Petrarca Rugby

Petrarca Rugby
Full name	Petrarca Rugby S.r.l.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1947
Location	Padua, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Plebiscito (Capacity: 9,000)
President	Enrico Toffano
Coach(es)	Andrea Marcato
Captain(s)	Federico Conforti
League(s)	Top12
2017–18	Champions
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.petrarcarugby.it

Petrarca Rugby is a rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the Top12.

Founded in 1947, the team is the rugby union branch of the Unione Sportiva Petrarca, an omnisport club that includes also basketball, futsal, volleyball, fencing and football.

They have won 13 league titles, 11 of them between 1969–70 and 1986-87 seasons; their most recent successes in the Italian championship came 24 years after their latest feat, at the end of the 2010-11 season, and the last one in the 2017-18 season.

Petrarca is the 3rd most successful side in the Italian championship behind Amatori Milano (18 titles) and Benetton Treviso (15).

Honours

Italian championship
- Champions (13): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2010–11, 2017–18
- Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 1998–99
Coppa Italia
- Champions (2): 1981–82, 2000–01
- Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 2007–08, 2009–10
Excellence Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 2015–16

Current squad

The squad for the Top12 season is:

Petrarca Padova 2019-2020 squad[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3]
Props Damiano Borean[lower-alpha 3] Giacomo Braggiè Luca Franceschetto Michele Mancini Parri[lower-alpha 2] Michele Rizzo Jody Rossetto Entienne Swanepoel Hookers Vittorio Carnio Tommaso Cugini Giovanni Marchetto Andrej Marinello Locks Marco Butturini Niccolò Cannone [lower-alpha 2] Diego Sebastian Galetto Filippo Gerosa Riccardo Michieletto Alberto Saccardo	Back row Federico Conforti Davide Goldin Nicola Grigolon Lodovico Manni[lower-alpha 2] Pietro Minizzato Luca Nostran Andrea Trotta Scrum-halves Alberto Chillon Paolo Cortellazzo Edoardo Navarra Fly-halves James Faiva Mauro Garbisi[lower-alpha 2] Luca Zini	Centres Tommaso Beraldin Marco Broggin Andrea De Masi Joaquìn Andrés Riera[lower-alpha 2] Wings Tommaso Coppo Angelo Leaupepe Fullbacks Marco Capraro Niccolò Fadalti Simone Ragusi

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality. Players and their allocated positions from the Petrarca website.[3] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2019–20 season He has a dual contract. During the season he also can play, on loan, with Pro14 team Benetton. [1] Also Additional Player for Pro14 team Benetton.[2]

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for Italy:

Overseas players

Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for their respective country:

Statistics

European Challenge Cup (1996–2014)

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
1996-97	5	1	0	4	118	148
1997-98	6	0	2	4	108	212
2001-02	6	2	0	4	114	223
2002-03	2	0	0	2	36	81
2003-04	2	0	0	2	32	75
2004-05	2	0	0	2	42	126
2006-07	6	0	0	6	47	298
2007-08	6	1	0	5	73	190
2008-09	6	3	0	3	112	206
2009-10	6	0	0	6	95	180
2010-11	4	1	0	3	68	135

European Shield

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
2002-03	6	3	1	2	140	118
2003-04	4	2	0	2	93	110
2004-05	4	2	0	2	93	110

Heineken Cup (1995–2014)

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
1998-99	6	1	0	5	79	169
1999-2000	6	0	0	6	76	282

References

https://benettonrugby.it/cominciata-ufficialmente-la-stagione-sportiva-19-20-del-benetton-rugby/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
https://benettonrugby.it/cominciata-ufficialmente-la-stagione-sportiva-19-20-del-benetton-rugby/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
"Rosa". Petrarca Rugby.

External links

Official website

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[1] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2019–20 season

[Permit_Player_Benetton-3] He has a dual contract. During the season he also can play, on loan, with Pro14 team Benetton. [1]

[Additional_Player_Benetton-5] Also Additional Player for Pro14 team Benetton.[2]

[2] ttps://benettonrugby.it/cominciata-ufficialmente-la-stagione-sportiva-19-20-del-benetton-rugby/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] ttps://benettonrugby.it/cominciata-ufficialmente-la-stagione-sportiva-19-20-del-benetton-rugby/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Archivi_La_Squadra-6] "Rosa". Petrarca Rugby.

Top12
2019–20 Teams	Calvisano Colorno Fiamme Oro I Medicei Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rovigo Delta San Donà S.S. Lazio Valorugby Emilia Viadana
Serie A (1929–1960)	1929 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
Eccellenza (1960–1965)	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65
Serie A (1965–1986)	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Serie A1 (1986–2001)	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01
Super 10 (2001–2010)	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Eccellenza (2010–2018)	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Top12 (2018–present)	2018–19