U.S. Avellino 1912

Unione Sportiva Avellino 1912, commonly known as US Avellino, is an Italian football club based in Avellino, Campania.

Avellino
Full nameUnione Sportiva Avellino 1912
Nickname(s)Lupi (Wolves),
Biancoverdi (White-greens),
Irpini (Irpinians)
Founded1912 (1912)
2009 (2009) (as Avellino Calcio.12)
2018 (2018) (as Calcio Avellino S.S.D.)
GroundStadio Partenio,
Avellino, Italy
Capacity26,308
ChairmanAngelo Antonio D'Agostino
ManagerPiero Braglia
LeagueSerie C
2019–20Serie C Group C, 10th of 20
WebsiteClub website
The progress of Avellino in the Italian football league structure since 1960.

It is the official continuity club of US Avellino, who went bankrupt in 2009 and then was excluded from Serie B in 2018, admitted to Serie D by Article 52 of N.O.I.F. in the same year. The club was renamed as Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 in 2010 and restored to the original Unione Sportiva Avellino 1912 in 2015, before assuming the current denomination in 2018.[1]

History

Foundation

The club was founded as U.S. Avellino during 1912 to give the town of Avellino a footballing representative. The early history of the club is quite obscure as they only competed at a lower level against regional sides. Avellino competed in IV Divisione from 1913 until after the Second World War; today's equivalent of that level is Serie D.

Post-War emergence

For the earlier part of their history the club did not achieve anything of note, until being placed in Serie C for the 1945–46 post-War season. In the 1946–47 season they narrowly missed out on getting through to the interregional final, after finishing third in their group.

Avellino beat out the likes of Catania, Reggina and Messina to win promotion to Serie B at the end of the 1940s. However, the club were accused of match fixing and the federation decided to strip them of their promotion, instead relegating them down to Serie D. Although they were able to return to Serie C after one season, Avellino were relegated back down to spend six seasons in a row at Serie D level.

Eventually Avellino returned, but in the space of six seasons, Avellino gained promotion to Serie C in three of them and were relegated back down twice.

Rise
Walter Schachner and Dirceu with Avellino in 1986–87 season

Avellino were promoted to Serie B in 1973 and Serie A in 1978. A truly remarkable feat for a southern provincial side was a 10-year stay in Serie A between 1978 and 1988, with the club holding a mid-table place for the majority of that period. Their best finish was 8th in 1987, with a team starring Angelo Alessio, Paolo Benedetti, Franco Colomba and Dirceu. The club has tended to shift between Serie B and C1 in the years since.

More recently, the club marked a Serie B return after defeating neighbours Napoli in the Serie C1/B play-off finals. An unsuccessful 2005–06 campaign ended in a loss on relegation playoffs to Albinoleffe (0–2, 3–2). The 2006–07 season, with Giuseppe Galderisi as head coach, then replaced by Giovanni Vavassori, ended in a second place in the Serie C1/B regular season; this was then followed by a successful campaign in the promotion play-offs, in which Avellino defeated Foggia in the finals, being therefore promoted to Serie B once again. However, this was followed by Vavassori's resignations on 16 July 2007, shortly after his confirmation as Avellino boss,[2] being then replaced by Maurizio Sarri two days later.[3] Sarri himself resigned one month later, being replaced by Guido Carboni and later Alessandro Calori. Despite this, the club did not manage to escape relegation, ending the season in 19th place. The club was however readmitted to Serie B later on to fill a league vacancy created by Messina's disbandment.

Relegation and exclusion from Lega Pro

The team finished second from bottom in the 2008–09 season and was therefore relegated. On 9 July 2009, the Covisoc (Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società Calcistiche, Vigilancy Commission on Football Clubs) organization announced that the team did not pass the financial requirements in order to be admitted to the league. The club was allowed to appeal the decision until 11 July 2009.[4] On 11 July, Avellino failed to appeal the exclusion.[5][6][7]

Avellino Calcio.12 S.S.D. restarts from Serie D

A new club founded in the summer 2009 as Avellino Calcio.12 S.S.D. restarts from Serie D, finishing 5th, but 4 August 2010 they were later admitted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione to fill vacancies. This ordeal saw them become the latest in a long line of Italian clubs that have faced severe financial difficulties, such as Napoli and Fiorentina.

From Lega Pro Seconda Divisione to Serie B

In the 2010–11 season the team became Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 and played in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione finishing 4th, being defeated by Trapani in the play-off final, but 4 August 2011 it was later admitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, again, to fill vacancies.[8] In the season 2012–13 Avellino won Lega Pro Prima Divisione and the team obtains the promotion in Serie B.


2018 Serie B exclusion and amateur football

In 2018, Avellino was excluded from Serie B due to submitting a league membership paperwork that was deemed as incomplete, due to a late bank guarantee. Due to this, new club was refounded within days in order to submit application to play at Serie D instead. In 2019 Avellino won Serie D and the Scudetto Serie D, reaching the promotion in Serie C for the next season.

Colors and badge

Its traditional colours are green and white. Avellino are nicknamed the "Lupi", which means wolf, and their club crest displays a wolf head.

Players

As of 31 January 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 Alessandro Tonti
2 DF  CRO Vedran Celjak
4 MF  ITA Luca Palmisano
5 DF  ARG Santiago Morero
6 DF  ITA Walter Zullo
7 MF  ITA Alessandro Di Paolantonio
8 MF  ITA Matteo Rossetti (on loan from Torino)
9 FW  FRA Gabriel Charpentier (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)
10 FW  ITA Daniele Ferretti
11 FW  ITA Diego Albadoro
13 DF  ITA Francesco Bertolo
14 MF  SWE Nermin Karić (on loan from Genoa)
15 DF  GAM Fallou Njie (on loan from Genoa)
16 MF  ITA Simone De Marco
17 MF  ITA Alessandro Falco
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ITA Fabiano Parisi
19 FW  ROU Claudiu Micovschi (on loan from Genoa)
20 DF  ARG Julián Illanes (on loan from Fiorentina)
21 FW  ARG Luis Alfageme
23 DF  ITA Giuliano Laezza
25 MF  ITA Nicolas Izzillo
27 DF  ITA Sergio Saporito
27 GK  ITA Andrea Dini (on loan from Parma)
28 MF  ITA Duilio Evangelista
29 MF  ITA Marco Silvestri
30 FW  ITA Salvatore Sandomenico (on loan from Cavese)
31 FW  ITA Demiro Pozzebon (on loan from Gozzano)
33 MF  ITA Vincenzo Garofalo
35 MF  ARG Tomás Federico
37 DF  ITA Agostino Rizzo (on loan from Livorno)

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 Antonio Pizzella (at Nocerina)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ITA Tommaso Carbonelli (at Trastevere)

Retired numbers

10 – Adriano Lombardi, Midfielder (1975–79) – posthumous honor, number retired in 2007.

Notable former players

Notable former coaches

Honours

Competitions
Level Category Participations Debut Last season Total
1ºSerie A101978–791987–8810
2ºSerie B191973–742017–1816
3ºSerie C181945–462019–2033
Serie C1121992–932002–03
Lega Pro Prima Divisione22011–12 2012–13
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 1 2010–11
4ºSeconda Divisione31930–311935–3619
Prima Divisione41940–411945
Promozione21949–501951–52
IV Serie51952–531956–57
Interregionale21957–581958–59
Serie D21961–621963–64
5ºTerza Divisione21929–301932–335
Seconda Divisione11935–36
Serie D22009–10 2018–19
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References
  1. "Ritorna lo storico logo "UNIONE SPORTIVA AVELLINO SPA 1912"" (in Italian). Irpinia24. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. US Avellino (16 July 2007). "ALLENATORE PRIMA SQUADRA" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
  3. "ALLENATORE PRIMA SQUADRA" (in Italian). US Avellino. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
  4. "Iscrizioni: 16 squadre non iscritte in Lega Pro" (in Italian). tuttosport.com. 8 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  5. "CALCIO, TREVISO: NIENTE LEGA PRO, QUATTRO ANNI FA ERA SERIE A" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  6. "Da Venezia ad Avellino, l'Italia cancellata" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  7. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 24/A (2009–10)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 21 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. "CALCIO, LEGA PRO; RIPESCAGGI: 5 IN I DIVISIONE E RIMINI IN II - Sport - Repubblica.it". sport.repubblica.it.
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