U.S. Fiorenzuola 1922

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Fiorenzuola
Full name	Unione Sportiva Fiorenzuola 1922
Nickname(s)	Rossoneri
Founded	1922
Ground	Stadio Comunale, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy (Capacity 4,000)
Chairman	?
Manager	Massimo Abbati
League	Eccellenza - Emilia Romagna A
2005-06	Eccellenza - Emilia Romagna A, 3rd[1]
Home colours 　 Away colours

Unione Sportiva Fiorenzuola 1922 is an Italian football (soccer) club from Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Emilia-Romagna. It was founded in 1922 and its official and colours are red and black.

In its history, Fiorenzuola mostly played in amateur and lower professional leagues, except for a brief stint in the 1990s when the club reached Serie C1 and narrowly missed promotion to Serie B, after losing the 1995 promotion playoff final to Pistoiese on penalty shoot-outs. Also in 1995, Fiorenzuola made a great exploit in the Coppa Italia, being defeated 2-1 at home by Inter Milan after having previously eliminated Brescia and Torino. In the years to come Fiorenzuola started a slow decline which brought the club down to the Eccellenza amateur league, where it currently plays.

Several Serie A players in the late 1990s and 2000s played for Fiorenzuola during its best years, including Italian football stars such as Luca Toni, Massimo Oddo and Flavio Roma.

[edit] Notable former players

• Claudio Bellucci
• Ezio Brevi
• Paolo Foglio
• Massimo Oddo
• Marco Pecorari
• Gianluca Pegolo
• Stefano Pioli
• Luca Toni
• William Viali
• Luca Vigiani

[edit] Notable former managers

• Alberto Cavasin
• Massimo Ficcadenti

[edit] References

1. ^ FIGC Emilia Romagna