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Salernitana
US Salernitana 1919 logo.svg
Full name Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 S.r.l.
Nickname(s) I Granata (The Garnets)
Founded 19 June 1919; 105 years ago (19 June 1919) (as Unione Sportiva Salernitana)
Ground Stadio Arechi
Ground Capacity 37,800
CEO Danilo Iervolino
Head coach Stefano Colantuono
League Serie A
2018–19 Serie B, 16th of 19
Third colours
Salernitana through the ages 2023
The performance of Salernitana in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30)

Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian professional football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recently in 2011. The current club is the heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, and it restarted from Serie D in the 2011–12 season. Salernitana returned to Serie A in 2021, after a break of 23 seasons, having finished second in Serie B.

History

From Unione Sportiva Salernitana to Salernitana Calcio 1919

The Salerno-based club was originally founded in 1919 as the Unione Sportiva Salernitana. The club was known as Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax for a time during the 1920s following a merger with Audax Salerno. In 1978, the club was renamed Salernitana Sport. The club has spent the majority of its history at the Serie B and Serie C levels of Italian football.

Salernitana play their home matches at Stadio Arechi.

In their early years, Salernitana competed in the regional Italian Football Championship for four seasons during the 1920s. After that time, the club returned to the top level of Italian football twice; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99.

In 2005, the club went bankrupt, but was restarted by Antonio Lombardi, changing the name from Salernitana Sport to Salernitana Calcio 1919.

In 2011, the club did not appeal against a decision by Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Co.Vi.So.C) and was excluded from Italian football.

Club refoundation: from Serie D to the top flight

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Salernitana-Cosenza 2014–15

On 21 July 2011, following the exclusion of the original Salernitana club, Salerno mayor Vincenzo De Luca, in compliance with Article 52 of NOIF, assigned the new title to Marco Mezzaroma, brother-in-law of Lazio owner and chairman Claudio Lotito. The new club was admitted to Serie D under the denomination of Salerno Calcio.

In the 2011–12 season, Salernitana was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after winning Group G of Serie D.

On 12 July 2012, the club was renamed US Salernitana 1919. In the 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Salernitana finished first in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second consecutive promotion for the team. Finally Salernitana won Group C of Lega Pro and returned Serie B in 2014–15 season.

After several seasons at Serie B level, Salernitana won promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2020–21 Serie B season under the tenure of head coach Fabrizio Castori, finishing in 2nd place behind champions Empoli. Promotion was secured with a 3–0 victory over Pescara on the final matchday. Salernitana's return to Serie A, however, required Lotito and Mezzaroma to sell the club, due to Italian football laws not allowing two clubs from the same owner to play in the same league. On 7 July 2021, the FIGC Federal Council approved the trust of Salernitana to take control of the club, meaning it was officially enrolled in Serie A for the first time in 23 years.

Return to Serie A: 2021–present

Salernitana's first match in its return to the top flight was a 3–2 defeat against Bologna on 22 August 2021. After a poor start to the season, earning only one point from the first six matches, the club picked up its first Serie A victory against Genoa on matchday seven, winning 1–0 due to a goal from Milan Đurić. In October, the Salernitana board fired Castori after a 2–1 loss to Spezia had left the club at the bottom of the table, with four points from their opening eight league games. Stefano Colantuono was named as his replacement, returning for a second spell as head coach having previously led Salernitana from December 2017 to December 2018.

On 22 May 2022, Salernitana avoided relegation by finishing with the lowest points tally in Serie A history with just 31 points. Salernitana managed to pull off the great escape by securing 18 points from their last 15 matches.

Colours, badge and nicknames

Salernitana's original kit

Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti. The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, as Salerno lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a port city. In the 1940s, the club changed to garnet-coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their homeland.

During the 2011–12 season their kit colours were striped blue and deep red, resembling FC Barcelona. The symbol of St. Matthew, patron saint of Salerno, was also a part of the redesigned kit.

Since renaming the club US Salernitana 1919, however, their home colours have again been the traditional garnet.

The 100th anniversary logo was announced on 24 June 2019, and appeared on their 2019–20 season kits.

Honours

League

Winners: 1946–47 (Group C), 1997–98
Winners: 1937–38, 1965–66, 2007–08, 2014–15
  • Lega Pro Seconda Divisione: / Serie C2:
Winners: 2012–13
Winners: 2011–12 (as Salerno Calcio)

Cups

  • Coppa Italia Serie C:
Winners: 2013–14
  • Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione:
Winners: 2012–13

Internationally

  • Anglo-Italian Cup:
Quarter Finalist: 1994-1995

Divisional movements

Series Years Last Promotions Relegations
A 4 2022–23 Decrease 2 (1948, 1999)
B 30 2020–21 Increase 3 (1947, 1998, 2021) Decrease 6 (1939, 1956, 1967, 1991, 2005✟, 2010)
C
+C2
55
+1
2014–15 Increase 7 (1938, 1943, 1966, 1990, 1994, 2008, 2015)
Increase 1 (2013 C2)
Decrease 1 (2011✟)
89 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D 1 2011–12 Increase 1 (2012) never

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Vincenzo Fiorillo
3 Croatia DF Domagoj Bradarić
4 Greece DF Triantafyllos Pasalidis
5 Germany DF Jérôme Boateng
6 France DF Junior Sambia
7 Argentina MF Agustín Martegani (on loan from San Lorenzo)
9 Nigeria FW Simy
10 Senegal FW Boulaye Dia
11 France MF Iron Gomis (on loan from Kasımpaşa)
13 Mexico GK Guillermo Ochoa
14 Israel FW Shon Weissman (on loan from Granada)
17 Argentina DF Federico Fazio (captain)
18 Mali MF Lassana Coulibaly
20 Cyprus MF Grigoris Kastanos
22 Nigeria FW Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi
No. Position Player
23 Slovakia DF Norbert Gyömbér (3rd captain)
24 Argentina DF Marco Pellegrino (on loan from AC Milan)
25 Italy MF Giulio Maggiore
26 Croatia MF Toma Bašić (on loan from Lazio)
27 Italy DF Niccolò Pierozzi (on loan from Fiorentina)
33 France FW Loum Tchaouna
36 Romania MF Andres Sfait
44 Greece DF Kostas Manolas
55 Italy MF Emanuel Vignato (on loan from Pisa)
56 France GK Benoît Costil
59 Italy DF Alessandro Zanoli (on loan from Napoli)
62 Italy GK Pasquale Allocca
87 Italy MF Antonio Candreva (vice-captain)
98 Italy DF Lorenzo Pirola
99 Poland MF Mateusz Łęgowski

Other players under contract

No. Position Player
Brazil FW Mikael

Players out on loan

No. Position Player
Italy GK Luigi Sepe (at Lazio until 30 June 2024)
Italy GK Alessio Di Giorgio (at Fossombrone until 30 June 2024)
Tunisia DF Dylan Bronn (at Servette until 30 June 2024)
Austria DF Flavius Daniliuc (at RB Salzburg until 30 June 2024)
Italy DF Matteo Lovato (at Torino until 30 June 2024)
Moldova DF Andrei Moțoc (at Legnago Salus until 30 June 2024)
Norway MF Emil Bohinen (at Genoa until 30 June 2024)
No. Position Player
Senegal MF Mamadou Coulibaly (at Palermo until 30 June 2024)
Italy MF Edoardo Iannoni (at Perugia until 30 June 2024)
Italy MF Antonio Pio Iervolino (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024)
Spain MF Kaleb Jiménez (at Atalanta U23 until 30 June 2024)
Italy FW Federico Bonazzoli (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024)
Jamaica FW Trivante Stewart (at Javor-Matis until 30 June 2024)
Chile FW Diego Valencia (at Atromitos until 30 June 2024)

Primavera

No. Position Player
40 Italy DF Emanuele Elia
41 Italy DF Tommaso Ferrari
No. Position Player
51 Italy MF Ciro Borrelli (on loan from Napoli Primavera)
65 Italy GK Gregorio Salvati

Non-playing staff

Position Staff
Sporting director Italy Walter Sabatini
Head coach Italy Stefano Colantuono
Assistant coach Italy Andrea Bovo
Technical collaborator Italy Manolo Pestrin
Goalkeeping coach Italy Mauro Lamberti
Athletic coach Italy Armando Fucci
Italy Vincenzo Laurino
Italy Marco Celia
Italy Daniele Tozzi
Match analyst Italy Sandro Antonini
Team manager Italy Salvatore Avallone
Referee Caretaker Italy Cristina Lambiase Savage
Kit Manager Italy Gerardo Salvucci
Italy Rosario Fiorillo
Italy Mario Gaeta
Head of medical staff Italy Dott. Vincenzo Rosciano
Medical area coordinator Italy Dott. Gennaro Alfano
Team Doctor Italy Dott. Italo Leo
Nutritionist Italy Dott. Stefano Gallo
Physiotherapist - Osteopath Italy Giovanni Carmando
Italy Giuseppe Magliano
Italy Paolo Chianese
Massophysiotherapist Italy Davide Bisogno
Physiotherapist Italy Simone Sigillo
Italy Francesco Minieri
Italy Andrea Ciccarino
Scientific consultant Italy Prof. Marcello Zappia
Italy Dott. Antonio Lambiase
Italy Dott. Daniele Masarone
Italy Dott. Luca Bardi
Podiatrist Italy Sergio Di Palma
Goalkeeping Co-ordinator Italy Luigi Genovese

National team players

These current and former players have recorded starts for their respective national teams.

Players from the Italy national football team:

Italy

Players from other national football teams:

Albania
  • Albania Erjon Bogdani
  • Albania Frédéric Veseli
Argentina
  • Argentina Federico Fazio
  • Argentina Diego Perotti
Australia
  • Australia Danny Tiatto
Austria
  • Austria Flavius Daniliuc
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Milan Đurić
Cameroon
Cape Verde
  • Cape Verde Jovane
Chile
  • Chile Diego Valencia
Croatia
  • Croatia Domagoj Bradarić
Cyprus
  • Cyprus Andreas Karo
  • Cyprus Grigoris Kastanos
France
Ivory Coast
  • Ivory Coast Marco Zoro
Jamaica
  • Jamaica Trivante Stewart
Mali
  • Mali Lassana Coulibaly
Mexico
Netherlands
  • Netherlands Tonny Vilhena
Nigeria
Norway
  • Norway Emil Bohinen
  • Norway Erik Botheim
  • Norway Stefan Strandberg
Peru
  • Peru Roberto Merino
Poland
Romania
  • Romania Andrei Cristea
  • Romania Radu Drăgușin
Russia
  • Russia Ruslan Nigmatullin
Senegal
  • Senegal Mamadou Coulibaly
  • Senegal Boulaye Dia
Serbia
  • Serbia Ivan Radovanović
Slovakia
  • Slovakia Norbert Gyömbér
Slovenia
  • Slovenia Vid Belec
  • Slovenia Domen Črnigoj
South Africa
Sweden
  • Sweden Riccardo Gagliolo
Switzerland
  • Switzerland Francesco Di Jorio
Tunisia
  • Tunisia Dylan Bronn
  • Tunisia Wajdi Kechrida
Turkey
  • Turkey Bülent Eken
Uruguay
  • Uruguay Wálter López

World Cup players

The following players have been selected by their country in a World Cup Final Squad, while playing for Salernitana.

  • Tunisia Dylan Bronn (2022)

Managers

  • Hungary Géza Kertész (1929–31)
  • Italy Pietro Leone (1931–32)
  • Hungary Ferenc Hirzer (1936–38)
  • Italy Paraguay Attila Sallustro (1939)
  • Hungary Ferenc Hirzer (1940–41)
  • Hungary Géza Kertész (1943–44)
  • Italy Giuseppe Viani (1946–48)
  • Italy Arnaldo Sentimenti (1950)
  • Austria Rodolphe Hiden (1951–52)
  • Italy Paolo Todeschini (1956–57)
  • Italy Nicolò Nicolosi (1958–59)
  • Uruguay Ettore Puricelli (1960–61)
  • Hungary Gyula Zsengellér (1961–62)
  • Austria Rodolphe Hiden (1963–64)
  • Italy Pietro Magni (1969)
  • Italy Lucio Mujesan (1977)
  • Italy Enea Masiero (1977–78)
  • Italy Lucio Mujesan (1978)
  • Italy Lamberto Leonardi (1980–81)
  • Italy Romano Mattè (1981–82)
  • Argentina Francisco Lojacono (1982–83)
  • Italy Mario Facco (1983–84)
  • Italy Gian Piero Ghio (1984–86)
  • Italy Lamberto Leonardi (1989)
  • Italy Giovanni Simonelli (1991–92)
  • Italy Tarcisio Burgnich (1991–92)
  • Italy Giuliano Sonzogni (1992–93)
  • Italy Delio Rossi (1993–95)
  • Italy Franco Colomba (1995–97)
  • Italy Delio Rossi (1997–99)
  • Italy Luigi Cagni (1999–2000)
  • Italy Nedo Sonetti (2000–01)
  • Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman (2001–02)
  • Italy Stefano Pioli (2003–04)
  • Italy Angelo Gregucci (2004–05)
  • Italy Stefano Cuoghi (2005–06)
  • Italy Gianfranco Bellotto (2006–07)
  • Italy Andrea Agostinelli (2007)
  • Italy Fabio Brini (2008)
  • Italy Fabrizio Castori (2008)
  • Italy Bortolo Mutti (2008–09)
  • Italy Fabrizio Castori (2009)
  • Italy Fabio Brini (2009)
  • Italy Marco Cari (2009)
  • Italy Gianluca Grassadonia (2010)
  • Italy Roberto Breda (2010–11)
  • Italy Carlo Perrone (2011–12)
  • Italy Giuseppe Galderisi (2012)
  • Italy Carlo Perrone (2012–13)
  • Italy Stefano Sanderra (2013)
  • Italy Carlo Perrone (2013)
  • Italy Angelo Gregucci (2014)
  • Italy Mario Somma (2014)
  • Italy Leonardo Menichini (2014–15)
  • Italy Vincenzo Torrente (2015–16)
  • Italy Leonardo Menichini (2016)
  • Italy Giuseppe Sannino (2016)
  • Italy Alberto Bollini (2016–17)
  • Italy Stefano Colantuono (2017–18)
  • Italy Angelo Gregucci (2018–19)
  • Italy Leonardo Menichini (2019)
  • Italy Gian Piero Ventura (2019–20)
  • Italy Fabrizio Castori (2020–21)
  • Italy Stefano Colantuono (2021–22)
  • Italy Davide Nicola (2022–23)
  • Portugal Paulo Sousa (2023)
  • Italy Filippo Inzaghi (2023–24)
  • Italy Fabio Liverani (2024–present)

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