Rimini Calcio F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Rimini


fullname = Rimini Calcio Football Club SRL
nickname = "Biancorosso" (white-reds)
founded = 1912
ground = Stadio Romeo Neri, Rimini, Italy
capacity = 9,768 | chairman = flagicon|Italy Luca Benedettini
manager = flagicon|Italy Elvio Selighini
league = Serie B
season = 2006-07
position = Serie B, 5th
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Rimini Calcio F.C. is an Italian football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1912 and currently plays in Serie B, after having won the Serie C1/B title in 2004-05 season. Their home ground is the 10,000-seat Stadio Romeo Neri.

History

The club was founded as Libertas Rimini in 1912, and first adopted their trademark red and white shirts in the 1920s, the 1929-30 season also saw the building of the stadium still used by the club today; Stadio Romeo Neri. The club name was changed to Rimini Calcio F.C. in 1938.

League

Rimini competed in regional leagues (the equivalent of the modern day Serie C system) for many years of their existence. They were unable to gain promotion to Serie B until 1976.

During the 1970s the club spent three seasons in Serie B, finishing in the bottom half of the table; they were relegated in 1978-79, but achieved promotion straight back up the following season. Rimini were relegated again during 1981-82, this time however, they did not achieve promotion back up straight away. Rimini spent the next twenty-four seasons in the Serie C league system, dropping as low as C2/C at one point.

However, the 2000s proved to be a brighter time for Rimini; they reached the C2/B playoffs six successive times before gaining promotion to C1/A. In 2004-05, they became Serie C champions (as well as Serie C1 Super Cup winners) and returned to Serie B for the first time since the early 1970s.

Recent times

On September 9, 2006, Rimini gained the national news after having gained a shocking 1-1 home draw against Juventus F.C., with Italian-Argentine attacking midfielder Adrián Ricchiuti scoring the equaliser, despite a sending off for Rimini midfielder Domenico Cristiano soon after the 1-0 Juventus lead. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5331226.stm BBC.co.uk] ] They even reached the top of Serie B by early 2007.

Current squad

"As of August 29, 2008" [cite web|publisher=Rimini Calcio|language=Italian|accessdate=2008-08-29|title=PRIMA SQUADRA - LA ROSA|url=http://www.riminicalcio.com/_vti_g1_ps.rosa.aspx?rpstry=5_]

Notable former players

*flagicon|Italy Matteo Brighi
*flagicon|Italy Sergio Floccari
*flagicon|Ghana Ahmed Barusso
*flagicon|Italy Cristiano Doni
*flagicon|Argentina Julio Libonatti
*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Muslimović
*flagicon|Italy Daniele Zoratto
*flagicon|Brazil Digão
*flagicon|Brazil Jeda
*flagicon|Italy Andrea Consigli
*flagicon|Slovenia Samir Handanovič

Notable former coaches

*flagicon|Argentina Helenio Herrera
*flagicon|Italy Arrigo Sacchi

Honours

Serie C
*Champions: 1975-76, 2004-05
**Promoted: 1979-80

Super Coppa di Lega Serie C1
*Winners: 2004-05

Serie C2/B
*Promoted: 2002-03

References

External links

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