Benevento Calcio

Benevento Calcio, commonly referred to as Benevento, is an Italian football club based in Benevento, Campania. The club was originally founded in 1929 and then re-founded in 2005. They currently compete in Serie B. Benevento has played in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football, only once in its history, in the 2017–18 season, but will once again participate in 2020–21, having won 2019–20 Serie B.

Benevento
Full nameBenevento Calcio S.r.l.
Nickname(s)Gli Stregoni (The Sorcerers)
Founded1929 (1929)
GroundStadio Ciro Vigorito,
Benevento, Italy
Capacity16,867
PresidentOreste Vigorito
ManagerFilippo Inzaghi
LeagueSerie A
2019–20Serie B, 1st of 20 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

Early history

The club was founded as Associazione Calcio Benevento in 1929,[1] their original home was the Meomartini which was built by Ciccio Minocchia.[2]

After working their way up the country's lower divisions during their early years, Benevento reached Prima Divisione, Italy's third highest professional league at the time, in the 1934–35 season. They finished above clubs such as Reggina during the club's first season within the league. Although they did not win promotion to Serie B, the team did remain in the third tier of Italian football for the 1935–36 season, re-organized to a smaller 64-team league renamed Serie C.

21st century

The club F.C. Sporting Benevento S.r.l. folded in 2005. At the same time Benevento Calcio S.p.A. was founded, using the same stadium and playing kit.

In the 2007–08 Serie C2 regular season the team finished first in Girone C, winning direct promotion to the now called Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season. In the 2008–09 season, Benevento's first season in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, they finished in 2nd place. This meant Benevento would be in a two-legged play-off. They won their first two-legged play-off, but lost to Crotone 1–0 (2–1) on aggregate in the final.

Gaetano Auteri was appointed as the head manager for the 2015–16 season. In this season, Benevento won its league and reached Serie B for the first time in its history. The mathematical certainty arrived on 30 April 2016, after defeating Lecce 3–0.[3]

On 8 June 2017, they were promoted to Serie A, for the first time in their history, after defeating Carpi in the Serie B play-offs 1–0 on aggregate.[4] They set a record for the worst start to a season in any of Europe's top five leagues by losing their first 14 Serie A matches.[5] This streak ended on 3 December 2017, with a 95th minute equalising header from goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli for a 2–2 home draw against A.C. Milan.[6][7] Benevento's time in Serie A lasted one season and they were relegated after a last-place finish, although they ultimately won six of their last 23 games.

On 22 June 2019, Benevento hired Filippo Inzaghi has their new manager.[8] In June 2020, with seven matches still left in the league season, the club won promotion back to the first-division of Italian football following an impressive Serie B campaign.[9]

Colours and badge

The team's colors are yellow and red, and their badge features red and yellow stripes and the black image of a witch riding a broom. Benevento are nicknamed the Stregoni, Italian for sorcerers, or occasionally, the Streghe, Italian for witches, a reference to the legends dating to the 13th century of the witches of Benevento.

Stadium

Benevento plays their home matches at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito. Building on the stadium broke ground in 1976 and it was opened in 1979. It is able to hold 25,000 people.[10][11]

The stadium was originally named Santa Colomba but was renamed to honor Ciro Vigorito who was the brother of club president Oreste Vigorito. Ciro was a successful entrepreneur and sports manager who was the managing director and oversaw the youth sector at Benevento from 2006 until his death in 2010.[12]

Current squad
As of 11 August 2020[13]

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 Lorenzo Montipò
2 DF  ITA Francesco Rillo
3 DF  ITA Gaetano Letizia
4 MF  ITA Lorenzo Del Pinto
5 DF  ITA Luca Caldirola
6 MF  CIV Siriki Sanogo
7 MF  GER Oliver Kragl
8 MF  COL Andrés Tello
9 FW  ITA Massimo Coda
10 MF  ITA Nicolas Viola (Vice-captain)
11 DF  ITA Christian Maggio (Captain)
12 GK  ITA Niccolò Manfredini
13 DF  ITA Alessandro Tuia
14 DF  ITA Massimo Volta
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  ITA Riccardo Improta
17 MF  GHA Abdallah Basit
18 DF  GHA Bright Gyamfi
19 MF  ITA Roberto Insigne
20 FW  ITA Giuseppe Di Serio
21 MF  FIN Përparim Hetemaj
22 GK  ITA Pier Graziano Gori
23 DF  ITA Luca Antei
25 FW  ITA Marco Sau
27 MF  SVN Dejan Vokić
28 MF  ITA Pasquale Schiattarella
32 FW  ITA Gabriele Moncini
35 DF  ITA Federico Barba
— DF  POL Kamil Glik
— DF  JAM Damion Lowe

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
— DF  ITA Gianluca Di Chiara (at Perugia)
— DF  ITA Luca Sparandeo (at Virtus Francavilla)
— DF  ITA Salvatore Tazza (at Arzignano)
— MF  ITA Alessio Donnarumma (at Picerno)
— MF  JPN Cy Goddard (at Pafos)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Guilherme (at Yeni Malatyaspor)
— MF  ITA Giovanni Volpicelli (at Arezzo)
— FW  SWE Samuel Armenteros (at Crotone)
— FW  ITA Pietro Iemmello (at Perugia)

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head Coach Filippo Inzaghi
Assistant Coach Maurizio D'Angelo
Goalkeeper Coach Gaetano Petrelli
Fitness Coach Luca Alimonta
Fitness Coach Daniele Cenci
Physiotherapist Ernesto Galliano
Physiotherapist Luca Lepore
Physiotherapist Simone Sigillo
Physiotherapist Claudio Patti
Chief Doctor Franco De Cicco
Club Doctor Stefano Salvatori
Club Doctor Rafaele Fuiano
Osteopath Giuseppe Nota
Technical Collaborator Simone Baggio
Video Analyst Simone Bonomi

Notable former players

Notable former managers

Honours

Serie B

Serie C

Serie C2

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References
  1. "Italian Benevento Calcio". WeltFussballArchiv.com. 25 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  2. "La Storia". Unofficial news portal of Benevento Calcio. 25 August 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
  3. (in Italian) "Lega Pro: Benevento gained the Serie B". Corriere dello Sport, 30-4-2016
  4. "Serie A: Benvenuto, Benevento! - Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. "Benevento 1-2 Sassuolo". BBC Sport. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. "Brignoli: 'Closed my eyes and jumped'". Football Italia. 3 December 2017.
  7. "Benevento: Bottom of Serie A but now the most talked about team in Italy". BBC Sport. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. "Benevento hire Inzaghi: the official announcement". gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  9. "Filippo Inzaghi leads Benevento to Serie A promotion". The World Game. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. http://www.europlan-online.de/fc-sporting-benevento/verein/4227
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. Ufficiale, lo Stadio Santa Colomba si chiamerà Ciro Vigorito
  13. http://www.beneventocalcio.club/squadra/giocatori/ Accessed 17 July 2017
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