Fermana FC

Fermana

Full name	Fermana Football Club
Nickname(s)	i Canarini (The Canaries) i Gialloblù (The Yellow & Blue)
Founded	1920
Ground	Stadio Bruno Recchioni, Fermo, Italy
Capacity	9,500
Chairman	Mehmet Talha Tatlısöz
Manager	Andrea Bruniera
League	Serie C Group B
2023–24	Serie C Group B, 19th of 20 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Fermana Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Fermo, Marche. The club currently play in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football after achieving promotion by winning Group F in the 2016-17 Serie D season.

History

Foundation

The club was founded in 1920 as S.S. La Fermo and was renamed in 1924 U.S. Fermana after the merger with Fermo F.C..

Fermana 1920

In 1999 Fermana won the Serie C1/B title under head coach Ivo Iaconi, thus ensuring a historical first appearance into Serie B. That season proved to be the only one, as they were promptly relegated back into Serie C1.

Fermana relegated to Serie C2 after a disappointing 2005–06 Serie C1/A campaign ended in a poor last place, and 13 points in 34 matches. Following this relegation the club, under heavy financial struggles, were forced to give up their Serie C2 membership.

U.S. Fermana 2006

A new club, named Unione Sportiva Fermana 2006, was founded in 2006 and admitted to Group A of amateur regional Prima Categoria (8th level of Italian football). They were promoted to Promozione in 2006–07, missing the chance to be promoted to Eccellenza after being defeated 2–1 (aggregate score) by Cuprense in the playoff finals. In season 2007–2008, Fermana won the championship and it is promoted in Eccellenza, but Fermana ended the season in 7th place after a disastrous year behind rival Sambenedettese (who won the championship).

In 2010–2011, Fermana drew the game with Ancona 2–2, and lost the championship by one point. The 2011–2012 season opened with the Fermana in a more balanced league victory. In 2012–13 season it won Coppa Italia Dilettanti, but went bankrupt at the end of the season.

Fermana F.C.

In summer 2013 the club was refounded as Fermana Football Club after the merger of A.S.D. Montegranaro Calcio 1965 (winner of Eccellenza playoffs) and AFC Fermo restarting from Serie D. The club were Group F champions in 2016–17 Serie D and returned to the Italian third tier for the first time in 12 years.

Colors and badge

The colors of the club are yellow and blue.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024 ^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Nicola Borghetto 2 DF   ITA Alessandro Eleuteri 3 DF   ITA Francesco Pistolesi 4 DF   ITA Donato De Pascalis 5 DF   ITA Jonathan Spedalieri 6 DF   ITA Federico Fort 7 FW   ITA Riccardo Tilli 8 MF   ITA Christian Scorza 9 FW   ITA Lorenzo Sorrentino (on loan from Giugliano ) 10 FW   ITA Giuseppe Giovinco (on loan from Virtus Francavilla ) 11 MF   ITA Daniele Paponi 12 GK   ITA Andrea Mancini(on loan from Ascoli ) 14 DF   ITA Jonas Heinz(on loan from Südtirol ) 15 DF   ITA Pietro Santi 16 MF   ITA Tommaso Fontana 17 FW   ITA Simone Condello(on loan from Pro Vercelli )

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   ITA Manuel Vessella 19 MF   ITA Davide Marcandella (on loan from Vis Pesaro ) 20 MF   ITA Manuel Giandonato (captain) 21 MF   ITA Nicola Malaccari 22 GK   ITA Alessio Furlanetto(on loan from Lazio ) 23 MF   ITA Stefano Palmucci(on loan from Parma ) 24 MF   ITA Jacopo Gianelli (on loan from Inter Milan ) 25 DF   ITA Ivan De Santis (on loan from Taranto ) 26 MF   ITA Gianvito Misuraca 28 MF   ITA Ousmane Niang(on loan from Pro Vercelli ) 30 FW   ITA Luca Petrungaro (on loan from Pro Sesto ) 36 DF   ITA Alessandro Carosso (on loan from Pro Vercelli ) 70 FW   ITA Mauro Semprini 87 FW   ITA Mohamed Ossama Benkhalqui 90 FW   ITA Elia Petrelli (on loan from Genoa ) — DF   ITA Emanuele Padella

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   MKD Edin Ajradinoski(at Luparense until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Ciro Esposito(at Chieti until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Riccardo Pinzi (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Lorenzo Grassi(at Brindisi until 30 June 2024)

Honours

• Coppa Italia Dilettanti:
  • Champion : 2012–13

References

1. "Fermana squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

External links

• (in Italian) Official site