Pomigliano C.F.

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Pomigliano
Pomigliano Calcio Femminile logo.png
Full namePomigliano Calcio Femminile [1]
Nickname(s)Granata, Le Pantere
Short namePomigliano C.F.
FoundedJune 21, 2019;3 years ago (2019-06-21)
StadiumUgo Gobbato Stadium,
Pomigliano d'Arco
Capacity1,600
PresidentRaffaele Pipola
CoachDomenico Panico
League Serie A
2021–22 Serie A, 8th of 12
Website Club website

Pomigliano Calcio Femminile, also known as Pomigliano, is an Italian women's association football club based in Pomigliano d'Arco, Metropolitan City of Naples. It was founded in June 2019 and secured two successive promotions in its first two seasons, to enter Serie A in 2021.

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History

In June 2019, Raffaele Pipola the President of ASDC Pomigliano, a club in the men's Serie D, formed a women's section for the club by buying out an existing team called Vapa Virtus Napoli. [2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, their debut 2019–20 season was stopped early and since Pomigliano were leading their regional Serie C section they were promoted to Serie B. [3] In 2020–21 they finished in second place behind Lazio to claim their second successive promotion, into the top tier Serie A. [4]

Former Italy women's national football team player Manuela Tesse was the coach who secured the second promotion, but she was fired three games into the 2021–22 Serie A season. [5]

Players

Current squad

As of 28 August 2022

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Sara Cetinja
2 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gaia Apicella (captain)
3 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Martina Fusini
4 DF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Katarzyna Konat
5 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Angela Passeri
6 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Iris Rabot
7 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alice Corelli
8 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Valentina Gallazzi
10 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Taty
11 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Chiara Manca
16 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Federica Rizza
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Marta Rocco
19 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Hawa Sangaré
20 FW Flag of Guatemala.svg  GUA Ana Lucía Martínez
21 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Virginia Di Giammarino
22 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Asia Bragonzi (on loan from Juventus)
26 DF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Lana Golob
28 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Zhanna Ferrario
29 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabiana Fierro
33 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Debora Novellino
44 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giorgia Miotto
74 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Emanuela Barretta

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References

  1. "Pomigliano". FIGC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. Collaro, Gianfranco (21 June 2019). "Granata nel calcio femminile, rilevato il titolo della Vapa Virtus Napoli" (in Italian). Sport Campania. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. Mauro, Paola (14 June 2020). "L'ASD Calcio Pomigliano Femminile promosso ufficialmente in Serie B" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italiano. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. "Calcio femminile, Pomigliano e Lazio festeggiano la promozione in Serie A" (in Italian). Sky Sport Italy. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. "Il Pomigliano esonera coach Tesse" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italia. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.