Virtus Verona

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Virtus Verona
Logo Virtus Verona.svg
Full nameAssociazione Virtusvecomp Verona
Nickname(s)Virtussini
Rossoblù
(The Red-Blues)
I Borgo-Veneziani
(The Borgo-Venetians)
I Ribelli Veronesi
(The Veronan Rebels)
Founded1921;103 years ago (1921)
GroundStadio Gavagnin Nocini, [1] [2]
Verona, Italy
Capacity1,200
Chairman Luigi Fresco
Manager Luigi Fresco
League Serie C Group A
2023–24 Serie C Group A, 11th of 20
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie C.

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History

The club was founded in 1921 as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia.

Virtus Verona, the third football club in Verona behind Chievo and Hellas Verona, is a unique case in Italy of a club whose chairman, Luigi Fresco, had also been the head coach of the first team for over 41 years, since 1982, after the other historic president Sinibaldo Nocini, who was in charge for 20 years. The club is also notable for being the only Italian professional football team to field a reserve team in the regional amateur divisions.

The club was promoted into professionalism for its first time ever at the end of the 2012–13 season, after winning the national playoff tournament in which they were qualified as fourth-placed in the Girone C of Serie D. At the end of the 2017–18 season, the club return into professionalism, in Serie C, the third tier of Italian soccer.

Colours and badge

The social colours are red and blue, traditionally arranged in vertical stripes.

The club’s historical badge is an ancile red palate, closed externally by a white crown, suitable to contain the social name (sometimes written in abbreviated form).

In 2014 this badge was replaced by a shield, in which the corporate name is simplified in Associazione Virtus Verona: the first and third words are placed in the palate field, while the second (colored red) is placed in a curved white band placed in a shield.

Current squad

As of 29 August 2024 [3]

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 Italy.svg  ITA Enrico Alfonso (on loan from SPAL )
2 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Etienne Catena(on loan from Cagliari )
3 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mattia Rigo(on loan from Hellas Verona )
4 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Riccardo Lodovici
5 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Dino Mehic
6 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Manuel Daffara
7 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Marco Amadio
8 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Antonio Metlika
9 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gianluca Contini
10 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Leonardo Zarpellon
11 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gianni Manfrin
12 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gabriele Fortin
14 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Michael De Marchi
16 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Matteo Bassi
17 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Smith Oghosa Oni
18 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Paul Ojeh
21 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juanito
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 GK Flag of The Gambia.svg  GAM Sheikh Sibi
23 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesco Toffanin
25 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Nicolò Filippi
30 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Christian Gatti
34 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Diego Ronco(on loan from Como )
44 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mattia Pagliuca
47 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Edoardo Cuel
74 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Samuele Lerco
75 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Tommaso Cielo
85 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Nicolas Fiori
90 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Christian Odogwu
95 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Luca Munaretti(on loan from Cremonese )
97 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Emanuele Souza Dos Santos
99 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Federico Caia(on loan from Hellas Verona )
— GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alberto Zecchin
— DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Nicolò Calabrese(on loan from Hellas Verona )
— MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Rispoli(on loan from Como )

Supporters

Virtus Verona supporters are known for their hardline anti-fascist and left-wing leanings. The group Virtus Fans created in 2006, was split up in 2015, from which 2 new groups emerged: Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 and the Lost Boys. The Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 have friendships with antifa supporters groups all over the world: Livorno Calcio, Cosenza Calcio, Wrexham, Olympique Marseille, FC St. Pauli, RSV Goettingen 05. [4] [5] [ better source needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "I nostri Campi". Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Picture of the grandstand" (JPG).
  3. ↑ "Virtus Verona squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Virtus Verona Antifascista [ user-generated source ]
  5. ↑ Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 [ user-generated source ]


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