AZ Picerno

Picerno

Full name	Polisportiva AZ Picerno s.r.l. [1]
Founded	1973 [2]
Ground	Stadio Donato Curcio, Picerno, Italy
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Donato Curcio
Manager	Francesco Tomei
League	Serie C Group C
2024–25	Serie C Group C, 8th of 20
Home colours Away colours

AZ Picerno, or simply Picerno, is an Italian association football club, representing the town of Picerno, Province of Potenza, Basilicata. It is currently playing in Serie C.

History

Founded in 1973, AZ Picerno mostly languished as an amateur club in the minor league of the Italian football system throughout its history.

The club turned its fortunes thanks to Donato Curcio, a local native who emigrated to the United States in the 1950s who first donated 1 million Euro for a new football stadium (named after him) in Picerno, and then starting investing directly into the club in the later years. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

On 18 April 2019, Picerno mathematically ensured their first historical promotion to Serie C after a 0–0 draw with Taranto guaranteed them first place in the Round H of Serie D. ^[6]

Due to restrictions to the local football stadium "Comunale Donato Curcio", which is unsuitable for professional league games, Picerno played its home games in the 2019–20 Serie C season at the Stadio Alfredo Viviani in neighbouring Potenza. ^[7] The season ended with Picerno being immediately relegated back to Serie D.

After completing the 2020–21 Serie D season in second place, Picerno was readmitted to Serie C to fill a vacancy for the 2021–22 season.

Current squad

As of 20 August 2025 ^[8] .

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   ITA Gabriele Pagliai 4 DF   ITA Papa Mamadou Seck 10 MF   ITA Pasquale Maiorino 11 FW   ITA Emmanuele Esposito 13 DF   ITA Marco Manetta 18 DF   ESP Rubén García 19 FW   ITA Francesco Pio Petito 22 GK   ITA Elia Summa 23 MF   TOG Malik Djibril 28 DF   ITA Giuseppe Salvo 34 MF   ITA Sergio Maselli 77 MF   ITA Vittorio Graziani 99 MF   ITA Karim Cardoni — GK   ITA Simone Cortese

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ITA Andrea Esposito — DF   ITA Filippo Frison — DF   ITA Antonio Granata — DF   ITA Marco Perri — DF   ITA Francesco Pistolesi — DF   ITA Alessandro Vimercati(on loan from Südtirol ) — MF   ITA Sebastiano Bianchi — MF   ITA Andrea Marino — MF   ITA Samuel Pugliese — FW   POR Léo Abreu — FW   SRB Miloš Bočić (on loan from Catania ) — FW   ITA Mirko Colaci — FW   ITA Emanuele Santaniello — FW   ITA Andrea Santarcangelo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Simone Cecere(at Scafatese until 30 June 2026)

References

1. "E' nata ufficialmente la società di capitali "Az Picerno Srl"" (in Italian). AZ Picerno. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
2. "Storia AZ Picerno" (in Italian). AZ Picerno. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
3. "Picerno, Donato Curcio a 360°" (in Italian). TuttoPotenza. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
4. "Picerno: ingredienti per una favola, dalla A alla Z" (in Italian). Gianlucadimarzio.com. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
5. "La storia del Picerno in Serie C e del Presidente onorario Donato Curcio raccontata dal Tg2" (in Italian). Ondanews.it. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
6. "Calcio: il Picerno promosso in serie C" (in Italian). Ansa.it. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
7. "Picerno ufficialmente ospite del Potenza: i dettagli della sinergia lucana" (in Italian). Resto del Calcio. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
8. "Picerno squad". Soccerway.

External links

• Official website