Atalanta B.C.

Atalanta
Full name	Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio SpA
Nickname(s)	La Dea (The Goddess), Nerazzurri (Black-blues) Orobici (Orobics)
Founded	1907
Ground	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo, Italy
Capacity	26,638
Chairman	Ivan Ruggeri
Manager	Luigi Del Neri
League	Serie A
2006-07	Serie A, 8th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy. They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici. Atalanta play in blue-and-black vertically striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.

The club stadium is the 26,638 seater Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. In Italy, Atalanta is sometimes called Regina delle provinciali (queen of the provincial clubs) to mark the fact that the club is historically one of the best among non-metropolitan ones.

History

The club was founded in 1907. A football club had existed in Bergamo since 1904. Founded by Swiss emigrants, it was known as FC Bergamo. The rival Atalanta club grew out of a division between different sporting societies in the town. The name is taken from the female athlete of Greek mythology. The FIGC was unimpressed with the new club and did not officially recognize them until 1914. The current club is the result of a merger between Atalanta and a third team called Bergamasca. The first, black and white coloured and the second wearing a blue and white shirt, merged in 1924 as Atalanta Bergamasca di Ginnastica e Scherma 1907. The team moved to the site of the current ground, on the Viale Giulio Cesare, in 1928.

Atalanta joined the Italian league in 1929. The club first reached Serie A in 1937, but was relegated immediately. The club returned in 1940 and remained in A until 1959; after a single season in Serie B the club was promoted and lasted a further decade in A, before relegation in 1973 led to an uncertain period of promotion and relegation between the two levels.

The club achieved its highest position in 1948, finishing in 5th place. In 1981 the club fell into Serie C1, a blow which revitalised the club. The team returned to B the next season and made it back to A in 1985. The club's form in Serie A remains uncertain, as it was relegated in 1988, 1995, 1998 and 2005.

In terms of titles the club has won little, their sole silverware is the 1963 Coppa Italia. The club has had very few good runs in Europe, the best spell ending in a Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1988; in 1991 Atalanta reached UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

The club has had very few famous players. However, Atalanta has been proven to run a successful youth system, producing footballers like Roberto Donadoni (Italy national team coach from July 2006), Alessio Tacchinardi, Domenico Morfeo, Giampaolo Pazzini, Riccardo Montolivo, Ivan Pelizzoli, and Samuele Dalla Bona who have quickly been grabbed by the bigger clubs. Other players who have graced the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia include Claudio Caniggia, Glenn Strömberg, Alemao, Paolo Montero, Christian Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi, Gianluigi Lentini, Cristiano Lucarelli, Cristiano Doni, and, in the past, Stefano Angeleri, Adriano Bassetto, Antonio Cabrini, Angelo Domenghini, Humberto Maschio, Giuseppe Savoldi and Gaetano Scirea.

Current first team squad

As of September 3, 2007^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK George Forsyth 2 DF Leonardo Talamonti 3 DF Manuel Belleri 4 MF Costinha 6 DF Gianpaolo Bellini 7 FW Marino Defendi 8 MF Antonino Bernardini (captain) 9 FW Riccardo Zampagna 10 FW Simone Inzaghi 11 FW Zlatan Muslimović 15 MF Diego De Ascentis 16 DF Claudio Rivalta

No. Position Player 17 MF Tiberio Guarente 18 GK Andrea Ivan 21 MF Fernando Tissone 22 MF Simone Padoin 23 MF Antonio Langella 26 DF Maximiliano Pellegrino 27 DF Daniele Capelli 30 GK Ferdinando Coppola (on loan from AC Milan) 33 FW Sergio Floccari 72 MF Cristiano Doni 79 FW Adriano Ferreira Pinto 80 DF Moris Carrozzieri

Out on loan

No. Position Player – MF Alessio Manzoni (on loan to Spezia)[2] – DF Dario Bergamelli (on loan to Manfredonia)[2] – FW Alberto Filippini (on loan to Venezia)[2] – MF Antonino D'Agostino (on loan to Cagliari)[3] – GK Andrea Consigli (on loan to Rimini)[4] Noted players Ordered by first season played for Atalanta Giuseppe Meazza (1945-46) Stefano Angeleri (1949-50) Adriano Bassetto (1953-54) Humberto Maschio (1959-60) Angelo Domenghini (1960-61) Giuseppe Savoldi (1965-66) Gaetano Scirea (1972-73) Antonio Cabrini (1975-76) Cesare Prandelli (1978-79) Roberto Donadoni (1982-83) Glenn Strömberg (1984-92) Trevor Francis (1985-87) Evair (1988-91) Claudio Paul Caniggia (1989-92) (1999-2000) Alemão (1992-93) Filippo Maniero (1990-91) Stefano Salvatori (1991-96) Paolo Montero (1992-93) Alessio Tacchinardi (1992-93) Domenico Morfeo (1993-94) Cristian Zenoni (1994-2001) Damiano Zenoni (1994-2004) Christian Vieri (1995-96) (2006-07) Massimo Carrera (1996-97) Filippo Inzaghi (1996-97) Gianluigi Lentini (1996-97) Zoran Mirkovic (1996-98) Cristiano Lucarelli (1997-98) Cristiano Doni (1998-2003)(2006-) Massimo Donati (1999-2001) Nicola Ventola (2000-01), (2005-07) Ousmane Dabo (2001-2003) Luigi Sala (2001-2003), (2004-05) Riccardo Montolivo (2003-05) Demetrio Albertini (2004) Stephen Ayodele Makinwa (2005) See Also: Category:Atalanta B.C. players Presidential history Atalanta have had several presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a list of them.   Name Years Enrico Luchsinger 1920–1921 Antonio Gambirasi 1926–1928 Pietro Capoferri 1928–1930 Antonio Pesenti 1930–1932 Emilio Santi 1932–1935 Lamberto Sala 1935–1938 Nardo Bertoncini 1938–1944 Guerino Oprandi 1944–1945 Daniele Turani 1945–1964   Name Years Attilio Vicentini 1964–1969 Mino Baracchi 1969–1970 Achille Bortolotti 1970–1974 Enzo Sensi 1974–1975 Achille Bortolotti 1975–1980 Cesare Bortolotti 1980–1990 Achille Bortolotti 1990 Antonio Percassi 1990–1994 Ivan Ruggeri 1994–present Managerial history Atalanta have had many managers and head coaches throughout their history, below is a cronological list of them from when Serie A was changed into a league format, from 1929–30 onwards.   Name Nationality Years Luigi Cevenini 1929–1930 József Viola 1930–1933 Eugen Payer 1933 Angelo Mattea 1933–1935 Eugen Payer 1935–1936 Ottavio Barbieri 1936–1938 Geza Kertész 1938–1939 Ivo Fiorentini 1939–1941 János Nehadoma 1941–1946 Giuseppe Meazza 1946 Luis Monti 1946 Ivo Fiorentini 1946–1949 Alberto Citterio Carlo Carcano 1949 Giovanni Varglien 1949–1951 Neville 1951–1952 Carlo Ceresoli 1952 Luigi Ferrero 1952–1954 Francesco Simonetti Luigi Tentorio 1954 Luigi Bonizzoni 1954–1957 Carlo Rigotti 1957–1958 Giuseppe Bonomi 1958 Karl Adamek 1958–1959 Ferruccio Valcareggi 1959–1962 Paolo Tabanelli 1962–1963 Carlo Alberto Quario 1963–1964 Carlo Ceresoli 1964 Ettore Puricelli 1965–1966 Stefano Angeleri 1966–1967 Paolo Tabanelli 1967–1968 Stefano Angeleri 1968–1969   Name Nationality Years Silvano Moro 1969 Carlo Ceresoli 1969 Corrado Viciani 1969–1970 Renato Gei 1970 Battista Rota 1970 Giulio Corsini 1970–1974 Heriberto Herrera 1974–1975 Angelo Piccioli 1975 Giancarlo Cadè 1975–1976 Gianfranco Leoncini 1976 Battista Rota 1976–1980 Bruno Bolchi 1980–1981 Giulio Corsini 1981 Ottavio Bianchi 1981–1983 Nedo Sonetti 1983–1987 Emiliano Mondonico 1987–1990 Pierluigi Frosio 1990–1991 Bruno Giorgi 1991–1992 Marcello Lippi 1992–1993 Francesco Guidolin 1993 Andrea Valdinoci Cesare Prandelli 1993–1994 Emiliano Mondonico 1994–1998 Bortolo Mutti 1998–1999 Giovanni Vavassori 1999–2003 Giancarlo Finardi 2003 Andrea Mandorlini 2003–2005 Delio Rossi 2005 Stefano Colantuono 2005–2007 Luigi Del Neri 2007–present Honours Coppa Italia Champions 1963 Runners-up 1987, 1996 Serie B Champions 1940, 1959, 1984, 2005-06 Runners-up 1937, 1971, 1999-00 Serie C1 Champions 1982 Supporters Atalanta's supporters are considered very loyal. When Atalanta plays at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, the supporters in the Curva Nord (North Curve) encourage the team with their chants during the entire match. The biggest rivalry is with the neighbouring supporters of Brescia, and there are strong rivalries also with supporters of Verona, Genoa, Fiorentina, Roma, Lazio, Napoli, Milan, Inter, Torino; while there has been a long-standing friendship with Ternana. On special occasions Atalanta supporters display a very large black and blue flag called Bandierone which covers the whole Curva Nord stand. References ^ Atalanta BC. ROSA UFFICIALE ATALANTA BERGAMASCA CALCIO - STAGIONE 2007/2008 (Italian). Retrieved on 2007-09-03. ^ a b c Atalanta BC (2007-07-06). Ultime di mercato (Italian). Retrieved on 2007-07-07. ^ ^ Atalanta BC (2007-07-13). Consigli al Rimini (Italian). Retrieved on 2007-07-13. 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