(People from Seville), Nervionenses (People from Nervion, the district in Seville
where the club is based), Palanganas (Washbowls - Probably because their old stadium, 'Estadio de Nervión' resembled a washbowl in shape or because the white washbasins of the old stadium had a red band decoration, resembling thus the club colous).
HISTORY:Founded in 1890 by the children of old British immigrants, it is the oldest Spanish football organisation. However it was officially registered on the 14 October 1905 as 'Sevilla Fútbol Club'. In 1941 it was forced by law to change its name to 'Sevilla Club de Fútbol', however in 1973 the club returned to its old name again.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Spanish Champions, 1 - 1946.Copa del Rey, 5 - 1935, 1939, 1948, 2007, 2010.Supercopa de Espana, 1 - 2007.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: UEFA (Europa) Cup, 7 - 2005/06, 2006/07, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2019/20, 2022/23. UEFA Super Cup, 1 - 2006. UEFA-CONMEBOL Club Challenge, 1 - 2023.
FULL NAME: Fratellanza Sportiva Sestrese Calcio 1919
(The name 'Sestrese' is derived from 'Sestri Ponente', the area in Genova
where the club was founded).
NICKNAMES: Verdestellati (Club Colours - Green-stared, green shirt with a large white star).
HISTORY:Founded on the 4 September 1919 as 'Fratellanza Sportiva San Giovanni Battista', but a month later the name was changed to 'Fratellanza Sportiva Sestrese'. In 1937 the club was forced to change its name to honour a fascist leader, 'Polisportiva "Manlio Cavagnaro', instead of merging with 'Associazione Calcio Sampierdarenese' (founded in 1891), 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Corniglianese 1919' (founded in 1919) and 'Unione Sportiva Rivarolese' (founded in 1919) to recreate the 'Associazione Calcio Liguria'. At the end of WW II, in 1945, the club was re-founded with its old name 'Fratellanza Sportiva Sestrese'. In 1959 it merged with 'Associazione Calcio Andrea Doria 1955' (established in 1955) to create 'SestreseDoria', but two years later the club was disbanded and the 'Fratellanza Sportiva Sestrese' was re-founded as 'Fratellanza Sportiva Sestrese 1919'. In 2001 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately re-founded as 'Fratellanza Sportiva Sestrese Calcio 1919' as it is today.
HONOURS: Nil.
FULL NAME: Società Ginnastica Comunale Sampierdarenese
(The name Sampierdarenese comes from the name of the Genova district in
which it was founded, Sampierdarena).
HISTORY: Founded on the 6 June 1891 by members of the 'Associazione Studentesca Gymnasium' (established in 1878) and the workers of the 'Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso Universale' (established in 1851), it created its football section on the 19 March 1899. After WW I, in 1919, the club absorbed the players of the bankrupt club 'Associazione Calcio Liguria' (founded in 1914) and changed its name to 'Associazione Calcio Sampierdarenese'. On the insistence of the Fascist leaders of Genova who wanted to create a strong club from Genova, on the 27 July 1927, it merged with the 'Società Ginnastica Andrea Doria' (founded in 1895) to create the 'Associazione Calcio La Dominante'. In 1930 'La Dominante' took over the 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Corniglianese 1919' (founded in 1919) to recreate the 'Associazione Calcio Liguria'. But a year later 'Liguria' was disbanded again by the Fascist leaders of Genova as a failed project and the three original clubs (Andrea Doria, Sampierdarenese and Corniglianese) were again re-founded, each club going its separate way, with 'Sampierdarenese' being re-founded as it was in pre-1927. However in 1937, the club was again forced by the Genova Fascist leaders to merge again with the club 'Corniglianese' and 'Unione Sportiva Rivarolese' (founded in 1919) to recreate yet again the 'Associazione Calcio Liguria'. After World War II, in 1945, the Italian Football Federation declared null all mergers imposed by the previous Fascist Governments and thus 'Sampierdarenese' was re-founed yet again. However, on the 12 August 1946, dire financial problems forced the club to merge once again with the 'Andrea Doria' to create the 'Unione Calcio Sampdoria', a club that still exists today. The 'Società Ginnastica Comunale Sampierdarenese' however continued until today practicing the sports of Gymnastics and Swimming.
HONOURS: Nil.
FULL NAME: Unione Calcio Sampdoria (The name Sampdoria is
composed from the names of the two clubs that merged to found Sampdoria:
Samp from Sampierdarenese and Doria from Andra Doria').
NICKNAMES: Blucerchiati (Club Colours - The Blue-Circled, in view of the white bend with two thinner red and black bands that circles horizontally around the blue shirt in the middle of the chest), Il Doria (The last part of the name), La Samp (The first part of the name).
HISTORY:Founded on the 12 August 1946 with the current name 'Unione Calcio Sampdoria' with the merger of the 'Società Ginnastica Andrea Doria' (founded in 1895) and the 'Associazione Calcio Sampierdarenese' (founded in 1891).
NATIONAL HONOURS:Italian Champions, 1 - 1990/91.Coppa Italia, 4 - 1984/85, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1993/94.Italian Super Cup, 1 - 1991. Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1975.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:UEFA Cup Winners Cup, 1 - 1990.UEFA Intertoto Cup, 1 - 2007. Coppa delle Alpi, 1 - 1988.
She Wolf), Lupi (Club Mascot - Wolfs), Lupetti (Club Mascot - Young Wolves),
Capitolini (The people of the Capital City - Rome is the Capital City of Italy), Magica
(The Magic One).
HISTORY:Founded on the 7 June 1927 at 16 Via Forli, as 'Associazione Sportiva Roma', the name still used today, through the merger of three clubs - 'Unione Sportiva Alba Audace' (established in 1907), 'Foot Ball Club di Roma - Roman' (established in 1901) and 'Società Fascista Fortitudo Pro Roma' (established in 1908).
NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 3 - 1941/42, 1982/83, 2000/01. Coppa Italia, 9 - 1963/64, 1968/69, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1990/91, 2006/07, 2007/08. Italian Super Cup, 2 - 2001, 2007.
Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1974.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:UEFA (Europa) Cup, 1 - 1961. UEFA Europa Conference League, 1 - 2022. Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 - 1972.
FORZA
AZZURRI
STATISTICS
www.forza-azzurri.info
A web site by PIERRE BONELLO
Profile lists of all the Clubs starting with the letters R and Se that gave players to the Italian National team
PROFILES R-Se
Clubs:
REAL MADRID
CITY: Madrid
(Spain)
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 41 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 1
CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 26
SCORERS
1 CANNAVARO Fabio
CAPTAINS
26 CANNAVARO Fabio
Christian PANUCCI
First player in Azzurro
REGGIANA
FULL NAME: Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919
NICKNAMES:Granata (Club Colours - Maroons), La Regia (The
name of the club in local dialect), I Leoni (The Lions - Due to the fierceness
of their supporters), Teste Quadre (Square Heads - The name of the main Reggiana Ultras supporters group, it is derived from a famous ancient Poem about the people of Reggio Emilia).
HISTORY:Founded on the 25 September 1919 as 'Associazione Calcio Reggiana' from the merger of 'Reggio Foot-Ball & Cricket Club' (founded in 1912) and 'Audace Reggio'. In 2005 it was declared bankrupt but was immedietly refounded as 'Reggio Emilia Football Club', but the name was soon changed to 'Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919'. In 2018 the club went bankrupt again and was refounded as 'Reggio Audace Football Club', but in 2020 the name was changed to the current one, the old 'Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919'.
No Sampierdarenese player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
PLAYERS
26 CANNAVARO Fabio - D, 2006
13 PANUCCI Christian - D, 1997
2 CASSANO Antonio - A, 2006
SCORERS
No Reggiana player ever scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Reggiana player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
Bruno VENTURINI
Most games in Azzurro
Felice ROMANO
Only player in Azzurro
SAMPDORIA
CITY: Genova
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 49 GAMES: 345 SCORERS: 15 GOALS: 41
CAPTAINS: 2 CAPTAINED GAMES: 2
SCORERS
14 VIALLI Gianluca
4 MANCINI Roberto
4 QUAGLIARELLA Fabio
3 LOMBARDO Attilio
2 CASSANO Antonio
2 CHIESA Enrico
2 EDER Citadin M.
2 FIRMANI Edwing
2 VIERCHOWOD Pietro
1 BARISON Paolo
1 BRIGHENTI Sergio
1 DIANA Aimo Stefano
1 OKAKA Stefano
1 PAZZINI Giampaolo
1 POLI Andrea
CAPTAINS
1 BRIGHENTI Sergio
1 VIALLI Gianluca
UNUSED CALL-UPS
AUDERO Emilio - G
CAPRARI Gianluca - A
CORINI Eugenio - M
FERRARI Gian Marco - D
FLACHI Francesco - A
LUCCHINI Stefano - D
MURRU Nicola - D
PARI Fausto - M
TONELLI Lorenzo - D
Giuseppe BALDINI
First player in Azzurro
PLAYERS
56 VIALLI Gianluca - A, 1985(d)
43 VIERCHOWOD Pietro - D, 1983
36 MANCINI Roberto - A, 1984(d)
23 PAGLIUCA Gianluca - G, 1991(d)
22 PALOMBO Angelo - M, 2006(d)
15 LOMBARDO Attilio - M, 1990(d)
14 PAZZINI Giampaolo - A, 2009(d)
12 DIANA Aimo Stefano - M, 2004(d)
10 CASSANO Antonio - A, 2008
10 MANNINI Moreno - D, 1992(d)
9 EVANI Alberico - M, 1994
8 BORDON Ivano - G, 1983
8 EDER Citadin M. - A, 2015(d)(o)
8 SORIANO Roberto - M, 2014(d)
6 BERNASCONI Gaudenzio - M, 1956(d)
6 MORO Giuseppe - G, 1951
6 QUAGLIARELLA Fabio - A, 2007(d)
5 DE SILVESTRI Lorenzo - D, 2013
4 BRIGHENTI Sergio - A, 1960
3 BAZZANI Fabio - A, 2003(d)
3 CHIESA Enrico - A, 1996(d)
3 FIRMANI Edwing - A, 1956(d)(o)
3 GABBIADINI Manolo - A, 2014
3 POLI Andrea - M, 2012(d)
2 BERGAMASCHI Mario - M, 1958
2 FUSI Luca - M, 1988(d)
2 MORA Bruno - M, 1959(d)
2 VOLPI Sergio - M, 2004(d)
1 AGNOLETTO Marcello - M, 1956(d)
1 BALDINI Giuseppe - A, 1949(d)
1 BARISON Paolo - M, 1965
1 BETTARINI Stefano - D, 2004(d)
1 BONAZZOLI Emiliano - A, 2006(d)
1 DELVECCHIO Gennaro - M, 2006(d)
1 FALCONE Giulio - D, 2006(d)
1 FARINA Giuseppe - D, 1956(d)
1. GASTALDELLO Daniele - D, 2011(d)
1 GEI Renato - A, 1951(d)
1 LANNA Marco - D, 1992(d)
1 LUCENTINI Arnaldo - M, 1951(d)
1 MARI Giacomo - M, 1954
1 MONTELLA Vincenzo - A, 1999(d)
1 OKAKA Stefano - A, 2014(d)
1 RANOCCHIA Andrea - D, 2016
1 SARTI Benito - D, 1958(d)
1 SENSI Stefano - M, 2022
1 TERLIZZI Christian - D, 2006(d)
1 TORTUL Mario - M, 1956(d)
1 ZENONI Cristian - D, 2006
Edwing FIRMANI
First goal in Azzurro
Gianluca VIALLI
Most games in Azzurro
Most goals in Azzurro
Sergio BRIGHENTI
First captain in Azzurro
Gianluca PAGLIUCA
Pietro VIERCHOWOD
Roberto MANCINI
SARONNO
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
1 MARCORA Attilio - M, 1921(d)
Attilio MARCORA
Only player in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Saronno player ever scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Saronno player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
SAVONA
FULL NAME: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Savona
Calcio
NICKNAMES:Biancoblu (Club Colours - White Blues), Striscioni
(Stripes - due to their stripped shirt), Siderurgici (The Steelmakers - Savona was famous for its steel making industry).
HISTORY:Founded in 1907 as the 'Play Section' of the 'Fratellanza Ginnastica Savonese' (founded in 1883) that included football. In 1914 the section went independent and took the name 'Savona Foot Ball Club'. In 1927, on the orders of the Fascist government, it incorporated the club 'Speranza Foot Ball Club' (founded in 1912) to become 'Associazione Calcio Savona'. During WW II the club stopped its activities but at the end of the war, in 1945, the club was re-founded with the old name 'Savona Foot Ball Club'. In 1987 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately re-founded as 'Savona 1907 Foot-Ball Club' which eventually changed to 'Savona Calcio'. However in 2006 the club was again declared bankrupt but was again re-founded with the old name 'Savona 1907 Foot-Ball Club'. The same happened six years later in 2012 when the club went bankrupt yet again, but this time the name was changed to the original old name 'Savona Foot-Ball Club'. In 2016 the name was changed to 'Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Savona Foot Ball Club', but in 2020 the club was again in financial difficulties and thus it was re-founded as 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Savona Calcio', the current name.
HONOURS: Nil.
CITY: Savona
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
1 ROGGERO Rinaldo - M, 1920(d)
Rinaldo ROGGERO
Only player in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Savona player ever scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Savona player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
SESTRESE
CITY: Genova
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
1 COSTA Giovanni - G, 1924(d)
SCORERS
No Sestrese player ever scored in Azzurro
Giovanni COSTA
Only player in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Sestrese player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
GIANI Mario - G
CAPTAINS
No Reggina player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BARONIO Roberto - M
CORTINOVIS Alessandro - M
FABBIAN Giovanni - M
PIEROZZI Niccolo - D
TURATI Stefano - G
Francesco TOTTI
Raffaele COSTANTINO
First goal in Azzurro
Luigi ALLEMANDI
Most captain in Azzurro
Fulvio BERNARDINI
First captain in Azzurro
Bruno CONTI
Giuseppe GIANNINI
Damiano TOMMASI
Christian PANUCCI
Enrico GUAITA
Marco DELVECCHIO
Egisto PANDOLFINI
Daniele
DE ROSSI
Most games in Azzurro
Most goals in Azzurro
Alberto ORLANDO
Attilio LOMBARDO
Aimo Stefano DIANA
Moreno MANNINI
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Roberto BARONIO
AZZURRO RECORDS: Real Madrid was the first foreign club to have an Azzurro Captain. Fabio CANNAVARO was the first Azzurro Captain to lead the Italian National Team from a foreign club and the most Azzurro player to lead the Italian National team as Captain from a Foreign Club (26 Captained Games).
Antonio
CASSANO
Guido
MASETTI
Eraldo
MONZAGLIO
Pietro
SERANTONI
Vincenzo
MONTELLA
Paolo
CONTI
Simone
PERROTTA
Romeo
BENETTI
Roberto
PRUZZO
Renato
CATTANEO
Max
TONETTO
Amadeo
CARBONI
Bruno
DUGONI
Francesco
ROCCA
Luigi
DI BIAGIO
Eusebio
DI FRANCESCO
Carlo
ANCELOTTI
AZZURRO RECORDS: Two Sampdoria players formed part of the Italian National Squad when the Azzurri finished second in the 1994 World Cup: Alberico EVANI and Gianluca PAGLIUCA. Sampdoria is the Joint-Second club with most Italian Third Place players - 4: Roberto MANCINI, Gianluca PAGLIUCA, Gianluca VIALLI and Pietro VIERCHOWOD formed part of the 1990 Azzurri World Cup Squad that finished third. Three Sampdoria players formed part of the Italian Squad when the Azzurri finished fourth in the 1988 European Nations Championship: Luca FUSI, Roberto MANCINI and
Gianluca VIALLI. Gianluca PAGLIUCA was the first Goalkeeper in World Cup history to be shown a Red Card in a World Cup match whilst Edwing FIRMANI was the only Italo-South African / English Oriundo to play in Azzurro. Giampaolo PAZZINI is the Azzurro player who received the earliest Red Card, after only 3 minutes and Fabio QUAGLIARELLA scored Azzurro goal number 1400.
Ivano
BORDON
Luca
FUSI
Alberigo
EVANI
Angelo
PALOMBO
Giampaolo
PAZZINI
Antonio
CASSANO
AZZURRO RECORDS:Bruno VENTURINI won the Olympic Gold Medal when the Italian National Team won the 1936 Olympics Football Tournament.
SALERNITANA
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
1 MAZZOCCHI Pasquale - D, 2022(d)
SCORERS
No Salernitana player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Salernitana player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
LOVATO Matteo - D
PIROLA Lorenzo - D
RUGGERI Matteo - D
ZORTEA Nadir - D
Fabio CANNAVARO
Most Games in Azzurro
Only Scorer in Azzurro
Only Captain in Azzurro
SEVILLA
CITY: Seville
(Spain)
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Sevilla player ever
played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Sevilla player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Sevilla player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
CIGARINI Luca - M
DE SANCTIS Morgan - G
IMMOBILE Ciro - A
Morgan
DE SANCTIS
Luca
CIGARINI
Francesco
ANTONIOLI
Aldo
DONATI
AZZURRO RECORDS: Sestrese is one of only four clubs who gave players to the Italian National team only from the Serie B and it is the club who gave the first player in Azzurro from the Serie B. In fact Giovanni COSTA was the first player to play in Azzurro from the Serie B. He is one of only seven players to play in Azzurro only from the Serie B, being also the first one to do so. Mario GIANI (sometimes called also Gianni or Giani FERRERO) never played with the Italian National team but formed part of the Azzurri Squad that placed first and won the Gold Medal of the 1936 Olympics Football Tournament.
RUBIN KAZAN
CITY: Kazan
(Russia)
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Rubin Kazan player ever
played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Rubin Kazan player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Rubin Kazan player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BOCCHETTI Salvatore - D
Salvatore
BOCCHETTI
Fabio
BORINI
Alessandro
FLORENZI
Franco
TANCREDI
SASSUOLO
CITY: Sassuolo
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 14 GAMES: 85 SCORERS: 8 GOALS: 19
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
28 BERARDI Domenico - A, 2018(d)
15 LOCATELLI Manuel - M, 2020(d)
13 RASPADORI Giacomo -A, 2021(d)
7 SCAMACCA Gianluca - A, 2021(d)
6 FRATTESI Davide - M, 2022(d)
5 ZAZA Simone - A, 2014(d)
2 ACERBI Francesco - D, 2014(d)
2 CAPUTO Francesco - A, 2020(d)
2 SENSI Stefano - M, 2018(d)
1 FERRARI Gian Marco - D, 2021(d)
1 PELLEGRINI Lorenzo - M, 2017(d)
1 PINAMONTI Andrea - A, 2022(d)
1 POLITANO Matteo - M, 2018(d)
1 SANSONE Nicola - A, 2015(d)
Francesco
CAPUTO
SCORERS
8 BERARDI Domenico
3 LOCATELLI Manuel
3 RASPADORI Giacomo
1 CAPUTO Francesco
1 FERRARI Gian Marco
1 FRATTESI Davide
1 SENSI Stefano
1 ZAZA Simone
CAPTAINS
No Sassuolo player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
ADJAPONG Claud - D
D'ANDREA Luca - M
DALL'ORCO Cristian - D
MARRONE Luca - M
Simone
ZAZA
First player in Azzurro
First Scorer in Azzurro
Roberto
SORIANO
Enrico
CHIESA
Fabio
QUAGLIARELLA
Manuel
LOCATELLI
Ciro
IMMOBILE
LEGEND OF LISTS: Number of Games / Goals / Captained Games, Surname, Name, Position, Year of first game in Azzurro from the Club.
POSITIONS: G - Goalkeeper, D - Defender, M - Midfielder, A - Attacker.
ABBREVIATIONS: (d) - Debut - Played his first game in Azzurro in that year and with that club.
(o) - Oriundo
UNUSED CALL-UPS: Statistics covered only from Azzurro Game 299 (25 September 1971) till TODAY. It includes also the Squads for the World Cups: 1970, 1966, 1962, 1954, 1950, 1938, 1934; European Nations Cup: 1968; Olympic Games Football Tournaments: 1952, 1948, 1936, 1928, 1924, 1920, 1912.
The Players displayed for each club are not necessary the best or most memorable players from the club, but statistically they are the main players. Displayed are mainly, the first players to play in Azzurro, score in Azzurro and Captain the Azzurri from the club and the players who played the most in Azzurro, scored the most in Azzurro and Captained the most the Azzurri from the Club. Where space permitted other significant statistical players from the club were displayed.
REAL BETIS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
CAPTAINS
No Real Betis player ever
led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
LUIZ FELIPE Ramos - D(o)
LUIZ FELIPE
Ramos
PLAYERS
No Real Betis player
ever played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Real Betis player
ever scored in Azzurro
CITY: Seville
(Spain)
FULL NAME:Real Betis Balompié ('Betis' comes from Baetis, the
Roman name for the Roman Province and the Guadalquivir River which runs
through Seville. 'Real', meaning 'Royal' was added after King Alfonso XIII
granted the club patronage in 1914. 'Balompié' translates literally as 'football' in Spanish, as opposed to the most commonly adopted anglicised version 'fútbol').
NICKNAMES: Los Verdiblancos (Club Colours - The Green-and-Whites), Verdes (Club Colours - The Greens), Béticos (The people from Baetis - 'Beticos' comes from Baetis / Betis).
Heliopolitanos (The people from the city of the sun - 'Heliopolis' means ´city of the sun´ in Greek. Between 1939 and 1961 the stadium of the club was known as the Heliopolis Stadium), El Glorioso (The Glorious - in view of the club's glorious past successes).
HISTORY:The club was established in September 1907 by military and medical students from the local Polytechnic Academy in calle Cervantes, but officially recognised as 'Sevilla Balompié' in 1909. Following an internal split from 'Sevilla Futbol Club' (founded in 1890), another club was formed, 'Betis Football Club' which received immediately the royal patronage from King Alfonso XIII and thus the inclusion of the word 'Real' in the name of the club and the crown on the coat-of-arms. In 1914 the 'Sevilla Balompié' merged with 'Real Betis Football Club' under the name 'Real Betis Balompié'. As a result of the Spanish Civil War (1931 - 1939) the royal patronage was removed and thus the name was changed to 'Betis Balompié'. At the end of the Civil War the royal patronage was restored and the name was reverted to the current one.
NATIONAL HONOURS: Spanish Champions, 1 - 1934/35. Copa del Rey, 3 - 1976/77, 2004/05, 1921/22.
AZZURRO RECORDS:Felice ROMANO is the only Non-Oriundo Azzurro to play with two different National teams when he played one game (and scored one goal) for France in 1913.
FULL NAME:Reggina 1914.
NICKNAMES: Amaranto (Club colours - Amaranths, the Deep Red
of the flower of the Amaranth plant), Reggini (Plural of Reggina - The
people of Reggina).
HISTORY:Founded on the 11 January 1914 as 'Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria' by a group of seventy-one civil servants employees. In the first twenty years of existence the name of the club was changed three times to 'Reggio Foot Ball Club' in 1922, 'Unione Sportiva Reggina' in 1928 in view of the Fascist law that prohibited the use of non-Italian words in titles, and 'Associazione Sportiva Reggina' in 1934. However, in 1935 the club was declared bankrupt but was re-founded immediately as 'Societa Sportiva La Dominante'. But in 1940 the club was disbanded again, not only because of WW II and but also due to financial problems. In 1944, at the end of the war the club we re-founded and returned again to the old name 'Associazione Sportiva Reggina'. In 1986 the name was changed to 'Reggina Calcio', but in 2015 the club was disbanded due to financial problems and re-founded as 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Reggio Calabria'. A year later the name was changed twice, first to 'Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Reggio Calabria' and than to 'Urbs Reggina 1914', until 2019 when the current name was adapted.
HONOURS: Nil.
Stefano
TURATI
Bryan
CRISTANTE
Leonardo
SPINAZZOLA
AZZURRO RECORDS: Roma is the fourth club with most World Champion players (16) and fourth club with most players who played and won a World Cup Final (11). It is also the third club with most Italian players who played and won the World Cup final (7) and the third club with most Italian World Champions - 11: 1934 - Attilio FERRARIS, Enrique GUAITA, Guido MASETTI; 1938 - Guido MASETTI, Eraldo MONZEGLIO, Pietro SERANTONI, Aldo DONATI who never played with the Italian National team although he formed part of the Azzurri Squad; 1982 - Bruno CONTI; 2006 - Daniele DE ROSSI, Simone PERROTTA,
Francesco TOTTI. One Roma player formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished third in the 1990 World Cup: Giuseppe GIANNINI; and another finished fourth with the Azzurri in the 1978 World Cup: Paolo CONTI. Two Roma players became European Champions with the Azzurri when they won the 2020 European Nations Championship: Bryan CRISTANTE, Leonardo SPINAZZOLA; whilst six others finished Runners-Up in 2000: Marco DELVECCHIO, Vincenzo MONTELLA,
Francesco TOTTI and Francesco ANTONIOLI who never played with the Italian National team although he formed part of the Azzurri Squad; Daniele DE ROSSI
and Fabio BORINI in 2012. Three others finished fourth: 1980 - Romeo BENETTI, Roberto PRUZZO; 1988 - Giuseppe GIANNINI. Daniele DE ROSSI
formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished third in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013. Attilio FERRARIS
won the 1928 Olympic Bronze Medal with the Azzurri when they finished third in the Football Tournament. Six Roma players won the Coppa Internazionale: 1930 - Attilio FERRARIS; 1935 - Luigi ALLEMANDI,
Renato CATTANEO, Raffaele COSTANTINO, Enrico GUAITA, Eraldo MONZEGLIO. Four others formed part of the Italian Squad when the Azzurri finished second in the 1932 Coppa Internazionale: Fulvio BERNARDINI, Raffaele COSTANTINO, Bruno DUGONI, Attilio FERRARIS. Five Roma players formed part of the Azzurro squads that finished third in the UEFA Nations League: 2020/21 - Lorenzo PELLEGRINI and Bryan CRISTANTE; 2022/23 - Lorenzo PELLEGRINI, Bryan CRISTANTE and
Leonardo SPINAZZOLA. Alberto ORLANDO is the player who scored most goals in his debut match in Azzurro - 4 goals and Marco DELVECCHIO scored Azzurro goal number 1100. Egisto PANDOLFINI is one of only twelve Italian players who scored in the first minute of an Azzurro match whilst Francesco TOTTI is the second Azzurro player to be disqualified through TV footage. At 32 years, 6 months and 15 days, Max TONETTO is the fifth oldest player to make his debut in Azzurro. Francesco ANTONIOLI is the joint fifth most Unused Call-Up Azzurro player who never played with the Italian National Team (7 Unused Call-ups). Luigi ALLEMANDI was the Azzurri Captain in two matches when the Azzurri won the 1935 Coppa Internazionale, whilst Fulvio BERNARDINI was the Azzurro Captain for one match in the 1932 Coppa Internazionale when they finished second. Guido MASETTI won the 1934 and 1938 World Cups although he never played a game in both tournaments. He is thus one of only four players (all Azzurri) to be the first to win two World Cups and consecutive ones, the only European players in World Cup history to achieve this.
Lorenzo
PELLEGRINI
FULL NAME: Futbol'nyj Klub Rubin Kazan' (Football Club
Rubin Kazan)
NICKNAMES: Krasno-Zelyonye (Club Colours - The Red-Greens),
Tatáry (Tatars - An Ethnic People that speaks Turkic language, Kazan is
the Capital City of the geographic area of the Tartars), Volzháne (People from the River Volga, Kazan is the largest city on the Volga River), Kamni (The Stones - The word Rubin means Ruby, a precious stone).
HISTORY:Originally founded in 1936 by the employees of the armament factory 'Gorbunov' as 'Dynamo' but after 1949 the name had to be changed regularly (two of which were 'Lenin District Team' and 'Krylia Sovetov') due to the secret function of the factory. The 20 April 1958 is regarded as the foundation date under the name 'Football Club Iskra Kazan', changed in 1964 to 'Football Club Rubin Kazan'. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the name was changed to 'Football Club Rubin-TAN Kazan' in 1992, but returned to the current name in 1994.
(Club Mascot - Sea Horses), Bersagliera (An energetic and decisive
woman, in this case team), Sua Maestà (Her Majesty - The fans' favorite name for the team).
HISTORY:Founded on the 19 June 1919 as 'Unione Sportiva Salernitana'. In 1922 the club merged with 'Sport Club Audax Salerno' (founded in 1913) to became 'Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax'. In 1926 the club was disbanded but was re-founded a year later as 'Unione Sportiva Fascista Salernitana' and was made up of the players of the 'Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax', 'Campania Foot-Ball Club' (founded in 1923) and 'Sport Club Libertas Salerno'. After WW II, in 1945, the club changed to the old name 'Unione Sportiva Salernitana'. In 1977 the club was reorganised and renamed 'Salernitana Sport'. In 2005 the club was disbanded due to Financial problems but was immediately re-founded as 'Salernitana Calcio 1919', however in 2011 the club was declared bankrupt again but again was re-founded as 'Salerno Calcio. In 2012 the club changed the name to the current one.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Stella d'Argento al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1994.
Stella di Bronzo al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1986.
Citadin M.
EDER
CITY: Saronno
FULL NAME: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Foot-Ball
FBC (First letters of 'Foot-Ball Club' as found on the coat-of-arms), Amaretti
(After the world famous local specialties - the biscuits Amaretti di Saronno and
the aromatic liquor Amaretto Disaronno).
HISTORY:Established in March 1910 as 'Circolo Sportivo Saronnese' mainly by students from the 'Collegio Arcivescovile Castelli' and iron workers, but in 1914 the name was changed to 'Saronno Foot-Ball Club'. Between 1935 and 1940 the club had to stop its activity as a large number of its players went to War in Ethiopia, thus in 1939 its place in the league was taken by the 'Giovani Calciatori Saronnesi' who absorbed the majority of their remaining players. However in 1940, the club was re-founded as 'Società Calcistica Saronno'. Duriung WW II, in 1943, the club stopped functioning again and another club, 'Unione Sportiva Velox Saronno Gerenzano' took its place and a lot of its former players. But at the end of the war, in 1945, the old club was again re-founded, under the old name 'Saronno Foot-Ball Club'. In 2000 the club was declared bankrupt, but was soon re-founded as 'Associazione Calcio Saronno Calcio' however it was soon inactive again between 2002 and 2003, when the club 'Associazione Sportiva Manera Calcio' took over all the rights and titles of the old club under the name 'Associazione Calcio Nuovo Saronno F.B.C.'. However in 2006, it merged with 'Saronno Calcio', a club recently founded from the merger between the 'Società Prealpi' and 'Societa Matteotti di Saronno', and took the name 'Associazione Sportiva F.B.C. Saronno 1910'. Four years later, in 2010 the club lost its rights and titles again, this time to the 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Gallaratese' (founded in 1909), and stopped again its activity. In 2015 the old club was re-founded yet again when the club 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Matteotti Saronno' took over a disfunctioned club 'SolbiaSommese' to establish the current club 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Foot-Ball Club Saronno 1910'. In 2021 the club merged again, this time with the 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Gorla Maggiore' but kept the current name.
HISTORY: Founded on the 17 July 1920 as 'Sassuolo Football Club'. In 1966 they merged with 'Sassuolo Sportiva' and changed the name to 'Sassuolo Sportiva Football Club'. in 1974 they merged with 'Associazione Calcio Sassolese' and changed the name to the current one - 'Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio'.
HONOURS: Nil.
Domenico
BERARDI
Most games in Azzurro
Most goals in Azzurro
AZZURRO RECORDS: Three Sassuolo players became European Champions when they formed part of the Azzurri squad that won the European Nations Championship of 2020: Domenico BERARDI, Manuel LOCATELLI and Giacomo RASPADORI. Three Sassuolo players formed part of the Azzurro squads that finished third in the UEFA Nations League: 2020/21 - Giacomo RASPADORI and Domenico BERARDI; 2022/23 - Davide FRATTESI. At 33 years, 2 months, 1 day, Francesco CAPUTO is the second oldest player to make his debut in Azzurro.
Giacomo
RASPADORI
Gianluca
SCAMACCA
Davide
FRATTESI
Mario
GIANI
Paolo
BARISON
Giancarlo
MANCINI
Carlo
GALLI
FULL NAME:Real Madrid Club de Futbol
NICKNAMES: Los Blancos (Club Colours - The Whites), Los
Merengues (The Meringues - A white Mediterranean type of dessert), Los
Vikingos (The Vikings - A seafaring Norse people from Scandinavia who dominated Europe between the 8th and the 11th centuries, likewise Real Madrid dominated Europe by winning a record 14 times the UEFA Champions Cup / League, five of which consecutive between 1955 and 1960 or due to the large number of German and Danish players that the club recruited in the 1970s), Los Galacticos (The Galactics - Due to the expensive world-famous football players the club recruited every year between 2000 and 2006).
HISTORY:Founded on the 6 March 1902 as 'Madrid Foot Ball Club' at the 'Al Capricho', the family business premises of the founding members Juan Padrós and Carlos Rubió, after the club 'Football-Sky' (founded in 1897) split into two different clubs. On the 29 June 1920 the name became 'Real Madrid' after they receiving the royal patronage of King Alfonso XIII and thus the inclusion of the word 'Real' in the name of the club and the crown on the coat-of-arms. As a result of the Spanish Civil War (1931 - 1939) the royal patronage was removed in 1931 and thus the name was changed back to 'Madrid Foot Ball Club'. At the end of the Civil War the royal patronage was restored and the name was reverted to the current one in 1941.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: FIFA Best Club of the 20th Century. UEFAChampions League, 15 - 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1965/66, 1997/98, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2021/22, 2023/24. Intercontinental Cup (FIFA Club World Championship), 9 - 1960, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024. UEFA (Europa) Cup, 2 - 1984/85, 1985/86. UEFA Super Cup, 6 - 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024. Copa Latina, 2 - 1955, 1957. Copa Iberoamericana, 1 - 1994. Coppa dell'Amicizia Italo-Spagnola, 1 - 1963.
Copa del Rey, 5 - 1935, 1939, 1948, 2007, 2010.
