- A.C. Arezzo
Football club infobox
clubname = Arezzo
fullname = Associazione Calcio
Arezzo SrL
nickname = "Amaranto" (Dark Reds);
Aretini
founded = 1923
ground =Stadio Città di Arezzo ,Arezzo ,Italy
capacity = 13,128 | chairman =Piero Mancini
manager =Luciano De Paola
league = Lega Pro Prima Divisione - B
season = 2007-08
position = Serie C1/B, 7th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFAssociazione Calcio Arezzo is an Italian football club based in
Arezzo ,Tuscany . The club was formed in 1923 and will play the 2007-08 season in ItalianLega Pro Prima Divisione , following relegation fromSerie B in 2006-07. The club made its return in the Serie B in 2004 after 11 seasons betweenSerie C andSerie D divisions. The team's home colours are all maroon. The away colours are all white.History
The club was founded on September 10, 1923, by a group of friends, and football fans, as Juventus Football Club Arezzo (in honour of
Juventus F.C. ). In 1930, following a merge with several other minor Arezzo teams, the club became Unione Sportiva Arezzo, which was admitted in 1935 to new-born Serie C division. The team was relegated from Serie C in 1953, following several financial troubles, returning to Serie C division five years later. In 1961, Arezzo started to play its games in the Stadio Comunale, its current venue. In 1966, Arezzo promoted to Serie B for the first time; in order to celebrate the triumph, Arezzo played a friendly match withBrazil ian team Vasco da Gama, winning it 2-1. However, the next year Arezzo was not able to remain in the division, and returned to Serie C the following year. But in 1969 Arezzo again won Serie C, and returned to play in Serie B, where it played until 1975. In 1971, Arezzo signed strikerFrancesco Graziani , who quickly became a fan favourite and a key player for the team.The third promotion to Serie B came in 1982, under coach
Antonio Valentin Angelillo , withTullio Gritti as striker. The previous year, Arezzo had won its first (and only) Italy's Serie C Cup, defeating Ternana in the finals. In 1984, Arezzo barely missed promotion toSerie A , ending just five points back from the last promotion place. In 1988, despite a team accordingly built to promote to Serie A, Arezzo relegated to Serie C1. Arezzo disbanded in 1993, following financial troubles, being excluded by Serie C1 seven football days before the end of the season. Following the cancellation, a pool of shareholders led by former Arezzo star Ciccio Graziani founded Associazione Calcio Arezzo, admitted toSerie D . In 1996 an unknown coach with a few lower division experiences,Serse Cosmi , was appointed as new manager. Despite his complete lack of experience in the division, Cosmi immediately won hands down Serie D, leading Arezzo back to professional football. In 1998, again with Cosmi, Arezzo qualified to and won the Serie C2 promotion playoffs, gaining promotion to Serie C1. In 1999/2000, despite the contributions ofFabio Bazzani , Arezzo lost promotion playoffs; the following year, after Cosmi left Arezzo for Serie A side Perugia,Antonio Cabrini was appointed as new coach, and Mario Frick replaced Bazzani as forward. The team returned to Serie B in 2004, withMario Somma as coach; the next season, which sawPasquale Marino replacing Somma, who signed for Empoli, Arezzo barely maintained a Serie B place.Current first team squad
"As of
2008-05-03 " [cite web|url=http://www.arezzocalcio.it/squadra/squadra.php|language=Italian|accessdate=2008-05-03|publisher=AC Arezzo|title=La Squadra]Notable former players
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Elvis Abbruscato
*flagicon|ItalyFabio Bazzani
*flagicon|ItalyAmedeo Carboni
*flagicon|ItalyAntonio Floro Flores
*flagicon|Liechtenstein Mario Frick
*flagicon|ItalyFrancesco Graziani
*flagicon|ItalyTullio Gritti
*flagicon|ItalyManuel Pasqual
*flagicon|ItalyMoreno Torricelli
*flagicon|AustraliaMax Vieri
*flagicon|ItalyAntonio Conte (Now Manager)Notable former managers
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Antonio Valentin Angelillo
*flagicon|ItalyAntonio Cabrini
*flagicon|ItalySerse Cosmi
*flagicon|ItalyPasquale Marino
*flagicon|ItalyMario Somma References
External links
* [http://www.arezzocalcio.it/ Arezzo's official website]
* [http://www.botoliringhiosi.it Arezzo's fan website]
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