A.S. Cittadella

Cittadella
Full name Associazione Sportiva Cittadella S.r.l.
Nickname(s) Citta
Founded 1973 (1973)
Ground Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato,
Cittadella, Veneto, Italy
Capacity 7,623[1]
Chairman Andrea Gabrielli
Manager Roberto Venturato
League Serie B
2016–17 Serie B, 6th
Website Club website

Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.

History

Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie C2 and Serie C1 ranks. Cittadella won its first promotion to Serie B in 1999 after defeating Brescello in the playoff finals, and spent a total two seasons in the Italian second-highest ranked division, being then relegated in 2001–02 Serie B. During their first stay in Serie B, the club played in Stadio Euganeo in Padua and, in an attempt to expand the fanbase, was renamed A.S. Cittadella Padova, being Padua (Padova in Italian) the capital city of Cittadella's referring province.

Cittadella returned to Serie B in 2008, after defeating Cremonese in the 2007–08 Serie C1/A playoffs, under the guide of head coach Claudio Foscarini. In the 2008–09 Serie B season, the club was involved to projects focused to boost the capacity of the Stadio Tombolato to 7,500, in order to let the club play in their home town (with dispensation from the FIGC, since a stadium of at least 10,000 seats is required for Serie B). Thus, Cittadella played the first season games in Stadio Omobono Tenni in Treviso, about 40 km away.[2][3] After some delays, the first Serie B game played in Cittadella was played on 29 October 2008, Ancona being the opponents. The club escaped relegation in the final days of the season, thus ensuring another year of Serie B football to the local fans.

The following season, Cittadella thrashed Lecce 5–1 and Mantova 6–0 to finish 6th, and only losing to Brescia in the playoffs due to Brescia's superior league placing, despite a late 1–0 win in the second leg.

The club produced two strikers who later left for Serie A teams, namely, Riccardo Meggiorini (50% rights sold for €2.5M), Matteo Ardemagni (sold for €3.75M). Moreover, 2010–11 Serie B topscorer Federico Piovaccari also left for Sampdoria in 2011 for €3.5M which Samp relegated from Serie A in 2011.

Players

Current squad

As of 24 August, 2018.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Alberto Paleari
3 Italy DF Amedeo Benedetti
4 Italy MF Manuel Iori (Captain)
5 Italy DF Davide Adorni
6 Italy DF Filippo Scaglia
7 Italy MF Andrea Schenetti
8 Italy MF Andrea Settembrini
9 Italy FW Luca Strizzolo
10 Italy FW Giancarlo Malcore
11 Italy FW Nicholas Siega
12 Italy GK Alberto Rosteghin
13 Italy DF Agostino Camigliano
15 Italy DF Domenico Frare
16 Italy FW Giulio Bizzotto
No. Position Player
17 Italy FW Giuseppe Panico
18 Italy DF Mirko Drudi
19 Italy FW Stefano Scappini
20 Italy MF Simone Pasa
21 Italy MF Federico Proia
22 Italy GK Luca Maniero
23 Italy MF Simone Branca
24 Italy DF Luca Ghiringhelli
25 Italy MF Luca Maniero
26 Italy DF Alberto Rizzo
27 Italy DF Gabriele Dalla Bernardina
28 Italy MF Andrea Bussaglia
29 Italy DF Tommaso Cancellotti
30 Italy FW Mattia Finotto (on loan from SPAL)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Italy GK Alberto Corasaniti (at Clodiense)
Italy DF Pietro Maronilli (at Vastese)
No. Position Player
Italy MF Giacomo Caccin (at Renate)
Italy FW Giulio Fasolo (at Virtus Verona)

Notable players

See Category:A.S. Cittadella players.

Managers

References

  1. ↑ "A.S. Cittadella – Stadio" (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella – Sito ufficiale. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cittadella, la B al Tombolato" (in Italian). Calciopress.net. 14 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Cittadella: scelto lo stadio" (in Italian). C1siamo.net. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "Prima Squadra". A.S. Cittadella (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "AS Cittadella » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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