Spezia Calcio 1906

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Spezia

Full name

Spezia Calcio 1906

Nickname(s)

Aquilotti (Eagles)

Founded

1906

Ground

Stadio Alberto Picco,
La Spezia, Italy

Capacity

10,000

Chairman

Giuseppe Ruggieri

Manager

Antonio Soda

League

Serie B

2005-06

Serie C1/A, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

Spezia Calcio 1906 are an Italian football club, based in La Spezia, Liguria. They currently play in Serie B.
The club was founded in 1906, and the team's colors are black and white. The club's home ground is Alberto Picco stadium.

1 The 1943/1944 scudetto
2 Current first team squad
3 Notable former players
4 Seasons
5 Honours
6 External links

[edit] The 1943/1944 scudetto

In the 1943/1944 season, because of the World War II the Italian football federation decided to split the top league in regional rounds. The team, named Vigili del Fuoco della Spezia (Firefighters of La Spezia), was included in round D, together with Suzzara, Fidenza, Busseto and Parma. Spezia won the round, even playing one less match than the second-placed team, Suzzara, and got qualified to the semi-final round, in which it challenged Suzzara, Carpi and Modena. Spezia won also this round, winning five of the six matches played, losing only to Carpi. By winning the semi-final round, Spezia was admitted to play a two-legs play-off against Bologna.

The first match, played in Bologna, was suspended because of incidents started after the 1-0 goal of Spezia, contested by the Bologna supporters; Spezia was awarded a 2-0 win because of that. The return match, scheduled to be played in La Spezia, was first moved to Carpi, because of the heavy bombings underwent by the Ligurian city in the period, then cancelled because of protest by Bologna chairman Renato Dall'Ara, so Spezia was admitted to the final without to play the return match.

The finals, held in Milan, were played against Venezia and Torino. On July 9, 1944, the first match between Spezia and Venezia was played: it ended in a 1-1 draw, commented by the Gazzetta as "surprising result".

On July 16, Spezia challenged the Great Torino, with Vittorio Pozzo as coach and Silvio Piola as striker. The matched ended in an epic 2-1 victory of Spezia. After the third match, in which Torino beated Venezia in a 5-2 win, Spezia won the finals.

However, the Italian league of 1944 was not immediately considered as official by the Italian federation, because it was obtained during war times in a reduced league, and the first and only scudetto of Spezia was finally awarded only in 2002 by the Federation, even if not counted officially as Italian championship triumph, but as "decoration".

Today, Spezia remembers the 1944 triumph by playing with a tricolour badge on the team's official jersey (but differ from the Scudetto), with the authorization of the Football Federation.

[edit] Current first team squad

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Ferdinando Giuliano
4	MF	Simone Confalone
6	DF	Gennaro Scarlato
7	MF	Paolo Ponzo
8	DF	Pietro Fusco
9	FW	Massimiliano Varricchio
10	MF	Giuseppe Alessi
11	FW	Massimiliano Guidetti
14	DF	Giovanni Rossi
15	MF	Nicola Padoin
16	MF	Davide Addona
18	FW	Corrado Colombo

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Alberto Quadri (on loan from Lazio)
21	MF	Davide Saverino
22	GK	Nicola Santoni (on loan from Udinese)
27	DF	Davide Nicola
30	DF	Marco Gorzegno
33	FW	Tomás Guzmán (on loan from Juventus)
37	GK	Luca Mondini
46	MF	Alessandro Frara
77	DF	Marco Pecorari
81	MF	Guilherme Raymundo do Prado (on loan from Fiorentina)
86	MF	Mirko Bruccini
87	GK	Alessio Locatelli

[edit] Notable former players

Massimo Agostini
Enrico Albertosi
Sergio Battistini
Roberto Bordin
Sergio Borgo

Renato Buso
Riccardo Carapellese
Daniele Carnasciali
Mario Castellazzi
Eusebio Castigliano

Davor Jozic
Fabrizio Lorieri
Andrea Mazzantini
Luca Mondini
Goran Pandev

Giuseppe Pillon
Fausto Salsano
Luigi Scarabello
Luciano Spalletti
Cristian Zaccardo

[edit] Seasons

1906: Sport Club Spezia is founded.
1911: Foot Ball Club Spezia is founded.
1911-1917: Friendly matches.
1919-20: 1st in Promozione Ligure. Promoted to I Categoria Ligure.
1920-21: 4th in I Categoria Ligure.
1921-22: 11th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. A (C.C.I. Championship).
1922-23: 9th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. B.
1923-24: 11th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. B.
1924-25: 12th in Lega Nord – I Divisione gir. A. Relegated to II Divisione.
1925-26: 1st in II Divisione gir. B. Promoted to I Divisione.
1926-27: 6th in I Divisione gir. A.
1927-28: 3rd in I Divisione gir. C.
1928-29: 1st in I Divisione gir. A. Promoted to Serie B. I Divisione italian champion.
1929-30: 13th in Serie B.
1930-31: 11th in Serie B.
1931-32: 7th in Serie B.
1932-33: 4th in Serie B.
1933-34: 7th in Serie B.
1934-35: 11th in Serie B. Relegated to Serie C.
1935-36: 1st in Serie C gir. C. Promoted to Serie B.
1936: Name changed in Associazione Calcio Spezia.
1936-37: 4th in Serie B.
1937-38: 13th in Serie B.
1938-39: 15th in Serie B. Relegated to Serie C.
1939-40: 1st in Serie C gir. E. Promoted to Serie B.
1940-41: 12th in Serie B.
1941-42: 6th in Serie B.
1942-43: 6th in Serie B.
1943-44: 1st in Campionato Alta Italia. Italian Champion.
1944-45: league suspended due to World War II.
1945-46: 3rd in I Divisione Ligure gir. A.
1946-47: 3rd in Serie B gir. A.
1947-48: 4th in Serie B gir. A.
1948-49: 18th in Serie B.
1949-50: 7th in Serie B.
1950-51: 17th in Serie B. Relegated to Serie C.
1951-52: 14th in Serie C gir. C. Relegated to IV Serie.
1952-53: 15th in IV Serie gir. D. Relegated to Promozione.
1953-54: 4th in Promozione Ligure.
1954 Name changed in A.C. Spezia-Arsenal.
1954-55: 6th in IV Serie gir. A.
1955 Name changed in Foot Ball Club Spezia 1906.
1955-56: runners-up in IV Serie gir. E.
1956-57: 3rd in IV Serie gir. E.
1957-58: 1st in IV Serie I Serie gir. A. Promoted to Serie C. IV Serie italian Champion.
1958-59: 3rd in Serie C gir. A.
1959-60: 6th in Serie C gir. A.

1960-61: 8th in Serie C gir. A.
1961-62: 18th in Serie C gir. B. Relegated to Serie D.
1962-63: 3rd in Serie D gir. A.
1963-64: 4th in Serie D gir. A.
1964-65: 4th in Serie D gir. A.
1965-66: 1st in Serie D gir. A. Promoted to Serie C.
1966-67: 4th in Serie C gir. B.
1967-68: runners-up in Serie C gir. B.
1968-69: 17th in Serie C gir. B.
1969-70: 11th in Serie C gir. B.
1970-71: 9th in Serie C gir. B.
1971-72: 11th in Serie C gir. B.
1972-73: 14th in Serie C gir. B.
1973-74: 12th in Serie C gir. B.
1974-75: 12th in Serie C gir. B.
1975-76: 12th in Serie C gir. B.
1976-77: 3rd in Serie C gir. B.
1977-78: 7th in Serie C gir. B.
1978-79: 17th in Serie C1 gir. A. Relegated to Serie C2.
1979-80: 3rd in Serie C2 gir. A. Promoted to Serie C1.
1980-81: 17th in Serie C1 gir. A. Relegated to Serie C2.
1981-82: 10th in Serie C2 gir. A.
1982-83: 16th in Serie C2 gir. A.
1983-84: 14th in Serie C2 gir. A.
1984-85: 13th in Serie C2 gir. A.
1985-86: runners-up in Serie C2 gir. A. Promoted to Serie C1.
1986: Name changed in Associazione Calcio Spezia.
1986-87: 12th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1987-88: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1988-89: 3rd in Serie C1 gir. A.
1989-90: 12th in serie C1 gir. A.
1990-91: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1991-92: 8th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1992-93: 15th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1993-94: 17th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1994-95: 8th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1995: Name changed in Spezia Calcio.
1995-96: 15th in Serie C1 gir. A.
1996-97: 18th in Serie C1 gir. A. Relegated to Serie C2.
1997-98: 5th in Serie C2 gir. B.
1998-99: 5th in Serie C2 gir. A.
1999-00: 1st in Serie C2 gir. A. Promoted to Serie C1.
2000-01: 5th in Serie C1 gir. A.
2001-02: runners-up in Serie C1 gir. A.
2002-03: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
2003-04: 6th in Serie C1 gir. A.
2004-05: 7th in Serie C1 gir. A. Wins Coppa Italia Serie C.
2005-06: 1st in Serie C1 gir. A. Promoted to Serie B. Wins Supercoppa di Lega Serie C1.

[edit] Honours

Italian Championships 1: 1943-44 (decoration)
Coppa Italia Serie C 1: 2004-05
Supercoppa di Lega Serie C1 1: 2005-06
Serie C 3: 1928-29, 1935-36, 1939-40, 2005-06
Serie C1 1: 2005-06
Serie C2 2: 1979-80, 1985-86, 1999-00
Serie D 2: 1957-58, 1965-66

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