A.S. Livorno Calcio

The Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club from the Tuscan port city of Livorno. The club color is Amaranto ( burgundy ). The best ever placements were two Italian runner-up in the years 1919/20 and 1943.

History

The AS Livorno Calcio was founded in 1915 after the merger of the clubs SPES Livorno and Virtus than U.S. Livorno. 1919/20, the club was after a defeat against Inter Milan (2:3) Italian runners-up. A year later, she retired from the semi-final against arch-rivals Pisa Calcio. 1929 Livorno founding member of the Serie A, where he played intermittently until the final descent in 1949. In 1933, AS Livorno moved to the stadium still in use Stadio Armando Picchi, which, however, was initially named after the daughter of Benito Mussolini and " Edda Ciano Mussolini Stadio " said.

For best results in those years was the second place in the 1942/1943 season, behind the now legendary Grande Torino team later the AC Torino. 1949 rose from Livorno Serie A. Shortly afterwards, even followed the descent into the series C, where the club from now on for many years - playing with interruptions in 1955 and in 1964 to 1972 - should.

1991 Livorno has revoked the license, which meant that Livorno had to start a new beginning in the sixth Italian league. The club was relegated in the next two years quickly twice in a row, reaching the Serie C2. In 1997, the promotion to Serie C1 and the takeover by Aldo Spinelli took place two years later. With the financial strength of Spinelli they rose again in 2001 on the B series.

In 2003, Cristiano Lucarelli returned to his hometown back and led Livorno with his 29 goals in 41 games for the third place in Serie B in 2003/2004 and thus to the promotion to the Serie A. After 55 years Livorno was again top notch, what many experts led to the hasty judgment, Livorno will stay again immediately. But the experts were wrong, even though there were a few difficulties, Livorno reached a respectable ninth place in the table in season 2004/2005. The biggest surprise, however, was that with Cristiano Lucarelli, who scored 24 goals, could make the top scorer and thus the top strikers like Adriano and Andriy Shevchenko made ​​her look old.

In the season 2005/ 06 they finished the winter break in sixth place. However, the coach of Livorno, Roberto Donadoni has been criticized by club president Aldo Spinelli, what Donadoni in February 2006, prompting to throw in the towel. He was replaced by Carlo Mazzone, the geradeso Livorno - despite seven defeats in a row - led to the ninth. Through the football scandal in Italy in 2005/ 06, in which lie ahead Livorno clubs Juventus, Lazio and ACF Florence punished with point deduction, Livorno moved up to sixth place and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time.

New coach for the 2006/2007 season was Daniele Arrigoni. In the UEFA Cup 2006/ 07 was achieved by two victories over Traun the group stage, in which Livorno was surprisingly prevail against AJ Auxerre and Partizan Belgrade. In the second round, however, was terminus against the eventual finalists Espanyol Barcelona.

In the league Livorno, however, was not as successful and had to fight against relegation. After a 0-4 defeat at Udinese Calcio in March 2007 became coach Daniele Arrigoni, who had been released in January this year, but was discontinued at the urging Cristiano Lucarellis again fired. This was replaced by Fernando Orsi, who was by then the co- coach of Inter Milan at the side of Roberto Mancini. His debut was very successful with a 4-1 victory over Catania. Ultimately succeeded Orsi, with Livorno to reach the 11th place and thus to keep the class.

Prior to the 2007/ 08 season Livorno had the two performers Morrone leave ( to Shakhtar Donetsk AC ) ( transfer to FC Parma) and Lucarelli. As a replacement for the migrated players came, among others, Francesco Tavano, Diego Tristán, Giuliano Giannichedda and Vikash Dhorasoo which turned out to be incorrect purchases up to Tavano. So they picked in the first seven games, only two points, which meant that coach Orsi dismissed and was replaced by Giancarlo Camolese. After you could leave the relegation zone for a short time under Camolese, followed three games remaining, the renewed crashing on the bottom of the table and a new coaching change: Camolese was replaced by his predecessor Orsi. However, this was nothing to save, so that Livorno descent as Table in the B series. Just one year later Livorno succeeded after a third place in Serie B 2008/ 09 and two victories over U.S. Grosseto FC and Brescia Calcio in the relegation matches the immediate re- promotion to Serie A. One year later, however, stood three games before the end of the season despite a 3-1 win against Catania Calcio, the renewed descent firmly in the second highest league. For the B series the veteran coach Giuseppe Pillon was obliged, after some initial good results but was ultimately dismissed after a defeat against Calcio Portogruaro Summaga on February 12, 2011. Successor was Walter Novellino. But even under the new coach of Livorno failed awaited ascent.

In the season 2011/12 came to a relatively good start to a series of defeats, after the last game against Brescia Calcio lost Walter Novellino was released on 21 December 2011. Was succeeded by Armando Madonna of the former midfielder Lazio and Atalanta and former coach of Albino Leffe and Piacenza Calcio, which was officially presented on 22 December 2011.

On April 14, 2012, a deadly incident occurred in Pescara at the Stadio Adriatico during the match between Pescara Calcio and AS Livorno. Midfielder Piermario Morosini broke in the 30th minute together on the pitch due to a cardiac arrest and could not be resuscitated in the hospital. He was only 25 years old. The Serie B 2012/13, graduated from Livorno at # 3 and eventually rose under coach Davide Nicola back to Serie A. After a poor run Davide Nicola was released on January 13, 2014 President Spinelli, as successor Attilio Perotti was again determined, previously worked as a Technical Director at Livorno and acted as interim coach already in the season 2011 /2012.

Squad of the 2013/14 season

Former players (selection)

  • Igor Protti (268 games - 120 goals )
  • Marco Amelia (166 games)
  • David Balleri (138 games - 1 goal)
  • Armando Picchi (99 games - 0 goals)
  • Stefano Fanucci (96 games - 3 goals )
  • Dario Passoni (90 games - 1 goal)
  • Stefano Morrone (72 games - 7 goals)
  • Giorgio Chiellini ( 55 games - 4 goals)
  • Jorge Vargas ( 55 games - 0 goals)
  • Alessandro Lucarelli (27 games - 4 goals)
  • Cristiano Lucarelli (174 games - 102 goals )
  • Tomas Danilevičius (143 games - 24 goals)
  • Piermario Morosini (8 games - 0 goals)

Former coach

  • Italy Tarcisio Burgnich
  • Italy Walter Novellino
  • Italy Roberto Donadoni

Achievements

  • Italian runner-up: 1919/20 and 1943
  • Series B: 2 ( 1932/33 and 1936 /37)
  • Series C: 1 (1963 /64)
  • Serie C1: 1 (2001 /02)
  • Serie C2: 1 (1983 /84)
  • Supercoppa Series C: 1 (1986 /87)

Club Records

  • Highest wins: 4-1 AS Livorno - AS Roma in season 1946/47, and AS Livorno - Catania Calcio in the season 2006/2007
  • Biggest defeat: 6-1 Juventus - AS Livorno in the 1947/48 season
  • Record player: Igor Protti with 268 inserts
  • Top scorer: Igor Protti with 120 gates

Find out more

  • A historic rivalry maintain the followers of the association with those of the clubs in the neighboring town of Pisa (Pisa Calcio ). The Ultras Livorno ( Brigate Autonomous Livornesi ) are known to be avowed communists and anti-fascists, which is also due to the historical tradition of Livorno workers.
  • Avowed fan of the team is born in Livorno former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
  • The Stadio Armando Picchi outdated is owned by the city of Livorno, due to the steadily declining viewership, the city has no interest in a renovation or even a new building of the stadium in the south of the city.
  • Training center of the Association and its junior sections is the seaside resort of Tirrenia north of Livorno.
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