Virtus Verona

Virtus Verona (formerly known as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia), sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie C.

Virtus Verona

Full name	Virtusvecomp Verona
Nickname(s)	Virtussini Rossoblù (The Red & Blue) I Borgo-Veneziani (Those From Borgo Veneziano) I Ribelli Veronesi (The Veronese Rebels)
Founded	1921
Ground	Stadio Gavagnin Nocini,[1][2] Verona, Italy
Capacity	1,200
Chairman	Luigi Fresco
Manager	Luigi Fresco
League	Serie C
2019–20	Serie C Group B, 12th of 20
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1921 as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia.

Virtus Verona, the third football club in Verona behind Chievo and Hellas Verona, is a unique case in Italy of a club whose chairman, Luigi Fresco, had also been the head coach of the first team for over 38 years, since 1982, after the other historic president Sinibaldo Nocini, who was in charge for 20 years. The club is also notable for being the only Italian professional football team to field a reserve team in the regional amateur divisions.

The club was promoted into professionalism for its first time ever at the end of the 2012–13 season, after winning the national playoff tournament in which they were qualified as fourth-placed in the Girone C of Serie D. At the end of the 2017–18 season, the club return into professionalism, in Serie C, the third tier of Italian soccer.

Colours and badge

Its colours are red and blue.

Current squad

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 Giacomel 2 FW  ITA Jacopo Bridi 3 MF  ITA Filippo Pellacani 4 DF  ITA Jacopo Rossi 5 MF  ITA Nicola Danieli (on loan from Chievo) 6 DF  ITA Manuel Daffara 7 MF  ITA Stefano Casarotto 8 MF  ITA Diego Vannucci 9 FW  ITA Raphael Odogwu 10 FW  ITA Domenico Danti 11 MF  ITA Simone Bentivoglio (on loan from Siena) 12 GK  ITA Mattia Chiesa (on loan from Verona) 13 DF  ITA Fabiano Santacroce 14 MF  ITA Edoardo Merci 15 DF  ARG Santiago Visentin

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ITA Riccardo Cazzola 17 MF  ITA Manuel Di Paola 18 FW  BRA Victor da Silva 19 FW  ITA Andrea Magrassi (on loan from Virtus Entella) 20 DF  ITA Matteo Pinton (on loan from Verona) 21 DF  ITA Ciro Sirignano 22 GK  GAM Sheikh Sibi 23 FW  ITA Francesco Puntoriere (on loan from Virtus Francavilla) 24 FW  ITA Arturo Lupoli 25 DF  ITA Marco Curto (on loan from Empoli) 26 MF  ROU Daniel Onescu 27 DF  ITA Gianni Manfrin 28 MF  ITA Davide Marcandella (on loan from Padova) 30 MF  ITA Paolo Sammarco

Supporters

Virtus Vecomp Verona supporters are known for their hardline anti-fascist and left-wing leanings. The group Virtus Fans born in 2006, was split in 2015. From the ashes of the Virtus Fans born 2 new groups: Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 and the Lost Boys. The Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 have a friendship with antifa supporters groups all over the world: Livorno Calcio, Cosenza Calcio, Wrexham, Olympique Marseille, FC St. Pauli, RSV Goettingen 05.[3][4]

References

1. http://www.usvirtusbv.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=248
2. http://www.europlan-online.de/files/9a2576d4d123d73e2f3be4fd7f907eca.JPG
3. https://www.facebook.com/virtus.veronaantifascista
4. https://www.facebook.com/virtusveronarudefirm1921/?fref=ts

External links

• Official site