A.S.D. U.P.C. Tavagnacco

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Tavagnacco
UPC Tavagnacco logo.png
Full nameAssociazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Unione Polisportiva Comunale Tavagnacco [1]
Founded1989
GroundStadio Comunale Tavagnacco
Capacity1.000
ChairmanRoberto Moroso
CoachChiara Orlando
League Serie B
2021-22 9th, Serie B
Website Club website

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Unione Polisportiva Comunale Tavagnacco, also known as Graphistudio Tavagnacco for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian women's football club from Tavagnacco, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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History

Founded in 1989, by 2001 UPC Tavagnacco reached the Serie A, where it has played since. [2] After struggling to avoid relegation in its first years in Serie A, the club has joined the championship's elite in recent years, ranking between the 2nd and 6th positions since 2007. In 2011 Tavagnacco was league runner up and it also reached the Italian Women's Cup final, which it lost 0–3 to Torres Calcio. It consequently qualified for the first time for the UEFA Champions League, [3] where it was defeated in the Round of 32 by Swedish champion LdB Malmö. [4]

Honours

Overall competition record

SeasonDivisionPlace Coppa UEFA
1997–983?
1998–992 (Gr. B)6th
1999–002 (Gr. B)8thRound 2
2000–012 (Gr. B)1stRound 2
2001–02111th
2002–03111th
2003–04112thQuarterfinals
2004–05110thRound of 16
2005–0619thSemifinals
2006–0717thRound 2
2007–0814thQuarterfinals
2008–0913rdRound 1
2009–1013rdSemifinals
2010–1112ndFinalist
2011–1213rdSemifinalsRound of 32
2012–1312ndWinner
2013–1413rdWinnerRound of 32
2014–1516thFinalist
2015–1615thQuarter-final
2016–1716thSemi-final

UEFA competition record

SeasonCompetitionStageOpponentResultScorers
2011–12 Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Sweden.svg LdB Malmö 2–1 (h) 0–5 (a) Camporese, Riboldi
2013–14 Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Denmark.svg Fortuna Hjørring 3–2 (h) 0–2 (a) Camporese, Tuttino, Zuliani

Current squad

As of 1 September 2019

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Valeria Gardel
3 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Elisa Donda
5 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Federica Veritti
6 FW Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Jade Zhou
8 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Blasoni
10 FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Sophia Koggoulī
11 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Erika Covalero
12 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Costanza Nicola
13 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Caterina Ferin
14 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Chiara Cecotti
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Benedetta Brignoli
16 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Valentina Puglisi
18 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Mizuho Kato
19 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Eleonora Pozzecco
20 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gaia Milan
22 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Marika Fontana
24 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Molinaro
32 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Teresa Gallo
DF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Nike Winter

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:U.P.C. Tavagnacco players.

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References

  1. "Tavagnacco". FIGC. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. UPC Tavagnacco Società
  3. Calcio femminile, Graphistudio Tavagnacco-Chiasellis 6-0 e le padrone di casa accedono alla Champions league!
  4. Avanti Torres, Tavagnacco KO!. ilcalciofemminile.it, 5 October 2011