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| Full name | Vicenza Calcio SpA | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Biancorossi (white-reds), Berici, Lanerossi |
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| Founded | March 9, 1902 | ||
| Ground | Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza, Italy (Capacity: 17,163) |
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| Chairman |  Sergio Cassingena |
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| Manager | Rolando Maran |
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| League | Serie B | ||
| 2008–09 | Serie B, 12th | ||
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Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A. The team's colors are red and white.
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History
Vicenza took place for the first time in the Italian Championship in 1911, reaching the finals for the title, but they were defeated by Pro Vercelli, one of the best Italian team in that period. During the 20s and the 30s, the team played in lower divisions, reaching the first division for the first time in 1942. In the last round of the season, a 6-2 win versus Juventus, in Turin, meant a final relegation escape.
In 1947, Vicenza finished fifth in Serie A, but the following year was relegated. The early 1950s were quite troublesome, due to economic problems, but in 1953 it was bought by Lanerossi, a woolen firm from Schio, with the side being renamed Lanerossi Vicenza.
Between 1955 and 1975 Vicenza never left the top level, always putting a hard fight against more established clubs. In this period the side was also known as Nobile Provinciale (Noble Provincial). In 1964 and 1966 it finished 6th, with the Brazilian Luis Vinicio finishing league's top-scorer in in the former, with 25 goals.
In 1975 it was relegated but, after winning the 1976-77 second division, would eventually finish runner-up in the following season, as a young Paolo Rossi led the scoring charts, at 24 goals. In that year the side was nicknamed Real Vicenza. Club chairman Giuseppe Farina had just bought the striker from Juventus for a then record fee of 2,6 bilion lire, but the team would eventually drop two levels in just three seasons.
In the mid-1980s, Roberto Baggio started his career at the club, leading it to a Serie B. In 1986 Vicenza achieved a top flight promotion that was subsequently denied due to its involvement in the second Totonero match-fixing scandal. The club was soon relegated back to Serie C1.
In 1990 Vicenza took back its current name and was promoted to Serie B in 1993, thanks to coach Renzo Ulivieri. His successor, Francesco Guidolin, took the team back to Serie A in 1995, and led it through successive positive seasons: after finishing ninth in the league, the club won the
In 1999 the team was relegated to Serie B and, after a return to the top flight in 2000-01, were relegated to the third division in 2005, after losing the relegation playoffs against U.S. Triestina Calcio, only being readmitted to Serie B after Genoa C.F.C. and Perugia Calcio were relegated by the Italian Football Federation.
Current squad
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Out on loan
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Notable players
- See also Cat:Vicenza Calcio players.
Foreign players in club's history
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Brazil: Chinesinho, José da Silva, Jeda, Marco Aurélio, Américo Murolo, Bruno Siciliano, Angelo B. Sormani, Luís Vinício - 7
Argentina: Salvador Gualtieri, Nicolas Gorobsov, Gerardo Grighini, Francisco Lojacono, Julian David Magallanes, Santiago Vernazza, Walter Zunino - 5
Hungary: Egri Erbstein, István Horwart, Otto Krappan, Ferenc Molnár, Wilmas Wilhelm - 5
Uruguay: Ricardo Canals, Héctor Demarco, Roberto Leopardi, Gustavo Méndez, Marcelo Otero - 5
Croatia: Dražen Brnčić, Stjepan Tomas, Goran Tomić, Dalibor Višković, Saša Bjelanović - 3
France: Antoine Bonifaci, Ousmane Dabo, Julien Rantier - 3
Portugal: Ricardo Esteves, Vasco Faísca, Jorge Humberto Raggi - 3
Serbia and Montenegro: Vlada Avramov, Dražen Bolić, Almir Gegić - 2
England: Tony Marchi, Meachan - 2
Sweden: Jan Aronsson, Joachim Björklund - 1
Australia: Paul Okon - 1
Belgium: Marco Ingrao - 1
Cameroon: Pierre Wome - 1
Denmark: Marc Nygaard - 1
Ghana: Sadicki Abubakari - 1
Greece: Evangelos Nastos - 1
Yugoslavia: Bora Kostić - 1
Morocco: Oussama Essabr - 1
Montenegro: Ivan Fatić - 1
Netherlands: Piet Kruiver - 1
Paraguay: Julio González - 1
Romania: Norberto Höfling - 1
San Marino: Claudio Maiani - 1
Sierra Leone: Mohamed Kallon - 1
Spain: Luis Helguera - 1
United States: Armando Frigo - 1
Switzerland: Patrick Bettoni - 1
Togo: Mohamed Kader - 1
Uzbekistan: Ilyas Zeytulaev
Notable managers
- See also Cat:Vicenza Calcio managers.
- Fulvio Bernardini: 1951-53
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Béla Guttmann: 1955-56 - Renzo Ulivieri: 1979-80, 1991-94
- Tarcisio Burgnich: 1986-87
- Francesco Guidolin: 1994-98
References
- ^ Elenchi numerazione maglie - Allegato
- ^ "Domani la rifinitura" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 2009-08-07. http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1522723_cat-3049001001.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
External links
- Official website (Italian)
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