U.S. Salernitana 1919

Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. Salernitana returned to Serie B in 2015, having finished first in Lega Pro Prima Divisione - Girone C.

Salernitana
Full nameUnione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 S.r.l.
Nickname(s)I Granata (The Garnets)
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundStadio Arechi,
Salerno,[1] Italy
Capacity26,000[2]
ChairmanMarco Mezzaroma and Claudio Lotito
ManagerGian Piero Ventura
LeagueSerie B
2018–19Serie B, 16th of 19
WebsiteClub website

The club is the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919[3] and there is a sports continuity also with the former Salerno Calcio[4] in the 2011–12 season[5][6] which restarted from Serie D[7] rather than from Terza Categoria, thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC.[8]

The club – named Salerno Calcio – was promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione as it re-obtained the original name of U.S. Salernitana 1919.[3] It was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione the following season.

History

From Unione Sportiva Salernitana to Salernitana Calcio 1919
Main article: History of U.S. Salernitana 1919

The origins of the team go back to 1919 when in Salerno was founded the former Unione Sportiva Salernitana renamed Salernitana Sport in 1978, which spent the vast majority of their history at the Serie B and Serie C levels of Italian football.

Salernitana plays their home games at Stadio Arechi. In their earliest years, Salernitana competed in the Italian Football Championship on a regional basis. They played at this level for four seasons during the 1920s. Since that time the club returned to the top level of Italian football twice; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99.

Salernitana, who wear an all-garnet kit, have had several name changes since they first appeared in 1919; one was after a merger with Audax Salerno.

In 2005 the club went bankrupt but were refounded by Antonio Lombardi, changing the name from Salernitana Sport to Salernitana Calcio 1919.

In the summer 2011, it did not appeal against the exclusion by Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Co.vi.so.c) and it is excluded by the Italian football.

From Salerno Calcio to US Salernitana 1919
Salernitana-Cosenza 2014–15

On 21 July 2011 the mayor of Salerno Vincenzo De Luca chooses the proposal of the company Morgenstern S.r.l. administered by Gianni Mezzaroma making so born the new team Salerno Calcio, thus representing the city in Serie D.[9] Member of society and the great protagonist of the project is Claudio Lotito,[10] president of Lazio. His brother in law and Gianni's son, Marco Mezzaroma is the president of team:[11] he is the husband of the former minister Mara Carfagna, born in the town.[12]

The club in the 2011–12 season was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione winning the Group G of Serie D.

On 12 July 2012 the club was renamed US Salernitana 1919.[3]

2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

In the 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Salernitana finished first in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second consecutive promotion for the team. Finally Salernitana won Group C of Lega Pro and returned Serie B in 2014–15 season.

Colours, badge and nicknames
Salernitana's original kit.

Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti.[13] The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, Salerno the city lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a porting city. During the 1940s the club changed to garnet coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their homeland.

In the 2011–12 season as Salerno Calcio the shirt was striped blue and deep red, with the symbol of St. Matthew, patron of the city, similar to that of Barcelona.[14]

Since 12 July 2012 with the renaming as US Salernitana 1919, the colour of the first shirt is again the traditional garnet.[3]

The 100th anniversary logo was announced on June 24, 2019 and use in the 2019–20 season.[15]

Honours
Winners (2): 1946–47 (Group C), 1997–98
Winners (4): 1937–38; 1965–66; 2007–08; 2014–15
Runners-up (2): 1989–90; 1993–94
Runners-up (1): 1980
Winners (1): 2013–14 against Monza Calcio[16]
Winner (1): 2012–13
Winners (1): 2012–13
Winner (1): 2011–12 (as Salerno Calcio)

Current squad
As of 26 February 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Gianmarco Vannucchi
2 DF Jean-Claude Billong
3 DF Wálter López
4 DF Marco Migliorini
5 DF Valerio Mantovani
6 DF Felipe Curcio
7 MF Alessio Cerci
8 MF Leonardo Capezzi (on loan from Sampdoria)
10 FW Lamin Jallow
11 FW Milan Đurić
12 GK Alessandro Micai
13 MF Sofian Kiyine (on loan from Lazio)
14 MF Francesco Di Tacchio
No. Position Player
15 FW Cedric Gondo (on loan from Lazio)
16 DF Andreas Karo (on loan from Lazio)
17 MF Emanuele Cicerelli (on loan from Lazio)
18 DF Ramzi Aya (on loan from Pisa)
21 MF Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
22 GK Stefano Russo
23 MF Fabio Maistro (on loan from Lazio)
24 DF Paweł Jaroszyński (on loan from Genoa)
25 FW Cristiano Lombardi (on loan from Lazio)
27 MF Patryk Dziczek (on loan from Lazio)
28 DF Thomas Heurtaux
32 FW Niccolò Giannetti
GK Daniele Lazzari

Other players under contract

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

No. Position Player
MF Alessandro Rosina

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
DF Jacopo De Foglio (at Gelbison)
DF Mirko Esposito (at Rieti)
DF Antonio Granata (at Rieti)
MF Daniele Altobelli (at Feralpisalò)
MF Luca Castiglia (at Padova)
MF Marco Firenze (at Venezia)
No. Position Player
MF Sedrick Kalombo (at Rieti)
FW Sofiane Ahmed-Kadi (at Foggia)
FW Iacopo Cernigoi (at Sambenedettese)
FW Antonino Musso (at Paganese)
FW Francesco Orlando (at Sambenedettese)
FW Emilio Volpicelli (at Sambenedettese)

Former players

From Italian national football team:

From other national football team:

Managers

References
  1. http://www.salernocalcio1919.it/biglietteria-e-stadio/
  2. http://www.ussalernitana1919.it/biglietteria/
  3. "UFFICIALE. Da adesso chiamatela U.S. SALERNITANA 1919 – Salernitana – Resport". Resport.it. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013.
  4. "Nasce "Salerno Calcio" Nel simbolo San Matteo" (in Italian). Lacittadisalerno.gelocal.it. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  5. http://www.salernocalcio1919.it/calendario-girone-g/
  6. "LND – Pagina non-trovata". Lnd.it.
  7. "Salerno Calcio, c'č l'iscrizione Oggi la presentazione dello staff – Corriere del Mezzogiorno". Corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it.
  8. "Modifica dell'art. 52 delle Norme Organizzative Interne della FIGC (Titolo sportivo)". Civile.it.
  9. http://www.salernocalcio1919.it/societa/
  10. "Lotito, show a Salerno "Torneremo in alto"". Repubblica.it.
  11. "E' nata la nuova Salernitana Il Salerno calcio sarà "blau-grana" Lotito: non è un satellite della Lazio" (in Italian). Ilmattino.it. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. "Mara Carfagna Ťpresidentessať granata La carica degli ex per la Salerno calcio" (in Italian). Corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  13. "La Storia: 1910–1919" (in Italian). Salernitana.it. 24 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008.
  14. "Sarà "Salerno Calcio" il nome della nuova società calcistica della città. Lotito e Mezzaroma hanno presentato i loro progetti" (in Italian). 12mesi.it. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  15. Il logo ufficiale della Salernitana per la stagione numero 100 (in Italian)
  16. "Festa Arechi nel nome di Ago, alla Salernitana la Coppa Italia". Ilmattino.it.
  17. "Statistiche del giocatore su Fifa.com". Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  18. "Scheda del giocatore su Hellastory.net". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  19. "Francesco Di Jorio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  20. "Profilo sul sito dell'AaB". Aabsport.dk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014.
  21. "Roberto Merino convocato nella Nazionale Peruviana". Retrieved 17 August 2009.

Further reading
  • Giovanni Vitale (2010). Salernitana storia di gol sorrisi e affanni. International printing. ISBN 978-88-7868-094-4.

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