Calcio Padova

Calcio Padova is an Italian football club based in Padua, a city in the Veneto region. The club currently plays in the second Italian League, Serie B.

History

The football-mad people of Padua, Italian Padova, rose up in January 1910 to establish a resident in her home town football club. First, they chose the team colors to red and white, which still represents the typical appearance of the jerseys of Padova Calcio. After approval of the statutes was out of the approximately 50 members of the Association, the Directorate, so set the management. First President of Padova Calcio was Giorgio de Treves ' Bonfili, however only one year held the post until he was replaced by Michele Maluta. Giorgio Treves de'Bonfili completed during his tenure as President also the Office of the coach from. On February 20, 1910 ended the first game of Calcio Padova, a friendly against Hellas Verona, with a goalless draw. For the first time in the league operation of the club took part in the 1912/13 season. After two years in the second division Padova rose in 1914 in the first Italian League, then known as Prima Catagoria on. In the first season there were abolished in the relay northern Italy a good fourth behind Vicenza Calcio, Hellas Verona and SSC Venice. At this time the young striker Silvio APPIANI played in Padova, who scored 17 goals in the season 1913/14, in 14 games. APPIANI died in the First World War. Built in 1932 in Padova Stadio Silvio APPIANI what 24 000 people had room and was replaced by the Stadio Euganeo in 1994, was named after him.

World and Olympic champion in Padua

In 1931 the engineer Ferruccio Hellmann became president of Padova Calcio. He tried to bring young players through the purchase of long-term success for the club. In his first year as president, he succeeded in signing of Alfredo Foni of Lazio. Foni should world champion in 1938 and Olympic champion in 1936 later. After three years in Padua, he moved on to star ensemble of Juventus. Another star in the Padova series was Aldo Olivieri, the world champion goalkeeper of 1938. He was from 1933 to 1934 in Padova Calcio under contract before he left the club in the direction AS Lucchese Libertas. During the Fascist dictatorship under " Duce " Benito Mussolini also played in Padua Mario Perazzolo, another world champion from 1938, who made his first experiences in the professional business in Padova Calcio. Perazzolo played in Padova 1928-1933, then went to Fiorentina and was eventually Dress 1938 at the Azzurri World Champion.

But despite these star players, including the World Cup top scorer in 1938, Gino Colaussi, who had end his career from 1946 to 1948 in Padua mattered, it could Padova Calcio at this time not in Serie A play along the top. After being moved up to the 1931/32 season in the Serie A only a few years old, followed by two seasons again the descent. After another two years was even relegation from Serie B to Serie C1, but where to climb again in the very first season. Only in 1948 succeeded again the promotion to the Serie A.

The era Nereo Rocco

Anno 1954, the former football player Nereo Rocco, who had played during his playing career next to the SSC Napoli and U.S. Triestina Calcio Padova even when, president of the club. Just a year after taking office managed Padova the renewed jump in the first Italian league. There, the team succeeded despite initial difficulties, completely surprising the league as a table of eight, while Novara Calcio and Pro Patria Calcio had to play in the second division the aisle. A season later he was eleventh. Throughout his tenure in Padua Nereo Rocco, mainly focused on defensive football, which does not mean that was played constantly 0:0, but that you wanted to build from a secure defensive position their own attacks. Nereo Rocco finally remained until 1961 in Padova Calcio. During this time the club held constant the class. However, after the departure of Rocco to AC Milan one rose immediately in the B series. From this descent, the crew did not recover more than 30 years.

Second-and third-class

Since relegation from Serie A in the 1961/62 season it was for Padova Calcio initially only downhill. The rankings in the B series were worse from year to year and finally followed the 1969 relegation to the Serie C1, now called Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Previously they managed in the season 1966/67, the finals of the Coppa Italia, where to but AC Milan is - was defeated - with the President Nereo Rocco. Previously, Padova even put through to the Grande Inter to international stars such as Sandro Mazzola, Giacinto Facchetti and Luis Suárez. In the league Padova rose in 1979 in the fourth Italian league, Serie C2, Pro Seconda Divisione now called Lega, from. After two years here succeeded in re- promotion to Serie C1 and again two years later to return to the series as After many years in Serie B Padova Calcio increased in the 1993/94 season after 33 years again in Serie A on. In the first year, the team managed to avoid relegation, but in the 1995/96 season it went down again in the series since then as second-and third-class changes in Padova from. In the 2008 /09 season Padova rose again in the B series and had to compete in play- outs against relegation against U.S. Triestina. There Padua managed by a 0-0 in the first leg 3-0 in Trieste and thus kept the class. In the 2010/11 season the club played better and missed the final of the play-offs against Novara Calcio promotion to the Serie A.