Fiamme Oro Rugby

Fiamme Oro Rugby
Full name	G.S. Fiamme Oro Rugby
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1955;69 years ago
Location	Rome, Italy
Ground(s)	Centro Sportivo Polizia di Stato (Capacity: 1,300)
President	Armando Forgione
Coach(es)	Gianluca Guidi
Captain(s)	Filippo Cristiano
League(s)	Serie A Élite
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.fiammeororugby.it

Last updated May 25, 2024

Fiamme Oro Rugby is the rugby union club section of the Italian State Police sport division Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. The Fiamme Oro are currently based in Rome and play in the Top 10, the first national league. Though since the club's foundation in the 1950s, the former Fiamme Oro Padova won both the Italian championship (5 times) and the Coppa Italia (4 times).

The club was established in 1955, founded by a group of policemen based in Padua (hence the name). The Fiamme Oro Padova won their first championship in 1958, which was followed by another the following season. The team also had a lot of success during the 1960s; winning the National championship in 1960, 1961 and 1968. In addition to their success with the National league, the club won the Coppa Italia in 1968 and 1969 and again in 1971 and 1972 as well.

In 1978, after their first relegation, the club were de facto discontinued although never officially disbanded and in 1985 were re-formed in Milan. The Italian Rugby Federation, because of club's successful past, allowed them to restart from 3rd division. In 1993 the club moved to Rome, and in 1998 rejoined the 1st division. Relegated again in 2000, in 2011 they returned in the Italian championship, where they currently play, and where they won their first Excellence Trophy in 2013–14.

Honours

Italian championship
- Champions (5): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68
Coppa Italia
- Champions (4): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72
Excellence Trophy
- Champions (1): 2013–14
- Runners-Up (2): 2016–17, 2017–18

Current squad

Fiamme Oro squad for 2023–24 season:

Fiamme Oro squad.
Props Antonio Barducci Matteo Drudi Giovanni Iacob Stefano Iovennitti Michele Mancini Parri Alessandro Vannozzi Hookers Vittorio Carnio Alain Moriconi Niccolò Taddia Locks Andrea Angelone Massimiliano Chiappini Ugo D'Onofrio Davide Fragnito Nicola Piantella Cristian Stoian	Back row Andrea Chianucci Andrea De Marchi Renato Giammarioli Giulio Marrucchini Scrum-halves Simone Marinaro Gianmarco Piva Gianluca Tomaselli Fly-halves Carlo Canna Filippo Di Marco Jose Ignacio Spinelli	Centres Alessandro Forcucci Arturo Fusari Ludovico Vaccari Gianmarco Vian Wings Massimo Cioffi Giovanni D'Onofrio Matteo Gabbianelli Cristian Lai Michael Mba Fullbacks Michelangelo Biondelli Alessio Guardiano Andrea Menniti Ippolito

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality. Players and their allocated positions from Fiamme Oro website.^[1]

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Fiamme Oro Rugby and have caps for Italy:

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