US Salernitana 1919

Salernitana

Full name	Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Granata (The Garnets)
Founded	19 June 1919;104 years ago (19 June 1919) (as Unione Sportiva Salernitana)
Ground	Stadio Arechi [1]
Capacity	37,800 [2]
CEO	Danilo Iervolino [3]
Head coach	Stefano Colantuono
League	Serie A
2022–23	Serie A, 15th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

The performance of Salernitana in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30)

Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian professional football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recently in 2011. The current club is the heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, ^[4] and it restarted from Serie D in the 2011–12 season. ^{[5] [6]} Salernitana returned to Serie A in 2021, after a break of 23 seasons, having finished second in Serie B.

History

From Unione Sportiva Salernitana to Salernitana Calcio 1919

Main article: History of US Salernitana 1919

The Salerno-based club was originally founded in 1919 as the Unione Sportiva Salernitana.^{[ citation needed ]} The club was known as Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax for a time^{[ vague ][ quantify ]} during the 1920s following a merger with Audax Salerno.^{[ citation needed ]} In 1978, the club was renamed Salernitana Sport.^{[ citation needed ]} The club has spent the majority of its history at the Serie B and Serie C levels of Italian football.^{[ citation needed ]}

Salernitana play their home matches at Stadio Arechi.^{[ relevant? ][ citation needed ]}

In their early years, Salernitana competed in the regional Italian Football Championship for four seasons during the 1920s.^{[ citation needed ]} After that time, the club returned to the top level of Italian football twice; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2005, the club went bankrupt, but was restarted by Antonio Lombardi, changing the name from Salernitana Sport to Salernitana Calcio 1919.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2011, the club did not appeal against a decision by Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Co.Vi.So.C) and was excluded from Italian football. ^[7]

Club refoundation: from Serie D to the top flight

Salernitana-Cosenza 2014–15

On 21 July 2011, following the exclusion of the original Salernitana club, Salerno mayor Vincenzo De Luca, in compliance with Article 52 of NOIF, assigned the new title to Marco Mezzaroma, brother-in-law of Lazio owner and chairman Claudio Lotito.^{[ citation needed ]} The new club was admitted to Serie D under the denomination of Salerno Calcio. ^{[1] [8] [9]}

In the 2011–12 season, Salernitana was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after winning Group G of Serie D.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 12 July 2012, the club was renamed US Salernitana 1919. ^[4] In the 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Salernitana finished first in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.^{[ citation needed ]} This was the second consecutive promotion for the team.^{[ citation needed ]} Finally^{[ why? ][ vague ][ clarification needed ]} Salernitana won Group C of Lega Pro^{[ when? ]} and returned Serie B in 2014–15 season.^{[ vague ][ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]}

After several seasons at Serie B level, Salernitana won promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2020–21 Serie B season under the tenure of head coach Fabrizio Castori, finishing in 2nd place behind champions Empoli.^{[ citation needed ]} Promotion was secured with a 3–0 victory over Pescara on the final matchday.^{[ citation needed ]} Salernitana's return to Serie A, however, required Lotito and Mezzaroma to sell the club, due to Italian football laws not allowing two clubs from the same owner to play in the same league. ^[10] On 7 July 2021, the FIGC Federal Council approved the trust of Salernitana to take control of the club, meaning it was officially enrolled in Serie A for the first time in 23 years. ^[11]

Return to Serie A: 2021–present

Salernitana's first match in its return to the top flight was a 3–2 defeat against Bologna on 22 August 2021. ^[12] After a poor start to the season, earning only one point from the first six matches, the club picked up its first Serie A victory against Genoa on matchday seven, winning 1–0 due to a goal from Milan Đurić. ^[13] In October, the Salernitana board fired Castori after a 2–1 loss to Spezia had left the club at the bottom of the table, with four points from their opening eight league games. Stefano Colantuono was named as his replacement, returning for a second spell as head coach having previously led Salernitana from December 2017 to December 2018. ^[14]

On 22 May 2022, Salernitana avoided relegation by finishing with the lowest points tally in Serie A history with just 31 points.^{[ vague ][ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]} Salernitana managed to^{[ tone ]} pull off^{[ tone ]} the great escape^{[ tone ]} by securing 18 points from their last 15 matches. ^[15]

Colours, badge and nicknames

Salernitana's original kit

Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti. ^[16] The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, as Salerno lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a port city.^{[ citation needed ]} In the 1940s, the club changed to garnet-coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their homeland.^{[ citation needed ]}

During the 2011–12 season their kit colours were striped blue and deep red, resembling FC Barcelona. The symbol of St. Matthew, patron saint of Salerno, was also a part of the redesigned kit. ^[17]

Since renaming the club US Salernitana 1919, however, their home colours have again been the traditional garnet. ^[4]

The 100th anniversary logo was announced on 24 June 2019, and appeared on their 2019–20 season kits. ^[18]

Honours

League

• Serie B :

Winners: 1946–47 (Group C),^{[ citation needed ]} 1997–98 ^{[ citation needed ]}

• Serie C / Serie C1 :

Winners: 1937–38,^{[ citation needed ]} 1965–66^{[ citation needed ]}, 2007–08,^{[ citation needed ]} 2014–15^{[ citation needed ]}

• Lega Pro Seconda Divisione : / Serie C2 :

Winners: 2012–13^{[ citation needed ]}

• Serie D :

Winners: 2011–12 (as Salerno Calcio)^{[ citation needed ]}

Cups

• Coppa Italia Serie C :

Winners: 2013–14^{[ citation needed ]}

• Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione :

Winners: 2012–13^{[ citation needed ]}

Internationally

• Anglo-Italian Cup :

Quarter Finalist: 1994-1995^{[ citation needed ]}

Divisional movements

Series	Years	Last	Promotions	Relegations
A	4	2022–23	–	2 (1948, 1999)
B	30	2020–21	3 (1947, 1998, 2021)	6 (1939, 1956, 1967, 1991, 2005✟, 2010)
C +C2	55 +1	2014–15	7 (1938, 1943, 1966, 1990, 1994, 2008, 2015) 1 (2013 C2)	1 (2011✟)
89 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D	1	2011–12	1 (2012)	never

Players

Current squad

As of 15 February 2024

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 Vincenzo Fiorillo 3 DF   CRO Domagoj Bradarić 4 DF   GRE Triantafyllos Pasalidis 5 DF   GER Jérôme Boateng 6 DF   FRA Junior Sambia 7 MF   ARG Agustín Martegani (on loan from San Lorenzo) 9 FW   NGA Simy 10 FW   SEN Boulaye Dia 11 MF   FRA Iron Gomis (on loan from Kasımpaşa) 13 GK   MEX Guillermo Ochoa 14 FW   ISR Shon Weissman (on loan from Granada) 17 DF   ARG Federico Fazio (captain) 18 MF   MLI Lassana Coulibaly 20 MF   CYP Grigoris Kastanos 22 FW   NGA Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   SVK Norbert Gyömbér (3rd captain) 24 DF   ARG Marco Pellegrino (on loan from AC Milan) 25 MF   ITA Giulio Maggiore 26 MF   CRO Toma Bašić (on loan from Lazio) 27 DF   ITA Niccolò Pierozzi (on loan from Fiorentina) 33 FW   FRA Loum Tchaouna 36 MF   ROU Andres Sfait 44 DF   GRE Kostas Manolas 55 MF   ITA Emanuel Vignato (on loan from Pisa) 56 GK   FRA Benoît Costil 59 DF   ITA Alessandro Zanoli (on loan from Napoli) 62 GK   ITA Pasquale Allocca 87 MF   ITA Antonio Candreva (vice-captain) 98 DF   ITA Lorenzo Pirola 99 MF   POL Mateusz Łęgowski

Other players under contract

As of 5 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   BRA Mikael

Players out on loan

As of 15 February 2024

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   ITA Luigi Sepe (at Lazio until 30 June 2024) — GK   ITA Alessio Di Giorgio(at Fossombrone until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUN Dylan Bronn (at Servette until 30 June 2024) — DF   AUT Flavius Daniliuc (at RB Salzburg until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Matteo Lovato (at Torino until 30 June 2024) — DF   MDA Andrei Moțoc (at Legnago Salus until 30 June 2024) — MF   NOR Emil Bohinen (at Genoa until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SEN Mamadou Coulibaly (at Palermo until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Edoardo Iannoni (at Perugia until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Antonio Pio Iervolino(at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024) — MF   ESP Kaleb Jiménez(at Atalanta U23 until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Federico Bonazzoli (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024) — FW   JAM Trivante Stewart (at Javor-Matis until 30 June 2024) — FW   CHI Diego Valencia (at Atromitos until 30 June 2024)

Primavera

As of 31 January 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 DF   ITA Emanuele Elia 41 DF   ITA Tommaso Ferrari

No. Pos. Nation Player 51 MF   ITA Ciro Borrelli(on loan from Napoli Primavera) 65 GK   ITA Gregorio Salvati

Non-playing staff

As of 10 March 2024 ^[19]

Position	Staff
Sporting director	Walter Sabatini
Head coach	Stefano Colantuono
Assistant coach	Andrea Bovo
Technical collaborator	Manolo Pestrin
Goalkeeping coach	Mauro Lamberti
Athletic coach	Armando Fucci Vincenzo Laurino Marco Celia Daniele Tozzi
Match analyst	Sandro Antonini
Team manager	Salvatore Avallone
Referee Caretaker	Cristina Lambiase Savage
Kit Manager	Gerardo Salvucci Rosario Fiorillo Mario Gaeta
Head of medical staff	Dott. Vincenzo Rosciano
Medical area coordinator	Dott. Gennaro Alfano
Team Doctor	Dott. Italo Leo
Nutritionist	Dott. Stefano Gallo
Physiotherapist - Osteopath	Giovanni Carmando Giuseppe Magliano Paolo Chianese
Massophysiotherapist	Davide Bisogno
Physiotherapist	Simone Sigillo Francesco Minieri Andrea Ciccarino
Scientific consultant	Prof. Marcello Zappia Dott. Antonio Lambiase Dott. Daniele Masarone Dott. Luca Bardi
Podiatrist	Sergio Di Palma
Goalkeeping Co-ordinator	Luigi Genovese

National team players

These current and former players have recorded starts for their respective national teams.

Players from the Italy national football team:

Italy

• Roberto Breda ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Francesco Caputo ^{[ citation needed ]}
• David Di Michele ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Marco Di Vaio ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Salvatore Fresi ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Gennaro Gattuso ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Pasquale Mazzocchi ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Walter Zenga ^{[ citation needed ]}

Players from other national football teams:

Albania

• Erjon Bogdani ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Frédéric Veseli ^{[ citation needed ]}

Argentina

• Federico Fazio ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Diego Perotti ^{[ citation needed ]}

Australia

• Danny Tiatto ^{[ citation needed ]}

Austria

• Flavius Daniliuc ^{[ citation needed ]}

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Milan Đurić ^{[ citation needed ]}

Cameroon

• Rigobert Song ^{[ citation needed ]}

Cape Verde

• Jovane ^{[ citation needed ]}

Chile

• Diego Valencia ^{[ citation needed ]}

Croatia

• Domagoj Bradarić ^{[ citation needed ]}

Cyprus

• Andreas Karo ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Grigoris Kastanos ^{[ citation needed ]}

France

• Benoît Costil ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Franck Ribéry ^{[ citation needed ]}

Ivory Coast

• Marco Zoro ^{[ citation needed ]}

Jamaica

• Trivante Stewart ^{[ citation needed ]}

Mali

• Lassana Coulibaly ^{[ citation needed ]}

Mexico

• Guillermo Ochoa ^{[ citation needed ]}

Netherlands

• Tonny Vilhena ^{[ citation needed ]}

Nigeria

• Simeon Nwankwo (Simy)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Joel Obi ^{[ citation needed ]}

Norway

• Emil Bohinen ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Erik Botheim ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Stefan Strandberg ^{[ citation needed ]}

Peru

• Roberto Merino ^{[ citation needed ]}

Poland

• Mateusz Łęgowski ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Krzysztof Piątek ^{[ citation needed ]}

Romania

• Andrei Cristea ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Radu Drăgușin ^{[ citation needed ]}

Russia

• Ruslan Nigmatullin ^{[ citation needed ]}

Senegal

• Mamadou Coulibaly ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Boulaye Dia ^{[ citation needed ]}

Serbia

• Ivan Radovanović ^{[ citation needed ]}

Slovakia

• Norbert Gyömbér ^{[ citation needed ]}

Slovenia

• Vid Belec ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Domen Črnigoj ^{[ citation needed ]}

South Africa

• Phil Masinga ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Siyabonga Nomvethe ^{[ citation needed ]}

Sweden

• Riccardo Gagliolo ^{[ citation needed ]}

Switzerland

• Francesco Di Jorio ^[20]

Tunisia

• Dylan Bronn ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Wajdi Kechrida ^{[ citation needed ]}

Turkey

• Bülent Eken ^{[ citation needed ]}

Uruguay

• Wálter López ^{[ citation needed ]}

World Cup players

The following players have been selected by their country in a World Cup Final Squad, while playing for Salernitana.

• Krzysztof Piątek (2022)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Boulaye Dia (2022)^{[ citation needed ]}

• Dylan Bronn (2022)^{[ citation needed ]}

Managers

• Géza Kertész (1929–31)
• Pietro Leone (1931–32)
• Ferenc Hirzer (1936–38)
• Attila Sallustro (1939)
• Ferenc Hirzer (1940–41)
• Géza Kertész (1943–44)
• Giuseppe Viani (1946–48)
• Arnaldo Sentimenti (1950)
• Rodolphe Hiden (1951–52)
• Paolo Todeschini (1956–57)
• Nicolò Nicolosi (1958–59)
• Ettore Puricelli (1960–61)
• Gyula Zsengellér (1961–62)
• Rodolphe Hiden (1963–64)
• Pietro Magni (1969)
• Lucio Mujesan (1977)
• Enea Masiero (1977–78)
• Lucio Mujesan (1978)
• Lamberto Leonardi (1980–81)
• Romano Mattè (1981–82)
• Francisco Lojacono (1982–83)
• Mario Facco (1983–84)
• Gian Piero Ghio (1984–86)
• Lamberto Leonardi (1989)
• Giovanni Simonelli (1991–92)
• Tarcisio Burgnich (1991–92)
• Giuliano Sonzogni (1992–93)
• Delio Rossi (1993–95)
• Franco Colomba (1995–97)
• Delio Rossi (1997–99)
• Luigi Cagni (1999–2000)
• Nedo Sonetti (2000–01)
• Zdeněk Zeman (2001–02)
• Stefano Pioli (2003–04)
• Angelo Gregucci (2004–05)
• Stefano Cuoghi (2005–06)
• Gianfranco Bellotto (2006–07)
• Andrea Agostinelli (2007)
• Fabio Brini (2008)
• Fabrizio Castori (2008)
• Bortolo Mutti (2008–09)
• Fabrizio Castori (2009)
• Fabio Brini (2009)
• Marco Cari (2009)
• Gianluca Grassadonia (2010)
• Roberto Breda (2010–11)
• Carlo Perrone (2011–12)
• Giuseppe Galderisi (2012)
• Carlo Perrone (2012–13)
• Stefano Sanderra (2013)
• Carlo Perrone (2013)
• Angelo Gregucci (2014)
• Mario Somma (2014)
• Leonardo Menichini (2014–15)
• Vincenzo Torrente (2015–16)
• Leonardo Menichini (2016)
• Giuseppe Sannino (2016)
• Alberto Bollini (2016–17)
• Stefano Colantuono (2017–18)
• Angelo Gregucci (2018–19)
• Leonardo Menichini (2019)
• Gian Piero Ventura (2019–20)
• Fabrizio Castori (2020–21)
• Stefano Colantuono (2021–22)
• Davide Nicola (2022–23)
• Paulo Sousa (2023)
• Filippo Inzaghi (2023–24)
• Fabio Liverani (2024–present)

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Further reading

• Giovanni Vitale (2010). Salernitana storia di gol sorrisi e affanni. International printing. ISBN   978-88-7868-094-4.

External links

• Official website (in Italian)