and they were once again relegated to Serie C in the 1964-65 season finishing last.
[edit] League Yo-yoing: 70s and 80s
By the end of the 60s, Parma were in Serie D falling into relative turmoil by the club's standards, they changed their name on numerous occasions until finally settling for Associazione Calcio Parma in 1967-68. In the summer of 1969, another local club; A.C. Parmense was merged with Parma to form one team.
The club crept back into professional football, with promotion back to Serie B during the 1972-73 season, spending three solid seasons in the league finishing as high as 5th (which set a new club record). However, relegation soon returned to the club and they stayed in Serie C until their eventual promotion under Cesare Maldini in 1978-79. They beat Triestina in a play-off match, thanks to two goals from a young Carlo Ancelotti.
However, they only lasted a season in Serie B and began the 1980s back down in Serie C. They came back up as champions in 1984 but were once again relegated, yo-yoing between the leagues. They returned to B under Arrigo Sacchi for the 1986-87 season and remained there for the rest of the 1980s, after impressing at Parma Sacchi was scouted by A.C. Milan president spectacular Silvio Berlusconi, and brought to the San Siro as coach.
[edit] UEFA Cup and Serie A
Nevio Scala stepped into Sacchi's place as the new manager of Parma. Scala brought the club into the top flight for the first time in the clubs history, on May 27, 1990. Parma beat their old rivals Reggiana 2-0 at home to secure it, thanks to goals from Marco Osio and Alessandro Melli. Their first ever game in Serie A was a 2-1 defeat to Turin giants Juventus. Their first Serie A victory came 15 days later, against Diego Maradona's S.S.C. Napoli, the game ended 1-0.
The promotion attracted many foreign talents to the club, this achievement was paid for by the multinational dairy concern Parmalat, who had become the club's new sponsor and taken a 45% stake. A new era for Parma had begun, what is described by fans as their "Golden Period".
Parma ended ther first ever season in Serie A in sixth place, which meant they qualified for the UEFA Cup. However, the 1991-92 season saw Parma exit from the UEFA Cup to CSKA Sofia. Domestically the club was having more success, securing the Italian Cup with a 2-0 victory against Juventus. An Italian player at the club; Alberto Di Chiara was called up to the national side.
Their first international throphy was won in 1992-93, Parma won the Cup Winners' Cup, beating Royal Antwerp 3-1 at Wembley in England on May 12, 1993. The following season, the club were successful in the European Super Cup; winning an all Italian final 2-0 over A.C. Milan. The same season however, they lost the Cup Winners' Cup, 1-0 in the final against Arsenal. The 1994-1995 season saw perhaps their greatest achievement to date, when they beat Italian rivals Juventus in the UEFA Cup Final.
Success in cup football and high league finishes in the early 1990s attracted other stars, with the likes of Fabio Cannavaro, Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla, Dino Baggio, Hernán Crespo, Enrico Chiesa, and Diego Fuser joining. Scala jumped ship in 1996 and was replaced by Carlo Ancelotti. He took the club to its best ever league finish in 1997, second place and only one point behind the champions Juventus.
They were unable to put their form into effect within the Champions League however, they also only followed up their league position with a 6th place. Under Alberto Malesani in 1998/99 the team won the Italian Cup against Fiorentina. He also took the club to their second UEFA Cup final victory, this time they beat Olympique de Marseille 3-0, with goals from Crespo, Vanoli and Chiesa.
[edit] Financial troubles: 2000s
Parma started off the 1999-00 season well, winning the Italian Super Cup, but they were knocked out of the Champions League early and ended the season in fourth spot, level with Internazionale but lost the play-off 3-1.
Arrigo Sacchi returned to the club as manager in January 2001, but the former Italy coach soon stepped down due to ill-health. Renzo Ulivieri took over and took the side to fourth in the league once more and another Champions League qualification although they lost the Italian Cup Final to Fiorentina. Another manager change came for the 2001-02 season as Pietro Carmignani took Parma to another Italian Cup triumph. They beat Juventus, 1-0 at home before losing 2-1 in Turin, they won the trophy via the away goal rule, this was Parma's third time winning the Italian Cup.
Following Parmalat's financial scandal in 2003-04, the team announced to be bought in 2005 by former Real Madrid chairman Lorenzo Sanz, and was reincorporated at that time as Parma Football Club. However, successively Sanz renounced to conclude the bid. Despite all this troubles, Parma FC played a fairly good season, led by team stars such as Marco Marchionni, Domenico Morfeo and Mark Bresciano, and managed by head coach Mario Beretta, being able to avoid relegation in advance of four matches to the end of the championship. Beretta left Parma after the end of the season, and Stefano Pioli, from Modena F.C., was appointed as his replacement.
On January 24, 2007, Tommaso Ghirardi was announced as new owner of Parma FC, following a public auction sale[1]. Ghirardi, a 31-years-old entrepreneur and owner of Serie C2 club Carpenedolo, became also chairman of the club, ending three years of state-controlled management. On February 12, second-last placed Parma fired head coach Pioli and replaced him with Claudio Ranieri.
[edit] Current players
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[edit] Out on loan
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DF | Alberto Galuppo (at Grosseto) |
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MF | Ibrahima Camara (at Le Mans) |
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DF | Filippo Mattiuzzo (at Cremonese) |
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MF | Filippo Savi (at Monza) |
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DF | Marco Rossi (at Modena) |
For transfer in 2006-07, See List of transfers 2006/07 season.
[edit] Notable former players
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- See also: Category:Parma F.C. players
[edit] Honours
UEFA Cup (2):
- Winners: 1994-95, 1998-99
- Winners: 1993
- Winners: 1992-93
- Runners-up: 1993-94
Coppa Italia (3):
- Winners: 1991-92, 1998-99, 2001-02
- Runners-up: 1994-95, 2000-01
- Winners: 1999
- Promoted: 1989-1990
Serie C: (7)
- Promoted: 1928-1929, 1943-1944, 1953-1954, 1972-1973, 1978-1979, 1983-1984, 1985-1986
- Promoted: 1969-1970
Emilian League Division 1:
- Champions: 1928-29
Emilian League Division 2:
- Promoted: 1924-25
- Runners-up: 1919-20
[edit] Colours
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| Parma's 1998-05 home colours. | |||||||||
Originally, the club wore white shirts with a black cross on the chest; this is the colour they currently wear.
For a period of time they wore yellow and navy blue hooped shirts. During the late 1990s to mid 2000s, from 1998 to 2005; the club wore yellow and blue hooped shirts, Parma were quite successful during this time (winning the UEFA Cup) and had a lot of high key players at the club, thus the shirts have become synonymous with Parma even though they have reverted back to their traditional colours recently.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Parma/Primo_Piano/2007/01_Gennaio/24/ufficiale.shtml
- ^ Current first team squad (from the official website)
- ^ Gazzetta dello Sport
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Boys Parma 1977 (Italian)
- Settore Crociato (Italian)
- Centro Coordinamento Parma Club (Italian)
- Parmafans (Italian)
- Parma Shirts Collection (Italian)
- Parma statistics (English)
- Parma fans in Serbia (Serbian)
| Preceded by Werder Bremen |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winner 1993 Runner up: Royal Antwerp |
Succeeded by Arsenal |
