Delfino Pescara 1936

Pescara

Full name	Delfino Pescara 1936 Srl
Nickname(s)	Delfini (Dolphins) Biancazzurri (White-Light Blues)
Founded	1936 2009 (refounded)
Ground	Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy (Capacity: 24,500)
Chairman	Daniele Sebastiani[1]
Manager	Zdeněk Zeman
League	Serie A
2011–12	Serie B, 1st (Champions)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Delfino Pescara 1936 (simply known as Pescara or Pescara Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.

The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie A. Pescara has competed in 6 seasons in Serie A (1977–1978, 1979–1980, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1992–1993, 2012–13). The team's official colors are white and light blue.

History

Aside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno Nobili in the midfield, they managed to win their first promotion to Serie A in 1977 after winning the promotion play-off, but ultimately finished their first season in Serie A in last place. A second promotion after a play-off followed, but once more they would be relegated from the top flight and then descended to Serie C1 within two years.

Nonetheless after returning to Serie B after a year, Pescara would enjoy a revival after the appointment of Giovanni Galeone as coach in 1986. His philosophy of attacking football saw the Biancazzurri promoted to Serie A as champions in 1987, where they lasted two years with players such as Júnior and Blaž Slišković among the club's star players. Galeone would return during season 1990–1991 and oversaw another promotion the following year.

After relegation, Pescara remained in Serie B side throughout the 1990s, narrowly missing promotion in 1999. Relegation to C1 followed in 2001, with promotion in 2003 being followed by two revoked relegations in a row due to bankruptcy and scandals affecting other clubs. Pescara was ultimately relegated in the 2006–07 season, with three presidential and managerial changes during the season. In December 2008, the debt-ridden club was legally declared out of business and its control passed to a bankruptcy trustee appointed by the Court of Pescara. In February 2009, a takeover from a group named "Delfino Pescara 1936" was finalized with Deborah Caldora becoming the first woman to serve as chairman for the club. In the meantime, results did not improve significantly and in March, Giuseppe Galderisi was dismissed from the head coaching post with Antonello Cuccureddu being appointed as the new boss.

At the beginning of the 2009-2010 season, Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as the new coach. Pescara finished 2nd in Girone B of Lega Pro Prima Divisione and qualified for the promotional play-offs. They defeated Reggiana in the semifinal and Verona in the final and subsequently returned to Serie B after a 3-year absence. The following season started with the appointment of Zdeněk Zeman as new head coach; the Czech manager immediately brought Pescara back into national coverage thanks to his well-known all-attacking playing style that turned out to match perfectly with promising youngsters such as Marco Verratti, Ciro Immobile, and Lorenzo Insigne, who guided the the squad to promotion to the Serie A. Percara secured promotion to the top-level after a 19-year absence after defeating Sampdoria with a 3-1 score in an away match on 20 May 2012. In the last minute of the final game of the regular season, Pescara striker Riccardo Maniero netted the winner in a match against Nocerina to claim Pescara's 2nd Serie B title after Torino's draw away to Albinoleffe.

Friendships and Rivalries

Vicenza and Messina are known as Gemellaggi (English: Twinning) with Pescara. It is a similar concept to having a twin or sister city between cities.

Lazio and Hellas Verona are known to be rivals with Pescara. Pescara's regional rivals are Chieti and L'Aquila, however, they haven't faced either team since 2002, due to financial troubles. Pescara also shares notable rivalries with regional neighbors, namely the Marche clubs such as Ancona, Ascoli and Sambenedettese.

Current squad

As of 2 February 2012 ^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Riccardo Ragni (on loan from Andria BAT) 2 DF Damiano Zanon 4 MF Emmanuel Cascione (vice-captain) 5 DF Marco Capuano 6 DF Simone Romagnoli 7 FW Danilo Soddimo 8 MF Eugênio Togni 9 FW Marco Sansovini (captain) 10 MF Marco Verratti 11 FW Lorenzo Insigne (on loan from Napoli) 13 DF Riccardo Brosco 14 DF Antonio Balzano

No. Position Player 15 DF Antonio Bocchetti 16 FW Gianluca Caprari (on loan from Roma) 17 FW Ciro Immobile (on loan from Juventus) 19 FW Riccardo Maniero 20 MF Andrea Gessa 22 GK Luca Anania 23 MF Moussa Koné (on loan from Atalanta) 24 DF Marco Martin 26 MF Matti Lund Nielsen 28 DF Marco Perrotta 33 DF Loris Bacchetti 57 GK Francesco Cattenari

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Massimiliano Barbone (at Ebolitana)[3] DF Eugenio Calvarese (at L'Aquila)[4] DF Daniele Granata (at Giulianova)[5] DF Emanuele Sembroni (at Pergocrema)[6] DF Antonello Tabacco (at Bassano Virtus)[7]

No. Position Player MF Alessio Giustini (at Giulianova)[8] MF Luca Lulli (at Como)[9] MF Gianluca Nicco (at Frosinone)[10] FW Stefano Giacomelli (at Ternana)[11] FW Daniele Sciarra (at Chieti)[12]

Managerial history

Name Nationality Years Edmondo De Amicis 1937–1938 Pietro Piselli 1938–1939 Armando Bonino 1939–1940 Mario Pizziolo 1940–1941 Luigi Ferrero 1941–1943 Edmondo De Amicis 1944–1945 Giuseppe Marchi 1945–1946 József Bánás 1946–1947 Mario Pizziolo 1947–1948 Gino Piccinini 1948–1949 Benedetto Stella 1949–1950 Luigi Del Grosso 1950–1953 Umberto De Angelis 1953–1955 Alfredo Notti 1955–1956 Alfredo Monza Renato Piacentini Orazio Sola 1956–1957 Renato Piacentini 1957–1958 Aurelio Marchese Mario Tontodonati 1958–1959 Ljubo Benčić Mario Tontodonati 1959–1961 Umberto De Angelis 1961–1962 Leonardo Costagliola 1962–1963 Ljubo Benčić Renato Piacentini 1963–1964 Ljubo Benčić Vincenzo Marsico 1964–1965 Antonio Giammarinaro Alfredo Notti 1965–1966 Sergio Cervato 1966–1967 Antonio Giammarinaro 1967–1968 Gianni Seghedoni Mario Tontodonati 1968–1969 Dante Lacorata Mario Tontodonati 1969–1970 Francesco Capocasale 1970–1971 Enzo Falini Vitaliano Patricelli 1971–1972 Domenico Rosati 1972–1976 Giancarlo Cadè 1976–1978 Antonio Valentín Angelillo 1978–1979 Gustavo Giagnoni Claudio Tobia Mario Tontodonati 1979–1980

Name Nationality Years Aldo Agroppi 1980–1981 Giuseppe Chiappella Saul Malatrasi Mario Tiddia 1981–1982 Domenico Rosati 1982–1984 Enrico Catuzzi 1984–1986 Giovanni Galeone 1986–1989 Ilario Castagner Edoardo Reja 1989–1990 Giovanni Galeone Carlo Mazzone 1990–1991 Giovanni Galeone 1991–1992 Vincenzo Zucchini 1992–1993 Gianni Corelli Giorgio Rumignani Franco Scoglio Vincenzo Zucchini 1993–1994 Francesco Oddo Giorgio Rumignani 1994–1995 Luigi Maifredi Francesco Oddo 1995–1996 Delio Rossi 1996–1997 Adriano Buffoni Maurizio Viscidi 1997–1998 Luigi De Canio Francesco Giorgini 1998–1999 Giovanni Galeone 1999–2000 Tarcisio Burgnich Giovanni Galeone Delio Rossi 2000–2001 Ivo Iaconi 2001–2004 Cetteo Di Mascio 2004 Giovanni Simonelli 2004–2005 Maurizio Sarri 2005–2006 Aldo Ammazzalorso Davide Ballardini Luigi De Rosa Vincenzo Vivarini 2006–2007 Franco Lerda 2007–2008 Giuseppe Galderisi 2008–2009 Antonello Cuccureddu 2009–2010 Eusebio Di Francesco 2010–2011 Zdeněk Zeman 2011–

Honours

• Serie B

• Champions (2): 1986-1987, 2011–12

References

External links

• Pescara Calcio official website