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Reggina
Full name	Reggina Calcio SpA
Nickname(s)	Amaranto (Dark-reds)
Founded	1914 (U.S. Reggio Calabria); 1986 (Reggina Calcio)
Ground	Stadio Oreste Granillo,; Reggio Calabria, Italy; (Capacity: 27,763)
Chairman	Pasquale Foti
Manager	Ivo Iaconi
League	Serie B
2008-09	Serie A, 19th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

Not to be confused with A.C. Reggiana 1919, a Serie C2 team based in Reggio Emilia.

Reggina Calcio are the main football club of the Italian city of Reggio Calabria, Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are nicknamed amaranto (dark-reds) after their official colour.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 11 January 1914 as Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria, and changed name many times (Società Calcistica Reggio, Reggio Foot Ball Club, Associazione Sportiva Reggina, Società Sportiva La Dominante), finally assuming their current denomination in 1986.

In recent years, Reggina have been alternating between the top two levels of the Italian league. They reached the Italian top division Serie A for the first time in 1999. Two years later, they lost a relegation playoff against Verona, being consequently relegated to Serie B. Reggina finished third in Serie B in 2002, earning a return to Serie A. In 2003, Reggina survived a relegation playoff against Atalanta.

They were indicted in 2006 for sporting fraud as part of the second wave of Serie A scandal investigations. Originally punished with a 15-point deduction for the Serie A 2006-07,^[1] then reduced to 11 points following appeal.^[2] Despite the heavy deduction of points, Reggina managed to save from relegation, defeating fresh UEFA Champions League winners Milan on the final matchday and ending the season with 40 points (including the deduction), just one single point above the third relegation spot, occupied by Chievo. They however poorly started their 2007–08 campaign, causing head coach Massimo Ficcadenti to be sacked and replaced by Renzo Ulivieri.^[3] A third managerial change, with Ulivieri fired and replacing with team scout Nevio Orlandi, proved to be successful as Reggina improved their results and performances, escaping relegation with key wins at Catania, and home to Empoli. Orlandi was subsequently confirmed at the helm of the amaranto for the 2008–09 season.

Reggina are fierce rivals with neighbours F.C. Messina Peloro, who are just a fifteen-minute ferry ride apart from each other. Twice every season they clash in the Derby dello Stretto (Strait of Messina Derby), which is currently on hiatus following Messina's relegation to Serie D for the 2008-09 season due to financial problems.

[edit] Current squad

As of September 01, 2009^[4]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mario Cassano (on loan from Piacenza)
2	DF	Daniel Adejo
3	DF	Andrea Costa
4	MF	Sergio Volpi (captain)
6	DF	Vincenzo Camilleri
7	MF	Biagio Pagano
9	FW	Emiliano Bonazzoli
10	FW	Daniele Cacia (on loan from Lecce)
14	MF	Carlos Carmona
16	DF	Carlos Adrián Valdez
17	MF	Antonino Barillà
20	FW	Alessio Viola
21	MF	Nicolas Viola

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Emmanuel Cascione
23	DF	Simone Rizzato
24	MF	Antonio Busce
25	MF	Piermario Morosini (on loan from Udinese)
26	GK	Pietro Marino
27	DF	Daniele Capelli
33	DF	Santos
44	GK	Adam Kovacsik
55	DF	Maurizio Lanzaro
70	MF	Simone Missiroli
91	MF	Giuseppi Rizzo
99	FW	Franco Brienza

[edit] Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Pablo Álvarez (at Wisła Kraków)
-	DF	Antonio Rizzo (at Ravenna)
-	DF	Kris Thackray (at Ancona)
79	MF	Emil Hallfreðsson (at Barnsley)
-	MF	José Montiel (at Tigre)
77	FW	Fabio Ceravolo (at Atalanta)
-	FW	Christian Stuani (at Albacete)
8	FW	Joelson (at Grosseto)

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Managerial history

Reggina have had many managers and trainers throughout the history of a club, in some seasons more than one manager was in charge. Here is an incomplete chronological list of them from 1928 onwards when the club became AS Reggina.

Name	Nationality	Years
Zanghi József Wereb		1928–1929
Attilio Buratti		1929–1932
Rudolf Plemich		1932–1933

[edit] References

^ "Reggina given Serie A reprieve". UEFA.com. August 17, 2006. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=446293.html. Retrieved 2006-08-18.
^ "Reggina match-fixing penalty reduced by four points". foxsports.com. December 12, 2006. http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6264372. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
^ "Reggina call on Ulivieri". Football Italia. 2007-11-01. http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov1m.html. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
^ "Rosa Stagione 09/10" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. http://www.regginacalcio.com/index.php?option=com_campionato&task=rosa&Itemid=2. Retrieved 2009-09-01.

[edit] External links

(Italian) (English) Official site

[0] "Reggina given Serie A reprieve". UEFA.com. August 17, 2006. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=446293.html. Retrieved 2006-08-18.

[1] "Reggina match-fixing penalty reduced by four points". foxsports.com. December 12, 2006. http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6264372. Retrieved 2006-12-12.

[ulivieri_reggina-2] "Reggina call on Ulivieri". Football Italia. 2007-11-01. http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov1m.html. Retrieved 2007-11-01.

[3] "Rosa Stagione 09/10" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. http://www.regginacalcio.com/index.php?option=com_campionato&task=rosa&Itemid=2. Retrieved 2009-09-01.

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