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For the historical club, see Cosenza Calcio 1914.
Cosenza
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Full name Cosenza Calcio Srl
Nickname(s) Lupi (Wolves)
Rossoblù (Red-blues)
Silani ("silans", for the name of mountain's and wood's land where is the city, "Sila")
Founded 2007 (as Fortitudo Cosenza)
2011 (as Nuova Cosenza Calcio)
Ground Stadio San Vito,
Cosenza, Italy
Ground Capacity 24,479
Chairman Eugenio Guarascio[1]
Manager Giorgio Roselli
League Lega Pro/C
2015–16 Lega Pro/C, 5th

Cosenza Calcio Srl is an Italian football club, based in Cosenza, Calabria. Currently the team plays in Lega Pro, the third tier of Italian football.

Found in 2011 as Nuova Cosenza Calcio as the phoenix club of Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl by using Article 52 of N.O.I.F., Nuova Cosenza and Cosenza 1914 Srl were spiritual successor of the original Cosenza Calcio 1914 SpA which folded in 2005. However, Cosenza 1914 Srl acquired its sports title from Rende Calcio in 2007, and the sports title of the original club had ceased to be exist in 2005.

History

Cosenza Calcio 1914

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Main article: Cosenza Calcio 1914

The club was founded in 1914 as Società Sportiva Fortitudo and renamed as Cosenza Calcio 1914 in 1920[citation needed][2] and enjoyed a long time in the professional leagues, spending several years in the Serie B. They also won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1983. In 2003, Cosenza 1914 was expelled from professional league.[3]

In 2003 an illegitimate phoenix club was found as A.S. Cosenza F.C.. In 2004, old Cosenza won the appeal and was admitted to 2004–05 Serie D. Thus that season there was a derby. In 2005 new Cosenza switched its denomination into A.S. Cosenza Calcio,[4] after the fall of old Cosenza.

Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl

In 2007, A.S. Cosenza Calcio gave up its Serie D membership, but all the team players later joined new club Fortitudo Cosenza, born as relocation of Rende Calcio, a team from the neighbouring city of Rende which was relegated to Serie D in 2006–07 season and moved to Cosenza soon after. The new club quickly managed to win the Serie D/Girone I championship in 2007–08, ensuring a place back into the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (the renamed Serie C2) for the 2008–09 season.

File:Cosenza Calcio 1914.jpg
Cosenza lineup in 2008–09
File:Tifosi Cosenza Calcio.jpg
Tifosi in May 2008

Three seasons in professionalism

Following this, the new club renamed itself, taking the old historical denomination of Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl with the aim to rise up the Italian football pyramid. In 2008–09, their first season in the Lega Pro, Cosenza showed all of their intentions by winning the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/Girone C championship. The team played the 2009–10 season in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione/Girone B, finishing 11th in the table.

At the end of the 2010-11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the team was relegated after losing the playoff. The team was then excluded from professional Championship by Co.Vi.Soc. and it didn't appeal.

During the professional seasons, former president Damiano Paletta was suspended in June 2009 for 6 months for irregularity in administrations. [5] The ban was reduced after an appeal.[6]

Nuova Cosenza Calcio

In summer 2011 the club was refounded as Nuova Cosenza Calcio and restarted from Serie D[7][8] After a mediocre start, they sacked coach Enzo Patania and hired Tommaso Napoli.[9] They won 9 and drew 7 without a loss to finish the regular season in second place to A.S.D. HinterReggio in Girone I and entered in the promotion playoffs.[10] They won 6 in a row to become champions of the playoffs.[11] The club won the promotion playoffs by beating SandonàJesoloCalcio 3-2 in the final, but not being automatically promoted shall remain still in Serie D.

On Monday, 5 August 2013, the team announced that it was promoted to the professional league, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[12] Circa 2013 the club refer itself simply as Cosenza Calcio,[13] a name change in Italian Chamber of Commerce was done some time later.

Cosenza was promoted again to the unified 2014–15 Lega Pro after ending the 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season in fourth place.

Colors and badge

The team's official colours are red and dark blue, probably in honor to Genoa C.F.C..[14] The supporters love see in the shirt also same green details, to remembering the original colours of 1914 (green and blue).[citation needed]

File:Cosenza1914srl.jpg
logo of Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl circa 2010

Players

First team squad

As of 30 January, 2016

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 Pietro Perina
Italy GK Umberto Saracco
Italy DF Luca Tedeschi
Italy DF Edoardo Blondett Captain sports.svg
Italy DF Francesco Di Nunzio
Italy DF Marco Soprano (on loan from Genoa)
Italy DF Vincenzo Di Somma
Italy DF Paride Pinna
Italy DF Simone Ciancio
Italy DF Mattia Novello
Italy MF Andrea Gaudio
Italy MF Antonio Bilotta
Italy MF Andrea Arrigoni
No. Position Player
Italy MF Antonio Fiordilino (on loan from Palermo)
Italy MF Cristian Caccetta
Italy MF Marco Criaco
Italy MF Giuseppe Statella
Italy MF Angelo Corsi
Italy MF Marco Guerriera
Bulgaria MF Antonio Vutov (on loan from Udinese)
Italy MF Michael Ventre (on loan from Genoa)
Italy FW Andrea Raimondi
Italy FW Giovanni Cavallaro
Italy FW Andrea Arrighini (on loan from Avellino)
Italy FW Andrea La Mantia

Honours

as Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl
as Cosenza Calcio Srl
Winners (1): 2014-15,

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
As Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl
2008–2009 Onze Simet/Hit Shop
2009–2011 Onze Aiello
As N. Cosenza Calcio
2011-2012 Onze La Terra Di Piero
2011-2012 Onze Obbiettivo Lavoro/Scintille
2011-2012 Onze G1 Petroli
2012-2013 Macron Oro Cash/Precenzano Catering
2013-2014 Legea Wüber

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cittasport.it/news.asp?idnews=6111&cat=30&page=L'Imprenditore-Guarascio-Fulcro-del-rilancio-del-calcio-a-Cosenza&categoria=Calcio
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/64.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_6866_lstAllegati_Allegato1_upfAllegato.pdf
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ http://www.nuovacosenza.com/sport/11/calcio/agosto/NcosenzaD.html
  8. ↑ http://www.lnd.it/index.php?page=user.news.selectNews&id=128775
  9. ↑ http://www.nuovacosenza.com/sport/12/calcio/gen/napoliOK.html
  10. ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/national/italy/serie-d/2011-2012/girone-i/
  11. ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/national/italy/serie-d/2011-2012/final-stages/
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ http://www.kennedyclub.org/album%20storia/Origini/origini.htm

External links

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