A.C. Perugia Calcio

Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio,[1] previously A.C. Perugia, Perugia Calcio, and commonly referred to as simply Perugia, is a football club based in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. Founded in 1905, and refounded in 2005 and 2010 due to financial troubles, Perugia has won the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup, and has finished as runners-up in the 1978–79 Serie A season, in which they finished unbeaten. The team currently plays in Serie C.

Perugia
Full nameAssociazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio S.r.l.
Nickname(s)I Grifoni (The Griffins)
Founded1905 (1905)
GroundStadio Renato Curi,
Perugia, Italy
Capacity28,000
ChairmanMassimiliano Santopadre
Head coachMassimo Oddo
LeagueSerie C
2019–20Serie B, 16th of 20 (relegated via play-offs)
WebsiteClub website

History

A.C. Perugia

A.C. Perugia were founded on 9 June 1905, after the merger of U.S. Fortebraccio and Libertas.

Promotion to Serie B in 1966 would mark the beginning of one of the club's most successful periods. Perugia spent the next eight years in Serie B before promotion to Serie A for the first time in 1975.

1933–34 Perugia

In the club's first Serie A season, Perugia finished eighth with 31 points- just short of a European place. Star players in the side included defender Pierluigi Frosio and midfielders Renato Curi and Franco Vannini. The side remained in the top half of the table for the rest of the decade, finishing runners-up in 1979 with 11 wins and 19 draws, resulting in the only unbeaten side not to win a title. However, tragedy and scandal marred this period. In 1977, Curi died of a heart attack during a league match with Juventus, while Vannini's career was ended by injury in 1979. The Totonero scandal in 1980 led to a 5-point penalty and relegation in 1981. Ilario Castagner was coach during this period.

The club spent the first half of the 1980s trying to get back to Serie A, nearly succeeding in 1984–85. Another scandal in 1986 forced Perugia down to Serie C2. It was during this time that Fabrizio Ravanelli would be discovered, he would later go on to a career with Reggiana, Juventus, Middlesbrough and several other clubs before returning to Perugia.

The controversial and eccentric Luciano Gaucci took control of the club. The side returned to Serie B in 1994 and under the guidance of Giovanni Galeone reached Serie A in 1996. Perugia started well before Gaucci's decision to replace Galeone with Nevio Scala. The side's form subsequently declined before a late rally gave them a chance of survival- a 2–1 defeat at Piacenza in the final round sealed their fate. With Castagner back in charge, Perugia won a play-off with Torino to secure a return to the top flight.

1974–75 Perugia

The next six seasons saw Perugia hold their own in Serie A with foreign imports including the Japanese international Hidetoshi Nakata in 1998.[2] The team came under scrutiny when Gaucci criticised and eventually terminated the contract of his own player, Ahn Jung-Hwan of South Korea, for scoring the golden goal that knocked Italy out of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and allegedly insulting the Italian nation. Ahn's national manager Guus Hiddink spoke out against the sacking.[3] Following the outcry, Ahn's sacking was reversed, but by then the player himself expressed no desire to return to the club anymore.

In the summer of 2003, Perugia signed English striker Jay Bothroyd, and Al-Saadi Gaddafi (the son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi).[4] Soon after, the club were one of three winners of the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup after beating VfL Wolfsburg of Germany 3–0 on aggregate. This qualified the team to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, in which they were eliminated in the third round by PSV Eindhoven.[5]

Perugia Calcio

The new chairman Vincenzo Silvestrini had re-established the club in 2005 as Perugia Calcio.

After a takeover, in 2009 Perugia Calcio property passed to Perugian entrepreneur and former Pisa owner and chairman Leonardo Covarelli. On 21 May 2010 the Court of Perugia declared the bankruptcy of Perugia Calcio srl.[6] Nobody decided to take over the society at the subsequent auction[7] and on 30 June 2010 the club was unable to join the Italian third level championship 2010–2011. The Italian Football Federation decided on 8 July 2010 to revoke the affiliation of the bankrupt Perugia Calcio Srl.[8]

From A.S.D. Perugia Calcio to A.C. Perugia Calcio

During the summer break 2010, this new club with the same denomination and inheriting the old side history, was entered into the Serie D Girone E.

On 10 April 2011, Perugia became the first team of the season to get promoted from Serie D to the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2011–12, after a 3–2 home victory against Castel Rigone.[9] They eventually won the Girone E. The club also won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia Serie D, beating Turris 1–0 in the final.[10]

In summer 2011 the club was renamed Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio, thus becoming a professional company, to play in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/B obtaining immediate promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. On May 4, 2014, beating Frosinone 1–0, A.C. Perugia won the 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione championship and gained promotion to Serie B after a 9-year absence from Italy's second highest football division.

Current squad
As of 17 February 2020[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Guglielmo Vicario (on loan from Cagliari)
2 DF  ITA Aleandro Rosi (Captain)
3 DF  BEL Mardochee Nzita
4 MF  ITA Marco Carraro (on loan from Atalanta)
6 DF  ITA Filippo Sgarbi
7 DF  ITA Pasquale Mazzocchi
8 FW  ITA Diego Falcinelli (on loan from Bologna)
9 FW  ITA Pietro Iemmello (on loan from Benevento)
10 MF  ROU Vlad Dragomir
11 FW  ITA Cristian Buonaiuto
13 FW  ESP Paolo Fernandes (on loan from Manchester City)
14 MF  ITA Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (on loan from Juventus)
15 MF  GUI Amara Konate
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  ROU Romario Benzar (on loan from Lecce)
19 MF  ITA Leandro Greco
21 MF  USA Giuseppe Barone
22 GK  ITA Andrea Fulignati (on loan from Ascoli)
23 MF  ITA Marcello Falzerano
25 DF  ITA Nicola Falasco
27 DF  ITA Gianluca Di Chiara (on loan from Benevento)
28 MF  CIV Christian Kouan
29 FW  ITA Christian Capone (on loan from Atalanta)
32 DF  SVK Norbert Gyömbér
33 DF  ITA Gabriele Angella
36 FW  ITA Federico Melchiorri (Vice-captain)
37 GK  ITA Marco Albertoni

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ITA Nicola Leali (at Ascoli)
— DF  ITA Salvatore Monaco (at Cosenza)
— DF  ITA Marco Moscati (at Trapani)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ITA Jacopo Manconi (at Giana Erminio)
— FW  ITA Calogero Minacori (at Agnonese)

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head Coach Massimo Oddo
Assistant Coach Marcello Donatelli
Assistant Coach Stefano Fiore
Goalkeeper Coach Gianfranco Gagliardi
Fitness Coach Andrea Arpili
Fitness Coach Luca D'Angeli
Physiotherapist Matteo Moroni
Chief Doctor Giuliano Cerulli
Club Doctor Michele Bisogni

Notable former players
See also Category:A.C. Perugia Calcio players

Honours

Serie A:

  • Runners-up: 1978–79

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

  • Winner: 2003

Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione:

  • Winner: 2012

Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione:

  • Winner: 2014

Coppa Italia Serie D:

  • Winner: 2010–11

Serie B:

  • Winner: 1974–75

Lega Pro Prima Divisione:

  • Winner: 1932–33, 1945–46, 1966–67, 1993–94, 2013–14

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione:

  • Winner: 1987–88, 2011–12

Serie D:

  • Winner: 1929–30 (as Terza Divisione), 2010–11

In Europe

UEFA Cup
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Reference
1979–80 First Round Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 0–0 1–0 [12]
Second Round Aris 0–3 1–1 1–4
2003–04 First Round Dundee 1–0 2–1 3–1 [13]
Second Round Aris 2–0 1–1 3–1
Third Round PSV Eindhoven 0–0 1–3 1–3

UEFA Intertoto Cup
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Reference
1999 Second Round Pobeda 1–0 0–0 1–0 [14]
Third Round Trabzonspor 0–3 (f) 2–1 2–4
2000 Second Round Standard Liège 1–2 1–1 2–3 [15]
2002 Third Round Stuttgart 2–1 1–3 3–4 [16]
2003 Third Round Allianssi 2–0 2–0 4–0 [17]
Semi-final Nantes 0–0 1–0 1–0
Final Wolfsburg 1–0 2–0 3–0
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  7. "CALCIO: ASTA DESERTA PER RILEVARE PERUGIA DOPO FALLIMENTO" [Football: Perugia auction deserted after Bankruptcy] (in Italian). SPR / La Repubblica. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
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