A.C. Reggiana 1919

Football club infobox
clubname = Reggiana


fullname = Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 SRL
nickname = "Teste quadre" ("Square heads"), "Granata" (Maroons)
founded = 1919 2005 (refounded)
ground = Stadio Giglio, Reggio Emilia, Italy
capacity = 29,546 | chairman = Vando Veroni
manager = Alessandro Pane
league = Lega Pro Prima Divisione - A
season = 2007-08
position = Serie C2/B, 1st (Promoted)
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:"Not to be confused with Reggina Calcio, a Serie A team."

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian football club, based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and refounded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C., but it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005-06 season. Reggiana played in Serie C2/B in 2007-2008 season and promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after finishing champion. The club has last been in Serie A in 1997. The team's color is dark red ("Granata").

Some famous players played for Reggiana, including Felice Romano, Angelo Di Livio, Ruggiero Rizzitelli, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Luca Bucci, Claudio Taffarel, Paulo Futre, Stefano Torrisi, Francesco Antonioli, Igor Simutenkov, Angelo Adamo Gregucci, Sunday Oliseh, Filippo Galli, Alberigo Evani, Luigi Sartor, Marco Ballotta, Max Tonetto, Adolfo Valencia, Cristiano Zanetti and Obafemi Martins.Reggiana played in Italian First Division for many seasons in the 1920s; the club took part in Italian Serie A in 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1996/97. Best result is 13th place in 1993/94 Serie A championship.Most famous coach has been Carlo Ancelotti, who has been working for A.C. Milan since 2001.Reggiana played all matches in "Mirabello" Stadium until 1994; then they moved to a new and modern arena, called "Stadio Giglio".

Reggiana numbers former EU commissioner and current Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi among its supporters.

Reggiana are famous for taking a group of fans to a Morton F.C. game in Greenock, Scotland.

quad

Titles

*Serie B Championship Winner: 1
*Seasons played in Serie A: 3
*Seasons played in Italian First Division: 5

Notable former coaches

*flagicon|Italy Carlo Ancelotti
*flagicon|Italy Bruno Giordano
*flagicon|Italy Luigi Del Grosso
*flagicon|Romania Mircea Lucescu
*flagicon|Italy Giuseppe Marchioro
*flagicon|Italy Francesco Oddo

Notable former players

External links

*it icon [http://www.reggianacalcio.it/ Official site]