U.S. Sassuolo Calcio
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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio Srl |
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| Nickname(s) | I Neroverdi (The Black and Greens) |
| Founded | 17 July 1920 |
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| Capacity | 23,717 |
| Owner | Mapei |
| Chairman | Carlo Rossi |
| Manager | Eusebio Di Francesco |
| League | Serie A |
| 2015–16 | Serie A, 6th |
| Website | Club home page |
Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio ([u.ˈnjo.ne sporˈti.va sasˈswɔlo ˈkal.tʃo], "Sassuolo Football Sport Union") is an Italian professional football club based in Sassuolo, in the province of Modena.Their colours are black and green, hence the nickname "neroverdi".
Founded in 1920, Sassuolo have played in Serie A from the 2013–14 season, joining a select group of teams not belonging to a provincial capital city: Empoli, Legnano, Pro Patria, Carpi and Casale.
The club was founded in 1920 and played in the Emilian amateur divisions for most of its history until its first promotion to Serie D in 1968. In this era, the club merged with other local football teams to eventually form the current US Sassuolo Calcio in 1974. In 1984, it first gained promotion to Serie C2, the lowest level of professional football in Italy. However, they were relegated again in 1990 and subsequently spent most of the decade back in Serie D. In 1998, a second-place finish ensured promotion back to Serie C2.
Sassuolo reached Serie C1 in 2006 after winning the Serie C2 promotion play-offs by beating Sansovino in the final. In the following years, Sassuolo proved to be a serious contender for promotion to Serie B, barely missing it in 2007, with Gian Marco Remondina as head coach, as they lost immediate promotion to Grosseto in the final season days, and were defeated by fifth-placed Monza in the play-off semi-finals. Remondina then left Sassuolo to join Serie B's Piacenza, and former Serie A player Massimiliano Allegri was then chosen as new head coach.
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