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Parma A.C.

Parma
Parma's crest
Full name Parma Calcio 1913 Srl
Nickname(s) I Crociati (The Crusaders)
I Gialloblù (The Yellow and Blues)
I Ducali (The Duchy Men)
Gli Emiliani (The Emilians)
Founded 16 December 1913; 103 years ago (16 December 1913), as Parma Foot Ball Club
1930; 87 years ago (1930), as Parma Associazone Sportiva
1967; 50 years ago (1967), as Parma Football Club
1970; 47 years ago (1970), as Parma Associazone Calcio
29 June 2004; 12 years ago (29 June 2004), as Parma Football Club S.p.A.
27 July 2015; 17 months ago (27 July 2015) as S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913
Ground Stadio Ennio Tardini,
Parma, Italy
Ground Capacity 22,352
Owner Nuovo Inizio SrL
President Nevio Scala
Head coach Stefano Morrone
League Lega Pro
2015–16 Serie D, 1st (promoted)
Website Club home page
Current season

Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Parma, is an Italian football club based in the city of Parma that currently competes in Lega Pro, the third tier of Italian football. Founded as Parma Football Club in December 1913, the club plays its home matches in the 22,352-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini, often referred to as simply Il Tardini, from 1923. It traditionally plays attractive football and develops players through the club's academy.

Although Parma never won a domestic league title and never competed for major trophies until the 1990s, it won three Coppa Italia, one Supercoppa Italiana, two UEFA Cups, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Financed by Calisto Tanzi, the club won these eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish – as runners-up in the 1996–97 season – and threatened the dominance of the league's established powers: Juventus, A.C. Milan and Inter Milan, the only Italian sides to have had more success in European competition than Parma.

Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007. The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and re-founded in Serie D by virtue of the Comma 10 of the Article 52 of N.O.I.F..


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