F.C. SÃ¼dtirol

The FC South Tyrol is a sports club based in Bolzano ( South Tyrol). He is the most successful football club in the recent sports history of South Tyrol. In the 2012/13 season he plays in the Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione, the third professional league in Italy.

3.1 Current squad
3.2 Coaches and team staff
3.3 Former Players
3.4 Former coach

History

1974-1995: SV Milland and the idea of FC Südtirol

The SV Milland was founded on 26 April 1974 in the same Brixner fraction. In the season 1977/1978 the football section of the club took the first time in a championship, the third amateur league, in part. From the season 1980/1981, after a year of inactivity, the association was able to constantly increase, and rose in the 1990/1991 season the first time in the regional league. At the end of the season 1994/1995 the club was relegated as a table Sixteenth from the South Tyrolean provincial league. As SV Milland, the club has won at this time a total of 12 youth championships.

In the same year a group of entrepreneurs has decided to bring back the professional football back to South Tyrol. The FC Südtirol should be the flagship football club in the country, and be as soon as possible represented in professional leagues.

After negotiations with the financially troubled FC Bolzano, which was represented as until then the last club in the early 1980s in professional football, had failed, it was decided that the football section of the financially troubled SV Milland to take over.

The club was renamed to FC Südtirol Alto Adige Calcio and first introduced on 1 August 1995. Its first president was the Gsieser architect Hanns Huber.

From the SV Milland ASV Milland was, still exists today. The first team of the club now plays again in the South Tyrolean provincial league.

1995-2000: In the amateur leagues

In the first two seasons of FC Südtirol dominated the regional leagues. Without losing a game of club 1995/1996 1996/1997 rose in the regional league on, and from there with only a low- League directly into the " Campionate Nazionale Dilettanti ," today's Serie D. In the summer of 1997, took over the Val Gardena Contractors Leopold Goller the president, after there had been agreed internally to turbulence. In the seasons 1997/1998 bis 1999/2000 played FC South Tyrol in the series D, and was able to constantly increase even in this league.

1999/2000 reached the summit in the then Serie C2. The FC Südtirol thus became the northernmost professional team in Italy.

2000-2006: Successful years in the Serie C2

The rise in the C2 series brought some changes. The team played from now on in the Bolzano Drususstadion, the only benefited suitable stadium in South Tyrol, which was renovated for the occasion in 2000. The offices of the Association were moved to Bolzano, the official headquarters of the association has remained until today Brixen. Also significant is the transformation of the club in the Football Club South Tyrol Ges.mbH.

In the first season in Serie C2, the aim of avoiding relegation was quickly reached. Due to extremely poor performances of the team to achieve this goal, the contract was not renewed with ascent coach Giuseppe Sannino.

In the 2001 / 02 season, the former professional football player Attilio Tesser took over as coach. The stated goal of President Goller was from now on the achievement of a playoff place. After some initial difficulties, the team was able to ultimately achieve the goal, but different in the playoff semifinals despite two draws against the higher-ranked club in the table Brescello Calcio.

After this season, left the team some props, such as striker or defender Simone Motta Morris Molinari, the club. President Goller was however again before reaching a playoff place for the 2002/ 03 season. After a weak first half of the FC South Tyrol became the best team in the second half, was technically probably the strongest of all fellow competitors, and ultimately moved on again as table third in Playoff.

In the first leg away against AC Mantova FC Südtirol lost with 1:2. The leg had to be unsubscribe from safety in Treviso, Mantua was defeated 2-0, and FC South Tyrol was the first time in the club's history in the finals of the playoffs. Here the team failed in two goalless draw at Novara Calcio, which was better placed in the table.

Again, some important team supports were delivered as Giampietro Zecchin or Alessandro Noselli, and also coach Attilio Tesser, who joined the U.S. Triestina. The coach took office the following season, 2003/ 04, Bruno Tedino. He could the team indeed lead back to the top of the Championship, but was at the end of the season, due to a drop in performance of the team, dismissed. In the play-offs the team by Fabio Sala and Alfredo Sebastiani was supervised. Again, could the team to the finals, failed there but after two defeats at U.S. Cremonese.

As usual left before the season 2004 /05 some key players the club, such as Gianfranco Gervasoni Carlo Nardi or. The coach took office Claudio Terzulli, but this was dismissed again in November due to poor results. The youth coach Fabio Sala and Carlo Odorizzi took control and led the team to 8th place this season for the first time the outstanding youth work of the association was noticeable: Michael Cia, Manuel Scavone, Michael Bacher and Hannes Kiem belonged henceforth to the first team.

In the season 2005/06, the former professional footballer Marco Baroni took over as coach and led the team back to the Promotion play-off. There, the FC Südtirol failed in the semifinals of the ASD Montalto Ivrea. At the end of this season Leopold Goller handed the presidency to Werner Seeber.

2006-2009: Focus on youth work

After multiple unsuccessful attempts to climb club was struck financially. The newly elected executive board was from now on focus on their own youth. With greatly reduced player salaries and a young squad since then was no longer the rise, but a prematurely assured relegation primary goal for the season. In addition, the AFC South Tyrol was founded, which supports the FC South Tyrol in youth activities.

In the season 2006/ 07 Aldo Firicano took over as coach. The season started with a loss despite victory equal on the green table. Accidentally a locked out player last season was used. After the end of the season, the team was still in 3rd place in the second half, however, the association was no longer able to continue the good performance and finished the championship in seventh from. With Michael Cia changed in the summer for the first time a player from their own youth directly in the Serie A for Atalanta Bergamo.

In summer 2007, the club almost to participate in the next championship was denied because the official headquarters of the association was still in Brixen, and therefore, according to the association, the home games would be held in Bressanone. For this reason, a merger with FC Bolzano was proposed in 1996, but this was not realized. The club was able ultimately to the Championship 2007/ 08, because the Association a special permit has been issued, which still applies today. This season, still under the leadership of coach Aldo Firicano, the club joined the league from by a home win against Pro Vercelli on the final day.

In the 2008 /09 season Maurizio D' Angelo took over as coach. By the end of October, he was replaced due to poor performance by Marco Alessandrini, but also under him, the results were no better. On the final day of the season of FC Südtirol away lost to Alghero Calcio why Alessandrini resigned from his post. The youth coach Alfredo Sebastiani took over the team in the relegation play-out, and managed to Valenzana Calcio in the league.

On 11 June 2009 a few days after the decisive play-out home win, the former president Leopold Goller died at only 56 years after a short illness.

2009 to present: Vision 2015 and rise in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione

Even before the end of the 2008/09 season took over Walter Baumgartner president. As a new model, the "Vision 2015" was presented. The targets contained herein are, inter alia, the promotion to Serie B in 2015 and the stadium in Laives.

In summer 2009, the team has been completely revamped, with especially many of their own youth players were taken into account and was put on a strong defense. As a coach Alfredo Sebastiani was confirmed.

The FC Südtirol was during the 2009/10 season the team with the strongest defense and reached three games left in the season the standings. This successfully defended the team in direct comparison with a draw against promotion favorites AC Spezia and a win outnumbered away against AC Pavia.

On the final day of the FC Südtirol Valenzana Calcio defeated 1-0 by a goal from Mattia Marchi and thus increased as a table first to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. From a sporting point of FC Südtirol is now the best club of the Trentino-Alto Adige region, holding this title of the AC Mezzocorona from.

The 2010/11 season was ended on the 17th, and thus second- last place. The South Tyrolean had to play in the play- outs against Ravenna Calcio and won the first leg 1-0. The return match ended with a goal in the 96th minute with a 1-2 defeat. Goalkeeper Davide Zomer was put in extra time after a violent conduct by the court and it was awarded a penalty for Ravenna. Defender Pietro Cascone stood between the posts, but it was not possible to prevent the goal to him. After uncovering an Italian betting scandal, the sentences were announced in August 2011 and sentenced to league rivals Ravenna Calcio and U.S. Alessandria Calcio for relegation. The FC Südtirol was classified again in the third league.

In the 2012/13 season led coach Stefano Vecchio to the playoffs for promotion to the Serie B.

In the 2013/14 season the coach Lorenzo D' Anna was after five games in which the FC Südtirol came within five points, sacked and set Claudio Rastelli.

Table space development

Team 2011/12

Current squad

As of October 17, 2011

Coach and coaching staff

Former Players

Italy Michael Agazzi
Italy Cristian Bertani
Italy Massimiliano Caputo

Italy Joachim Degasperi
Italy Carlo Gervasoni
Italy Andrea Guerra
Italy Luca Lomi

Italy Manuel Mancini
Italy Simone Motta
Italy Gianfranco Nardi
Italy Alessandro Noselli

Italy Manuel Scavone
Italy Arnold Schwellensattl
Italy Andrea Seculin
Italy Alessio Sestu
Italy Giampietro Zecchin

Former coach

Italy Giuseppe Sannino
Attilio Tesser Italy

Stadium and infrastructure

Between 1995 and 2000, played the FC South Tyrol in Brixen and in Tramin. Since the rise in the C2 series but the club denies its games in the Druze Stadium of Bolzano, because it is the only homologated for professional leagues stadium in South Tyrol. In the same stadium also plays the FC Bolzano 1996.

The actual club seat was until February 2011, Bressanone, which is why it always came back to inconsistencies with the Football Association and the FC Bolzano 1996 for the use of the stadium.

An ongoing problem of the association is the lack of an own training course, which is why the training is constantly taking place in rented places.

2011 at the earliest to the construction of a stadium and a Train Sing center in Laives be started.

Youth work

The FC South Tyrol is an association with an excellent youth work, several players have already been convened in Italian youth national teams. One of the best players that has brought the club include, inter alia, Michael Cia, Manuel Fischnaller, Michael Bacher, Manuel Scavone and Andrea Seculin. To support the youth work better, the AFC South Tyrol was founded a few years ago.

A few months ago the project " FC Südtirol - Successful together 'was introduced, which on the one hand improve the somewhat troubled relationship with South Tyrolean smaller clubs, on the other hand will lay the foundation for a successful future of the South Tyrolean football.

The association is represented with its youth teams in the following categories:

The person responsible for the youth sector is Fausto Grandi.

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