Sharks), Pitagorici (After Pythagoras, the Greek Philosopher, Mathematician and
Scientist who lived in Crotone, at the time known as Kroton, at around 530 BC).
HISTORY:Founded on the 20 September 1910 as 'Società Sportiva Crotona', but in the 1920's they changed its name to 'Società Sportiva Milone', in 1928 to 'Società Sportiva Crotone' and in 1937 to 'Società Sportiva Fascista Crotone'. After World War II, in1945, the club was re-founded under the name 'Unione Sportiva Crotone'. In 1979 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately re-founded in the same year under the name 'Associazione Sportiva Crotone', which in turn changed to 'Associazione Kroton Calcio' in 1985, and to 'Kroton Calcio' in 1987. In 1991 the club was again declared bankrupt and its place was taken by another club from Crotone named 'Nuova Crotone Associazione Polisportiva Mini Juventus' that was founded in 1956. It changed its name in 1994 to 'Football Club Crotone Calcio' and again to the current one in 2001.
HONOURS: Nil
FULL NAME: Everton Football Club (Everton is the name
of a district in the city of Liverpool where the club is based)
NICKNAMES: Blues (Club Colours), Toffees (From one of two toffee
shops located in Everton district when the club was founded - Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House or Old Mother Nobletts Toffee Shop), Peoples' Club (Created by former coach David Moyes who was impressed when he saw the people on the streets of Liverpool playing football wearing the shirt of Everton), The School of Science (from the attractive style of play of the club in 1928 that led Steve Bloomer, the former England footballer, to observe “They always manage to serve up football of the highest scientific order”.
HISTORY: Founded in 1878 as St Domingo Football Club so that members of the congregation of St Domingo Methodist New Connexion Chapel in Everton could play sport all year round as cricket was only played in summer. In November 1879 the name was changed to the current one after the name of the local district, as people outside the congregation wished to participate in the club. In 1888 it was one of the founding members of the English Football League.
NATIONAL HONOURS:English Champions, 9 - 1890/91, 1914/15, 1927/28, 1931/32, 1938/39, 1962/63, 1969/70, 1984/85, 1986/87. FA Cup, 5 - 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995. FA Charity / Community Shield, 9 - 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: UEFA Cup Winners Cup, 1 - 1985.
FULL NAME: Crystal Palace Football Club (The name of the
club is derived from the building made of iron and glass known as 'The
Crystal Palace' originally erected in Hyde Park, London to house the
Great Exhibition of 1851. The first home ground of the club was build
on the site of this building, thus the name).
NICKNAMES: Eagles (Club Mascot), Glaziers (Referring to a person whose trade is fitting glass into windows and doors, in view of the iron and glass building of 1851, previously build on the site of the club's current stadium), Groundkeepers (The original players and staff were groundkeepers of the Great Exhibition of 1851 hosted on the site of the club's current stadium).
HISTORY: Founded on the 10 September 1905 by former staff of the iron and glass 'Crystal Palace' erected in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, on which site the club stadium and premises were eventually build.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Full Members' Cup (Zenith Data Systems Cup), 1 - 1991.
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Profile lists of all the Clubs starting with the letters C, D and E that gave players to the Italian National team
PROFILES C-E
CAGLIARI
FULL NAME: Cagliari Calcio
NICKNAMES:Rossoblu (Club Colours - Red-Blues), Casteddu (Cagliari in
the Sardinian language - meaning 'castle'), Isolani (Islanders - Cagliari is the Capital City of the Island of Sardinia), Sardi (People from the Island of Sardinia).
. HISTORY:Founded on the 30 May 1920 by Surgeon Gaetano Fichera as 'Cagliari
Football Club', it merged in 1924 with 'Unione Sportiva Italia' (founded in 1922) and changed the name to 'Club Sportivo Cagliari'. In 1935 the club was declared bankrupt and immediately re-founded as 'Unione Sportiva Cagliari'. In 1971 the name was changed to the current one.
NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 1 - 1969/70. Collare d'oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 2020. Stella d'oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1975.
CITY: Cagliari
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 21 GAMES: 145 SCORERS: 6 GOALS: 43
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
SCORERS
35 RIVA Luigi
2 BARELLA Nicolo
2 DOMENGHINI Angelo
2 RIZZO Francesco
1 ASTORI Davide
1 PAVOLETTI Leonardo
CAPTAINS
No Cagliari player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
AGAZZI Michael - G
BELLANOVA Raoul - D
DI PARDO Alessandro - M
LAZZARI Andrea - M
LOVATO Matteo - D
MILLICO Vincenzo - A
MURRU Nicola - D
PELLEGRINI Luca - D
ROMAGNA Filippo - D
ROSSETTINI Luca - D
Luigi RIVA
First player in Azzurro
Most games in Azzurro
Most goals in Azzurro
Francesco RIZZO
First scorer in Azzurro
CASALE
FULL NAME: Football Club Casale Associazione Sportiva
Dilettantistica
NICKNAMES: Neri (Club Colours - Blacks), Nerostellati (Starred Blacks - the club colours, Black, and club symbol, Stars).
HISTORY: Founded on the 17 December 1909 as 'Casale Foot Ball Club' by Prof. Raffaele Jaffe, Lecturer of the 'Istituto Tecnico Leardi' and a number of his students. In May 1913 they became the first Italian club to defeat an English professional football team when they beat Reading F.C. 2-1. In 1925 the club changed its name to 'Unione Sportiva Casale Foot Ball Club' and in 1927 the name was changed once again, this time to 'Casale Foot Ball Club XI Legione M.V.S.N.', However in 1929 the name was returned to the original 'Casale Foot Ball Club'. In 1934 the name was changed to 'Associazione Sportiva Casale' but returned again to the original 'Casale Foot Ball Club' in 1945, at the end of WWII. 1947 saw another name change, this time to 'Associazione Sportiva Casale Foot Ball Club'. In 1972 the club merged with 'Unione Sportiva Junior' to become 'Associazione Calcio Juniorcasale', but in 1978 it was changed to 'Associazione Sportiva Casale Calcio' and in 1980 returned to 'Associazione Sportiva Casale'. In1993 the club was declared bankrupt and but immediately re-founded with the old name 'Associazione Sportiva Casale Calcio'. However in 2013, due to administrative difficulties, the club was dissolved and on the 23 August it was re-founded by its current name.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Italian Champions, 1 - 1913/14. Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1970.
CITY: Casale Monferrato
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 6 GAMES: 55 SCORERS: 2 GOALS: 2
CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 2
PLAYERS
37 CALIGARIS Umberto - D, 1922(d)
5 BARBESINO Luigi - M, 1912(d)
5 VARESE Amedeo - M, 1913(d)
4 MATTEA Angelo - M, 1914(d)
2 GALLINA Giovanni - A, 1914(d)
2 PARODI Giuseppe - M, 1913(d)
SCORERS
1 BARBESINO Luigi
1 MATTEA Angelo
CAPTAINS
2 CALIGARIS Umberto
Luigi BARBESINO
First player in Azzurro
Umberto CALIGARIS
Most games in Azzurro
Only captain in Azzurro
Angelo MATTEA
First scorer in Azzurro
CESENA
FULL NAME: Cesena Football Club
NICKNAMES: Bianconeri (Club Coloures - White and Blacks), Cavallucci
Marini (Club Mascot - Seahorses).
HISTORY: Founded on the 21 April 1940 as 'Associazione Calcio Cesena' by ex players and officials of the 'Unione Sportiva Renato Serra' (founded in 1920). On the 16 July 2018 it was declared bankrupt and a week later all rights and titles were passed to the club 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Romagna Centro' (founded in 1973 as 'Polisportiva Martorano') who changed their name to the current one a year later, in 2019.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Stella d'oro al merito sportivo, 1 - 2011. Stella d'argento al merito sportivo, 1 - 1983.
White Blue), Lariani (The People from Lake Como - also called Lario from the Latin name of Roman times 'Larius o'), Voltiani (From Alessandro Volta, the 18th / 19th Century Italian physicist, chemist, pioneer of electricity and power, and inventor of the electric battery who was from Como).
HISTORY:Founded on 25 May 1907 at the bar 'Taroni' as 'Como Foot-Ball Club', a name that was kept even when it merged with 'Club Studentesco Minerva' in 1912. In 1926 it merged with 'Esperia Football Club' (founded in 1914) as 'Associazione Calcio
Comense', but this name was changed in 1936 to 'Associazione Sportiva Como'. In 1937 the club merged with 'Associazione Sportiva Ardita' to become 'Associazione Calcio Como' but in 1970 the name was abbreviated to 'Como Calcio'. In December 2004 the club was declared bankrupt but was re-founded in 2005 with the same name. In 2016 the club was again declared bankrupt but was allowed to continue on temporary basis, until 2017 when the club was re-founded first as 'Football Club Como' and then with the current name 'Como 1907'.
HONOURS:Nil
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 2 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
2 VIERCHOWOD Pietro - D, 1981(d)
SCORERS
No Como player ever
scored in Azzurro
Pietro VIERCHOWOD
Only player in Azzurro
CHIEVO VERONA
FULL NAME: Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona (Chievo is the name
of a small borough in the city of Verona where the club is based).
NICKNAMES: Gialloblu (Club colours - Yellow-Blue), Ceo (Chievo in the Veronese dialect), Mussi Volanti (Flying Donkeys in the Veronese dialect - due to an image of a flying donkey on the Chievo website in 2001, when the club was promoted for the first time in the Serie A, as an answer to the teasing of rivals Hellas Verona), Clivensi (The people who live in the borough of Chievo), Squadra della Diga (Team of the Dam - due to the presence of a dam bridge over the river Adige in the Chievo borough).
HISTORY: Founded in 1929 as 'Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro (O.N.D.) Chievo'. In 1936 the club was disbanded due to lack of players and financial problems but was re-founded after WWII, in 1948, as 'Associazione Calcio Chievo'. The name was changed to reflect the club sponsors in 1960 to 'Associazione Calcio Cardi Chievo' but returned to 'Associazione Calcio Chievo' in 1974. In 1981 the name was again changed to reflect the new sponsor to 'Associazione Calcio Paluani Chievo', returning to the original 'Associazione Calcio Chievo' in 1986. In 1990 the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona' but in 2021 began to have financial problems and was declared bankrupt in 2022. In 2024, 'Football Club Clivense' (founded in 2021 by former Chievo Azzurro Sergio Pellissier) bought the logo and name rights of the former 'Chievo Verona' and renamed the club with the current name 'Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona' thus saving 'Chievo Verona' from oblivion.
HONOURS: Nil
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 6 GAMES: 31 SCORERS: 3 GOALS: 3
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
19 PERROTTA Simone - M, 2002(d)
5 LEGROTTAGLIE Nicola - D, 2002(d)
3 MARAZZINA Massimo - A, 2002(d)
2 SEMIOLI Franco - M, 2006(d)
1 BARONIO Roberto - M, 2005
1 PELLISSIER Sergio - A 2009(d)
SCORERS
1 LEGROTTAGLIE Nicola
1 PELLISSIER Sergio
1 PERROTTA Simone
Massimo MARAZZINA
First player in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Chievo Verona player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
Tigers), La Cremo (The people of Cremona), Violini (Violins - Cremona was one of the three Italian cities who developed and started manufacturing the Violin as early as the 16th century).
HISTORY:Founded on the 24 March 1903 as 'Società Polisportiva Cremonese' at the trattoria 'La Varesina' di Piazza Sant'Angelo by a group of friends interested in Physical Education. In 1910 the club started its football section under the name 'Unione Sportiva Cremonese', the same name still used till today. In fact, in 1913 it merged with the 'Associazione Calcio Cremona' and in 1919, at the end of WWI, it absorbed ' Football Club Aurora', but on both occasions it kept its original name.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:Coppa Anglo-Italiana, 1 - 1992/93
CITY: Cremona
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 2 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
2 TANSINI Mariano - A, 1926(d)
SCORERS
No Cremonese player ever scored in Azzurro
Mariano TANSINI
Only player in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Cremonese player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
CARNESECCHI Marco - G
FAGIOLI Nicolo - M
GAETANO Gianluca - M
OKOLI Caleb - D
QUAGLIATA Giacomo - D
VALERI Emanuele - D
CRYSTAL PALACE
CITY: London
(England)
PLAYERS
1 LOMBARDO Attilio - M, 1997
Attilio LOMBARDO
Only player in Azzurro
PLAYERS
42 RIVA Luigi - A, 1965(d)
18 CERA Pierluigi - M, 1969(d)
16 ALBERTOSI Enrico - G, 1969
15 DOMENGHINI Angelo - A, 1969
8 MARCHETTI Federico - G, 2009(d)
7 ASTORI Davide - D, 2011(d)
7 BARELLA Nicolo - M, 2018 (d)
6 ESPOSITO Mauro - A, 2004(d)
3 GORI Sergio - A, 1970(d)
3 LANGELLA Antonio - A, 2005(d)
3 NICCOLAI Comunardo - D, 1970(d)
3 SELVAGGI Franco - A, 1981(d)
2 BIONDINI Davide - M, 2009(d)
2 COSSU Andrea - M, 2010(d)
2 CRAGNO Alessio - G, 2020(d)
2 FOGGIA Pasquale - M, 2007(d)
2 RIZZO Francesco - M, 1966(d)
1 BONINSEGNA Roberto - A, 1967(d)
1 JOAO PEDRO Geraldino - A, 2022(d)(n)
1 PAVOLETTI Leonardo - A, 2019(d)
1 SAU Marco - A, 2013(d)
AZZURRO RECORDS: Cagliari is the Third Club with most Italian players who played and lost the World Cup Final (4). Franco SELVAGGI won the 1982 World Cup with the Azzurri. Cagliari is also the third club with most Italian Runner-up World Champions - 6: Enrico ALBERTOSI, Pierluigi CERA, Angelo DOMENGHINI, Sergio GORI, Comunardo NICCOLAI and Luigi RIVA formed part of the Italian National squad that finished second in the 1970 World Cup. Luigi RIVA won the European Nations Championships with the Azzurri in 1968 and Davide ASTORI formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished third in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013. Luigi RIVA is the All-Time Azzurro Top Scorer, the Azzurro who scored most goals with the Italian National team from one single club and the only Azzurro to score a Poker (4 goals in 1 match), Tripletta (3 goals in 1 match) and Bis (2 goals in 1 match) in Azzurro. Luigi RIVA is also the Azzurro with most Bis - 7.
Pierluigi CERA
CAPTAINS
No Cesena player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
CAMPORESE Michele - D
GAGLIARDINI Roberto - M
GARRITANO Luca - M
Simone PERROTTA
Most games in Azzurro
Nicola LEGROTTAGLIE
First scorer in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Crystal Palace player ever scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Crystal Palace player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
EMPOLI
CITY: Empoli
PLAYERS
4 DI NATALE Antonio - A, 2002(d)
1 MACCARONE Massimo - A, 2002(d)
1 VALDIFIORI Mirko - M, 2015(d)
SCORERS
1 DI NATALE Antonio
CAPTAINS
No Empoli player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
Antonio
DI NATALE
Most games in Azzurro
Only scorer in Azzurro
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BALDANZI Tommaso - M
BARBA Federico - D
CAMBIAGHI Nicolo - A
DI LORENZO Giovanni - D
DIMARCO Federico - D
FAZZINI Jacopo - M
PARISI Fabiano - D
PINAMONTI Andrea - A
RICCI Samuele - M
RUGANI Daniele - D
TAVANO Francesco - A
TONELLI Lorenzo - D
VICARIO Guglielmo - G
VITI Mattia - D
Massimo MACCARONE
First player in Azzurro
Enrico ALBERTOSI
Angelo
DOMENGHINI
Sergio
GORI
Franco
SELVAGGI
Comunardo
NICCOLAI
AZZURRO RECORDS: Umberto CALIGARIS formed part of the 1928 Azzurri squad that won the Bronze Medal after finishing third in the Football Tournament of the Olympic Games. He won also the 1930 Coppa Internazionale, leading the Azzurri as Captain for one match. Umberto CALIGARIS is the first Azzurro player to miss a penalty and Luigi BARBESINO is the fourth youngest player to make his debut in Azzurro, at 18 years 3 months 1 day.
Amedeo
VARESE
AZZURRO RECORDS: Ruggiero RIZZITELLI formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished fourth in the European Nations Championship of 1988.
Davide
ZAPPACOSTA
CATANIA
CITY: Catania
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
1 MASCARA Giuseppe - A, 2009(d)
SCORERS
No Catania player ever scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Catania player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BIAGIANTI Marco - M
BIRAGHI Cristiano - D
Giuseppe
MASCARA
Only player in Azzurro
Marco
BIAGIANTI
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SANTON
Marco
PAROLO
Davide
ASTORI
Federico
MARCHETTI
Cristiano
BIRAGHI
CROTONE
CITY: Crotone
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
1 MANDRAGORA Rolando - M, 2018 (d)
SCORERS
No Crotone player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Crotone player ever led
the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BERNARDESCHI Federico - M
CECCHERINI Federico - D
DEZI Jacopo - M
FALCINELLI Diego - A
FERRARI Gian Marco - D
Mirko
VALDIFIORI
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.
Clubs:
Comunardo
NICCOLAI
Leonardo
PAVOLETTI
FULL NAME: Chelsea Football Club (The name 'Chelsea' is derived
from the London borough in the west side of central London where the club is
based - 'The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea'). .
NICKNAMES: The Blues (Club Colours), Pensioners (Due to the nearby retirement and nursing home for former members of the British Army - the Royal Hospital Chelsea)
HISTORY:Founded on the 14 March 1905 at 'The Rising Sun' pub by businessman Gus Mears who had acquired the 'Stamford Bridge athletics stadium' in the London area of Fulham with the aim of turning it into a football ground. His offer to lease it to nearby 'Fulham Football Club' was turned down, so he opted to found his own club to use the stadium.
NATIONAL HONOURS:English Champions, 6 - 1954/55, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10, 2014/15, 2016/17. FA Cup, 8 - 1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018. Football League Cup, 5 - 1965, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2015. FA Charity / Community Shield, 4 - 1956, 2000, 2005, 2009. Full Members' Cup, 2 - 1986, 1990.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:UEFA Champions League, 2 - 2011/12, 2020/21. UEFA Cup Winners Cup, 2 - 1971, 1998. UEFA (Europa) Cup, 2 - 2013, 2019. UEFA Super Cup, 2 - 1998, 2021. Intercontinental Cup (FIFA Club World Championship), 1 - 2021.
PLAYERS
38 JORGINHO Jorge L - M, 2018(o)
19 DI MATTEO Roberto - M, 1996
19 EMERSON Palmieri - D, 2018(d)(o)
9 ZAPPACOSTA Davide - M, 2017
9 ZOLA Gianfranco - M, 1997
SCORERS
5 JORGINHO Jorge L.
3 ZOLA Gianfranco
2 DI MATTEO Roberto
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 5 GAMES: 94 SCORERS: 3 GOALS: 10
CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 1
CAPTAINS
1 JORGINHO Jorge L.
UNUSED CALL-UPS
CASADEI Cesare - M
CUDICINI Carlo - G
AZZURRO RECORDS: Chelsea is the foreign club who produced most Azzurro Scorers (3 Scorers) (together with English club Southampton) and the foreign club whose players scored most goals in Azzurro (10 goals). Chelsea is also the foreign club who gave most Oriundi players to the Italian National team (2 Players), and who's Oriundi players played most Azzurro games (48 Games), the most to score goals (5 Goals) in Azzurro and the was the first foreign club to give an Oriundo Captain to the Azzurri. Jorge Luiz JORGINHO is the Oriundo player to play the most games (29 games) and score the most goals with the Italian national Footbal team from a Foreign Club (5 goals). He is also the second Oriundo Player to lead the Azzurri as Captain and the first to do it from a foreign club. Two Chelsea players became European Champions when they formed part of the Italian National squad that won the 2020 European Nations Championship:
EMERSON Palmieri and Jorge L. JORGINHO, becoming thus the (joint) first Azzurri to win a major trophy in Azzurro from a Foreign club and the only Oriundi to do so. Jorge L. JORGINHO formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished third in the UEFA Nations League 2020/21.
Jorge L.
JORGINHO
Most games in Azzurro
Most goals in Azzurro
Only Captain in Azzurro
Palmieri
EMERSON
CITY: Verona
FULL NAME: Catania Football Club
NICKNAMES: Rossazzurri (Club Colours - Red and Blues), Gli Elefanti
(Club Mascot - The Elephants, the symbol of the city of Catania, known as "U’
Liotru”, 'elephant' in the dialect of Catania), Etnei (Etneans - People of Mount Etna,
the active volcano that dominates the landscape of Catania).
HISTORY: Before the actual foundation of the club, the city was represented by 'Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica' (founded in 1908), which five months later created the football section under the name 'Pro Patria'. In 1910 'Pro Patria' became independent as 'Unione Sportiva Catanese'. In the 1920's, after WWI, 'Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica' changed its name to 'Juventus Catania Football Club' and 'Pro Patria' to 'Unione Sportiva Catanese'. In 1929 both clubs were dissolved in favour of the creation of a new club, founded on the 27 June as 'Società Sportiva Catania'. In 1936 the name was changed to 'Associazione Fascista Calcio Catania'. During WWII the club was dissolved but was re-founded on the 24 September 1946 as 'Club Calcio Catania' through the merger of 'Società Sportiva Virtus Catania' (founded in 1944) and 'Unione Sportiva Catanese Elefante' (founded in 1945). In 1967 the name was changed to 'Calcio Catania', but in December 2021 the club was declared bankrupt but immediately re-founded in 2022 as 'Catania Società Sportiva Dilettantistica'. A year later, in 2023, the name was changed to the current one.
Wolfs), Cosentini (The people from the city of Cosenza), Silani (The People from La Sila - a mountainous plateau and historic region that forms part of the city of Cosenza), Lupi della Sila (Wolfs of the Sila - The club mascot and the location of the city of Cosenza), Bruzi (From Bruzi - a
pre Roman Civilization that lived in the La Sila area, including today's Cosenza city).
HISTORY:Founded on the 18 November 1912 as 'Società Sportiva Fortitudo' by ex members of 'Societa Sportiva Cosentina' (founded in March 1912). The name was changed in 1933 to 'Associazione Sportiva Cosenza', but in 1982 the club went bankrupt but was re-founded immediately as 'Cosenza Calcio 1914'. The club was banned from playing professional football in 2003 due to administrative wrong doing and thus a new club was established, the 'Associazione Sportiva Cosenza Football Club'. The ban on 'Cosenza Calcio 1914' was lifted in 2004, but the club was declared bankrupt in 2005, and thus the new club took over all its rights and was renamed 'Associazione Sportiva Cosenza Calcio'. However, in 2007 the club was also declared bankrupt and all its rights were taken over by the club 'Rende Calcio 1968' (founded in 1968) who changed its name to 'Fortitudo Cosenza', a name that was changed a year later to the old 'Cosenza Calcio 1914'. In 2011 the club was again banned from playing in professional football leagues and thus a new club was founded to take over the club rights, the 'Nuova Cosenza Calcio', a name that was changed to the current 'Cosenza Calcio' in 2014.
HONOURS:Nil
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:Coppa Anglo-Italiana, 1 - 1983.
Marco
CARNESECCHI
Rolando
MANDRAGORA
Only Player in Azzurro
Federico
BERNARDESCHI
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
FULL NAME: Empoli Football Club
NICKNAMES: Azzurri (Club Colours - Blues)
HISTORY:Founded in 1920 as 'Football Club Empoli', it immediately
absorbed the newly established football section of the 'Unione Sportiva Empolese'. In a short period of time it changed its name five times: 1931 - 'Associazione Sportiva Fascista Empoli', 1936 - 'Dopolavoro Empolese', 1938 - 'Dopolavoro Interaziendale Italo Gambaccioni Sezione Calcio', 1941 - 'Associazione Calcio Empoli' and October 1944 - 'Gruppo Sportivo Azelio Landi'. A month later, in November 1944, the current name was adapted and kept since than.
HONOURS: Nil.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 6 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 1
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
Guglielmo
VICARIO
EVERTON
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 5 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
5 KEAN Moise Bioty - A, 2020
Moise Bioty
KEAN
Only player in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Everton player ever scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Everton player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
CITY: Liverpool
(England)
AZZURRO RECORDS: Although he never played with the Italian National Team, Guglielmo VICARIO
formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished third in the UEFA Nations League 2022/23
CAPTAINS
No Como player ever led
the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
AMBROSINO Giuseppe - A
DA RIVA Jacopo - M
Jacopo
DA RIVA
Aldo
FLORENZI
CITTADELLA
FULL NAME: Associazione Sportiva Cittadella (Cittadella means Citadel -
a fortified city on high ground)
NICKNAMES:Granata (Club Colours - Maroon), Citta (City - The first part of the name of the club and the city) , Cenerentola (Cinderella - Due to the fact that like Cinderella in the fairy-tale, the club was poor but still managed to advance in the top leagues of Italian football), Sitadèa
(Citadel - In the Veneto dialect).
HISTORY: Founded on the 21 June 1973 as 'Associazione Sportiva Cittadella' with the merger of 'Unione Sportiva Cittadellese' (founded in 1920) and 'Olympia Cittadella' (founded in 1948) in view of the fact that both clubs had big financial problems and were on the verge of being declared bankrupt. At first the merger created a lot of problems between the supporters, mainly due to the fact that the 'Cittadellese' had a hard-core Communist support base and the 'Olympia' had a hard-core Christian support base. In 2000 the name was changed to ' Associazione Sportiva Cittadella Padova' when they started to play in the capital of the Veneto Province Padova, whose football club was passing through a very difficult period. But in 2004 they returned to play home in Cittadella and thus the name was changed back to the old 'Associazione Sportiva Cittadella', the current name.
HONOURS: Nil .
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Cittadella player ever scored
in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Cittadella player ever scored
in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Cittadella player ever led the Azzurri as Captain