HISTORY:Founded on the 28 March 1919 as 'Unione Sportiva Novese' by young players coming from various disbanded small clubs, including 'Novi Foot-Ball Club' and 'Libertas Foot-Ball Club'. In 1926 the club was disbanded after an internal crises and it's place was taken by the 'Gruppo Sportivo Acciaierie e Ferriere'. After five years inactive, in 1937 the club was re-founded as the football section of the steel company 'Ilva' under the name 'Dopolavoro Aziendale Ilva'. After WW II, in 1948, the name was changed to ' Unione Sportiva Novese Ilva', but in 1952 the word 'Ilva' was removed from the name when the links with the 'Ilva' company stopped becoming thus 'Unione Sportiva Novese' again. In 1973 the club merged with 'Unione Sportiva Gaviese' under the name 'Unione Sportiva Gavinovese', but returned to 'Unione Sportiva Novese' a year later. In 2006 the name was changed to 'Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Novese' and in 2016 was declared bankrupt, with all its possessions inherited by the newly founded youth club 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Settore Giovanile Novese'. A year later the club became a normal adult football club again and changed the name to the current one.
NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 1 - 1921/22. Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1970.
After the patron saint of the city, the 4th century San Gaudenzio di Novara, first
Bishop of Novara).
HISTORY: Founded on the 22 December 1908 by eight teenage students from the 'Liceo Carlo Alberto' as 'Football Association Studenti Novara', with the support of the 'Società Sportiva Cattolica Voluntas'. Between 1909 and 1911, their best players joined the best players of three other city clubs: 'Pro Scalon', 'Ginnastica e Scherma' and 'Forza e Speranza' to create the 'Foot Ball Club Novara'. In 1920 it merged with 'Unione Sportiva Novarese' (established in 1917) to create the 'Foot-Ball Associazione Novara'. In 1931, due to a fascist law that outlawed non-Italian words in titles, the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Novara'. In 1981 the name was changed to 'Novara Calcio', but in 2021 the club was declared bankrupt, but was immediately re-founded with the current name.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1975.
AZZURRO RECORDS: Paris Saint Germain is the foreign club who gave most players to the Italian National team- 6 players, whose players played most games in Azzurro - 143 games, and the foreign club with most Azzurri Captains - 3 Captains, and the Foreign Club with most Azzurri Captained Games (27 Captained Games). It was the first foreign club to give an Oriundo player to the Italian National team. Thiago MOTTA was the first Oriundo player to play in Azzurro from a Foreign Club. Two Paris Saint German players became European Champions when they won the 2020 European Nations Championships with the Azzurri, becoming thus the (joint) first Azzurri to win a major trophy in Azzurro from a Foreign club - Alessandro FLORENZI and Marco VERRATTI. Salvatore SIRIGU and Thiago MOTTA formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished Runner-up European Champions in 2012. Salvatore SIRIGU also formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished Third in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013. Both Marco VERRATTI and Gianluigi DONNARUMMA formed part of the Azzurro squads that finished third in the UEFA Nations League in 2020/21 and 2022/23. Marco VERRATTI is the Azzurro player to play most Azzurro games from a foreign club, the Azzurro with most Unused Call-Ups from a foreign club only and the Azzurro Midfielder with most unused call-ups. Salvatore SIRIGU is the Azzurro with most Unused Call-ups from a Foreign Club (55 Unused Call-ups from Foreign Clubs).
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AZZURRI
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Profile lists of all the Clubs starting with the letters N, O, P and Q that gave players to the Italian National team
PROFILES N-Q
Clubs:
NAPOLI
CITY: Napoli
Attila SALLUSTRO
First player in Azzurro
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 5 GAMES: 25 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 3
CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 2
PLAYERS
11 MIGLIAVACCA Enrico - M, 1921(d)
6 REYNAUDI Ettore - M, 1920(d)
4 MENEGHETTI Mario - M, 1920(d)
2 MARUCCO Giustiniano - A, 1920(d)
2 PIOLA Silvio - A, 1947
Enrico MIGLIAVACCA
Most games in Azzurro
Only scorer in Azzurro
NOVESE
CITY: Novi Ligure
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 11 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 2
CAPTAINS: 1 CAPTAINED GAMES: 1
PLAYERS
6 SANTAMARIA Aristodemo E. - M, 1921
4 CEVENINI Luigi - M, 1921
1 VERCELLI Luigi - D, 1921(d)
SCORERS
2 SANTAMARIA Aristodemo E
CAPTAINS
1 SANTAMARIA Aristodemo E
Aristodemo E. SANTAMARIA
First player in Azzurro
Most games in Azzurro
Only scorer in Azzurro
Only captain in Azzurro
Luigi CEVENINI
OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 5 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
5 RAVANELLI Fabrizio - A, 1997
SCORERS
No Olympique Marseille player
ever scored in Azzurro
Fabrizio RAVANELLI
Only player in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Olympique Marseille player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
TONGYA Franco Drayl - M
PERUGIA
FULL NAME: Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio.
HISTORY:Founded on the 9 June 1905 as 'Associazione Calcio Perugia' after the merger of 'Società Ginnastica Braccio Fortebraccio' (founded in 1890) and 'Libertas', however in 1910 some dissidents left the club to refound the 'Società Sportiva Libertas'. In 1921, after World War I, both clubs re-merged under the name 'Societa Sportiva Perugia'. However in 1929 the name was again changed to the old 'Associazione Calcio Perugia'. Due to financial problems, the 'Gruppo Universitario Fascista' of Perugia took over the club for the 1939/40 season and played under the name 'Gruppo Universitario Fascista Perugia', however all was back to normal for the next season. In 2005 the club was declared bankrupt but was re-founded immediately as 'Perugia Calcio'. Five years later, in 2010, yet another bankruptcy and another re-founding, this time under the name 'Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Perugia Calcio'. In 2011 the name was changed to the current one.
NATIONAL HONOURS: Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1975.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: .UEFA Intertoto Cup, 1 - 2003.
HISTORY: Founded on the 1 November 1900 as 'Anglo-Palermitan Athletic and Foot-Ball Club' by the British comunity in the city with some Italians as is reflected in the name selected. In 1907 the name was changed to 'Palermo Foot-
Ball Club'. After WW I the club was re-founded in 1920 under the name 'Unione Sportiva Palermo' through the takeover of the small club 'Racing Foot-Ball Club'. In 1922 the club merged with 'Unione Sportiva Leoni' and in 1923 with 'Sport Club Libertas Palermo' (founded in 1920) but on both occasions the name was not changed, however in 1924 the name was changed back to 'Palermo Football Club'. In 1927 the club was declared bankrupt but was re-founded with the same name after it merged with 'Vigor Palermo'. In 1935, due to the fascist law that outlawed non-Italian words in titles, the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Palermo'. After another bankruptcy in 1940, the club was again re-founded in 1941 after a merger with 'Juventina Palermo' (founded in 1930) to create 'Unione Sportiva Palermo-Juventina'. After WW II the club was reconstructed under the old name 'Unione Sportiva Palermo' in 1944. In 1968 the name was changed to 'Società Sportiva Calcio Palermo' until it was again declared bankrupt in 1986 but re-founded immediately again under the old name 'Unione Sportiva Palermo'. In 1994 the name was again changed, this time to 'Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo'. But in 2019 the club suffered its fourth bankruptcy, but was again re-founded immediately under the name 'Palermo Società Sportiva Dilettantistica', which lasted for just one year (2020) when the club returned to the old name 'Palermo Football Club', the current name of the club.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Sicilian Champions, 1 - 1944/45. Coppa Federale Siciliana, 1 - 1920.
Towers with reference to the famous leaning Tower of Pisa, as a mascot named Vituperio).
HISTORY:Founded in April 1909 as 'Pisa Sporting Club' and in 1936, due to a fascist law that outlawed non-Italian words in titles, the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Pisa'. After WW II, when the club was restructured, the name was changed back to 'Pisa Sporting Club'. In 1994 it was declared bankrupt but was re-founded immediately under the old name of 'Associazione Calcio Pisa', however a year later the name was changed to 'Pisa Calcio'. In 2009 the club was disbanded but re-founded immediately under the name 'Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909'. In 2021 the name was changed to the original 'Pisa Sporting Club.
NATIONAL HONOURS: Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1985.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Mitropa Cup, 2 - 1986, 1988.
CITY: Pisa
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 8 SCORERS: 2 GOALS: 6
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
4 BIAGI Carlo - M, 1936(d)
3 BERTONI Sergio - A, 1936(d)
1 MOSCARDINI Giovanni - A, 1925(o)
SCORERS
4 BIAGI Carlo
2 MOSCARDINI Giovanni
Giovanni MOSCARDINI
First player in Azzurro
First goal in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Pisa player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
CANESTRELLI Simone - D
LUCCA Lorenzo - A
VANNUCCI Paolo - G
Carlo
BIAGI
Most games in Azzurro
Most goals in Azzurro
AZZURRO RECORDS: Pisa is the club with most Azzurro goals from
the Serie B. One Pisa player won the 1938 World Cup with the Azzurri:
Sergio BERTONI and three Pisa players won the Olympic Gold Medal when the Italian National team won the Football Tournament of the 1936 Olympic Games: Sergio BERTONI, Carlo BIAGI and Paolo VANNUCCI who never played with the Italian National team although he formed part of the Azzurri squad. Carlo BIAGI scored the first Poker (four goals in one match) in Azzurro and is also the Azzurro player who scored most from goals the Serie B. He is one of only seven players to play in Azzurro only from the Serie B.
PRO PATRIA
FULL NAME: Aurora Pro Patria 1919 (The name 'Pro Patria' means
HISTORY:Founded on the 26 February 1919 as 'Pro Patria et Libertate Unione degli Sports Bustesi' at the 'Caffè Brugioli'. After WW II, in 1945, the club was restructured under the name 'Pro Patria et Libertate Sezione Calcio' and in 1989 the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Pro Patria et Libertate'. In 1995 it was disbanded but all its rights were passed to the club 'Società Ginnastica Gallaratese' (founded in 1876) who adapted the name 'Pro Patria Gallaratese Gallarate Busto'. In 2009 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately re-founded with the current name.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:Coppa delle Alpi, 1 - 1961.
CITY: Busto Arsizio
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 3 GAMES: 6 SCORERS: 2 GOALS: 4
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
2 CAVIGIOLI Emidio - M, 1948(d)
2 LA ROSA Francesco - A, 1952(d)
2 TURCONI Angelo - M, 1948(d)
SCORERS
3 CAVIGIOLI Emidio
1 TURCONI Angelo
Emidio CAVIGIOLI
First player in Azzurro
Most goals in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Pro Patria player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
(Whites from the Region of Piemonte), Biancocrociati (Crossed Whites -
Due to the red cross of their coat-of-arms on their shirt), Eusebiani (Due
to the Patron Saint of Vercelli - Sant'Eusebio di Vercelli, who was the first Bishop of the city in the 4th Century), Bicciolani (After the typical biscuits of Vercelli - the Bicciolano).
HISTORY: Founded in 1892 as 'Societa Ginnastica Pro Vercelli' with the football section being created within the club in 1902. After WW I, the club was restructured and renamed 'Unione Sportiva Pro Vercelli' and in 1922, it absorbed the club 'Società Sportiva Giovani Calciatori Cappuccini' (founded in 1920). In 2010 the club was disbanded due to financial problems and all its rights were taken over by the club 'Associazione Sportiva Pro Belvedere Vercelli' (founded in 2006) who changed it's name to the current one.
Mario ZANELLO formed part of the Azzurro squad that won the first edition of the Coppa Internazionale in 1930. Carlo RAMPINI was the first azzurro to score a bis (two goals in one match) and Giuseppe MILANO was the first Azzurro Captain of a Competitive match and is the second of only four players to lead the Azzurri as Captain in his debut match.
Giuseppe MILANO
First player in Azzurro
Only captain in Azzurro
Angelo BINASCHI
First player in Azzurro
Pietro
LEONE
First player in Azzurro
Carlo
CORNA
First player in Azzurro
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FULL NAME: Olympique Lyonnais
NICKNAMES: Les Gones (The Kids - In Lyon's regional dialect,
probably due to their origin as University students), OL (Name Initials).
HISTORY:Founded in 1899 as the football section of the 'Lyon Olympique Universitaire' (founded in 1896 as 'Racing Club de Lyon'). However, after WW II, problems started when the football section became professional and this created various issues with the other athletes of the club which were still amateurs. Thus on the 3 August 1950, the football section of 'Lyon Olympique Universitaire' was disbanded and refounded as a separate club under the current title 'Olympique Lyonnais'.
NATIONAL HONOURS: French Champions, 7 - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. French Cup, 5 - 1964, 1967, 1973, 2008, 2012. French Super Cup (Trophée des Champions), 8 - 1973, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012. French Legue Cup, 1 - 2001.
No Olympique Lyon player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
AZZURRO RECORDS: One Napoli player won the World Cup: Giuseppe CAVANNA who although he never played with the Italian National team he formed part of the 1934 Azzurri World Cup Squad. Antonio JULIANO and Dino ZOFF formed part of the Azzurri Squad that finished Runner-up in the 1970 World Cup, whilst Andrea A. CARNEVALE,
Fernando DE NAPOLI and Ciro FERRARA formed part of the Azzurri World Cup Squad of 1990 when the Azzurri finished third. Five Napoli players won the European Nations Championship, in 1968: Antonio JULIANO and Dino ZOFF, and in 2020: Giovanni DI LORENZO, Lorenzo INSIGNE and Alex MERET. Another two formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished runner-up European Champions in 2012:
Christian MAGGIO and Morgan DE SANCTIS,whilst five other Napoli players formed part of the Azzurri Squads that finished fourth: 1980 - Mauro BELLUGI; 1988 - Fernando DE NAPOLI, Ciro FERRARA,
Giovanni FRANCINI and Francesco ROMANO who never played in Azzurro although he formed part of the Euro Squad. One Napoli player formed part of the Azzurro squad that finished Third in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013: Christian MAGGIO. Three other Napoli players formed part of the Azzurri Squad that finished Runner-up in the 1932 Coppa Internazionale: Enrico COLOMBARI, Attila SALLUSTRO and Antonio VOJAK. Six Napoli players formed part of the Azzurro squads that finished third in the UEFA Nations League: 2020/21 - Giovanni DI LORENZO, Lorenzo INSIGNE and
Alex MERET; 2022/23 - Giovanni DI LORENZO, Giacomo RASPADORI and Alex MERET. Attila SALLUSTRO is the only Italo-Paraguayan player to play with the Italian National team. Francesco ROMANO is the Azzurro player with the fourth most unused call-ups from a player who never played in Azzurro (8 unused call-ups).
Enrico
COLOMBARI
Mauro
BELLUGI
Andrea A.
CARNEVALE
Francesco
ROMANO
Giuseppe
CAVANNA
Antonio
VOJAK
Giovanni
FRANCINI
AZZURRO RECORDS:Fabrizio RAVANELLI was the first player to play in Azzurro from two non-Italian clubs.
Cristian
ZACCARDO
Simone
BARONE
AZZURRO RECORDS: Five Parma players formed part of the Italian National Squad that finished Runner-up World Champions in 1994: Luigi APOLLONI, Antonio BENARRIVO,
Luca BUCCI, Lorenzo MINOTTI and
Gianfranco ZOLA. Two Parma players formed part of the Azzurri squads that finished Runner-up European Champions: Fabio CANNAVARO in the Euro 2000 and Sebastian GIOVINCO in 2012. Both Enrico CHIESA and
Gianfranco ZOLA scored the most Azzurro goals in the same match after entering as a substitute - 3 goals.
Luigi
APOLLONI
Luca
BUCCI
Lorenzo
MINOTTI
Alberto
GILARDINO
Diego
FUSER
Daniele
BONERA
Sebastian
GIOVINCO
Rodolfo
GAVINELLI
Sergio
BERTONI
Felice
BERARDO
Virginio
ROSETTA
Mario
ZANELLO
SCORERS
10 INSIGNE Lorenzo
5 DI LORENZO Giovanni
5 RASPADORI Giacomo
4 AMADEI Amedeo
2 BAGNI Salvatore
2 CARNEVALE Andrea A.
2 MIHALIC Marcello
2 POLITANO Matteo
2 QUAGLIARELLA Fabio
1 DE NAPOLI Fernando
1 GABBIADINI Manolo
1 SALLUSTRO Attila
1 SAVOLDI Giuseppe
CAPTAINS
1 DI LORENZO Giovanni
1 INSIGNE Lorenzo
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BRAGLIA Giorgio - A
CANNAVARO Paolo - D
CAVANNA Giuseppe - G
GIULIANI Giuliano - G
GUARNERI Aristide - D
LA PALMA Antonio - D
LUPERTO Sebastiano - D
MARANGON Luciano - D
PEREGO Mario - D
PIN Livio - M
RENICA Alessandro - D
ROMANO Francesco - M
SANTACROCE Fabiano - D
TONELLI Lorenzo - D
VINCENZI Giovanni - D
ZANOLI Alessandro - D
ZERBIN Alessio - A
PIACENZA
CITY: Piacenza
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0GAMES: 0SCORERS: 0GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Piacenza player ever
played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Piacenza player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Piacenza player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
GIROMETTA Carlo - A
PUPPO Sandro - M
Modesto
VALLE
Luca
TONI
Only captain in Azzurro
Andrea
BARZAGLI
Most games in Azzurro
Fabio GROSSO
Sandro
PUPPO
AZZURRO RECORDS:Carlo GIROMETTA and Sandro PUPPO both 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.
PIOMBINO
CITY: Piombino
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Piombino player ever
played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Piombino player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Piombino player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BIAGIOLI Pietro - A
Pietro
BIAGIOLI
Federico
BALZARETTI
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
CITY: Paris
(France)
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 6 GAMES: 143 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 3
CAPTAINS: 3 CAPTAINED GAMES: 27
PLAYERS
55 VERRATTI Marco - M, 2012
39 DONNARUMMA Gianluigi - G, 2021
24 MOTTA Thiago - M, 2012(o)
15 SIRIGU Salvatore - G, 2012
9 FLORENZI Alessandro - M, 2020
1 KEAN Moise B. - A, 2021
SCORERS
3 VERRATTI Marco
CAPTAINS
23 DONNARUMMA Gianluigi
2 FLORENZI Alessandro
2 VERRATTI Marco
UNUSED CALL-UPS
FRANCHI Denis - G
Alessandro
FLORENZI
Carlo
GIROMETTA
Thiago
MOTTA
First player in Azzurro
PESCARA
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Pescara player ever
played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Pescara player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Pescara player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
BIRAGHI Cristiano - D
CAPRARI Gianluca - A
PERIN Mattia - G
SORRENTINO Alessandro - G
VERRATTI Marco - M
ZAMPANO Francesco - D
Mattia
PERIN
CITY: Pescara
Christian
MAGGIO
Morgan
DE SANCTIS
Giacomo
RASPADORI
Lorenzo
INSIGNE
Most games in Azzurro
Most Goals in Azzurro
First Captain in Azzurro
Marco
VERRATTI
Most games in Azzurro
Only Scorer in Azzurro
First Captain in Azzurro
Marco
VERRATTI
NEWCASTLE UNITED
PLAYERS
9 TONALI Sandro - M, 2023
1 SANTON Davide - D, 2013
SCORERS
2 TONALI Sandro
CAPTAINS
No Newcastle United player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
Davide
SANTON
First player in Azzurro
NEW YORK CITY
FULL NAME: New York City Football Club
NICKNAMES: Blues (Club Colours), Boys in Blue (Club Colours), Bronx
Blues (The borough in New York City from which the club hails and the Club Colours), Pigeons
(Club Mascot), Cityzens (The People from the city written American style).
HISTORY:Founded in May 2013, under the patronage of the English club 'Manchester City'
NATIONAL HONOURS:USA Champions (MLS Cup), 1 - 2021.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:Campeones Cup, 1 - 2022.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 1 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
1 PIRLO Andrea - M, 2015
SCORERS
No New York City player
ever scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No New York City player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
Andrea
PIRLO
Only player in Azzurro
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.
The little donkeys), Partenopei (Parthenopians - From Parthenope, the Greek name of the city of Napoli derived from the Greek mythology siren Parthenope).
HISTORY: In 1905 the 'Napoli Foot-Ball Club' was founded but in 1911 some
English players dissented and formed the 'Unione Sportiva Internazionale Napoli'.
In 1921 the 'Unione Sportiva Internazionale Napoli' merged with 'Pro Napoli
Sport Club' (founded in 1914) creating thus the 'Unione Sportiva Internaples'. In
1922 the two clubs ' Napoli Foot-Ball Club' and 'Unione Sportiva Internaples' merged as 'Unione Sportiva Internazionale-Naples'. On the 25 August 1926, on the initiative of the President of the 'Unione Sportiva Internazionale-Naples', industrialist Giorgio Ascarelli, the club was disbanded and a new club was created instead, the 'Associazione Calcio Napoli', a name in line with the fascist law prohibiting the use of non-Italian words in titles. The Club was disbanded in 1944 due to WW II but after the war, on the 19 January 1945, two clubs that were founded during the war, 'Societa Sportiva Napoli' and 'Societa Polisportiva Napoli', merged to create the 'Associazione Polisportiva Napoli', which changed to the old name, 'Associazione Calcio Napoli' in 1947. In 1964 the name was changed to 'Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli', but in 2004 the club was declared bankrupt and was immediately re-founded as 'Napoli Soccer'. In 2006 the name was changed to the current one.
NATIONAL HONOURS:Italian Champions, 4 - 1986/87, 1989/90, 2022/23, 2024/25. Coppa Italia, 6 - 1961/62, 1975/76, 1986/87, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2019/20. Italian Super Cup, 2 - 1990, 2014. Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1974.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: UEFA (Europa) Cup, 1 - 1988/89. Coppa delle Alpi, 1 - 1966. Anglo-Italian League Cup, 1 - 1976.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 38 GAMES: 410 SCORERS: 13 GOALS: 38
CAPTAINS: 2 CAPTAINED GAMES: 2
Fernando
DE NAPOLI
Giovanni
DI LORENZO
Alex
MERET
CITY: New York
(USA)
CITY: Newcastle
upon Tyne
(England)
NICE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 1 GAMES: 3 SCORERS: 1 GOALS: 1
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
3 BALOTELLI Mario B. - A, 2018
SCORERS
1 BALOTELLI Mario B.
CAPTAINS
No Nice player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
Mario B.
BALOTELLI
Only player in Azzurro
CITY: Nice
(France)
CITY: Novara
Ettore
REYNAUDI
Luigi VERCELLI
Palmieri D.S.
EMERSON
CITY: Marseille
(France)
Franco Drayl
TONGYA
FULL NAME: Calcio Padova
NICKNAMES: Biancoscudati (White-Shielded - Club colour and Logo), Patavini (Patavins - meaning the people of Patavium, the old Roman name of
the city of Padova), Euganei (A Race of people who lived in the Padova area
before the Romans).
HISTORY:Founded on the 29 January 1910 as 'Associazione Calcio Padova' in the swimming club 'Rari Nantes Patavium'. Between 1930 and 1940 the club was forced to change the name to 'Associazione Fascista Calcio Padova', however after 1940 the name returned to the original one 'Associazione Calcio Padova'. In 1977 the name was changed to the current one 'Calcio Padova'. But in 2014 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately re-founded under the name 'Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Biancoscudati Padova', a name that was shortened to 'Biancoscudati Padova' a year later. However in the same year, 2015, the club returned to the current one 'Calcio Padova'.
HONOURS: Nil.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 6 GAMES: 15 SCORERS: 2 GOALS: 2
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
Sergio BRIGHENTI
Most games in Azzurro
First goal in Azzurro
Antonio
FAYENZ
Franco D.
VAZQUEZ
AZZURRO RECORDS:
Four Palermo players won the 2006 World Cup: Simone BARONE,
Andrea BARZAGLI, Fabio GROSSO
and Cristian ZACCARDO. Federico BALZARETTI formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished runner-up European Champions in 2012. Franco D. VAZQUEZ is the last Azzurro Oriundo to play with two National teams (Italy and Argentina).
the Cross - Due to the black cross so prominent on the club's coat-of-arms and shirt), Ducali (People from the Duchy - Due to the fact that the city of Parma was a Duchy between 1554 - 1859), Gli Emiliani (The Emilians - People from the Historical Region of Emilia).
HISTORY:Founded on the 16 December 1913 as 'Parma Foot Ball Club' when the club 'Verdi Foot Ball Club' (founded 5 months prior) was absorbed and re named. In 1930 the name was changed to 'Parma Associazione Sportiva' in line with the fascist law that prohibited all non-Italian titles. In 1968 the club was declared bankrupt. but was saved by a group of Businesses from Parma who returned the name of the club to the old 'Parma Football Club', however in 1969 the club was declared defunct and its place was taken over by another club 'Associazione Calcio Parmense' (founded in 1968) who changed the name to 'Parma Associazione Calcio' a year later. In 2004 it was dissolved as part of the Parmalat scandal (the club's owners) but was immediately re-founded with the old name 'Parma Football Club'. In 2015 the club was declared bankrupt but again re-founded under the name 'Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Parma Calcio 1913', which was reduced to the current name a year later.
NATIONAL HONOURS: Coppa Italia, 3 - 1991/92, 1998/99, 2001/02. Italian Super Cup, 1 - 1999.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:Cup Winners Cup, 1 - 1993. UEFA Cup, 2 - 1995, 1999. European Super Cup, 1 - 1993.
Mascot -Dolphins), Adriatici (The Adriatics - The people from the Adriatic Sea,
since the city of Pescara lies on the Adriatic Coast, right at the point where the Aterno-Pescara River meets the Adriatic Sea).
HISTORY:In 1926 the club 'Tito Acerbo' was founded with the merger of 'Aternum Castellamare' and 'Ursus Pescara', but the club was disbanded for illicit reasons. It's place was taken by 'M.V.S.N. Adriatica' for just one year. In 1928 a new club was founded, the 'Unione Sportiva Abruzzo' which also had a football section. In 1932 this football section left the 'Unione Sportiva Abruzzo' to found the 'Associazione Calcio Pescara', but in 1936 the club was again disbanded and on the 4 July it was re-founded as 'Società Sportiva Pescara'. In 1944, after WW II, the club was restructured and renamed 'Associazione Sportiva Pescara', a name that was changed in 1974 to 'Pescara Calcio'. In 2009 the club was declared bankrupt but was immediately re-founded with the current name.
Mascot - Wolves), Papaveri (Poppies - Due to the red colour of their shirts),
Piace (The first half of the name but also it means the one that is liked in the Italian language).
HISTORY:Founded in 1919 as 'Piacenza Foot-Ball Club' after the merger of the two student clubs 'Giovine Italia' and 'Unione Football Club Piacenza'. In 2012 the club was declared bankrupt and was acquired by the amateur club 'Libertas Spes' and renamed 'Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Lupa Piacenza'. A year later the name was changed to 'Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Piacenza Calcio 1919' and in 2016 the name was shortened to the current one.
NATIONAL HONOURS: Stella d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, 1 - 1975.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 - 1986.
CITY: Torino
FULL NAME: Piemonte Football Club (The Name 'Piemonte' is
the name of the Region whose capital city is Torino, the home town of the
club).
NICKNAMES: Piemontini (The People of the Piemonte Region).
HISTORY:Founded on 1 September 1907 by Kuwaiti businessman Mahdi Almisri, but seven years later, in view of various administrative difficulties, the club was disbanded on the 28 November 1914. In May 1916, the club was re-founded under the same name, but in the summer of 1921 it was absorbed by the 'Amatori del Giuoco del Calcio Football Club' and renamed 'Amatori Piemonte'. However in 1922 the 'Amatori Piemonte' was disbanded.
HONOURS: Nil.
Vittorio
FAROPPA
FULL NAME: Atletico Piombino Società Sportiva Dilettantistica.
NICKNAMES: Neroazzurri (Club Colours - Black-Blues), Il Topolino neroazzurro (Club Mascot - The Black-Blue Little Mouse), Gli Acciaiati
(The Metal Men - The name Piombino comes from Piombo which means the metal 'Lead' in Italian. Besides Piombino lies in an area rich in metal deposits and is very famous for its metal industry that started more than two thousand years ago during the Etruscan period).
HISTORY: Founded in 1921 as 'Unione Sportiva Piombinese'. In 1922 it merged with the club 'Società Ginnastica Sempre Avanti' (founded in 1908) under the name 'Unione Sportiva Sempre Avanti'. The club was disbanded during WW II, but in 1945 it was re-founded as 'Unione Sportiva Piombino'. In 1996 it was declared bankrupt but was immediately re-founded as 'Associazione Sportiva Piombino'. In 2004 the club was disbanded due to internal problems but was immediately re-founded as 'Atletico Piombino'. Eventually the name was changed to the current one.
HONOURS: Nil.
Sergio
BERTONI
Paolo
VANNUCCI
PORDENONE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Pordenone player ever
played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Pordenone player ever
scored in Azzurro
Nicolo
CAMBIAGHI
CAPTAINS
No Piombino player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
CAMBIAGHI Nicolo - A
DALLE MURA Christian - D
Christian
DALLE MURA
CITY: Pordenone
FULL NAME: Pisa Sporting Club
NICKNAMES:I Neroverdi (Club Colours - The Black and Greens),
I Ramarri (Club Mascot - The Green Lizards), Ramarri del Noncello (The
Green Lizards of the Noncello, the city River). Pienne (The favourite nickname
of the squad by their fans), Naoniani (The people of Pordenone - Naon was the
Roman name of the River Noncello, in fact the name of the city Pordenone comes from the Roman name 'Portus Naonis', meaning the port of the Noncello).
HISTORY:Founded in 1913 as 'Unione Sportiva Pordenone', organizing many sports but mainly Cycling, Athletics, Football and Mountain Tracking. In 1921 the football section took over the club and renamed it 'Football Club Pordenone', but in 1926 in view of the law prohibiting the use of foreign names in titles, the fascist regional government ordered a change in name to 'Terza Coorte A. Salvato, 63ª Legione Tagliamento'. In 1927 the club was disbanded and re-founded with the name 'Unione Sportiva Pordenonese'. In 1929 the club left the 'Italian Football Federation' (FIGC) and started playing in the league organised by the 'Unione Libera Italiana del Calcio' (ULIC) with the name 'Pordenone Liber Foot-Ball Club.', but changed it to 'Associazione Sportiva Dante Alighieri' a year later. In 1931 the club returned to the FIGC league and inscribed to the O.N.D. (Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro - National After work Program) scheme of the fascist government that required more sports opportunities after working hours and thus changed the name of the club again, this time to 'Associazione Calcio Pordenone O.N.D.'. In 1937 the club resigned from the O.N.D. scheme and thus changed the name to 'Associazione Calcio Pordenone'. In 1944, the fall of the fascist government permitted the inclusion of sponsors in the title and thus the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio SAFOP Pordenone' to honour their sponsors SAFOP (Società Anonima Fonderie Officine Pordenonesi) that produced utility machines. However in 1947 the name returned to 'Associazione Calcio Pordenone'. The name was changed again twice: 'Pordenone Calcio' in 1981 and 'Associazione Sportiva Pordenone Calcio' in 1993. In 2003 the club was re-founded with the old name 'Pordenone Calcio', but in 2006 the name changed to 'Pordenone Calcio Società Sportiva Dilettantistica' until 2014 when the club returned to 'Pordenone Calcio' as it is today.
HONOURS:Nil.
AZZURRO RECORDS:Palmieri D.S. EMERSON formed part of the
Azzurro squad that finished third in the UEFA Nations League: 2020/21.
ODENSE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0
CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0
PLAYERS
No Odense player ever
played in Azzurro
SCORERS
No Odense player ever
scored in Azzurro
CAPTAINS
No Odense player ever led the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS
TONGYA Franco Drayl - M
CITY: Odense
(Denmark)
FULL NAME: Odense Boldklub (Odense Football Club).
NICKNAMES: De Stribede (The Striped - The club shirt is white with
blue stripes), Striwerne (The Striped in Funen dialect).
HISTORY:Founded on the 12 July 1887 as a cricket club with the name 'Odense Cricketklub'. In 1889, the football and tennis sections were included in the club and the name was changed to the current one 'Odense Boldklub'.
NICKNAMES: The Magpies (Club Mascot - A Black and White
Bird), Geordies (Nickname of the citizens of the Tyneside area of North
East England, mainly Newcastle upon Tyne and the dialect used by its inhabitants), The Toon (Nickname of Newcastle upon Tyne - The Geordie pronunciation of the word “Town”), Toon Army.
HISTORY: Founded in December 1892 as 'Newcastle United Football Club' after the merger of two clubs: 'Newcastle East End Football Club' (founded in 1881 as the football section of the 'Stanley Cricket Club' of Byker) and 'Newcastle West End Football Club' (founded in 1882). The official foundation date of the club is the 6 September 1895 when the name was made official.
NATIONAL HONOURS:England Champions, 4 - 1904–05, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1926–27. FA Cup, 6 - 1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1955. FA Charity / Community Shield, 1 - 1909.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: UEFA (Europa) Cup, 1 - 1969. UEFA Intertoto Cup, 1 - 2006. Kirin Cup, 1 - 1983. Texaco Cup, 2 - 1974, 1975. Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 - 1973.
FULL NAME: Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice-Côte d'Azur
NICKNAMES: Les Aiglons (Club Mascot - The Eaglets, symbol of the
city), Le Gym (The Gymasts - coming from the club's origins as a
gymnastics club, still reflected in the name), L'OGCN (The OGCN - The
first letters of the club's name).
HISTORY:Founded on the 9 July 1904 as 'Gymnaste Club de Nice', concentrating mainly on gymnastics and athletics. In 1908 the club split and the new club 'Gymnastes Amateurs Club de Nice' created a football section, but in 1910 the two clubs re merged again and returned to the old title of 'Gymnaste Club de Nice'. In 1919 the club merged with the local club 'Gallia Football Athlétic Club' and in 1924 the club changed its name to 'Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice'. In 1991 it almost went bankrupt but was saved and the current name adapted.
NATIONAL HONOURS:France Champions, 4 - 1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1958–59. French Cup, 3 - 1952, 1954, 1997. French Super Cup (Trophée des Champions), 1 - 1970.
FULL NAME: Olympique de Marseille
NICKNAMES:Les Olympiens (The Olympians - meaning athletes
of the Olympic Games, also due to the first part of the club's name), Les
Phocéens (The Phocaeans - Greek colonists from Phocaea founded the
colony of Massalia, today's Marseille in 600 BC), l'OM (Name Initials), l'Oheme (Name Initials in Words), Marseillais (People from the city of Marseille).
HISTORY:Founded in 1892 as a multi-sport club under the name 'Sporting Club de Marseille' but by 1897 they had changed their name twice to 'U.S. Phocéenne' and 'Football Club de Marseille'. On the 30 August 1899 the club was re-founded and adapted the current name 'Olympique de Marseille' in honour of the 2,500th. anniversary of the founding of the city of Marseille by Greeks from Phocaea using thus the word 'Olympique' in honour of the ancient Greek Olympic Games and also since the club was still a multi-sport one. In fact Rugby was still the main sport of the club and it was only in 1902 that football took over as their main sport.
French Cup, 10 - 1924, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1938, 1943, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1989.French Super Cup (Trophée des Champions), 3 - 1971, 2010, 2012. French League Cup, 3 - 2010, 2011, 2012.
INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: UEFA Champions League, 1 - 1993.UEFA Intertoto Cup, 1 - 2005.
FULL NAME: Paris Saint-Germain Football Club.
NICKNAMES: Les Rouge-et-Bleu (Club Colours - The Red and Blues),
Les Parisiens (The Parisians - The People from the city of Paris), PSG (Name Initials).
HISTORY:Founded on the 12 August 1970 through the merger of 'Stade Saint-Germain' (established in 1904) and 'Paris Football Club' (established in 1969).
GAMES: 300
