Ravenna Calcio
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Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football
club, based in Ravenna
, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001.
On 9 May 2007 Ravenna won the 2006–07
Serie C1/B in advance of one matchday, following a 0–0 away tie against Teramo
, being thus promoted to Serie B
. Ravenna was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione the following season.
On July 18, 2011 it is excluded by the Federal Council from Lega Pro Prima Divisione,but on August 12, 2011 it is admitted in Serie D/D
.after conciliation with FIGC.
Unione Sportiva Ravennate. In 1920, the club merged with Audace Football Club, which was founded only one year earlier, in 1919. The same year the club joined the Italian Football Federation, being part of the Promozione
league. Another merger in 1921 with S.G. Forti per essere Liberi brought the club to change its denomination to Unione Sportiva Ravennate Forti per essere Liberi. The main sports club disbanded in 1928, with all its sports sections become separate entities; notably, the football one assuming the denomination of Associazione Calcio Ravenna.
In 1936 Ravenna made their first appearance in the Serie C
, where they played until 1948. In 1949 the club, now playing in the amateur Interregionale
league, became known as Unione Sportiva Ravenna, then switching this denomination to Sarom Unione Sportiva Ravenna for sponsorship reasons in 1954, maintaining it for ten years. Ravenna returned to Serie C in 1950 for a single season, and again in 1955, playing in this division until 1971, when they relegated to Serie D. Another Serie C spell from 1972 to 1976 was followed by two consecutive relegations. Two promotions in a row from 1980 to 1982 then brought the club back to the pro leagues, in the recently created Serie C2
. Ravenna relegated to Serie D in 1984, but promptly returned to Serie C2.
In 1992, Ravenna were awarded Serie C2 champions, being promoted to Serie C1
. Only one year later, in 1993, Ravenna won the Serie C1 league and gained promotion to Serie B
for a historical first time. However, this lasted only one season, and Ravenna returned to Serie C1 in 1994. They returned to Serie B in 1996, playing in the Italian second division until 2001, when they were relegated to Serie C1 and successively cancelled by the Federation because of financial troubles. A new club, Ravenna Calcio, was admitted to play Eccellenza
, and obtained two consecutive promotions that brought them back to Serie C2 in 2003.
In 2005, Ravenna were promoted to Serie C1 after playoffs, and in 2007 they won Serie C1 as well, thus returning to Serie B after six seasons from their last appearance in the second-highest division of Italy. They were relegated in 2008 after a poor Serie B campaign. In their first season back in Serie C1, now rebranded as Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Ravenna was coached by debutant manager Gianluca Atzori
and missed immediate promotion by losing the playoff semifinals to Padova
, who later went on to win the playoff finals as well.
For the 2009–10 season, Ravenna were forced to search for a new head coach after Atzori left for Serie A
club Catania
, and former Inter
Primavera coach Vincenzo Esposito
was appointed as a replacement. However, the season started with a huge off-the-field shock, as young Albanian midfielder Brian Filipi
, a regular for the team despite his 20 years of age, was hit by a car and left dead on 19 September 2009.
Walter Novellino Gyula Zsengellér
Albert Meyong
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
club, based in Ravenna
Ravenna
Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001.
On 9 May 2007 Ravenna won the 2006–07
2006-07 in Italian football
The 2006-2007 season is the 105th season of competitive football in Italy.-Overview:The look of Italian football in the first divisions took major changes as a result of suspected match fixing...
Serie C1/B in advance of one matchday, following a 0–0 away tie against Teramo
Teramo Calcio
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Teramo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Teramo, Abruzzo. It is currently in the season 2011–12 playing in Serie D, the fourth division of Italian football...
, being thus promoted to Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
. Ravenna was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione the following season.
On July 18, 2011 it is excluded by the Federal Council from Lega Pro Prima Divisione,but on August 12, 2011 it is admitted in Serie D/D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
.after conciliation with FIGC.
History
The club was founded in 1913 as football section of sports clubSports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
Unione Sportiva Ravennate. In 1920, the club merged with Audace Football Club, which was founded only one year earlier, in 1919. The same year the club joined the Italian Football Federation, being part of the Promozione
Promozione
Promozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...
league. Another merger in 1921 with S.G. Forti per essere Liberi brought the club to change its denomination to Unione Sportiva Ravennate Forti per essere Liberi. The main sports club disbanded in 1928, with all its sports sections become separate entities; notably, the football one assuming the denomination of Associazione Calcio Ravenna.
In 1936 Ravenna made their first appearance in the Serie C
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
, where they played until 1948. In 1949 the club, now playing in the amateur Interregionale
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
league, became known as Unione Sportiva Ravenna, then switching this denomination to Sarom Unione Sportiva Ravenna for sponsorship reasons in 1954, maintaining it for ten years. Ravenna returned to Serie C in 1950 for a single season, and again in 1955, playing in this division until 1971, when they relegated to Serie D. Another Serie C spell from 1972 to 1976 was followed by two consecutive relegations. Two promotions in a row from 1980 to 1982 then brought the club back to the pro leagues, in the recently created Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
. Ravenna relegated to Serie D in 1984, but promptly returned to Serie C2.
In 1992, Ravenna were awarded Serie C2 champions, being promoted to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
. Only one year later, in 1993, Ravenna won the Serie C1 league and gained promotion to Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
for a historical first time. However, this lasted only one season, and Ravenna returned to Serie C1 in 1994. They returned to Serie B in 1996, playing in the Italian second division until 2001, when they were relegated to Serie C1 and successively cancelled by the Federation because of financial troubles. A new club, Ravenna Calcio, was admitted to play Eccellenza
Eccellenza
Eccellenza is the sixth level of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Aosta Valley which share 2 divisions...
, and obtained two consecutive promotions that brought them back to Serie C2 in 2003.
In 2005, Ravenna were promoted to Serie C1 after playoffs, and in 2007 they won Serie C1 as well, thus returning to Serie B after six seasons from their last appearance in the second-highest division of Italy. They were relegated in 2008 after a poor Serie B campaign. In their first season back in Serie C1, now rebranded as Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Ravenna was coached by debutant manager Gianluca Atzori
Gianluca Atzori
Gianluca Atzori is an Italian football manager and former player. He last served as head coach of Serie B outfit Sampdoria.-Playing:...
and missed immediate promotion by losing the playoff semifinals to Padova
Calcio Padova
Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996...
, who later went on to win the playoff finals as well.
For the 2009–10 season, Ravenna were forced to search for a new head coach after Atzori left for Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
club Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
, and former Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
Primavera coach Vincenzo Esposito
Vincenzo Esposito (footballer)
Vincenzo Esposito is a former Italian football player and now head coach of Ravenna Calcio.-Teams and clubs:*Torino*Prato*Lazio*Atalanta*Cesena-Coaching career:*Prato*Grosseto...
was appointed as a replacement. However, the season started with a huge off-the-field shock, as young Albanian midfielder Brian Filipi
Brian Filipi
Brian Filipi was an Albanian football midfielder/striker who spent his short professional career with Ravenna.- Career :...
, a regular for the team despite his 20 years of age, was hit by a car and left dead on 19 September 2009.
Notable former managers
Luigi Delneri Francesco GuidolinFrancesco Guidolin
Francesco Guidolin is an Italian football manager and former player, currently serving as head coach of Serie A outfit Udinese.-Playing career:...
Walter Novellino Gyula Zsengellér
Gyula Zsengellér
Gyula Zsengellér was a Hungarian footballer and a legend of Újpest FC, most famous for his part in taking the Hungarian national team to the 1938 World Cup Final. He was that tournament's second-highest scorer, behind Leonidas of Brazil.His first international cap came on 2 December 1936, when...
Albert Meyong
Achievements
- Serie C1Serie C1Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
- Winners (3): 1992–93, 1995–96, 2006–07
- Super Coppa di Lega Serie C1
- Runners-up (1): 2006–07
- Serie C2Serie C2Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
- Winners (1): 1991–92
- Runners-up (1): 2004–05
- Serie DSerie DSerie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
- Winners (6): 1950–51, 1956–57, 1971–72, 1981–82, 1984–85, 2002–03
- Runners-up (1): 1955–56
- Scudetto Dilettanti
- Winners (1): 1956–57
- Eccellenza Emilia-RomagnaEccellenza Emilia-RomagnaEccellenza Emilia–Romagna is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups . The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D...
- Winners (1): 2001–02
- PromozionePromozionePromozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...
Emilia-Romagna- Winners (3): 1954–55, 1996–97, 1980–81
- Runners-up (3): 1920–21, 1978–79, 1979–80
- Serie CSerie CThe Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
- Winners (1): 1939–40
- Runners-up (2): 1937–38, 1938–39
- Seconda Divisione
- Winners (1): 1929–30
- Terza Divisione Emilia-Romagna
- Winners (1): 1927–28