AC Reggiana 1919

History

Formation

The first football game in Reggio Emilia was played under the roof of the old market in 1909, via an exhibition promoted by the local multi-sports association “Forti per Essere Liberi” (Strong to be Free). The first football clubs emerged subsequently in the coming years, with Reggio Football Club, formed in 1912, rising to prominence as the main local side due to its participation to Promozione, the then Italian second tier, divided into regional groups. In 1914, a group of Reggio F.C. members in disagreement with the presidency at the time decided to leave the club and form Juventus F.C. The two sides clashed in 1914–15 Promozione. The entry of Italy into World War 1 in May 1915 caused a vacuum in the local football scene, as many young players were drafted into the army and lost their lives in the war. On 25 September 1919, in the main town square (today's Piazza Prampolini), a group of former footballers, assembled by former Reggio F.C. footballer Severino Taddei, decided to form a new local club, using Juventus’ ground Campo Mirabello and Reggio F.C. colours (maroon and blue). The new club was formed as Associazione Calcio Reggiana.

A.C. Reggiana (1919–2005)

The club was originally founded in 1919 under the name A.C. Reggiana, and played in the Italian First Division for several seasons in the 1920s. More recently, it played in Serie A in 1993–94, 1994–95, and 1996–97. Their highest ranking was 13th place in the 1993–94 Serie A championship, where its main name was Brazilian goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel, who would go on to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup after the season.

A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2005–2018)

In July 2005, the sports title of A.C. Reggiana S.p.A. was transferred to a new investor, Reggio Emilia F.C. S.p.A., before being renamed as A.C. Reggiana 1919 S.p.A. soon after the start of the 2005–06 season.

In the 2007–08 Serie C2 regular season, the team finished first in Group B, and won direct promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly known as Serie C1 until that year) for the 2008–2009 season. Reggiana also won 2008 Supercoppa di Serie C2, a competition for three group stage winners of Serie C2.

The club was acquired by Italian-American former baseball player Mike Piazza in 2016. After the 2017–18 season, the Piazza family decided not to register the team in the 2018–19 Serie C season, leading the club to the loss of its sporting title and subsequent exclusion from the Italian professional leagues.

Reggio Audace F.C. (2018–2020)

On 31 July 2018, a new entity was formed in Reggio Emilia, called Reggio Audace F.C.. The name was given in honour of a precursor entity of the 1910s, where Reggiana founder Severino Taddei used to play before founding the granata club. The new club, whose ownership was the expression of local entrepreneurs from Reggio Emilia, subsequently announced former Ravenna manager Mauro Antonioli as the new gaffer of the newborn club, admitted into the 2018–19 Serie D. Two days later a three-year partnership was signed with Macron. On 20 August 2018 striker Nicola Luche became the first ever signing of the club.

The club gained promotion to the Serie B, after having been admitted by repechage to the Serie C due to vacancies left by bankrupt clubs in the third tier of Italian football and winning the 2019–20 Serie C playoff, returning to Serie B after an absence of 21 years, gaining subsequently two consecutive promotions.

A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2020–present)

On 28 July 2020, the club changed its name back to A.C. Reggiana 1919.

Colors and badges

The team's home jersey color is granata (maroon), hence the nickname "Granata" or "Regia". However, the team's shorts are traditionally dark blue, and their badge has traditionally been an orange football surrounded by the text: "Associazione Calcio Reggiana " surrounded by a Granata border.

Stadium

Reggiana played all of its matches in Stadio Mirabello until 1994, when it moved to a modern arena, Stadio Città del Tricolore (a site previously known as Stadio Giglio). The stadium was subsequently bought by U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.

Fans

Like other Italian cities, the birth of the "ultras" phenomenon in the 1980s also affected A.C. Reggiana. With Reggiana battling for Serie B and Cantine Riunite Reggio Emilia competing in Lega Basket Serie A, the youth of the city formed and gathered in ultras every Sunday.

The leading group of Reggiana "Curva Sud" was "Ultras Ghetto", which was famous for its choreography. Since the late 1990s, the leading groups have been "Teste Quadre" and "Gruppo Vandelli", which situate themselves in the East Stand of the stadium. Reggiana fans have always had good numbers on away days with a peak of 10,000 fans in Milan in 1994.

Friendships and rivalries

Reggiana fans have good and friendly relationships with fans from:

• Genoa (twinned)
• Cremonese (twinned)
• Vicenza (twinned)
• Pisa
• Carrarese
• Greenock Morton (Scottish Championship)

The main rivals are:

• Parma, see Derby dell'Enza
• Modena, Secchia Derby
• Sassuolo, see Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore
• SPAL
• Spezia
• Bologna
• Piacenza

Notable players

Former Reggiana players have included: ;Italy

• ITA Andrea Silenzi
• ITAPaolo Ponzo
• ITA ARG Felice Romano
• ITAAngelo Di Livio
• ITA Fabrizio Ravanelli
• ITA Luca Bucci
• ITA Stefano Torrisi
• ITA Francesco Antonioli
• ITA Angelo Adamo Gregucci
• ITA Filippo Galli
• ITA Alberico Evani
• ITA Luigi Sartor
• ITA Marco Ballotta
• ITA Max Tonetto
• ITA Cristiano Zanetti
• ITA Michele Padovano
• ITA Sandro Tovalieri
• ITA Francesco Pedone
• ITA Fabrizio Cacciatore
• ITA Francesco Ruopolo
• ITA Giuseppe Alessi
• ITA Alessandro Cesarini
• ITA Giuseppe Scienza
• ITA Marco Bresciani
• ITA Giuseppe Accardi
• ITA Fernando De Napoli
• ITA Luigi De Agostini
• ITA Stefano De Agostini
• ITA Stefano Nava
• ITA Massimo Paganin
• ITA Daniele De Vezze
• ITA Marco Romizi
• ITA Raffaele Nuzzo
• ITA Leonardo Colucci
• ITA Andrea Catellani
• ITA Luca Ariatti
• ITA Marco Ambrosio
• ITA Igor Protti
• ITA Alessandro Bastrini
• ITA Massimiliano Carlini
• ITA Trevor Trevisan
• ITA Marco Guidone
• ITA Cristian Altinier
• ITA Vito Grieco
• ITA Andrea Bovo
• ITA Luca Ghiringhelli
• ITA Simone Calvano
• ITA Andrea Parola
• ITA Raffaele Nolè
• ITA Michele Pazienza
• ITA Daniele Mignanelli
• ITA Federico Angiulli
• ITA Paolo Zanetti
• ITA Armando Pantanelli
• ITA Gian Piero Gasperini
• ITA Walter Mazzarri
• ITA Gianluca Piaccitali ;Austria
• AUT Michael Hatz ;Belgium
• BEL Georges Grün ;Brazil
• BRA Cláudio Taffarel
• BRA André Viapiana
• BRA Robert Anderson ;Colombia
• COL Adolfo Valencia ;Croatia
• CRO Bruno Petković ;Czech Republic
• CZE Edvard Lasota ;Georgia
• GEO Georgi Nemsadze ;Germany
• GER Dietmar Beiersdorfer ;England
• ENG Franz Carr ;France
• FRA Gaël Genevier ;Montenegro
• MNE Minel Šabotić
• MNE Hasim Đoković ;Nigeria
• NGR Sunday Oliseh
• NGR Obafemi Martins
• NGR Mathew Olorunleke
• NGR Jero Shakpoke
• NGR Prince Ikpe Ekong
• NGR Saidu Adeshina ;Portugal
• POR Paulo Futre
• POR António Pacheco
• POR Rui Águas ;Romania
• ROM Dorin Mateut
• ROM Ioan Sabau
• ROM Vasile Mogoș ;Russia
• RUS Igor Simutenkov ;Spain
• ESP Marti Riverola ;Sweden
• SWE Johnny Ekström ;Venezuela
• VEN ITA Massimo Margiotta

Youth sector

Reggiana have always had a good tradition in developing youth players, being a rare club with a training ground which has 16 football pitches, located in the nearbies of the club house. The youth teams play their games in Stadio Mirabello, via Agosti training ground or in small grounds located in the local province.

The academy has produced various players, notably: ;Italy

• ITA Gino Giaroli
• ITA Ettore Agazzani
• ITA Stefano Aigotti
• ITA Egidio Anceschi
• ITA Alessio Badari
• ITA Silvio Bandini
• ITA Aldo Bedogni
• ITA Oreste Benatti
• ITA Carlo Benelli
• ITA Roberto Benincasa
• ITA Andrea Costa
• ITA Mohammed Chakir
• ITA Simone Gozzi
• ITA Danilo Zini
• ITA Luca Ariatti
• ITA Elvis Abbruscato
• ITA Christian Araboni
• ITA Alessandro Bertoni
• ITA Leonida Bietti
• ITA Ottorino Bojardi
• ITA Leopoldo Bolognesi
• ITA Alberto Boni
• ITA Fabio Bonini
• ITA Enrico Bottazzi
• ITA Denis Brunazzi
• ITA Aldo Cagnoli
• ITA Giovanni Campari
• ITA Fabio Caselli
• ITA Ilario Castagner
• ITA Aldo Catalani
• ITA Andrea Catellani
• ITA Maurizio Cavazzoni
• ITA Gianluca Cherubini
• ITA Zucchero Fornaciari (after quitting football, he became a notorious singer)
• ITA Dino Galparoli
• ITA Lorenzo Mossini
• ITA Paolo Mozzini
• ITA Erik Panizzi
• ITA Armando Pantanelli
• ITA Jacopo Pellegrini
• ITA Gabriele Piccinini
• ITA Ayman Sanat
• ITA Max Tonetto ;Gabon
• GAB Catilina Aubameyang ;Ghana
• GHA Boadu Maxwell Acosty ;Morocco
• MAR Hachim Mastour ;Nigeria
• NGR Saidu Adeshina
• NGR Stephen Makinwa
• NGR Obafemi Martins
• NGR Benjamin Onwuachi

Players

Current squad

Reggiana 1919 Primavera

Out on loan

Coaching Staff

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Organizational chart

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Managers

The team's most famous coach was Carlo Ancelotti, who coached AC Milan from 2001 to 2009 and then managed Juventus, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Napoli, Everton before returning to Real Madrid.

• 1919–20: Kingdom of Italy Severino Taddei
• 1920–22: Republic of Austria Karl Stürmer
• 1922–23: ARG Kingdom of Italy Felice Romano
• 1923–24: Republic of Austria Karl Stürmer
• 1924–25: Kingdom of Italy Severino Taddei
• 1925–26: Kingdom of Italy Ottorino Bojardi
• 1926: Republic of Austria Karl Stürmer
• 1926–28: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Vilmos Zsigsmond
• 1928–29: Republic of Austria Anton Ringer
• 1929–30: Kingdom of Italy Severino Taddei
• 1930–34: Kingdom of Italy Regolo Ferretti
• 1934–35: Kingdom of Italy Mora Maurer
• 1935–37: Kingdom of Italy Italo Rossi
• 1937–39: Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Valenti
• 1939–1942: Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) János Vanicsek
• 1942: Kingdom of Italy Luigi Bernardi and William Ruozi
• 1942–43: Kingdom of Italy Alfredo Mazzoni
• 1943–44: Kingdom of Italy Regolo Ferretti
• 1945–46: ARG Kingdom of Italy Felice Romano
• 1946–47: ITA Bruno Vale
• 1947: ITA Alcide Violi
• 1947–48: ITA Angelo Mattea
• 1948–49: ITA Piero Ferrari
• 1949: ITA Bruno Arcari
• 1949–52: ITA Giuseppe Antonini
• 1952: ITA Vittorio Malagoli
• 1952–53: ITA Guido Masetti
• 1953–54: ITA Alcide Violi
• 1954–62: ITA Luigi Del Grosso
• 1962: ITA Angelo Piccioli
• 1962–63: ITA Renato Martini
• 1963: ITA Vittorio Malagoli
• 1963–64: ITA Giancarlo Cadé
• 1964–65: ITA Dino Ballacci
• 1965–70: ITA Romolo Bizzotto
• 1970–74: ITA Ezio Galbiati
• 1974: ITA Giampiero Grevi and Giovanni Galbiati
• 1974–75: ITA Tito Corsi
• 1975–76: ITA Carmelo Di Bella
• 1976: ITA Bruno Giorgi
• 1976–77: ITA Mario Caciagli
• 1977–79: ITA Guido Mammi
• 1979–80: ITA Franco Marini
• 1980–83: ITA Romano Fogli
• 1983: ITA Giovan Battista Fabbri
• 1983–84: ITA Lauro Toneatto
• 1984–86: ITA Franco Fontana
• 1986: ITA Giancarlo Cadé
• 1986–88: ITA Nello Santin
• 1988: ITA Marino Perani
• 1988–94: ITA Pippo Marchioro
• 1994–95: ITA Enzo Ferrari
• 1995: ITA Cesare Vitale (caretaker)
• 1995–96: ITA Carlo Ancelotti
• 1996: ROU Mircea Lucescu
• 1996–97: ITA Francesco Oddo
• 1997–98: ITA Franco Varrella
• 1998–99: ITA Attilio Perotti
• 1999: ITA Franco Varrella
• 1999: ITA Angelo Gregucci
• 1999–00: ITA Giorgio Rumignani
• 2000: ITA Gigi Maifredi
• 2000–01: ITA Claudio Testoni
• 2001–02: ITA Salvatore Vullo
• 2002: ITA Lorenzo Mossini
• 2002–03: ITA Adriano Cadregari
• 2003–04: ITA Antonio Sala
• 2004: ITA Adriano Cadregari
• 2004–05: ITA Bruno Giordano
• 2005–06: ITA Luciano Foschi
• 2006–09: ITA Alessandro Pane
• 2009–10: ITA Loris Dominissini
• 2010–12: ITA Amedeo Mangone
• 2012–13: ITA Lamberto Zauli
• 2013: ITA Gigi Apolloni
• 2013: ITA Lamberto Zauli
• 2013–14: ITA Pierfrancesco Battistini
• 2014: ITA Marcello Montanari (caretaker)
• 2014–16: ITA Alberto Colombo
• 2016–17: ITA Leonardo Colucci
• 2017: ITA Leonardo Menichini
• 2017: ITA Massimiliano La Rosa and Andrea Tedeschi (caretakers)
• 2017–2018: ITA Sergio Eberini
• 2018–2019: ITA Mauro Antonioli
• 2019–2021: ITA Massimiliano Alvini
• 2021–2023: ITA Aimo Diana
• 2023–2024: ITA Alessandro Nesta
• 2024–2025: ITA William Viali
• 2025–present: ITA Davide Dionigi

Captains

• 1949–1954: ITA Athos Panciroli
• 1954–1956: ITA Dino Binacchi
• 1956–1957: ITA Armando Furlan
• 1957–1958: ITA Aldo Catalani
• 1958–1959: ITA Farnese Masoni
• 1959–1960: ITA Mario Pistacchi
• 1960–1963: ITA Aldo Catalani
• 1963–1970: ITA Giampiero Grevi
• 1970–1972: ITA Bruno Giorgi
• 1972–1973: ITA Lamberto Boranga
• 1973–1974: ITA Silvio Zanon
• 1974–1975: ITA Franco Marini
• 1975–1977: ITA Sileno Passalacqua
• 1977–1978: ITA Domenico Neri
• 1978–1979: ITA Massimo Berta
• 1979–1980: ITA Giovanni Colonnelli
• 1980–1982: ITA Flaviano Zandoli
• 1982–1983: ITA Piero Volpi
• 1983–1985: ITA Silvio Cei
• 1985–1986: ITA Domenico Tanzi
• 1986–1987: ITA Sergio D’Agostino
• 1987–1992: ITA Walter De Vecchi
• 1992–1995: ITA Michele Zanutta
• 1995–1996: ITA Gegio Sgarbossa
• 1996–1997: ITA Alessandro Mazzola
• 1997–1998: ITA Filippo Galli
• 1998–1999: ITA Maurizio Neri
• 1999–2000: ITA Sandro Tovalieri
• 2000–2001: ITA Alessio Pirri
• 2001–2002: ITA Stefano Trinchera
• 2002–2003: ITA Luca Ariatti
• 2003–2004: ITA Davide Cangini
• 2004–2005: ITA Marco Napolioni
• 2005–2007: ITA Antonio Foschini
• 2007–2008: ITA Vito Grieco
• 2008–2010: ITA Mirko Stefani
• 2010–2013: ITA Danilo Zini
• 2013–2015: ITA Beppe Alessi
• 2015–2016: ITA Andrea Parola
• 2016–2017: ITA Raffaele Nolè
• 2017–2018: FRA Gaël Genevier
• 2018–2020: ITA Alessandro Spanò
• 2020–present: ITA Paolo Rozzio

Directors of Football

• 1963–1970: ITA Luigi Del Grosso
• 1970–1977: ITA Giampiero Grevi
• 1977–1978: ITA Tito Corsi
• 1978–1980: ITA Edmondo Fabbri
• 1981–1982: ITA Sergio Sacchero
• 1982–1983: ITA Moreno Roggi
• 1984–1985: ITA Franco Manni
• 1985–1986: ITA Roberto Boninsegna
• 1986–1987: ITA Nardino Previdi
• 1987–1994: ITA Renzo Corni
• 1994–1997: ITA Franco Dal Cin
• 1997–1998: ITA Riccardo Sogliano
• 1998–1999: ITA Guido Angelozzi
• 1999–2003: ITA Michele Dal Cin
• 2003–2004: ITA Ernesto Foglia
• 2004: ITA Pietro Leonardi
• 2004–2005: ITA Marco Valentini
• 2005–2010: ITA Massimo Varini
• 2010–2011: ITA Tito Corsi
• 2011–2012: ITA Totò De Falco
• 2012–2013: ITA Massimo Varini
• 2013–2014: ITA Massimo Ienca
• 2014–2016: ITA Italo Federici
• 2016–2017: ITA Andrea Grammatica
• 2017: ITA Doriano Tosi
• 2017–2018: ITA Giuseppe Magalini
• 2018–2019: ITA Marco Lancetti
• 2019–2022: ITA Doriano Tosi
• 2022–2024: ITA Roberto Goretti
• 2024–2025: ITA Marcello Pizzimenti
• 2025–present: ITA Domenico Fracchiolla

Chairmen

• 1919–1923: Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Cassoli
• 1923–1925: Kingdom of Italy Vittorino Palazzi Trivelli
• 1925–1928: Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Bonini
• 1928–1930: Kingdom of Italy Renato Bertolini
• 1930–1931: Kingdom of Italy Mario Muzzarini and Franco Fontanili
• 1931–1932: Kingdom of Italy Enrico Bottazzi
• 1932–1936: Kingdom of Italy Marcello Bofondi
• 1936–1937: Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Pietranera
• 1937–1938: Kingdom of Italy Eugenio Bolondi
• 1938–1939: Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Marzi
• 1939–1941: Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Robba
• 1941–1942: Kingdom of Italy Alberto Ferrari
• 1942–1943: Kingdom of Italy Antonio Alessio
• 1943–1945: Kingdom of Italy Regolo Ferretti
• 1945–1946: Kingdom of Italy Carlo Visconti and Mario Curti
• 1946–1947: ITA Carlo Visconti
• 1947–1948: ITA Mario Dallaglio
• 1948–1951: ITA Renato Simonini
• 1951–1955: ITA Enzo Dal Conte
• 1955–1956: ITA Gianni Landini
• 1956–1965: ITA Carlo Visconti, Gino Lari and Giorgio Degola
• 1965–1979: ITA Carlo Visconti
• 1979–1982: ITA Franco Vacondio
• 1982–1988: ITA Giovanni Vandelli
• 1988–1993: ITA Ermete Fiaccadori
• 1993–1994: ITA Gianfranco Morini
• 1994–1995: ITA Luciano Fantinel
• 1995–1996: ITA Loris Fantinel
• 1996–2001: ITA Luciano Ferrarini
• 2001–2002: ITA Federico Spallanzani
• 2002–2004: ITA Chiarino Cimurri
• 2004–2005: ITA Federico Spallanzani
• 2005–2009: ITA Vando Veroni
• 2009–2010: ITA Clarfiorello Fontanesi
• 2010–2015: ITA Alessandro Barilli
• 2015–2016: ITA Stefano Compagni
• 2016–2018: USA ITA Mike Piazza
• 2018–2020: ITA Luca Quintavalli
• 2020–present: ITA Carmelo Salerno

Honours

• Serie B
  • Winners (1): 1992–93
• Serie C
  • Winners (7): 1939–40, 1957–58, 1963–64, 1970–71, 1980–81, 1988–89, 2022–23
• Serie C2
  • Winners (1): 2007–08
• Supercoppa di Serie C2
  • Winners (1): 2008

Divisional movements

References

References

1. (2020-07-03). "Amadei, Salerno e Fico unici soci della Reggiana".
2. (16 August 2005). "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 67/A (2005–06)". FIGC.
3. "Comunicazioni della F.I.G.C".
4. (16 July 2018). "Reggiana calcio, è finita. La squadra non si iscrive al campionato di serie C".
5. (2018-07-31). "Reggiana, è nata la nuova società".
6. (28 March 2017). "La Reggio Audace è iscritta alla serie D: l'allenatore è Mauro Antonioli".
7. "Reggio Audace, Macron sponsor tecnico e Malpeli team manager - Reggionline - Telereggio Reggionline – Telereggio".
8. "Finalmente la fumata bianca: nasce la Reggio Audace Fc - Reggionline - Telereggio Reggionline – Telereggio".
9. "UFFICIALE: Reggio Audace, preso l'attaccante Luche dalla Feralpisalò".
10. Redazione. (2020-07-28). "Reggio Audace addio: torna l'AC Reggiana 1919".
11. "Da Reggio Audace a Reggiana: con la Serie B torna lo storico nome {{!}} Goal.com".
12. "PRIMA SQUADRA".