football club
Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, normally referred to as Salernitana, is an italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. Salernitana returned to Serie A in 2021, after a crack of 23 seasons, having finished second base in Serie B. previously, in 2015, I Granata were promoted to Serie B, having finished inaugural in Lega Pro Prima Divisione – Girone C. The cabaret is the legitimate successor of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919 [ 4 ] and there is a sports continuity besides with the former Salerno Calcio [ 5 ] in the 2011–12 season [ 1 ] [ 6 ] which restarted from Serie D [ 7 ] rather than from Terza Categoria due to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC. [ 8 ] The clubhouse – named Salerno Calcio – was promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione as it re-obtained the original appoint of U.S. Salernitana 1919. [ 4 ] It was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione the trace season.

history [edit ]

From Unione Sportiva Salernitana to Salernitana Calcio 1919 [edit ]

The Salerno -based golf club was originally founded in 1919 as the Unione Sportiva Salernitana. The club was known as Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax for a time during the 1920s following a amalgamation with Audax Salerno. In 1978, the club was renamed Salernitana Sport. The club has spent the majority of their history at the Serie B and Serie C levels of italian football. Salernitana play their home matches at Stadio Arechi. In their early years, Salernitana competed in the regional italian Football Championship. They played at this horizontal surface for four seasons during the 1920s. Since that meter the club returned to the top level of italian football doubly ; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99. In 2005 the cabaret went bankrupt but were refounded by Antonio Lombardi, changing the name from Salernitana Sport to Salernitana Calcio 1919. In summer 2011, it did not appeal against the exclusion by Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche ( Co.Vi.So.C ) and it is excluded by the italian football. [ citation needed ]

Club refoundation : from Serie D to the lead flight [edit ]

On 21 July 2011, following the exception of the original Salernitana club, Salerno mayor Vincenzo De Luca, in submission with Article 52 of N.O.I.F., assigned the newly title to Marco Mezzaroma, brother-in-law of Lazio owner and chair Claudio Lotito. The modern club was admitted to Serie D under the appellation of Salerno Calcio. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In the 2011–12 season, Salernitana was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after winning Group G of Serie D. On 12 July 2012, the club was renamed US Salernitana 1919. [ 4 ] In the 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Salernitana finished first gear in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second straight promotion for the team. last Salernitana won Group C of Lega Pro and returned Serie B in 2014–15 season. After several seasons at Serie B floor, Salernitana won promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2020–21 Serie B season under the tenure of head coach Fabrizio Castori, finishing in 2nd place behind champions Empoli. Promotion was secured with a 3–0 victory over Pescara on the final matchday. Salernitana ‘s tax return to Serie A however necessitate Lotito and Mezzaroma to sell the clubhouse, due to italian football laws not allowing two clubs from the lapp owner to play in the same league. [ 11 ] On 7 July 2021, the FIGC Federal Council approved the trust of Salernitana to take control of the club, meaning it was formally enrolled in Serie A for the first gear meter in 23 years. [ 12 ]

return to Serie A : 2021–present [edit ]

Salernitana ‘s first match in its restitution to the lead trajectory was a 3–2 defeat against Bologna on 22 August 2021. [ 13 ]

Colours, badge and nicknames [edit ]



Salernitana ‘s original kit. Salernitana in the first place wore light blue and white strip shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti. [ 14 ] The amobarbital sodium on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, Salerno the city lies right adjacent to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long custom as a port city. In the 1940s, the club changed to garnet colored shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their fatherland.

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During the 2011–12 season their kit colours were striped blue sky and deep loss, resembling F.C. Barcelona. The symbol of St. Matthew, patron ideal of Salerno, was besides a share of the redesign kit. [ 15 ] Since renaming the club US Salernitana 1919, however, their home colours have again been the traditional garnet. [ 4 ] The hundredth anniversary logo was announced on June 24, 2019, and appeared on their 2019–20 season kits. [ 16 ]

Honours [edit ]

Winners: 1937–38; 1965–66; 2007–08; 2014–15
Runners-up: 1989–90; 1993–94
Runners-up: 1980
Winners: 2013–14 against Monza Calcio[17]
Winner: 2012–13
Winners: 2012–13
Winner: 2011–12 (as Salerno Calcio)

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

As of 23 October 2021

bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

other players under condense [edit ]

Include players not registered for current season .

As of 4 October 2021

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Out on loan [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021

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early players [edit ]

These erstwhile players have recorded starts for their respective national teams. Players from the italian home football team :
Players from other national football teams :

Managers [edit ]

References [edit ]

further reading [edit ]

  • Giovanni Vitale (2010). Salernitana storia di gol sorrisi e affanni. International printing. ISBN 978-88-7868-094-4.

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