Virtus Entella

Virtus Entella

Full name	Virtus Entella S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Biancocelesti (The White and Sky Blues) I Diavoli Neri (The Black Devils)
Founded	1914;110 years ago (1914) [1] (as F.B.C. Entella)
Ground	Stadio Comunale, Chiavari, Italy
Capacity	5,535
Chairman	Antonio Gozzi
Manager	Gennaro Volpe
League	Serie C Group B
2022–23	Serie C Group B, 3rd of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Virtus Entella, commonly referred to as Entella, is an Italian professional football club based in Chiavari, Liguria. Founded in 1914, the club currently competes in the Serie C Group B.

History

1914: Foundation

The club was founded in 1914 as Foot-Ball Club Entella. It took its name from the river Entella, flowing between Chiavari and Lavagna. ^[2]

2001: Bankruptcy

Foot-Ball Club Entella went bankrupt in 2001.

2002: Refoundation

It was refounded in 2002 as Unione Sportiva Valle Sturla Entella. In the summer of 2010 it was renamed Virtus Entella, after it had been admitted in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In summer 2012, Virtus Entella was promoted, for the first time, to Lega Pro Prima Divisione by repechage to fill the vacancies created. ^[3] They completed the 2012–13 season in style, taking part to the promotion playoff, where they were defeated by Lecce in the semi-finals.

In the 2013–14 season, Virtus Entella took part to the Girone A of the Italian third tier, and topped the league for most of the season. On 4 May 2014, a 2–1 away win at Cremonese in the final day of the season ensured Virtus Entella the league championship title and a spot in the 2014–15 Serie B, in what will be the club's first appearance ever in the Italian second tier.

2014: Serie B Period

The team was promoted in Serie B for the first time in history in 2014. In the 2014–15 season they got relegated once again, in the relegation playoffs as they lost to Modena. But after the relegation of Calcio Catania to Lega Pro for sporting fraud it was readmitted to Serie B. Virtus Entella finished 19th at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season and lost a relegation playoff to Ascoli by virtue of being the lower ranked team after the two-legged tie finished 0–0 on aggregate.

2018: Return to Serie C

The team returned to the Italian third tier, now named Serie C for the 2018-19 season. During the season, they also achieved a surprise qualification to the round of 16 of the 2018–19 Coppa Italia, defeating Genoa on penalties during the process. That season they won the Serie C and thus earned promotion to the Serie B.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024. ^[4]

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 Andrea Paroni 2 DF   ITA Alessandro Garattoni 4 DF   ITA Federico Bonini 5 MF   BRA Mateus Cecchini Muller 7 MF   ITA Giacomo Tomaselli 11 FW   ITA Samuele Vianni 12 GK   ITA Simone Mazzadi 13 DF   ITA Davide Zappella 14 MF   ITA Andrea Corbari 16 DF   ITA Claudio Manzi 20 MF   GRE Antonis Siatounis 22 GK   ITA Victor De Lucia 23 DF   CAN Kosovar Sadiki 24 MF   ITA Jacopo Lipani

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF   ITA Davide Petermann 26 DF   ITA Stefano Di Mario 34 DF   ITA Emiliano Bellotti 36 FW   SEN Alioune Thioune 77 DF   ITA Luca Parodi 80 MF   ITA Filippo Faggi(on loan from Bari ) 90 DF   ITA Denis Portanova 91 FW   ITA Daniele Montevago (on loan from Sampdoria ) 92 FW   ITA Claudio Santini 99 GK   LTU Ovidijus Šiaulys — DF   ITA Antonio Granata(on loan from Padova ) — MF   ITA Romeo Giovannini (on loan from Modena ) — FW   ITA Matteo Casarotto

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 — DF   ITA Stefano Reali(at Fiorenzuola until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Mattia Giammarresi(at Lavagnese until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Federico Macca(at Virtus Francavilla until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ITA Francesco Disanto (at Lucchese until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Alessandro Faggioli (at Arzignano until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Luca Zamparo (at Padova until 30 June 2024)

Honours

Serie C1:

• Winner: 2013-14, 2018-19,

Serie D:

• Winner: 1959-60, 1963-64, 1984-85,

Notable former players

• Naser Aliji
• Nicolas Cinalli
• Cristiano Bacci
• Manlio Bacigalupo
• Gianpaolo Castorina
• Francesco Conti
• Gino Ferrer Callegari
• Rosario Di Vincenzo
• Matteo Matteazzi
• Simone Pasticcio
• Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
• Luciano Spalletti
• Giuliano Taccola
• Stefano Vavoli
• Nicolò Zaniolo

Presidents and managers

Antonio Gozzi has been the President of the Virtus Entella since 2007. He was arrested and released in March 2015. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. "Italy - ACD Virtus Entella - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
2. Aldo Pio Feoli (29 November 2014). "I Diavoli Neri nell'inferno del Comunale: per l'Entella è la prima in Serie B". www.ilciriaco.it. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
3. http://www.entella.it/prima-squadra/1195-ripescaggio-ufficiale-il-presidente-gozzi-grazie-chiavari.html%5B%5D
4. "Virtus Entella squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
5. "Gozzi dopo l'arresto: «Chiederò se devo fare passi indietro»". 20 March 2015.
6. "Affaire Kubla, Gozzi: "Totale estraneità. Martedì dimissioni da Federacciai"".
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
8. "Il Comitato di presidenza di Federacciai: «A Gozzi piena fiducia»". 11 May 2019.

External links

• Official site