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Reggina is a football (soccer) club from Italy.
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Reggina Calcio are the main football (soccer) club of the Italy 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.
History
Reggina 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 1984.
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 Hellas Verona F.C., 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 B.C..
They were indicted in 2006 for sporting fraud as part of the second wave of 2006 Serie A scandal investigations. Originally punished with a 15-point deduction for the Serie A 2006-07, then reduced to 11 points following appeal. Despite the heavy deduction of points, Reggina managed to save from relegation, defeating fresh UEFA Champions League winners A.C. 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 A.C. ChievoVerona. They however poorly started their Serie A 2007-08, causing head coach Massimo Ficcadenti to be sacked and replaced by Renzo Ulivieri. 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.
As of July 27, 2009
Notable former players
- Nicola Amoruso
- Rolando Bianchi
- Emiliano Bonazzoli
- Benito Carbone
- Aimo Stefano Diana
- David Di Michele
- Davide Dionigi
- Martin Jiránek
- Mohamed Kallon
- Giandomenico Mesto
- Mozart Santos Batista Júnior
- Shunsuke Nakamura
- Carlos Humberto Paredes
- Edgar Barreto
- Simone Perrotta
- Andrea Pirlo
- Massimo Taibi
- Jorge Francisco Vargas
- Damian Ariel Álvarez
- Pasquale Foggia
- Marco Caneira
- Cristiano Zanetti
- Bernardo Corradi
- Roberto Baronio
- Ivan Pelizzoli
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 Reggina became
AS Reggina.
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