Piacenza Calcio
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| Full name | Piacenza Calcio 1919 S.s.d.r.l |
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| Nickname(s) |
I Biancorossi (The Red-and-Whites), I Papaveri (The Poppies), I Lupi (The Wolves) |
| Founded | 1919 2012 (refounded) |
| Ground |
Stadio Leonardo Garilli, Piacenza, Italy |
| Capacity | 21,668 |
| Chairman | Marco Gatti |
| Manager | Arnaldo Franzini |
| League | Lega Pro |
| 2015–16 | Serie D, Girone B 1st (promoted) |
| Website | www |
Piacenza Calcio 1919 is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza, Emilia–Romagna. The club currently plays in Lega Pro, the third level of Italian football.
Piacenza Football Club was founded in 1919 with the first club president as Giovanni Dosi. Dosi was an ambitious manager, taking control of every social, technical and administrative aspect of the club, with the sole focus at bringing the club into the national championship under the FIGC.
After spending much of the club's early life in the regional leagues, they entered into Serie C for the 1935–36 season, coming close to gaining promotion into Serie B during 1938 but lost out to Fanfulla.
After World War II, Piacenza competed in Serie B for the first time, competing there for two seasons before falling back down to Serie C in 1948.
The club were punished for illicit sportsmanship in 1956 and were relegated to Serie D. This proved to be quite a heavy blow for the club as they would continue to yo-yo between Serie C and D until 1964. Piacenza finally returned to Serie B in 1969, under coach Tino Molina and president Vincenzo Romagnoli.
Piacenza's history until recent times was mostly undistinguished, with brief spells in Serie B in the 1940s and further spells in 1969–70, 1975–76 and 1987–88 to 1988–89.
Promotion in 1991 saw a rise in the side's fortunes under coach Gigi Cagni with the club promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1993, but was immediately relegated in the next season, despite the presence of players such as midfielder Daniele Moretti, winger Francesco Turrini and forward Giampietro Piovani. For much of the season, Piacenza had battled into mid-table and were even a few points short of a European place, but were relegated on the last day of the season in a tight scrap. The club wisely chose to retain Cagni and most of his squad, and they would achieve promotion as Serie B champions in 1995.
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