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Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, commonly referred to as Sassuolo (Italian pronunciation: [sasˈswɔːlo]), is an Italian football club based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.[2] Their colours are black and green, hence the nickname Neroverdi (literally "black and green", in Italian).

Sassuolo

Full name	Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Neroverdi (The Black and Greens) The Watermelon Peel
Founded	1920; 102 years ago (1920)
Ground	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Capacity	21,584[1]
Owner	Mapei
Chairman	Carlo Rossi
Head coach	Alessio Dionisi
League	Serie A
2021–22	Serie A, 11th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Sassuolo have played in Serie A since the 2013–14 season, joining a select group of teams playing in the Serie A but not belonging to a provincial capital city: U.S. Savoia 1908 (Torre Annunziata), Empoli, Legnano, Pro Patria (Busto Arsizio), Carpi and Casale.[3][4]

History

The club was founded in 1920[5] 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, the club gained promotion to Serie C2, the lowest level of professional football in Italy. However, they were relegated in 1990 and subsequently spent most of the 1990s in Serie D. In 1998, a second-place finish ensured promotion back to Serie C2.

Serie C1

Sassuolo reached Serie C1 for the first time 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. With Gian Marco Remondina as head coach, they barely missed it in 2007, as they lost immediate promotion to Grosseto in the final days of the season, finishing in second-place; and then 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.

Under Allegri, Sassuolo quickly revived their hopes to obtain promotion to Serie B; this ultimately came on 27 April 2008, when they won the Serie C1/A title, thus ensuring a historical promotion to Serie B, the first in the club's history.[6]

Serie B

Following Sassuolo's promotion to the Italian second tier, Allegri left Sassuolo to fill the head coaching position at Serie A team Cagliari. In July 2008, the club appointed former Atalanta and Siena boss Andrea Mandorlini for the 2008–09 season.

Sassuolo had a surprisingly good start to the 2008–09 campaign and held a promotion playoff place for very long time. They only won two points in their last five matches to eventually finish in seventh place. Despite a successful season, Mandorlini left Sassuolo by mutual consent in June 2009, whereupon the team then appointed former Piacenza coach Stefano Pioli on 11 June 2009.

Sassuolo successively qualified to the Serie B promotion playoffs in 2009–10 by placing fourth, and 2011–12 in third, being eliminated at the semi-finals in both seasons.

In the 2012–13 season, however, under the guidance of new head coach Eusebio Di Francesco, Sassuolo played a majority of the season in first place in the table, and eventually secured direct promotion with a 1-0 victory over Livorno on 18 May 2013. At the conclusion of the season, Sassuolo had won the Serie B title and had ensured a first top-flight campaign ever for the 2013–14 season. The club had reached the highest level of the Italian football league system only seven years after playing in Serie C2. The key role that was played in this achievement by 18-year-old academy product Domenico Berardi saw the player win the league's Player of the Year award.

Serie A

During pre-season training in July 2013, Sassuolo won the TIM Trophy after beating Juventus on penalties then beating Milan 2–1, marking the first time a team other than Milan, Internazionale or Juventus have won the Cup.

On 25 August 2013, Sassuolo played their first-ever Serie A match, a 2–0 loss away at Torino.[7] The team's second match was their first at home, against Livorno, where striker Simone Zaza scored Sassuolo's first top-flight goal as they lost 4–1.[8] On 22 September 2013, Sassuolo endured a heavy 7–0 defeat at home to Internazionale. The team earned their first point in their fifth match, on 25 September away to Napoli. Zaza equalised as the game finished 1–1, ending the hosts' perfect start to the season.[9] This was followed by a first home point on 29 September, a 2–2 draw with Lazio.[10] On 20 October 2013, Sassuolo won their first Serie A game, defeating Bologna 2–1 at home with goals from Domenico Berardi and Antonio Floro Flores, moving the club off bottom place.[11] Sassuolo won away for the first time in Serie A on 3 November against Sampdoria, with Berardi scoring their first top-flight hat-trick to win 4–3.[12] Since the following match, a 1–1 draw at Roma on 10 November, the club has been outside the relegation zone.[13] On 12 January 2014, Berardi was the only player in the season to score four goals in a game, as Sassuolo came from 2–0 down to win 4–3 against Milan.[14] Towards the end of January 2014, Sassuolo were in bottom place and so manager Di Francesco was relieved of his duties and Alberto Malesani was brought in. The managerial change did not have the desired effects and so in early March, Sassuolo re-entrusted the side to the management of Di Francesco. Sassuolo won its away match against Fiorentina 4–3 on 6 May 2014, and after winning 4–2 against Genoa on 11 May, Sassuolo guaranteed its place in Serie A for the 2014–15 season. Berardi finished in equal 7th place in the Serie A top scorers list, with 16 goals for the season.

The Neroverdi had a much better 2014–15 Serie A season, finishing comfortably beyond relegation in 12th place. Berardi was once more the club's top goalscorer with 15 league goals.

Sassuolo improved again in the 2015–16 Serie A season, finishing ahead of the likes of Milan and Lazio in sixth place. The season included an opening day win over Napoli,[15] a Round 10 1–0 victory over Juventus at Mapei Stadium[16] and a 1–0 victory over Inter at the San Siro.[17]

On 21 May 2016, Sassuolo achieved their first ever Europa League qualification after finishing sixth in 2015–16 courtesy of a Juventus Coppa Italia win over Milan as Milan would have gone to Europe instead if they had won the final.[18] On 25 August 2016, Sassuolo qualified for the Europa League group stage after beating Red Star Belgrade 4–1 on aggregate in the playoff round.[19]

Over the following three seasons, the Neroverdi returned to mid-table, ending the 2016–17 season in 12th position, and then the club followed this up with consecutive 11th place finishes in 2018 and 2019, as well being knocked out in the round of 16 in three successive Coppa Italia campaigns. In the home match against Lazio on 25 February 2018, club captain Francesco Magnanelli made his 400th appearance for Sassuolo since joining the club's in its most recent spell in Serie C2 in 2005, having led the Neroverdi through three promotions and also playing in European competition in that time.^{[citation needed]} On 13 June 2018, Roberto De Zerbi was appointed as manager, after impressing with his possession-based tactics at relegated Benevento in the previous season.[20]

The 2019–20 season oversaw an improvement in Sassuolo's fortunes. The club concluded the season in 8th position, just outside the final qualifying position for the UEFA Europa League, marking only the second top-half Serie A finish in its history. A primary reason for Sassuolo's growth was due to De Zerbi's innovative, attack-minded style of play, which began to flourish and led to a record-breaking Serie A goal return of 69, the most prolific the club has been since promotion in 2013.[21] The transfer of Francesco Caputo from Empoli in the preceding off-season was particularly crucial to this, as the striker ended the campaign with 21 league goals, and wingers Jérémie Boga and Domenico Berardi also achieved double-figure goal tallies.[22]

The club continued its development as a top 10 team in Serie A in the following season, in which the record of 61 points in 2015–16 was broken with another 8th place finish on 62 points. After eight matches, Sassuolo was placed second in the table, which in part was the result of the excellent form of the likes of Berardi, Manuel Locatelli, Filip Đuričić, amongst others. An impressive 2-0 away win against Napoli on matchday six was perhaps the best reflection of this impressive early-season form.[23] Although the club's form declined slightly in the mid-stage of the season, a 2-0 victory over Lazio on the final matchday meant that Sassuolo reached the same points total as Roma in 7th place, but narrowly missed out on European qualification on goal difference.[24] Berardi, in his eighth professional season with the club, enjoyed the best year of his career with 17 league goals and his double in a 3-1 against Fiorentina on 17 April 2021 meant that he had reached 100 goals in all competitions for the Neroverdi.[25] De Zerbi announced he would leave the club at the end of the season to take up the vacant head coach position at Shakhtar Donetsk.[26] On 11 July 2021, Sassuolo’s Manuel Locatelli, Domenico Berardi and Giacomo Raspadori were part of the Italy national squad that defeated England in the UEFA Euro 2020 final.[27]

Stadium & Kit

Sassuolo's home stadium is the Stadio Enzo Ricci in Sassuolo, still used by the club for training, but due to its tiny capacity (4,000) the club played Serie B seasons in Modena's Stadio Alberto Braglia.[28][29]

Starting from the 2013–14 season, the first Serie A campaign for the club, Sassuolo plays in Reggio Emilia at the renovated Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (formerly Stadio Giglio) in a venue-sharing agreement with Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Reggiana.[30] The stadium was also bought by the parent company of Sassuolo, Mapei.[31]

Sassuolo's famous green kit originates from a donation from English side Lancaster Rovers FC. During a tour of Italy in 1921, the Rover's side were unable to fulfil a fixture with Sassuolo and as a way of apology, donated their green shirts for Sassuolo to keep.[32]

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2022[33]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ITA Riccardo Marchizza 5 DF  TUR Kaan Ayhan 6 DF  BRA Rogério 7 MF  BRA Matheus Henrique 8 MF  MAR Abdou Harroui 9 FW  ITA Andrea Pinamonti (on loan from Inter Milan) 10 FW  ITA Domenico Berardi (vice-captain) 11 FW  URU Agustín Álvarez 13 DF  ITA Gian Marco Ferrari (captain) 14 MF  EQG Pedro Obiang 15 FW  NOR Emil Konradsen Ceide 16 MF  ITA Davide Frattesi 17 DF  TUR Mert Müldür 18 FW  FRA Janis Antiste (on loan from Spezia) 19 DF  ITA Filippo Romagna

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  GER Jeremy Toljan 23 MF  CIV Hamed Traorè 25 GK  ITA Gianluca Pegolo 27 MF  FRA Maxime Lopez 28 DF  CRO Martin Erlić 30 GK  ITA Gioele Zacchi 35 MF  ITA Luca D'Andrea 42 MF  NOR Kristian Thorstvedt 44 DF  BRA Ruan Tressoldi 45 FW  FRA Armand Laurienté 47 GK  ITA Andrea Consigli 64 GK  ITA Alessandro Russo 77 DF  GRE Giorgos Kyriakopoulos 92 FW  FRA Grégoire Defrel

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 — FW  ITA Brian Oddei

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Isaac Karamoko

Out on loan

As of 25 August 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 — GK  ITA Matteo Campani (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2023) — GK  ITA Giacomo Satalino (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023) — GK  ITA Stefano Turati (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) — GK  ITA Samuele Vitale (at Gelbison until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Stefano Piccinini (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2023) — DF  NED Ryan Flamingo (at Vitesse until 30 June 2023) — DF  COL Yeferson Paz (at Perugia until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Matteo Pinelli (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Matteo Saccani (at Pescara until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Federico Artioli (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Manuel Locatelli (at Juventus until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ROU Andrei Mărginean (at Novara until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Alessandro Mercati (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Marco Sala (at Palermo until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Andrea Ghion (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Riccardo Ciervo (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Giacomo Manzari (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Luca Moro (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Jacopo Pellegrini (at Reggiana until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Luigi Samele (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Giacomo Raspadori (at Napoli until 30 June 2023)

Youth sector

Coaching staff

As of 1 July 2021

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Alessio Dionisi
Assistant Head Coach	Paolo Cozzi
Goalkeeping Coach	Paolo Orlandoni
Technical Coach	Massimiliano Sigolo
Athletic Coach	Fabio Spighi
Rehab Coach	Andrea Rinaldi
Chief Analyst	Marco Riggio
Video Analyst	Massimo Carcarino
Club Doctor	Roberto D'Ovidio Claudio Pecci
Physiotherapist	Nicola Daprile Gennady Belenky
Nutritionist	Luca Mondazzi
Medical Director Physiotherapy	Andrea Acciarri

Managers

Recent seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Cup	Supercoppa Italiana	Cup	Result	Player(s)	Goals[34][35]
	League											UEFA – FIFA		Top goalscorer(s)[36]
2021–22	Serie A (1)	38	13	11	14	64	66	50	11th	QF				Gianluca Scamacca	16
2020–21	Serie A (1)	38	17	11	10	64	56	62	8th	R16				Domenico Berardi	17
2019–20	Serie A (1)	38	14	9	15	69	63	51	8th	4R				Francesco Caputo	21
2018–19	Serie A (1)	38	9	16	13	53	60	43	11th	R16				Domenico Berardi	10
2017–18	Serie A (1)	38	11	10	17	29	59	43	11th	R16				Matteo Politano	11
2016–17	Serie A (1)	38	13	7	18	58	63	46	12th	R16		Europa League	Group stage	Grégoire Defrel	16
2015–16	Serie A (1)	38	16	13	9	49	40	61	6th	4R				Domenico Berardi Grégoire Defrel Nicola Sansone	7
2014–15	Serie A (1)	38	12	13	13	49	57	49	12th	R16				Domenico Berardi	15
2013–14	Serie A (1)	38	9	7	22	43	72	34	17th	4R				Domenico Berardi	16
2012–13	Serie B (2)	42	25	10	7	78	40	85	1st	3R				Domenico Berardi Richmond Boakye Leonardo Pavoletti Emanuele Terranova	11
2011–12	Serie B (2)	42	22	14	6	57	33	80	3rd[37]	3R				Gianluca Sansone	20
2010–11	Serie B (2)	42	13	12	17	42	46	51	16th	3R				Salvatore Bruno Daniele Martinetti	7
2009–10	Serie B (2)	42	18	15	9	60	42	69	4th[38]	4R				Alessandro Noselli	18
2008–09	Serie B (2)	42	15	15	12	57	50	60	7th	4R				Alessandro Noselli	16
2007–08	Serie C1 Girone A (3)	34	19	6	9	46	32	63	1st					Andy Selva	11
2006–07	Serie C1 Girone A (3)	34	17	10	7	42	27	61	2nd[39]					Andy Selva	11
2005–06	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	16	9	9	43	32	57	2nd					Alessandro Andreini	10
2004–05	Serie C2 Girone A (4)	34	14	10	10	40	35	52	5th[40]					Ferdinando Sforzini	9
2003–04	Serie C2 Girone A (4)	34	5	12	17	26	43	27	17th[41]					Daniele Federici	8
2002–03	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	7	11	16	22	34	32	17th[42]					Juan Pablo Suárez	5
2001–02	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	7	8	19	29	60	29	16th[43]					Ferderico Cantoni	8
2000–01	Serie C2 Girone A (4)	34	11	8	15	41	52	41	12th					Emanuele Pennacchioni	8
1999–2000	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	10	12	12	39	40	42	10th					Andrea Tedeschi	12
1998–99	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	9	15	10	25	27	42	10th					Claudio Ramacciotti	7
1997–98	Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti Girone C (5)	34	19	7	8	51	32	64	2nd					n/a
1996–97	Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti Girone C (5)	34	10	12	12	39	45	42	13th					n/a
1995–96	Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti Girone C (5)	34	12	13	9	39	33	49	6th					n/a
1994–95	Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti Girone C (5)	34	9	16	9	32	29	34	7th					n/a
1993–94	Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti Girone C (5)	34	10	17	7	45	33	37	5th					n/a
1992–93	Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti Girone C (5)	34	12	13	9	39	32	37	6th					n/a
1991–92	Campionato Interregionale Girone D (5)	34	9	18	7	33	25	36	7th					n/a
1990–91	Campionato Interregionale Girone C (5)	34	11	15	8	32	23	37	8th					n/a
1989–90	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	5	16	13	26	41	26	16th					Sergio D'Agostino	11
1988–89	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	14	11	9	40	32	39	5th					Sergio D'Agostino Stefano Paraluppi	12
1987–88	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	8	12	14	23	33	28	16th					Gianfranco Campioli	8
1986–87	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	10	11	13	25	34	31	13th					Cesare Vitale	8
1986–87	Serie C2 Girone B (4)	34	10	11	13	25	34	31	13th					Cesare Vitale	8
1985–86	Serie C2 Girone C (4)	34	8	16	10	25	30	32	14th					Piero Maini	6
1984–85	Serie C2 Girone C (4)	34	9	18	7	35	28	36	6th					Piero Maini	11
1983–84	Campionato Interregionale Girone D (5)	30	16	11	3	39	19	43	1st					n/a
1982–83	Campionato Interregionale Girone D (5)	30	9	11	10	37	43	29	8th					n/a
1980–81	Promozione Emilia Romagna Girone B (6)	26	16	9	1	39	16	41	1st

Honours

• Serie B

Winners: 2012–13

• Serie C1

Winners: 2007–08

• Supercoppa di Serie C

Winners: 2008

• Serie D

Winners: 1983–84, 1997-98,

• Promozione Emilia-Romagna

Winners: 1980–81

In Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.	Ref.
2016–17	Europa League	QR3	Luzern	3–0	1–1	4–1	[44]
		PO	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	1–1	4–1
		GS	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	2–3	4th out of 4
			Genk	0–2	1–3
			Rapid Wien	2–2	1–1

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] US Sassuolo Calcio

Die Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, kurz US Sassuolo Calcio und auch US Sassuolo oder Sassuolo Calcio genannt, ist ein 1920 gegründeter italienischer Fußballverein aus Sassuolo in der Emilia-Romagna.

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- [en] U.S. Sassuolo Calcio

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[es] Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio

La Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio es un club de fútbol de la ciudad de Sassuolo, en la región italiana de Emilia-Romagna. Fue fundado en 1920 y utiliza camiseta negra y verde a franjas verticales, por lo que llevan el apodo de neroverdi.

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[ru] Сассуоло (футбольный клуб)

«Сассуо́ло» (итал. US Sassuolo) — итальянский профессиональный футбольный клуб из одноимённого города провинции Модена в регионе Эмилия-Романья. «Сассуоло» основан в 1920 году, домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Мапеи», вмещающем около 24 тысяч зрителей. Наивысшим достижением клуба вплоть до сезона 2012/13 стал выход в Серию B в сезоне 2007/08. Чемпион Серии B сезона 2012/13.

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