Virtus Verona

Virtus Verona

Full name	Associazione Virtusvecomp Verona
Nickname(s)	Virtussini Rossoblù (The Red-Blues) I Borgo-Veneziani (The Borgo-Venetians) I Ribelli Veronesi (The Veronan Rebels)
Founded	1921;103 years ago (1921)
Ground	Stadio Gavagnin Nocini, [1] [2] Verona, Italy
Capacity	1,200
Chairman	Luigi Fresco
Manager	Luigi Fresco
League	Serie C Group A
2022–23	Serie C Group A, 6th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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.

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.

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  The bage from 2014 to 2022.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024. ^[3]

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 Alberto Zecchin 3 DF   ITA Francesco Mazzolo 5 MF   ITA Dino Mehic 6 DF   ITA Manuel Daffara 7 FW   ITA Andrea Nalini 8 MF   ITA Gianmarco Begheldo 10 FW   ITA Domenico Danti 11 DF   ITA Gianni Manfrin 12 GK   ITA Michele Voltan 13 DF   ITA Marco Ruggero 15 DF   ITA Michael Ntube 16 MF   ITA Marco Amadio 17 FW   ITA Gianmarco Zigoni

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW   COL Damir Ceter 21 FW   ARG Juanito 22 GK   GAM Sheikh Sibi 23 MF   ITA Francesco Toffanin 24 MF   ITA Antonio Metlika 30 MF   ITA Leonardo Zarpellon 34 DF   ITA Edoardo Olivieri 35 DF   ITA Eddy Cabianca 39 MF   ITA Filippo Vesentini 42 DF   ITA Riccardo Lodovici 70 MF   SVN Elian Demirović 90 FW   ITA Alessio Menato — DF   ITA Diego Ronco(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 ]}

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 ]}

External links

• Official site