U.S. Arezzo

Arezzo

Full name

Unione Sportiva Arezzo

Nickname(s)

Amaranto (Dark Reds)

Founded

1923
1993 (refounded)
2010 (refounded)

Ground

Stadio Città di Arezzo,
Arezzo, Italy

Capacity

13,128

Chairman

Mauro Ferretti^[1]

Manager

Giovanni Bucaro

League

Lega Pro/A

2015–16

Lega Pro/B, 9th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Unione Sportiva Arezzo (formerly Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo and Associazione Calcio Arezzo) is an Italian association football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1923, refounded in 1993 after going bankrupt and refounded in 2010 after being unable to enroll in the tournament. They currently play in the Lega Pro league.

History

Former AC Arezzo logo

The club was founded on 9 September 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 with Brazilian 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 striker Francesco 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, with Tullio 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 to Serie 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 to Serie 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 of Fabio 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, with Mario Somma as coach; the next season, which saw Pasquale Marino replacing Somma, who signed for Empoli, Arezzo barely maintained a Serie B place.

At the end of the 2009-10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club, due to financial problems, were unable to enroll to the next season tournament. A new club with the Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo denomination was entered in Serie D.^[2]

In November 2010 the club was acquired by a consortium of Rome-based entrepreneurs (including popular actor Luca Zingaretti) for a sum of €400,000; the new owners immediately made a number of changes, appointing former Cagliari player Maurizio Coppola as head coach and former Serie A star Abel Balbo as assistant coach and technical area coordinator.^[3]^[4]

On 1 July 2012 the club was renamed Unione Sportiva Arezzo^[5] with Abel Balbo as new head coach, replaced since 30 October 2012 by Michele Bacis.

On 9 January 2013 Mauro Ferretti, an enreprenuer from Rome, bought the club.^[6] A few week laters, on 28 Januar, Federico Nofri replaced Michele Bacis as coach.^[7]

For the 2013–14 season, Davide Mezzanotti was appointed as new coach.^[8] After the club ended in third place, Ezio Capuano was named new head coach; later on September 2014, Arezzo was readmitted to Lega Pro to fill a vacancy.

League and cup history

Season	A	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8	Pts.	Pl.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
2004–05		14							51	42	12	15	15	51	52	−1
2005–06		7							66	42	17	15	10	45	34	+11
2010–11					9 (E)				45	34	11	11	12	42	41	+11

Scoring history

Highest scoring and best win:

2004–05 season: 5–3, defeated Verona

Players

Current squad

As of 11 September 2016

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Massimiliano Benassi (on loan from Lecce)
2	DF	Zach Muscat
3	DF	Sergio Sabatino
4	DF	Matteo Solini (on loan from Chievo)
5	DF	Edoardo Masciangelo
6	DF	Luca Milesi (on loan from Atalanta)
7	MF	Mattia Corradi
8	MF	Fabio Foglia (on loan from Trapani)
9	FW	Davide Moscardelli (captain)
10	FW	Horacio Erpen
11	MF	Paolo Grossi
12	GK	Lorenzo Garbinesi

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Giuseppe De Feudis
14	MF	Pape Demba (on loan from Atalanta)
15	MF	Eugenio D'Ursi
16	DF	Alessio Luciani
17	FW	Arthur Yamga (on loan from Chievo)
18	FW	Alessandro Polidori
19	DF	Ibrahima Ba
21	FW	Enrico Bearzotti (on loan from Verona)
22	GK	Daniele Borra (on loan from Virtus Entella)
23	DF	Alex Sirri
24	MF	Valerio Rosseti
25	FW	Pietro Arcidiacono

References

↑ "Organigramma" (in Italian). USD Arezzo. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "L'Arezzo riparte dalla serie D: nasce l'ASD Atletico Arezzo, presidente Marco Massetti" (in Italian). Comune di Arezzo. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
↑ "Calcio D, Arezzo: Zingaretti-Montalbano dirigente, a Abel Balbo l'area tecnica" (in Italian). Blitz Quotidiano. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ "Ufficiale Fratini esonerato, al suo posto Coppola affiancato da Balbo" (in Italian). Colore Amaranto. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site
↑ "Mauro Ferretti nuovo presidente dell'Arezzo. Ieri sera le firme, sabato la presentazione" (in Italian). Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "Federico Nofri nuovo allenatore amaranto. Domani alle 11:30 la presentazione" (in Italian). Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "Mezzanotti nuovo allenatore amaranto" (in Italian). Unione Sportiva Arezzo – Official Web Site. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

External links

Official website

Lega Pro 2016–17 clubs

Girone A	Alessandria Cremonese Como Carrarese Giana Erminio Arezzo Pontedera Pavia Livorno Lucchese Olbia Piacenza Renate Pro Piacenza Siena Tuttocuoio Prato Viterbese Lupa Roma Racing Roma

Girone B	AlbinoLeffe Bassano Virtus Gubbio Reggiana Modena Venezia Südtirol Parma FeralpiSalò Padova Pordenone Lumezzane Sambenedettese Teramo Mantova Ancona Santarcangelo Maceratese Alma Juventus Forlì

Girone C	Akragas Casertana Catania Catanzaro Cosenza Fidelis Andria Foggia Fondi Juve Stabia Lecce Matera Melfi Messina Monopoli Paganese Reggina Siracusa Taranto Vibonese Virtus Francavilla

Lega Pro seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Prima Divisione	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35

Serie C	1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78

Serie C1	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Lega Pro Prima Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Lega Pro	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio defunct

League competitions	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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