Vicenza

Vicenza is a football (soccer) club from Italy.

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Vicenza Calcio is an Italy football (soccer) club based in Vicenza, Veneto. Vicenza was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 60's and a large part of the 90's in Serie A. The team's colors are red and white.

History

Vicenza took place for the first time in the Italian Championship in 1911, reaching the finals for the title, but they were defeated by Pro Vercelli, one of the best Italian team in that period. During the 20s and the 30s, Vicenza played in lower divisions, reaching Serie A for the first time in 1942. In the last round of Serie A 1942-43, a 6-2 win versus Juventus, in Turin, meant a final relegation escape.

In 1947, Vicenza finished fifth in Serie A, but the following year was relegated. The early 1950s were quite troublesome, due to economic problems, but in 1953 it was bought by Lanerossi, a woolen firm from Schio, with the side being renamed Lanerossi Vicenza.

Between 1955 and 1975 Vicenza never left the top level, always putting a hard fight against more established clubs. In this period the side was also known as Nobile Provinciale (Noble Provincial). In 1964 and 1966 it finished 6th, with the Brazilian Luis Vinicio finishing league's top-scorer in Serie A 1963-64, with 25 goals.

In 1975 it was relegated but, after winning the 1976-77 second division, would eventually finish runner-up in Serie A 1977-78, as a young Paolo Rossi led the scoring charts, at 24 goals. In that year the side was nicknamed Real Vicenza. Club chairman Giuseppe Farina had just bought the striker from Juventus for a then record fee of 2,6 bilion lire, but Vicenza would eventually drop two levels in just three seasons.

In the mid-1980s, Roberto Baggio started his career at the club, leading it to a Serie B. In 1986 Vicenza achieved a top flight promotion that was subsequently denied due to its involvement in the Totonero 1986 match-fixing scandal. Vicenza was soon relegated back to Serie C1.

In 1990 Vicenza took back its current name and was promoted to Serie B in 1993, thanks to coach Renzo Ulivieri. His successor, Francesco Guidolin, took Vicenza back to Serie A in 1995, and led it through successive positive seasons: after finishing ninth in the league, Vicenza won the Coppa Italia 1996-97 after a 3-1 aggregate win over S.S.C. Napoli, eventually reaching UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98, being defeated by Chelsea F.C.

In 1999 Vicenza was relegated to Serie B and, after a return to the Serie A 2000-01, were relegated to the third division in 2005, after losing the relegation playoffs against U.S. Triestina Calcio, only being readmitted to Serie B after Genoa C.F.C and Perugia Calcio were relegated by the Italian Football Federation.

As of 2009-01-27

Notable players

- Massimo Ambrosini
- Roberto Baggio
- Benito Carbone
- Joachim Björklund
- Francesco Coco
- Ousmane Dabo
- Domenico Di Carlo
- Mohamed Kallon
- Marcelo Otero
- Alessandro Pistone
- Paolo Rossi
- Luca Toni
- Luis Vinicio
- Romeo Menti
- Lamberto Zauli
- Massimo Margiotta
, José Da Silva, Jedaias Capucho Neves, Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos, Américo Murolo, Bruno Siciliano, Angelo Benedicto Sormani, Luís Vinício
- 5 : Nicolas Martin Gorobsov, Gerardo Grighini, Francisco Lojacono, Santiago Vernazza, Walter Zunino
- 5 : Egri Erbstein, István Horwart, Otto Krappan, Ferenc Molnár (calciatore), Wilmas Wilhelm
- 5 : Ricardo Canals, Héctor Demarco, Roberto Leopardi, Gustavo Méndez, Marcelo Otero
- 5 : Dražen Brnčić, Stjepan Tomas, Goran Tomić, Dalibor Višković, Saša Bjelanović
- 3 : Antoine Bonifaci, Ousmane Dabo, Julien Rantier
- 3 : Ricardo Esteves, Vasco Faísca, Jorge Humberto Raggi
- 3 : Vlada Avramov, Dražen Bolić, Almir Gegić
- 2 : Anthony Marchi, Meachan
- 2 : Jan Aronsson, Joachim Björklund
- 1 : Paul Okon
- 1 : Marco Ingrao
- 1 : Pierre Wome
- 1 : Marc Nygaard
- 1 : Sadicki Abubakari
- 1 : Evangelos Nastos
- 1 : Bora Kostić
- 1 : Oussama Essabr
- 1 : Ivan Fatić
- 1 : Piet Kruiver
- 1 : Julio Valentín González
- 1 : Norberto Höfling
- 1 : Claudio Maiani
- 1 : Mohamed Kallon
- 1 : Luis Helguera
- 1 : Patrick Bettoni
- 1 : Mohamed Kader
- 1 : Ilyas Zeytulaev
- 1 : Armando Frigo
- 1 : José Guzmán Rocchi

Notable managers

- Fulvio Bernardini: 1951-53
- Béla Guttmann: 1955-56
- Renzo Ulivieri: 1979-80, 1991-94
- Tarcisio Burgnich: 1986-87
- Francesco Guidolin: 1994-98

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