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Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian 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[4] and it restarted from Serie D in the 2011–12 season.[5][6] Salernitana returned to Serie A in 2021, after a break of 23 seasons, having finished second in Serie B.

Salernitana

Full name	Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Granata (The Garnets)
Founded	1919; 103 years ago (1919) 2005; 17 years ago (2005) (refounded) 2011; 11 years ago (2011) (refounded)
Ground	Stadio Arechi[1]
Capacity	37,800[2]
CEO	Danilo Iervolino[3]
Manager	Davide Nicola
League	Serie A
2021–22	Serie A, 17th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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 their 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. They played at this level for four seasons during the 1920s. Since 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.^{[citation needed]}

Club refoundation: from Serie D to the top flight

On 21 July 2011, following the exclusion of the original Salernitana club, Salerno mayor Vincenzo De Luca, in compliance with Article 52 of N.O.I.F., 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.[1][7][8]

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.[4] 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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

Colours, badge and nicknames

Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti.[15] 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 F.C. Barcelona. The symbol of St. Matthew, patron saint of Salerno, was also a part of the redesigned kit.[16]

Since renaming the club US Salernitana 1919, however, their home colours have again been the traditional garnet.[4]

The 100th anniversary logo was announced on June 24, 2019, and appeared on their 2019–20 season kits.[17]

Honours

League

• Serie B:

Winners: 1946–47 (Group C), 1997–98

• Serie C / Serie C1:

Winners: 1937–38; 1965–66; 2007–08; 2014–15

• Lega Pro Seconda Divisione / Serie C2:

Winner: 2012–13

• Serie D:

Winner: 2011–12 (as Salerno Calcio)

Cups

• Coppa Italia Serie C:

Winners: 2013–14

• Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione

Winners: 2012–13

Divisional movements

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

Players

Current squad

As of 21 October 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Vincenzo Fiorillo 2 DF  TUN Dylan Bronn 3 DF  CRO Domagoj Bradarić 5 DF  AUT Flavius Daniliuc 6 MF  FRA Junior Sambia 8 MF  NOR Emil Bohinen 9 FW  ITA Federico Bonazzoli 10 MF  NED Tonny Vilhena (on loan from Espanyol) 11 FW  NOR Erik Botheim 12 GK  ITA Alessandro Micai 14 FW  CHI Diego Valencia 16 MF  SRB Ivan Radovanović 17 DF  ARG Federico Fazio (captain) 18 MF  MLI Lassana Coulibaly 19 FW  NOR Julian Kristoffersen 20 MF  CYP Grigoris Kastanos

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  SVK Norbert Gyömbér 25 MF  ITA Giulio Maggiore 26 DF  FRA Sanasi Sy 28 MF  ITA Leonardo Capezzi 29 FW  SEN Boulaye Dia (on loan from Villarreal) 30 MF  ITA Pasquale Mazzocchi 33 GK  ITA Luigi Sepe 35 DF  MDA Andrei Moțoc 39 MF  ITA Antonio Pio Iervolino 66 DF  ITA Matteo Lovato 71 GK  ITA Jacopo De Matteis 72 GK  ITA Andrea Sorrentino 87 MF  ITA Antonio Candreva (on loan from Sampdoria) 98 DF  ITA Lorenzo Pirola (on loan from Inter Milan) 99 FW  POL Krzysztof Piątek (on loan from Hertha BSC)

Other players under contract

As of 1 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Gioacchino Galeotafiore

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Francesco Orlando

Players out on loan

As of 1 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CRO Luka Bogdan (at Ternana until 30 June 2023) — DF  POL Paweł Jaroszyński (at MKS Cracovia until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Valerio Mantovani (at Ternana until 30 June 2023) — MF  NED Reda Boultam (at NK Istra 1961 until 30 June 2023) — MF  SEN Mamadou Coulibaly (at Ternana until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Edoardo Iannoni (at Perugia until 30 June 2024) — MF  ESP Kaleb Jiménez Castillo (at Vicenza until 30 June 2024) — FW  BRA Mikael (at Internacional until 30 June 2023) — FW  NGA Simy (at Benevento until 30 June 2023)

Non-playing staff

As of 23 October 2022[18][19]

Position	Staff
Sporting director	Morgan De Sanctis
Head coach	Davide Nicola
Assistant coach	Manuele Cacicia
Goalkeeping coaches	Michelangelo Rampulla Mauro Lamberti
Athletic coaches	Gabriele Stoppino Vincenzo Laurino Marco Celia Daniele Tozzi
Technical collaborators	Simone Barone Manolo Pestrin
Match analysts	Federico Barni Sandro Antonini
Team Manager	Salvatore Avallone
Referee Caretaker	Cristina Lambiase Savage
Kit Manager	Gerardo Salvucci Rosario Fiorillo
Team Doctor	Dott. Vincenzo Rosciano
Head of medical staff	Dott. Italo Leo
Nutritionist	Dott. Andrea Cioffi
Physiotherapist - Osteopath	Giovanni Carmando Giuseppe Magliano
Massophysiotherapist	Davide Bisogno
Physiotherapist	Francesco Minieri
Scientific Consultant	Prof. Marcello Zappia Dott. Antonio Lambiase
Technical directors (first team football)	Giulio Migliaccio Simone Lo Schiavo
Youth system director	Stefano Colantuono

National team players

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

Players from the Italian national football team:

• Roberto Breda
• David Di Michele
• Marco Di Vaio
• Salvatore Fresi
• Gennaro Gattuso
• Francesco Caputo
• Walter Zenga
• Pasquale Mazzocchi

Players from other national football teams:

• Franck Ribéry
• Vid Belec
• Stefan Strandberg
• Frédéric Veseli
• Mamadou Coulibaly
• Lassana Coulibaly
• Wajdi Kechrida
• Milan Đurić
• Simeon Nwankwo (Simy)
• Joel Obi
• Erjon Bogdani
• Andrei Cristea
• Francesco Di Jorio[20]
• Bülent Eken
• Krzysztof Piątek
• Norbert Gyömbér
• Tonny Vilhena
• Phil Masinga
• Roberto Merino
• Ruslan Nigmatullin
• Siyabonga Nomvethe
• Rigobert Song
• Danny Tiatto
• Marco Zoro
• Diego Valencia

World Cup players

The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup Finals, while playing for Salernitana.

Managers

References

Further reading

• Giovanni Vitale (2010). Salernitana storia di gol sorrisi e affanni. International printing. ISBN 978-88-7868-094-4.

External links

• Official website (in Italian)

На других языках

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[de] US Salernitana

Die Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, kurz Salernitana, ist ein italienischer Fußballverein aus der kampanischen Stadt Salerno. Eine weitere Bezeichnung ist I Granata („Die Granatroten“).

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- [en] U.S. Salernitana 1919

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[es] Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919

La Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 es un club de fútbol italiano, de la ciudad de Salerno, en la región de Campania. Fue fundado en 1919 y refundado dos veces en total. Desde 1990 juega de local en el Estadio Arechi. Viste camiseta granate y pantalón negro. Pertenece a la Serie A, la máxima categoría del fútbol italiano.

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[ru] Салернитана

«Салернитана» (итал. Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919) — итальянский футбольный клуб из города Салерно, выступающий в Серии А. Основан в 1919 году. Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Ареки», вмещающем 37 245 зрителей. Наивысшим достижением клуба в Серии A стало 15 место в сезоне 1998/99, в Кубке Италии — выход в 1/8 финала в 2000/01 и в 2008/09. Заняв 2-е место в Серии В сезона 2020/21, клуб получил право вернуться в Серию А впервые за 22 года[1].

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