F.C. Südtirol

F.C. Südtirol, known as Südtirol in Italy, less popularly as Alto Adige inside Italy and South Tyrol outside Italy,[1] is an Italian association football club, based in the city of Bolzano, in the autonomous province South Tyrol.[2][3] The club was formerly known as its bilingual name F.C. Südtirol – Alto Adige. The club currently plays in Serie C.

FC Südtirol
Full nameFußball Club Südtirol s.r.l.
Nickname(s)(in Italian and German)
Biancorossi / Weiß-Rote (Whitereds)
Tirolesi / Tiroler (Tyroleans)
Altoatesini, Sudtirolesi / Südtiroler (South Tyroleans)
Short nameFCS
Founded1995
GroundStadio Druso,
Bolzano, Italy
Capacity3,500
ChairmanWalter Baumgartner
ManagerStefano Vecchi
LeagueSerie C
2019–20Serie C Group B, 4th of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

In the early 90s came the idea to bring professional football back to South Tyrol, because since the 80s with FC Bolzano no South Tyrolean team played more in a professional league. The negotiations for the takeover of FC Bolzano failed. A South Tyrolean entrepreneurial group then took over the SV Milland, which was in financial difficulties. The SV Milland (based in a district of Brixen) played before the acquisition in the season 1994/95 in the regional Eccellenza, but relegated after the season into the Promozione.

1995-2000: In the amateur leagues

The team was renamed to FC Südtirol–Alto Adige in 1995; Alto Adige is the Italian name of the province while Südtirol its German native name. The club started its first season in 1995 in the regional Promozione (then still the seventh highest league in Italy). The immediate promotion to the Eccellenza has been achieved. Also in this league the team immediately reaches the first place. From the 1997/98 season the club played in the national league Serie D (V). Each season, the FC Südtirol was able to improve and achieved in 2000, then under coach Giuseppe Sannino, the promotion to Serie C2 (IV), the lowest professional league.[4]

2000-2010: FC Südtirol in Serie C2 (IV)

In 2000 the company incorporated as Fußballclub Südtirol S.r.l., thus becoming F.C. Südtirol and relocating to Bolzano [5] (though it was legally based in Brixen until 2011[2]). The club was able to establish itself quickly in the professional league. The aim of the club was to realize the promotion into Serie C1 as soon as possible. The team failed in the following seasons each time in the play-offs. The FC Südtirol got into financial difficulties and then put more on the youth work.
Just before the end of the season 2008/09, the youth coach Alfredo Sebastiani took over the first team. With him, the club could avoid the relegation in the play-outs against Valenzana Calcio.[6] Under Sebastiani, the team reached in 2009/10 for the first time the promotion to Serie C1 (III), by finishing the season on the first place.[7]

2010 to today: the third league of Italy

In the 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, Südtirol was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after the relegation "play-out",[8] but on 4 August 2011 was readmitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione to fill the vacancies.[9]

In the next season, the club hired Giovanni Stroppa, who was at that time youth coach of Milan. The team was able to establish itself in the third tier and narrowly missed the promotion play-offs. With good performances, players like Manuel Fischnaller and Alessandro Iacobucci moved to the Serie B.[10] After the season Stroppa became Coach of the Serie A club Pescara.[11]

In the 2012-13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, the team was coached by Stefano Vecchi. With him the team was able to reach the promotion playoffs of the Italian third tier for the first time in club history. In the play-off semi-final the team was eliminated by Carpi, which the latter eventually won the promotion. In the following season, Vecchi was hired by Carpi.[12]

The 2013–14 season started with Lorenzo D'Anna as coach, who was previously youth coach of Chievo. Under him, the team could score five points in the first five matches, which was not enough for the promotion ambitions of the club.[13] They changed coaches and hired Claudio Rastelli to Bolzano. During the championship, the team was able to prevail better and in the end reached the third place of the table. That means the best result of the club's history and the repeated achievement of the play-offs. In the quarterfinals the team could prevail against Como on penalties. In the semi-final, Cremonese was defeated after two legs. The final round for the promotion to Serie B was lost against Pro Vercelli.[14]

Colors and badge

Colors

The team's colors are white and red. With these colors, the club shows its closeness to the Province of South Tyrol and the city of Bolzano, which also have the colors white and red in their coats of arms. Traditionally, the home jerseys of the club are in white. Most of the time the team play away with red jerseys, but they can also be black in other seasons.

Badge

The current logo of the association is a slightly different form of the badge used since the club was founded in 1995 to 2016. Among other things, the lettering "Alto Adige" was removed.
The logo of the association is a circular badge with a white-red diamond pattern and a football inside. The logo is circled with the words "FC Südtirol" (German term for "FC South Tyrol") and "Bolzano - Bozen". Compared to the previous badge, the diamond pattern was renewed and the red color darkened slightly.[15]

Infrastructures

Stadium
The Drusus stadium in Bolzano

The home games of FC Südtirol will be played in the Drusus stadium in Bolzano. The home of the club was named after Nero Drusus, a Roman general. It was built in 1936. The stadium has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. It was renovated in 2000 for professional gaming. The Drusus Stadium has a main and opposite tribune.[16]
It is planned to modernize the stadium and increase the capacity to 5,400 spectators to meet the standards of the Serie C. In the case of a promotion to Serie B, the expansion of the stadium to 10,000 spectators is also included. In addition, VIP boxes, a restaurant, several bars and a fan shop are planned. The stadium will be rebuilt into a pure football stadium and thus also the athlete field will be removed.[17]

FCS Center
The FCS Center in Eppan, near Bolzano.

The FCS Center is the training center of the team in Eppan, near Bolzano. In 2015, the training areas were completed and include two natural turf pitches, two artificial turf pitches and another small artificial turf pitch. The service center was opened in 2018 and offers the club changing rooms, offices, a gym with a medical department, meeting rooms, a restaurant and a fan shop. In the training center also the championship games of the national youth teams of FC Südtirol are held.[18]
In 2010, the training center was the training camp of the German national football team for the preparation of the World Cup in South Africa. In 2018, the German national team uses again the center for the preparation of the World Cup in Russia.[19]

Current squad

As of 1 February 2020.

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 Tommaso Cucchietti (on loan from Torino)
3 DF  ITA Alessandro Fabbri
4 DF  ITA Alex Colucci
5 DF  FRA Kevin Vinetot
6 DF  ITA Nicolò Gigli
7 FW  ITA Gianluca Turchetta
8 MF  ITA Emanuele Gatto
9 FW  ITA Simone Mazzocchi
10 MF  ITA Hannes Fink (Captain)
11 FW  ITA Mirco Petrella
12 GK  ITA Roberto Taliento (on loan from Atalanta)
13 DF  ITA Simone Davì
14 MF  ITA Luca Berardocco
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  ITA Marco Crocchianti (on loan from Spezia)
17 FW  ITA Daniele Casiraghi
18 FW  ITA Matteo Rover
19 MF  ITA Mario Ierardi
20 MF  ITA Manuel Fischnaller
21 DF  ITA Fabian Tait
22 GK  SRB Kristian Grbić (on loan from Virtus Bolzano)
23 MF  ITA Matteo Gasperi
25 DF  CZE Jan Polák
26 DF  ITA Alberto Alari (on loan from Atalanta)
28 FW  ITA Niccolò Romero
30 MF  ITA Marco Beccaro

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
— MF  ITA Tommaso Morosini (at Monza)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ITA Francesco Proietto (at Dro Alto Garda)

Notable players
Omar El Kaddouri

The following list includes players who played or have played more than 10 matches in either Serie A or Serie B.

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Notable managers

The following list includes managers who coached or have coached teams in the Serie A or Serie B.

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References
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  2. "L'FC Südtirol è un club bolzanino". SportNews.bz. 17 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. "L'FCS ha ottenuto la cittadinanza bolzanina!" (in Italian). F.C. Südtirol. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. "Geschichte". FC Südtirol. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. "Storia". F.C. Südtirol. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  6. "FC Südtirol bezwingt Valenzana 2:0 und bleibt in der Lega Pro". FC Südtirol. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. "Der FC Südtirol steigt in die 1. Division auf". FC Südtirol. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. "Il portiere perde la testa, retrocede il Sudtirol. Video". Il Pallonaro. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  9. "Calcio, Lega Pro; Ripescaggi: 5 in prima divisione e rimnini in seconda". La Repubblica (in Italian).
  10. "Manuel Fischnaller wechselt zu Reggina Calcio" (Press release). F.C. Südtirol. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  11. "Conosciamo meglio Giovanni Stroppa". forzapescara.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  12. "Ende des Rätselratens: Stefano Vecchi verlässt den FC Südtirol" (Press release). F.C. Südtirol. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  13. "LORENZO D'ANNA ALS CHEFTRAINER ENTLASSEN" (Press release) (in Italian). F.C. Südtirol. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  14. "Das Wunder von Vercelli bleibt aus:FCS verpasst den Aufstieg". sportnews.bz. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  15. "NEUES LOGO: EINE ERKLÄRUNG". FC Südtirol. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  16. "TECHNISCHE DATEN". FC Südtirol. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  17. "gmp Erweiterung Drusus-Stadion Bozen". floornature.de. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  18. "FCS Trainingszentrum". FC Südtirol. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  19. "WM 2018: TRAININGSLAGER WIEDER IN SÜDTIROL". Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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