Perugia Calcio
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Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio is an Italian association football
club based in Perugia
, Umbria, direct heir of the old Perugia Calcio and A.C. Perugia, excluded from Italian football because of financial troubles.
Perugia, in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after the promotion from the Serie D
.
(its last relegation came in 2004).
The team also won the Intertoto Cup in 2003.
The club is also known for going through the entire 1978–79 Serie A season unbeaten and still not winning the championship, instead finishing runners-up.
Perugia had become known for taking a chance on players from "non-traditional" footballing nations, and was the first European team of Japanese
star Hidetoshi Nakata
.
Other famous former foreign players included Ahn Jung-Hwan
, Rahman Rezaei
and Al-Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libya
n leader Muammar Gaddafi
.
The team came under scrutiny when its owner, Luciano Gaucci
, criticized and eventually terminated the contract of his own player, Ahn Jung-Hwan
of South Korea, for scoring the golden goal that knocked Italy
out of the 2002 FIFA World Cup
.
On 2005 the club was refounded as Perugia Calcio that has played only in Serie C1 (now Lega Pro Prima divisione) and was cancelled in 2010 after bankruptcy.
Promotion to Serie B in 1966 would mark the beginning of one of the club's most successful periods. Perugia spent the next eight years in Serie B before promotion to Serie A for the first time in 1975.
In the club's first Serie A season, Perugia finished 8th with 31 points- just short of a European place. Star players in the side included defender Pierluigi Frosio and midfielders Renato Curi and Franco Vannini. The side remained in the top half of the table for the rest of the decade, finishing runners-up in 1979 with 11 wins and 19 draws- the only unbeaten side not to win a title. However, tragedy and scandal marred this period- in 1977, Curi died of a heart attack during a league match with Juventus, while Vannini's career was ended by injury in 1979. The Totonero scandal in 1980
led to a 5-point penalty and relegation in 1981. Illario Castagner was coach during this period.
The club spent the first half of the 80s trying to get back to Serie A, nearly succeeding in 1985 with an 11–26–1 record. Another scandal in 1986 forced Perugia down to Serie C2. It was during this time that Fabrizio Ravanelli
would be discovered, he would later go on to a career with Reggiana, Juventus, Middlesbrough and several other clubs before returning to Perugia.
The controversial and eccentric Luciano Gaucci took control of the club. The side returned to Serie B in 1994 and under the guidance of Giovanni Galeone
reached Serie A in 1996. Perugia started well before Gaucci's bizarre decision to replace Galeone with Nevio Scala. The side's form slumped alarmingly before a late rally gave them a chance of survival- a 2–1 defeat at Piacenza in the final round sealed their fate. With Castagner back in charge, Perugia won a play-off with Torino to secure a return to the top flight.
The next six seasons saw Perugia hold their own in Serie A with an array of home-grown and foreign stars passing through the ranks, most notably Hidetoshi Nakata
and Milan Rapaić
.
The new chairman Vincenzo Silvestrini had re-established the club in 2005 as Perugia Calcio.
After a takeover, in 2009 Perugia Calcio property passed to Perugian entrepreuner and former Pisa
owner and chairman Leonardo Covarelli. On 21 May 2010 the Court of Perugia declared the bankruptcy
of Perugia Calcio srl. Nobody decided to take over the society at the subsequent auction and on 30 June 2010 the club was unable to join the Italian 3rd level championship 2010–2011.
The Italian Football Federation decided on 8 July 2010 to revoke the affiliation of the bankrupt Perugia Calcio Srl.
Girone E.
On April 10 2011, Perugia became the first team of the season to get promoted from Serie D to the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2011–12
, after a 3–2 home victory against Castel Rigone
. They eventually won the Girone E.
The club also won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia Serie D
, beating Turris
1–0 in the final.
.
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
club based in Perugia
Perugia
Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
, Umbria, direct heir of the old Perugia Calcio and A.C. Perugia, excluded from Italian football because of financial troubles.
Perugia, in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after the promotion from the Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
.
Brief history
A.C. Perugia was founded in 1905, and was cancelled in 2005 after having spent a large part of recent years in Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
(its last relegation came in 2004).
The team also won the Intertoto Cup in 2003.
The club is also known for going through the entire 1978–79 Serie A season unbeaten and still not winning the championship, instead finishing runners-up.
Perugia had become known for taking a chance on players from "non-traditional" footballing nations, and was the first European team of Japanese
Japan national football team
The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
star Hidetoshi Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata
, is a retired Japanese football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation.Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S...
.
Other famous former foreign players included Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan is a South Korean football player. He made world headlines by scoring the winning golden goal for South Korea against Italy in the 2002 World Cup second round, sending South Korea into the quarterfinals.-Football career:After starting his professional career with K-League's Busan...
, Rahman Rezaei
Rahman Rezaei
Rahman Rezaei is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Paykan in the Iran Pro League. He is also a former member of the Iran national football team and usually plays in the centre back position.-Club career:...
and Al-Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
n leader Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
.
The team came under scrutiny when its owner, Luciano Gaucci
Luciano Gaucci
Luciano Gaucci is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of various clubs:* Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria.* Viterbese Calcio, a football club based in Viterbo, Lazio.* S.S...
, criticized and eventually terminated the contract of his own player, Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan is a South Korean football player. He made world headlines by scoring the winning golden goal for South Korea against Italy in the 2002 World Cup second round, sending South Korea into the quarterfinals.-Football career:After starting his professional career with K-League's Busan...
of South Korea, for scoring the golden goal that knocked Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
out of the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
.
On 2005 the club was refounded as Perugia Calcio that has played only in Serie C1 (now Lega Pro Prima divisione) and was cancelled in 2010 after bankruptcy.
A.C. Perugia
The club was founded on 9 June 1905 by the merger of U.S. Fortebraccio and Libertas.Promotion to Serie B in 1966 would mark the beginning of one of the club's most successful periods. Perugia spent the next eight years in Serie B before promotion to Serie A for the first time in 1975.
In the club's first Serie A season, Perugia finished 8th with 31 points- just short of a European place. Star players in the side included defender Pierluigi Frosio and midfielders Renato Curi and Franco Vannini. The side remained in the top half of the table for the rest of the decade, finishing runners-up in 1979 with 11 wins and 19 draws- the only unbeaten side not to win a title. However, tragedy and scandal marred this period- in 1977, Curi died of a heart attack during a league match with Juventus, while Vannini's career was ended by injury in 1979. The Totonero scandal in 1980
Totonero 1980
Totonero 1980 or Totonero was a scandal of match fixing in Italy in 1980 in Italian Serie A and Serie B. It was uncovered on 23 March 1980 by the Guardia di Finanza, after the spalling of two Roman shopkeepers, Alvaro Trinca and Massimo Cruciani, who declared that some Italian football players sold...
led to a 5-point penalty and relegation in 1981. Illario Castagner was coach during this period.
The club spent the first half of the 80s trying to get back to Serie A, nearly succeeding in 1985 with an 11–26–1 record. Another scandal in 1986 forced Perugia down to Serie C2. It was during this time that Fabrizio Ravanelli
Fabrizio Ravanelli
Fabrizio Ravanelli is a former international Italian football player, who won five titles with Juventus, including a Serie A championship in 1995 and a Champions League title in 1996....
would be discovered, he would later go on to a career with Reggiana, Juventus, Middlesbrough and several other clubs before returning to Perugia.
The controversial and eccentric Luciano Gaucci took control of the club. The side returned to Serie B in 1994 and under the guidance of Giovanni Galeone
Giovanni Galeone
Giovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...
reached Serie A in 1996. Perugia started well before Gaucci's bizarre decision to replace Galeone with Nevio Scala. The side's form slumped alarmingly before a late rally gave them a chance of survival- a 2–1 defeat at Piacenza in the final round sealed their fate. With Castagner back in charge, Perugia won a play-off with Torino to secure a return to the top flight.
The next six seasons saw Perugia hold their own in Serie A with an array of home-grown and foreign stars passing through the ranks, most notably Hidetoshi Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata
, is a retired Japanese football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation.Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S...
and Milan Rapaić
Milan Rapaic
Milan "Miki" Rapaić was a Croatian football midfielder who last played for HNK Trogir after his contract with Standard Liège ended in July 2007....
.
Perugia Calcio
After a takeover, in 2009 Perugia Calcio property passed to Perugian entrepreuner and former Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
owner and chairman Leonardo Covarelli. On 21 May 2010 the Court of Perugia declared the bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
of Perugia Calcio srl. Nobody decided to take over the society at the subsequent auction and on 30 June 2010 the club was unable to join the Italian 3rd level championship 2010–2011.
The Italian Football Federation decided on 8 July 2010 to revoke the affiliation of the bankrupt Perugia Calcio Srl.
A.S.D. Perugia Calcio
During the summer break 2010, this new club with the same denomination and inheiriting the old side history, was entered into the Serie DSerie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
Girone E.
On April 10 2011, Perugia became the first team of the season to get promoted from Serie D to the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2011–12
2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
The 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season will be the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro....
, after a 3–2 home victory against Castel Rigone
A.S. Castel Rigone
Associazione Sportiva Castel Rigone is an Italian association football club, based in Castel Rigone, a frazione of Passignano sul Trasimeno, Umbria. The club was founded in 1998. Castel Rigone currently plays in Serie D. The team's colors are white and blue.-External links:*...
. They eventually won the Girone E.
The club also won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia Serie D
Coppa Italia Serie D
Coppa Italia Serie D is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie D in Italian football. All games, including the final, are on a home/away basis...
, beating Turris
F.C. Turris 1944 A.S.D.
Football Club Turris 1944 Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica is an Italian association football club located in Torre del Greco, Campania. The club currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are red, with white lightning bolts on the front.-History:...
1–0 in the final.
A.C. Perugia Calcio
In summer 2011 the club was renamed Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio, thus becoming a professional company, to play in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2011–122011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
The 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season will be the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro....
.
Current squad
As of 5 November 2011Notable former players
- See also :Category:Perugia Calcio players
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Paulo da Silva Al-Saadi Gaddafi
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Honours
Serie ASerie ASerie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
:- Runners-up: 1978–79Serie A 1978-79The 1978/1979 Serie A season was won by A.C. Milan.-Final classification:-Results:-References and sources:*Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005-External links:...
UEFA Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
:- Winner: 2003
Coppa Italia Serie DCoppa Italia Serie DCoppa Italia Serie D is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie D in Italian football. All games, including the final, are on a home/away basis...
:- Winner: 2010-11
Trivia
Luciano GaucciLuciano GaucciLuciano Gaucci is an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of various clubs:* Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria.* Viterbese Calcio, a football club based in Viterbo, Lazio.* S.S...
(1991 till 2004 chairman) tried also to hire two female footballers, forwards Hanna LjungbergHanna LjungbergHanna Carolina Ljungberg is a Swedish football player, playing the position of forward. She plays for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on February 6, 1996 where Sweden won 8-0 against Spain.She is not related to Swedish male...
and Birgit PrinzBirgit PrinzBirgit Prinz is a former German female professional association football player. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. Prinz is one of the game's most prolific strikers and the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals . She has been named FIFA...
, while he succeeded in getting LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
n leader Muammar GaddafiMuammar GaddafiMuammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
's son, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, in the squad.
External links
- Runners-up: 1978–79