Salernitana Calcio 1919
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| Full name | Salernitana Calcio 1919 SpA |
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| Nickname(s) | Granata (Dark-Reds), Cavallucci marini (Seahorses) |
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| Founded | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Arechi, Salerno, Italy |
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| Capacity | 37,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Antonio Lombardi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Gianfranco Bellotto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Serie C1/B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie C1/A, 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salernitana Calcio 1919 is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania.
The team was formed in 1919 and it had a stint in Serie A in 1998-99; the previous one ended in 1947-48.
The team was known as Salernitana Sport before the cancellation of the former club from Italian football because of financial troubles. For this reason, a new one, with a different ownership and the current denomination, was then admitted to play in Italian Serie C1.
The team's colors are all-dark red.
It can be argued that Salernitana's best period as a club was 1997-1999. In the 1997-98 season, Salernitana topped Serie B and gained their first ever promotion to Serie A. A young Marco Di Vaio led the scoring charts with 21 goals. In the 1998-99 season, their first in Serie A, Salernitana fought hard and were led by Cameroonian international Rigobert Song and Salvatore Fresi in defense, a young Gennaro Gattuso in midfield, and Marco Di Vaio and David Di Michele leading the attack. They recorded surprise wins against Inter, Juventus, and Roma. Unfortunately, they finished 1 point shy of salvation and were relegated.
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[edit] Current first team squad
As of January 30, 2006[1]
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[edit] Notable former players
Davide Bombardini- David Di Michele
- Marco Di Vaio
- Gennaro Gattuso
Rigobert Song- Mark Iuliano
- Giacomo Tedesco
- Giovanni Tedesco
- Walter Zenga
- Salvatore Fresi
Marco Zoro
Danny Tiatto
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Phil Masinga
Samuel Caballero- Attila Sallustro
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Salernitana Calcio's official website (Italian)
- Old Salernitana Sport's official website (Italian)
- Salernitana Calcio's support's voice website
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