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Rimini Calcio F.C. is an Italian football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1912 and currently plays in Serie B, after having won the Serie C1/B title in 2004-05 season. Their home ground is the 10,000-seat Stadio Romeo Neri.
[edit] History
The club was founded as Libertas Rimini in 1912, and first adopted their trademark red and white shirts in the 1920s, the 1929-30 season also saw the building of the stadium still used by the club today; Stadio Romeo Neri. The club name was changed to Rimini Calcio F.C. in 1938.
[edit] League
Rimini competed in regional leagues (the equivelent of the modern day Serie C system) for many years of their existence. They were unable to gain promotion to Serie B until 1976.
During the 1970s the club spent three seasons in Serie B, finishing in the bottom half of the table; they were relegated in 1979-80, but achieved promotion straight back up the following season. Rimini were relegated again during 1981-82, this time however, they did not achieve promotion back up straight away. Rimini spent the next twenty-four seasons in the Serie C league system, dropping as low as C2/C at one point.
However, the 2000s proved to be a brighter time for Rimini; they reached the C2/B playoffs six successive times before gaining promotion to C1/A. In 2004-05, they became Serie C champions (as well as Super Coppa di Serie C winners) and returned to Serie B for the first time since the early 1970s.
[edit] Recent times
On September 9, 2006, Rimini gained the national news after having gained a shocking 1-1 home draw against Juventus F.C., with Italian-Argentine attacking midfielder Adrián Ricchiuti scoring the equaliser, despite a sending off for Rimini midfielder Domenico Cristiano soon after the 1-0 Juventus lead.[1] They even reached the top of Serie B by early 2007, the season however is still in progress and the top teams are close.
[edit] Current first team squad
As of September 11, 2006[2]
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 1 |
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GK |
Maurizio Pugliesi |
| 2 |
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DF |
Roberto Vitiello |
| 3 |
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DF |
Paolo Bravo |
| 4 |
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MF |
Emmanuel Cascione |
| 5 |
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DF |
Sandro Porchia |
| 6 |
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DF |
Emiliano Milone |
| 7 |
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MF |
Francesco Valiani |
| 8 |
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MF |
Renzo Tasso |
| 9 |
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FW |
Davide Moscardelli |
| 10 |
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MF |
Adrián Ricchiuti |
| 14 |
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MF |
Ahmed Barusso |
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[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Honours
Serie C
- Champions: 1975-76, 2004-05
Super Coppa di Serie C
Serie C2/B
[edit] References
- ^ BBC.co.uk
- ^ Gazzetta.it
[edit] External links
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