U.S. Sassuolo Calcio

Sassuolo
Full name Unione Sportiva Sassuolo
Calcio S.r.l.
Nickname(s) I Neroverdi (The Black and Greens)
Founded 17 July 1920 (1920-07-17)
Ground
Capacity 23,717[1]
Owner Mapei
Chairman Carlo Rossi
Manager Roberto De Zerbi
League Serie A
2017–18 Serie A, 11th
Website Club website

Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio (Italian pronunciation: [sasˈswɔːlo]) is an Italian professional football club based in Sassuolo, in the province of Modena.[2] Their colours are black and green, hence the nickname "neroverdi".[2]

Founded in 1920,[3] Sassuolo have played in Serie A from the 2013–14 season, joining a select group of teams not belonging to a provincial capital city: Empoli, Legnano, Pro Patria, Carpi and Casale.[4]

History

The club was founded in 1920 and played in the Emilian amateur divisions for most of its history until its first promotion to Serie D in 1968. In this era, the club merged with other local football teams to eventually form the current US Sassuolo Calcio in 1974. In 1984, it first gained promotion to Serie C2, the lowest level of professional football in Italy. However, they were relegated again in 1990 and subsequently spent most of the decade back in Serie D. In 1998, a second-place finish ensured promotion back to Serie C2.

Serie C1

Sassuolo reached Serie C1 in 2006 after winning the Serie C2 promotion play-offs by beating Sansovino in the final. In the following years, Sassuolo proved to be a serious contender for promotion to Serie B, barely missing it in 2007, with Gian Marco Remondina as head coach, as they lost immediate promotion to Grosseto in the final season days, and were defeated by fifth-placed Monza in the play-off semi-finals. Remondina then left Sassuolo to join Serie B's Piacenza, and former Serie A player Massimiliano Allegri was then chosen as new head coach.

Under Allegri, Sassuolo quickly revived their hopes to obtain promotion to Serie B; this ultimately came on 27 April 2008, when they won the Serie C1/A title, thus ensuring a historical promotion to Serie B, the first in the club's history.[5]

Serie B

Following Sassuolo's promotion to the Italian second tier, Allegri left Sassuolo to fill the head coaching position at Serie A team Cagliari. On July 2008, the club appointed former Atalanta and Siena boss Andrea Mandorlini for the 2008–09 season.

Massimiliano Allegri, manager of Sassuolo in 2008 who won promotion to Serie B, winning group A of Serie C1 and the Supercoppa Lega Pro.

Sassuolo had a surprisingly good start to the 2008–09 campaign and held a promotion playoff place for very long time. They only won two points in their last five matches to eventually finish in seventh place. Despite a successful season, Mandorlini left Sassuolo by mutual consent in June 2009, whereupon the team then appointed former Piacenza coach Stefano Pioli on 11 June 2009.

Sassuolo successively qualified to the Serie B promotion playoffs in 2009–10 by placing fourth, and 2011–12 in third, being eliminated at the semi-finals in both seasons.

In the 2012–13 season, however, under the guidance of new head coach Eusebio Di Francesco, Sassuolo won the Serie B title, thus achieving direct promotion to Serie A and ensuring a first top-flight campaign ever for the 2013–14 season.

Serie A

During pre-season training, Sassuolo won the TIM Trophy after losing to Juventus on penalties then beating Milan 2–1, marking the first time a team other than Milan, Internazionale or Juventus have won the Cup.

Eusebio Di Francesco, manager of the historic promotion to Serie A for the Neroverdi in 2014.

On 25 August 2013, Sassuolo played their first-ever Serie A match, a 2–0 loss away at Torino.[6] The team's second match was their first at home, against Livorno, where striker Simone Zaza scored Sassuolo's first top-flight goal as they lost 4–1.[7] On 22 September 2013, Sassuolo endured a heavy 7–0 defeat at home to Internazionale. The team earned their first point in their fifth match, on 25 September away to Napoli. Zaza equalised as the game finished 1–1, ending the hosts' perfect start to the season.[8] This was followed by a first home point on 29 September, a 2–2 draw with Lazio.[9] On 20 October 2013, Sassuolo won their first Serie A game, defeating Bologna 2–1 at home with goals from Domenico Berardi and Antonio Floro Flores, moving the club off bottom place.[10] Sassuolo won away for the first time in Serie A on 3 November against Sampdoria, with Berardi scoring their first top-flight hat-trick to win 4–3.[11] Since the following match, a 1–1 draw at Roma on 10 November, the club has been outside the relegation zone.[12] On 12 January 2014, Berardi was the only player in the season to score four goals in a game, as Sassuolo came from 2–0 down to win 4–3 against Milan.[13] Towards the end of January 2014, Sassuolo were in bottom place and so manager Di Francesco was relieved of his duties and Alberto Malesani was brought in. The managerial change did not have the desired effects and so in early March, Sassuolo re-entrusted the side to the management of Di Francesco. Sassuolo won its away match against Fiorentina 4–3 on 6 May 2014, and after winning 4–2 against Genoa on 11 May, Sassuolo guaranteed its place in Serie A for the 2014–15 season. Berardi finished in equal 7th place in the Serie A top scorers list, with 16 goals for the season.

The Neroverdi had a much better 2014–15 Serie A season, finishing comfortably beyond relegation in 12th place. Berardi was once more the club's top goalscorer with 15 league goals.

Sassuolo improved again in the 2015–16 Serie A season, finishing ahead of the likes of Milan and Lazio in sixth place. The season included an opening day win over Napoli,[14] a Round 10 1–0 victory over Juventus at Mapei Stadium[15] and a 1–0 victory over Inter at the San Siro.[16]

On 21 May 2016, Sassuolo achieved their first ever Europa League qualification after finishing sixth in Serie A courtesy of a Juventus Coppa Italia win over Milan as Milan would have gone to Europe instead if they had won the final.[17] On 25 August 2016, Sassuolo qualified for the Europa League group stage after beating Red Star Belgrade 4–1 on aggregate in the playoff round.[18]

Stadium

The Stadio Alberto Braglia in Modena was Sassuolo's temporary home while playing in Serie B.

Sassuolo's home stadium is the Stadio Enzo Ricci in Sassuolo, still used by the club for training, but due to its tiny capacity (4,000) the club played Serie B seasons in Modena's Stadio Alberto Braglia.[19][20]

Starting from the 2013–14 season, the first Serie A campaign for the club, Sassuolo plays in Reggio Emilia at the renovated Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (formerly Stadio Giglio) in a venue-sharing agreement with Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Reggiana.[21] The stadium was also bought by the parent company of Sassuolo, Mapei .

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2018[22]

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

No. Position Player
2 Brazil DF Marlon Santos
4 Italy MF Francesco Magnanelli (captain)
5 Uruguay DF Mauricio Lemos (on loan from Las Palmas)
6 Brazil DF Rogério (on loan from Juventus)
9 Serbia MF Filip Đuričić
10 Italy FW Alessandro Matri
12 Italy MF Stefano Sensi
13 Italy DF Federico Peluso
17 Italy DF Leonardo Sernicola
18 Italy FW Giacomo Raspadori
19 Denmark FW Jens Odgaard
20 Ivory Coast MF Jérémie Boga
21 Spain DF Pol Lirola
23 Italy DF Giangiacomo Magnani
25 Italy FW Domenico Berardi (vice-captain)
No. Position Player
27 Ghana MF Kevin-Prince Boateng
28 Italy GK Giacomo Satalino
29 Italy FW Marcello Trotta
30 Senegal FW Khouma Babacar
31 Italy DF Gian Marco Ferrari
32 Ghana MF Alfred Duncan
34 Italy FW Federico Di Francesco
39 Italy DF Cristian Dell'Orco
47 Italy GK Andrea Consigli
68 Morocco MF Mehdi Bourabia
73 Italy MF Manuel Locatelli (on loan from Milan)
79 Italy GK Gianluca Pegolo
98 Italy DF Claud Adjapong
99 Italy FW Enrico Brignola

Other players under contract

As of 31 July 2018

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

No. Position Player
Italy FW Simone Caputo

On loan

As of 31 August 2018

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 Jacopo Aiello (at Scanzorosciate until 30 June 2019)[23]
Italy DF Raffaele Celia (at Cuneo until 30 June 2019)[24]
Italy DF Alessandro Denti (at Lentigione until 30 June 2019)[25]
Croatia DF Martin Erlic (at Spezia until 30 June 2019)[26]
Italy DF Leonardo Fontanesi (at Pontedera until 30 June 2019)[27]
Italy DF Edoardo Goldaniga (at Frosinone until 30 June 2019)[28]
Netherlands DF Timo Letschert (at Netherlands FC Utrecht until 30 June 2019)[29]
Italy DF Riccardo Marchizza (at Crotone until 30 June 2019)[30]
Italy DF Andrea Masetti (at Pontedera until 30 June 2019)[26]
Italy DF Matteo Piacentini (at Teramo until 30 June 2019)[31]
Italy DF Luca Ravanelli (at Padova until 30 June 2019)[32]
Italy DF Alessandro Tripaldelli (at Netherlands PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2019)[33]
Italy MF Filippo Bandinelli (at Benevento until 30 June 2018)[34]
Italy MF Jérémie Broh (at Padova until 30 June 2019)[32]
Italy MF Simone Franchini (at Reggina until 30 June 2019)[26]
No. Position Player
Italy MF Francesco Cassata (at Frosinone until 30 June 2019)[35]
Italy MF Davide Frattesi (at Ascoli until 30 June 2019)[36]
Romania MF Marius Marin (at Pisa until 30 June 2019)[24]
Italy MF Luca Mazzitelli (at Genoa until 30 June 2019)[37]
Italy MF Marco Pinato (at Venezia until 30 June 2019)[36]
Italy MF Giovanni Sbrissa (at Robur Siena until 30 June 2019)[38]
Italy MF Giacomo Zecca (at Teramo until 30 June 2019)[39]
Italy FW Pietro Cianci (at Robur Siena until 30 June 2019)[40]
Italy FW Andrea Cisco (at Padova until 30 June 2019)[41]
Italy FW Ettore Gliozzi (at Robur Siena until 30 June 2019)[38]
Italy FW Nicholas Pierini (at Spezia until 30 June 2019)[26]
Italy FW Matteo Politano (at Internazionale until 30 June 2019)[42]
Italy FW Antonino Ragusa (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2019)[43]
Italy FW Federico Ricci (at Benevento until 30 June 2019)[34]
Italy FW Gianluca Scamacca (at Netherlands PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2019)[33]

Youth Sector

Managers

In Europe

UEFA Europa League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Reference
2016–17 Third qualifying round Switzerland Luzern 3–0 1–1 4–1 [44]
Play-off round Serbia Red Star Belgrade 3–0 1–1 4–1
Group F Spain Athletic Bilbao 3–0 2–3 4th
Belgium Genk 0–2 1–3
Austria Rapid Wien 2–2 1–1

References

  1. ↑ "Mapei Stadium, c'è l'ok. La capienza sale a 24mila  – Sport – Gazzetta di Reggio". 11 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Storia". sassuolocalcio.it. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Giovanardi, Rossi, Sassuolo nel pallone. Storia del calcio sassolese dalla Z alla... A, Edizioni Artestampa.
  4. ↑ "Non solo Sassuolo, quando la "provincia" arriva in Serie A". Sky Italia. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sassuolo e Salernitana in serie B, promozione storica per gli emiliani" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  6. ↑ "Sassuolo made to pay by Torino".
  7. ↑ "Livorno ease to Sassuolo win".
  8. ↑ "Perfect Napoli start over".
  9. ↑ "Sassuolo hit back to hold Lazio".
  10. ↑ "Sassuolo 2–1 Bologna: Neroverdi leapfrog Rossublu after home win".
  11. ↑ "Berardi treble boosts Sassuolo".
  12. ↑ "Berardi strike stuns Roma".
  13. ↑ "Milan rocked by Sassuolo". Sky Sports News. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Calendario e Risultati - Stagione 2015-16 - 1^ Giornata - Lega Serie A". www.legaseriea.it.
  15. ↑ "Calendario e Risultati - Stagione 2015-16 - 10^ Giornata - Lega Serie A". www.legaseriea.it.
  16. ↑ "Calendario e Risultati - Stagione 2015-16 - 19^ Giornata - Lega Serie A". www.legaseriea.it.
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  18. ↑ "Sassuolo make it to Europa League group stage". Gazzetta World. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Sito ufficiale US Sassuolo Calcio". 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "Town Gets Sassy About Serie A". The Wall Street Journal. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  21. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  22. ↑ "Rosa Prima Squadra". www.sassuolocalcio.it/. U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  23. ↑ "UFFICIALE: JACOPO AIELLO E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLO SCANZO!! - U.S.D. Scanzorosciate Calcio". 19 July 2018.
  24. 1 2 "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, tutte le operazioni in entrata e in uscita - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  25. ↑ "«Sarà un anno zero il Lentigione punta a far crescere i giovani» - Sport - Gazzetta di Reggio". 19 July 2018.
  26. 1 2 3 4 "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ceduti cinque giocatori: Pierini ed Erlic allo Spezia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  27. ↑ "Pontedera, per la difesa c'è il prestito di Fontanesi dal Sassuolo".
  28. ↑ "Goldaniga on loan to Frosinone". Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  29. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, Letschert va in prestito all'Utrecht" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  30. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Crotone, preso il difensore Marchizza - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  31. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Teramo, dal Sassuolo arriva il difensore Piacentini - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  32. 1 2 "UFFICIALE: Padova, tris di arrivi dal Sassuolo - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  33. 1 2 "Mercato Sassuolo Calcio: Scamacca e Tripaldelli al PEC Zwolle".
  34. 1 2 "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ecco Brignola. Ricci e Bandinelli al Benevento" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  35. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Frosinone, preso dal Sassuolo il giovane Cassata". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  36. 1 2 "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, preso Pinato. Frattesi va all'Ascoli". Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  37. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Genoa, preso Mazzitelli dal Sassuolo - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  38. 1 2 "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ceduti in prestito alla Robur Cianci, Gliozzi e Sbrissa - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  39. ↑ "Calciomercato Teramo, c'è la firma di Zecca". 12 July 2018.
  40. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Robur Siena, dal Sassuolo arriva in prestito Cianci - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  41. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, preso Cisco del Padova. Ma resterà in biancoscudato - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  42. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Politano è un nuovo giocatore dell'Inter - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  43. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Hellas Verona, contratto quadriennale per Ragusa". Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  44. ↑ "UEFA European Competitions 2016-17". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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