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{{Short description|Association football club in Italy}}
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| chairman    = Dario Mirri
| owner       = [[City Football Group]] (94.94%)<br />Hera Hora S.r.l. (5%)<br />Associazione Amici Rosanero (0.06%)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palermofc.com/en/news/city-football-group-acquires-majority-stake-in-palermo-fc_38024/|title=City Football Group acquires majority stake in Palermo FC|publisher=palermofc.com|date=4 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calcioefinanza.it/2022/07/06/palermo-ecco-il-nuovo-cda-firmato-city-ce-galassi/|title=Palermo, ecco il nuovo CdA firmato City: c'è Galassi|publisher=calcioefinanza.it|language=Italian|date=6 July 2022}}</ref>
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'''Palermo Football Club''' ({{IPA|it|paˈlɛrmo|-|It-Palermo.ogg}}) is an Italian professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]], that currently plays in [[Serie B]], the second division of Italian football. It is part of the [[City Football Group]].

Founded for the first time on 1 November 1900 as Anglo Palermitan Athletic and Football Club, Palermo is one of the oldest clubs in Italy.

Among the club's accomplishments are a [[Coppa Italia Serie C]], won in the 1992–93, and five Serie B league titles. It also appeared in three [[Coppa Italia]] finals: in [[1973–74 Coppa Italia|1973–74]], in [[1978–79 Coppa Italia|1978–79]] and in [[2010–11 Coppa Italia|2010–11]]. It has played 29 seasons in [[Serie A]].

Internationally, the club has made five appearances in European competitions, all in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup/Europa League]].

==History==
{{Main|History of Palermo FC}}
[[File:Palermo through the ages 2023.jpg|thumb|upright=1.20|The performance of Palermo in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30).]]

===Early history (1898–1947)===
[[File:Logo Palermo 1898.svg|left|125px|thumb|Ancient Palermo FBC logo]]
[[File:Palermo first lineup.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Historical first ''Anglo-Palermitan Athletic & Football Club'' line-up, 1900]]
There is some debate and uncertainty about the exact date the club was founded. Some authorities believe that it may have been founded as early as 1898 due to the existence of papers addressed to [[Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist)|Joseph Whitaker]], English ornithologist in Palermo and originally believed to be first club president, about a Palermo football team founded in the month of April of that year.<ref name="repsicilia">{{cite web |url=http://www.palermo.repubblica.it/speciali/bentornati/pdf/16.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630180900/http://www.palermo.repubblica.it/speciali/bentornati/pdf/16.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2007|publisher=[[La Repubblica]] Palermo|title= Oltre un secolo di storia da via Notarbartolo alla A |access-date=4 May 2007|language=it}}</ref> Conversely, another source cites that in April 1897, the future founders of Palermo Calcio founded the association ''Sport Club''.<ref name="centoanni">{{cite book|title=Il Palermo&nbsp;– Una storia di cento anni|language=it}}</ref> The most common and officially stated foundation date is 1 November 1900,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/societa/storia.jsp|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|title=Storia|access-date=4 May 2007|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429124546/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/societa/storia.jsp|archive-date=29 April 2007}}</ref> as the '''Anglo Palermitan Athletic and Football Club'''. The club is thought to have been founded by Ignazio Majo Pagano, a young Palermitan colleague of Whitaker who had discovered football while at college in [[London]] in the UK, where the modern game of [[association football]] originated. The initial staff comprised three Englishmen and nine natives of Palermo,<ref name="palermo1">{{cite web |url=http://www.lapalermorosanero.it/public/index.php?pid=46 |publisher=La Palermo Rosanero |title=Nasce la Anglo-Palermitan Athletic and Foot-Ball Club |access-date=4 May 2007|language=it}}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> with Whitaker as honorary chairman, Edward De Garston as inaugural president and with red and blue as the original team colours. The first recorded football match, played by the team on 30 December 1900, ended in a 5–0 defeat to an unidentified amateur English team. The club's first official match, played on 18 April 1901 against [[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina Football Club]], ended in a 3–2 victory for the Palermitan side.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.tiscali.it/messinastory/indicecampionato/tabelle/cam1901.htm |publisher=Messina Story |title=Messina Football Club 1901 |access-date=4 May 2007|language=it}}</ref>

In 1907, the club changed its name to '''Palermo Foot-Ball Club''', and the team colours were changed to the current pink and black.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=107432.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030705/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=107432.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2007 |publisher=FIFA.com |title=Records fall for plucky Palermo|access-date=15 June 2007|date=8 November 2006}}</ref> From 1908 until Italy's entry in [[World War I]] in 1915, Palermo was featured in the [[Lipton Challenge Cup]], organised by Scottish businessman [[Thomas Lipton|Sir Thomas Lipton]]. The competition saw them face off against [[S.S.C. Napoli|Naples FBC]]; Palermo won the competition three times, including a 6–0 victory in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lipton-sicily.html |title=Lipton Challenge Cup |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=16 June 2007}}</ref>

After a gap during the First World War, the club was refounded in 1919 as '''Unione Sportiva Palermo''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palermorosanero.it/palermo/storia_palermo_100_anni.asp#1898 |publisher=Palermo Rosanero |title=105 anni di storia rosanero |access-date=4 May 2007 |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503053924/http://www.palermorosanero.it/palermo/storia_palermo_100_anni.asp#1898 |archive-date=3 May 2007 }}</ref> by a committee of young university students and sportsmen. During the early 1920s, the club mainly competed in the ''Campionato Lega Sud'', a football league in Southern Italy, reaching the semi-finals in 1924 before being knocked out by [[Taranto Sport|Audace Taranto]], [[S.S. Alba-Audace Roma|Alba Roma]] and [[S.S.C. Napoli|Internaples]]. The club was dissolved in 1927 due to financial problems, but was reformed one year later following a merger with '''Vigor Palermo''' under the name '''Palermo FootBall Club'''. Originally admitted to ''Prima Divisione'' (First Division), the equivalent of today's [[Serie C1]],<ref name="rsssf_timeline">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/palermo.html |title=Città di Palermo Unione Sportiva |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=16 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="albopalermo">{{cite web |url=http://www.aquilerosanero.com/albo_palermo_calcio.php |publisher=Aquile Rosanero |title=Albo d'oro rosanero&nbsp;– Tutti i campionati della storia |access-date=16 June 2007 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227023711/http://www.aquilerosanero.com/albo_palermo_calcio.php |archive-date=27 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the team was promoted to [[Serie B]] in 1930 and finally reached [[Serie A]] in 1932. From its debut season in Italy's top division, Palermo relocated to a new home, the ''Stadio Littorio'' (Lictorian Stadium) in the Favorita neighbourhood, today known as [[Stadio Renzo Barbera]]. The club played in Serie A until 1936, when they were relegated to Serie B and first played [[Calcio Catania|Catania]] in the [[Sicilian derby]].<ref name="firstderby">{{cite web|url=http://www.calciocatania.net/edicola/corpo_edicola.php?d=2006-09-20|publisher=CalcioCatania.net|title=Aneddoti e curiosità d'una sfida lunga 77 anni|access-date=16 June 2007|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928105845/http://www.calciocatania.net/edicola/corpo_edicola.php?d=2006-09-20|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>

In 1936, Palermo was forced by the fascist regime to change its colours to yellow and red, after the official colours of the local municipality.<ref name="cuorerosa_primianni3">{{cite web|url=http://www.cuorerosanero.com/primianni3.htm|publisher=Cuore Rosanero|title=I primi 60 anni: dalla prima Serie A alla morte del principe Raimondo Lanza|access-date=16 June 2007|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006220322/http://www.cuorerosanero.com/primianni3.htm|archive-date=6 October 2007}}</ref> Meanwhile, economic difficulties arose, and in 1940 the club was expelled by the [[Italian Football Federation]] because of financial problems.<ref name="cuorerosa_primianni3" /> A merger with '''Unione Sportiva Juventina Palermo''' brought the foundation of '''Unione Sportiva Palermo-Juventina''', which joined Serie C in 1941 and Serie B in 1942.<ref name="Comune di Palermo">{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.palermo.it/archivio_biografico_comunale/Archivio%20Biografico%20Comunale.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401022511/http://www.comune.palermo.it/archivio_biografico_comunale/Archivio%20Biografico%20Comunale.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 April 2007 |publisher=Comune di Palermo |title=Archivio biografico comunale: Beppe Agnello |access-date=16 June 2007 |language=it }}</ref>
[[File:Santiago Vernazza.jpg|thumb|120px|Palermo goalscorer, [[Santiago Vernazza]]]]
The club could not finish the 1942–43 season due to the outbreak of [[World War II]]. At the same time, the pink-and-black colours were chosen because Sicily became a "war zone". After the conflict, the club changed its name to '''US Palermo'''.

===Post-war years (1947–2002)===
After [[World War II]], the team returned to Serie A by winning the Serie B championship of [[1947–48 Serie B|1947–48]]. The new Palermo squad featured players such as [[Czechoslovakia]]n legend [[Čestmír Vycpálek]], who signed from [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] alongside Conti, [[Carmelo Di Bella]] and Pavesi.<ref name="cuorerosa_primianni3" /> Palermo played Serie A until they were relegated in 1954.<ref name="cuorerosa_primianni3" /><ref name="cuorerosa_personaggi">{{cite web|url=http://www.cuorerosanero.com/Personaggi.htm|publisher=Cuore Rosanero|title=I personaggi più rappresentativi nella storia|access-date=16 June 2007|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729224533/http://www.cuorerosanero.com/personaggi.htm|archive-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> Massive changes in the board, as well as the manager's job and the squad, proved successful, and the club returned to Serie A in 1956. Palermo became a "[[yo-yo club]]", bouncing up and down between the top two Italian leagues. Several stars played for Palermo during this period, such as [[Argentina|Argentine]] striker [[Santiago Vernazza]] (51 goals in 115 games with the ''Rosanero''),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/arg-players-in-it.html |title=Argentine players in Italy |access-date=16 June 2007 |url-status=live|website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514141710/http://www.rsssf.com/players/arg-players-in-it.html |archive-date=14 May 2007 }}</ref> goalkeepers [[Roberto Anzolin]] and [[Carlo Mattrel]], [[Giuseppe Furino]] and [[Franco Causio]]. Palermo marked its best campaign in [[1961–62 Serie A|1961–62 season]], finishing in eighth place in Serie A. In 1963, however, they were relegated to Serie B, where they played for five seasons. Palermo played again in Serie A between 1968 and 1970.

In 1970, [[Renzo Barbera]] took over the club as the new chairman. After 1973, Palermo FBC remained firmly rooted in Serie B. Despite this, Palermo reached two [[Coppa Italia|Italian Cup]] finals, both of which they narrowly lost: in 1974 to [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] on penalty shoot-outs, and in 1979 to Juventus after extra time. Barbera left the club in 1980, and Palermo were relegated to [[Serie C1]] four years later. The [[1985–86 Serie B|1985–86 season]], however, which ended in the summer, was the last for Palermo FBC, as, having just saved themselves from relegation, the club was expelled by the football federation due to financial problems. In the summer of 1987, after a year without professional football in Palermo, the club was re-founded bearing a new name and began to play in [[Serie C2]], which it promptly won.

In the 1990s, Palermo played between Serie B and Serie C1 with a few highs, such as its [[1995–96 Serie B|1995–96]] Serie B and Coppa Italia campaign, the latter ending in the quarter-finals, and a number of lows such as the 1998 relegation to Serie C2 after defeat in the play-offs to [[U.S. Battipagliese|Battipagliese]], later revoked by the federation to fill a vacant league slot.<ref name="erlup">{{cite web|url=http://www.erlupacchiotto.com/v3/SkSoggetto.asp?IDSKSOGG=362|publisher=Er Lupacchiotto|title=Squadre : Palermo|access-date=16 June 2007|language=it|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818203952/http://www.erlupacchiotto.com/v3/SkSoggetto.asp?IDSKSOGG=362|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2000, Roma chairman [[Franco Sensi]] led a holding company to purchase Palermo and [[Sergio D'Antoni]] became the president of Palermo<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/marzo/04/Antoni_presidente_del_Palermo_comprato_co_0_0003045902.shtml|title=D' Antoni presidente del Palermo comprato da Sensi e soci|date=4 March 2000|access-date=2 April 2010|work=Corriere della Sera|author=Fabio Maccheroni|language=it}}</ref> and Palermo were promoted to Serie B one year later after a dramatic final week of the season, with Palermo coming back from behind to take first place from league-toppers Sicilian rivals [[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]]. The first comeback season in the Serie B, with [[Bortolo Mutti]] as head coach, was an eventless one, with Palermo ending in a mid-table placement.

===The Zamparini era: back to Serie A and European years (2002–2013)===
[[File:Zamparini.jpg|right|thumb|160px|Palermo chairman and owner Maurizio Zamparini]]
In the summer of 2002, [[Friuli]]an businessman and [[S.S.C. Venezia|Venezia]] owner [[Maurizio Zamparini]] acquired the club from Franco Sensi in a €15&nbsp;million bid, with the clear intention to bring Palermo back to Serie A and establish the club as a Serie A regular with aims of participations to European competitions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.raisport.rai.it/pub/sezione/raiSportSezioneIndex/0,5785,_205_60_1416,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116150927/http://www.raisport.rai.it/pub/sezione/raiSportSezioneIndex/0%2C5785%2C_205_60_1416%2C00.html|archive-date=16 November 2007|publisher=RAI Sport|title=Sensi-Zamparini: affare fatto|access-date=16 June 2007|date=21 July 2002|language=it|url-status=dead}}</ref> Palermo failed in its first attempt to reach the Serie A in 2002–03 on the final week of the season, but later managed to achieve it after a challenging but successful [[2003–04 U.S. Città di Palermo season|2003–04 campaign]] which saw Palermo crowned as Serie B champions and promoted to Serie A after 31 years, under head coach [[Francesco Guidolin]], who was hired in January 2004 as replacement for dismissed [[Silvio Baldini]].

The [[2004–05 U.S. Città di Palermo season|2004–05 season]], the first in Serie A for the Palermo club since 1973, ended with an excellent sixth place, securing qualification for the [[2005–06 UEFA Cup|2005–06]] [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] for the first time in its history. [[Luca Toni]] broke the Palermo Serie A scoring record by notching up 20 league goals. In the following season, despite an unimpressive eighth place in the Serie A table, Palermo reached the last 16 in the UEFA Cup as well as the [[2005–06 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] semi-finals. The club was however admitted to play UEFA Cup again due to the 2006 ''[[Calciopoli]]'' scandal, with Palermo players [[Andrea Barzagli]], [[Cristian Zaccardo]], [[Simone Barone]] and [[Fabio Grosso]] being crowned [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] winners. Several impressive signings were made to establish an ambitious team,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7030a9c0-65df-11db-a4fc-0000779e2340 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7030a9c0-65df-11db-a4fc-0000779e2340.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=[[Financial Times]]|title= Another kicking for southern Italy's football |date=27 October 2006|access-date=4 May 2007}}</ref> and a good beginning in the [[2006–07 U.S. Città di Palermo season|2006–07 campaign]] appeared initially to confirm this. An 11-game winless streak, however, forced Palermo to fall down from third to seventh place, ending the season in fifth place and ensuring another [[2007–08 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] qualification. The club successively established as a force in the mid-table part of the Serie A league, also winning a [[Campionato Nazionale Primavera]] national title in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Giovani/Campionato_Primavera/08-06-2009/palermo-notte-magica-50506704715.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |access-date=9 June 2009|date=8 June 2009|title=Palermo, notte magica Primo scudetto Primavera }}</ref>

The following season started with new manager [[Walter Zenga]], whose appointment from Sicilian arch-rivals Catania was greeted with surprise and dismay from supporters of both parties;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Palermo/05-06-2009/zenga-uomo-nuovo-50492606646.shtml |title=Zenga, l'uomo nuovo per un EuroPalermo |language=it |access-date=5 June 2009|date=5 June 2009|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport}}</ref> Zenga's reign, however, lasted only 13 games, as he was dismissed on 23 November 2009 due to poor performances, ironically after a 1–1 home tie to Sicilian rivals and Zenga's former team, Catania,<ref name="zenga_sacked">{{cite news|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=18942|language=it|publisher=US Città di Palermo|access-date=23 November 2009|date=23 November 2009|title=Walter Zenga sollevato dall'incarico|archive-date=27 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127152751/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=18942|url-status=dead}}</ref> with former Lazio boss [[Delio Rossi]] being appointed at his place.<ref name="rossi_palermo">{{cite news|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=18946|language=it|publisher=US Città di Palermo|access-date=23 November 2009|date=23 November 2009|title=Delio Rossi è l'allenatore del Palermo|archive-date=27 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127152823/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=18946|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under the tutelage of Delio Rossi, results dramatically improved, and Palermo established a record of seven consecutive home wins, including wins against Italian giants [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and Juventus, and emerging as serious contenders for a Champions League spot, which they ultimately lost to [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] by only one point. Such season also launched new emerging stars such as midfielder [[Javier Pastore]] and goalkeeper [[Salvatore Sirigu]], who went on to become integral part of their respective international teams.

[[File:FabrizioMiccoli.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Former club captain [[Fabrizio Miccoli]]]]
The 2010–11 season started with Delio Rossi still in charge of the club, and also marked Palermo's return into continental football in the form of the [[UEFA Europa League]]. Palermo reached their third Coppa Italia finals after defeating Milan 4–3 on aggregate on 10 May 2011, losing 3–1 to [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] in the final, in what is considered one of the peak moments of Zamparini's period at the club.

===Zamparini's later years and Serie B return (2011–2018)===
For the 2011–12 season, Delio Rossi was replaced by former [[A.C. Chievo Verona|Chievo]] boss [[Stefano Pioli]], who was, however, sacked before the Serie A kickoff after being eliminated by Swiss minnows [[FC Thun]] in the [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] third preliminary round. New head coach [[Devis Mangia]], despite no managerial experience other than at youth team and minor league level, turned Palermo fortunes by leading the ''Rosanero'' into fifth place thanks to an impressive string of six consecutive home wins, thus deserving a long-term deal at the club. A string of poor results, however, led Palermo to three straight defeats, including elimination from the Coppa Italia and a disappointing loss in the Sicilian derby, persuading Zamparini to replace Mangia with the more experienced [[Bortolo Mutti]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.palermocalcio.it/it/1112/news/scheda.php?id=26066 |publisher=US Città di Palermo |date=19 December 2011 |access-date=19 December 2011 |language=it |title=E' MUTTI IL NUOVO ALLENATORE |trans-title=MUTTI IS NEW HEAD COACH |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804170253/https://palermocalcio.it/it/1112/news/scheda.php?id=26066 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Palermo finished 16th.

[[File:Giuseppe iachini (2).JPG|200px|thumb|[[Giuseppe Iachini]], formerly a Palermo midfielder in the 1990s, replaced Gattuso as head coach during the 2013–14 season and led the club to a Serie B champions title and broke the highest-Serie-B-point record]]
For the 2012–13 season, Zamparini came with another staff revolution, appointing [[Giorgio Perinetti]] as the new director of football and [[Giuseppe Sannino]] as the manager, both coming from Siena. A complete squad restructuring, a total five managerial changes and some staff changes (including a short stint with [[Pietro Lo Monaco]] as sports director) did not help, and Palermo ended its season in 18th place, being thus relegated to Serie B after nine consecutive seasons in the top flight.

For the new Serie B campaign, Zamparini appointed former Milan and [[Italy national football team|Italy international]] star [[Gennaro Gattuso]] as the new manager,<ref>{{cite web|title=È GATTUSO IL NUOVO ALLENATORE, VENERDÌ LA PRESENTAZIONE|trans-title=GATTUSO THE NEW MANAGER, PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY|url=http://palermocalcio.it/it/1213/news/scheda.php?id=28563|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|date=19 June 2013|access-date=25 June 2013|language=it}}</ref> despite him having little prior managerial experience; he was sacked in September 2013, the 28th sacked manager in 11 years. Fortune was reversed rather rapidly, however, as Palermo regained promotion back to Serie A for the 2014–15 season under the guidance of new head coach [[Giuseppe Iachini]], with the ''Rosanero'' completing a record-breaking Serie B season with 86 points, one more than previous record holders Juventus, Chievo and [[U.S. Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]] (all of them in the 22-team Serie B format).

With Iachini confirmed in charge, Palermo played a relatively successful [[2014–15 Serie A]] season, narrowly missing a UEFA Europa League spot also thanks to the all-Argentine striking force of [[Paulo Dybala]] and [[Franco Vázquez]].

In [[2015–16 Serie A|2015–16 season]], Palermo started their season without Dybala after the youngster moved to Juventus; the ''Rosanero'' therefore relied on senior striker [[Alberto Gilardino]] to play as a partner of Vázquez. Another long list of managerial changes during the season (seven in total, with [[Davide Ballardini]] as the final one) marked a very troublesome season, during which Palermo escaped relegation on the last day of the league with the necessary win over Hellas Verona 3–2, securing 16th place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/84384/wk38-palermo-squeeze-safety|title=Wk38: Palermo squeeze to safety|publisher=Football Italia|date=15 May 2016|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>

For the 2016–17 season, Zamparini re-appointed [[Rino Foschi]] as sporting director; however, he resigned after just a month in charge and was replaced by former Trapani director Daniele Faggiano. Most senior players such as Gilardino, Sorrentino, Vázquez and [[Enzo Maresca|Maresca]] were sold and mostly replaced with [[Alessandro Diamanti]] plus several young and quasi-unknown foreign players. Ballardini, who was originally confirmed as head coach, left his position after a draw at [[Inter Milan]] at the second matchday of the season and was replaced with Serie A newbie [[Roberto De Zerbi]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thescore.com/news/1094464|publisher=The Score |access-date=20 January 2017 |date=6 September 2016 |title=Back to chaos: Palermo swaps managers 2 matches into new season }}</ref> who ended his stay after seven league losses in a row, with former club captain [[Eugenio Corini]] taking over.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/esp-football-eugenio-corini-takes-charge-roberto-de-zerbi-204719550--sow.html |publisher=Yahoo! Sports UK |title=Football – Eugenio Corini takes charge after Roberto De Zerbi sacked by Palermo |access-date=20 January 2017 |date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202050657/https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/esp-football-eugenio-corini-takes-charge-roberto-de-zerbi-204719550--sow.html |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> More managerial and staff changes followed with little luck and, on 27 February 2017, Zamparini stepped down as chairman of Palermo after 15 years in charge, announcing he had agreed in principle to sell his controlling stake to an unspecified Anglo-American fund,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39108574 |publisher=BBC Sport |title=Maurizio Zamparini: Palermo president to step down after 15 years |access-date=1 March 2017 |date=27 February 2017}}</ref> led by Italian-American [[Paul Baccaglini]] who was named new club president on 6 March.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/99290/official-palermo-have-new-president|title=Official: Palermo have new president|publisher=Football Italia|date=6 March 2017|access-date=7 March 2017}}</ref>

Palermo ended the season in 19th place, being relegated to Serie B. The takeover, originally scheduled to be finalized by 30 April 2017 and then delayed by 30 June, eventually collapsed after Zamparini, who in the meantime had appointed [[Bruno Tedino]] as new head coach for the [[2017–18 Serie B]] campaign, rejected the final offer he received from Baccaglini.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.football-italia.net/105059/zamparini-no-palermo-takeover |publisher=Football Italia |access-date=1 July 2017 |date=1 July 2017 |title=Zamparini: 'No Palermo takeover'}}</ref> On 4 July 2017, Baccaglini resigned as Palermo chairman, falling back into the hands of Zamparini, after the necessary funds were not in place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/105234/baccaglini-resigns-palermo-president|title=Baccaglini resigns as Palermo President - Football Italia|website=www.football-italia.net}}</ref>

Palermo's campaign in the [[2017–18 Serie B]] aimed for an immediate return to the top flight, with Bruno Tedino as head coach and [[Fabio Lupo]] as director of football. Initially, the team's form was good, and the ''Rosanero'' ended the first half of the season in first place; however, a string of negative results led to the appointment of new manager [[Roberto Stellone]], who was ultimately unable to win promotion, ending the regular season in fourth place and eventually losing the playoff finals to [[Frosinone Calcio|Frosinone]].

===New ownerships, financial issues and Serie B exclusion (2018–2019)===
For the [[2018–19 Serie B]] season, Palermo (with [[Rino Foschi]] back for a third time as sporting director) found themselves having to sell many players for financial reasons. On 22 November 2018, the club formally confirmed a takeover agreement between Zamparini and an undisclosed investor,<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://palermocalcio.it/en/news/financial-innovations-team-statement_36216/ |publisher=US Città di Palermo |access-date=24 November 2018 |date=22 November 2018 |title=FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS TEAM STATEMENT |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605031354/https://palermocalcio.it/en/news/financial-innovations-team-statement_36216/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Palermo: Maurizio Zamparini sells Serie B side to London company |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46411750 |website=BBC Sport |date=1 December 2018|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref> later confirmed to be the [[London]] based Sport Capital Group Investments Ltd., with English businessman Clive Richardson, head of the new group, being named as new club chairman.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://palermocalcio.it/en/news/club-statement_36379/ |publisher=US Città di Palermo |access-date=30 December 2018 |date=29 December 2018 |title=CLUB STATEMENT}}</ref> Following a January 2019 transfer window with no signings at all and serious tensions within the board, Clive Richardson (chairman) and John Treacy (director) both resigned from the club with immediate effect on 4 February 2019, citing that the full nature of the serious financial situation at the club had not been fully disclosed to them at the time of their purchase.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://palermocalcio.it/en/news/club-statement_36507/ |publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo |access-date=7 February 2019 |date=5 February 2019 |title=CLUB STATEMENT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207185000/https://palermocalcio.it/en/news/club-statement_36507/|archive-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> Days later, the club was acquired for a nominal fee by Daniela De Angeli (former managing director from the Zamparini days) and Rino Foschi (appointed as chairman),<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-02-14/sport-capital-group-plc-disposal|title=Preliminary Disposal Agreement|date=14 February 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=Sport Capital Group |via=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://palermocalcio.it/en/news/club-statement_36539/ |publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo |access-date=15 February 2019 |date=14 February 2019 |title=CLUB STATEMENT |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605031356/https://palermocalcio.it/en/news/club-statement_36539/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> only for them to sell it again to hotel and tourism company Arkus Network S.r.l. later in May.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://palermocalcio.it/it/news/comunicato-della-societagrave_36846/|title=COMUNICATO DELLA SOCIETÀ|date=3 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503131809/https://palermocalcio.it/it/news/comunicato-della-societagrave_36846/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.football-italia.net/137617/official-palermo-taken-over|title=Official: Palermo taken over|work=Football Italia|publication-place=London|publisher=Tiro Media|date=3 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/sport24/2019-05-03/il-palermo-ha-arkus-network-come-proprietario-ma-club-pende-adesso-spada-serie-c-184336.shtml|title=Il Palermo ha Arkus Network come proprietario. Ma sul club pende adesso la "spada" della Serie C|date=3 May 2019|access-date=12 June 2019|newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore|language=it}}</ref><ref name="capitalMay2019" /> The new owner, Sporting Network S.r.l., subscribed a €5&nbsp;million capital increase to the club.<ref name="capitalMay2019">{{cite press release|url=https://palermocalcio.it/it/news/comunicato-sporting-network-srl_36919/|title=COMUNICATO SPORTING NETWORK S.R.L. |date=19 May 2019|access-date= 20 May 2019|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|language=it}}</ref>

At the end of the 2018–19 Serie B, Palermo finished in third place with 63 points but was demoted by [[FIGC]] to last place in Serie B on 13 May due to serious financial irregularities, which meant relegation to [[Serie C]] for the following season.<ref name="Palermorelgation">{{cite news|url=https://www.football-italia.net/138005/breaking-palermo-relegated-serie-c|title=BREAKING: Palermo relegated to Serie C|work=Football Italia|publisher=Tiro Media|publication-place=London|date=13 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.figc.it/media/87986/cu-n-63.pdf|title=(244) – DEFERIMENTO DEL PROCURATORE FEDERALE A CARICO DI: ZAMPARINI MAURIZIO (all'epoca dei fatti Presidente del CdA della Società US Città di Palermo Spa sino al 7 marzo 2017 e, successivamente, Consigliere del Consiglio di Amministrazione della Società US Città di Palermo Spa sino al 3 maggio 2018), GIAMMARVA GIOVANNI (all'epoca dei fatti Presidente del CdA della Società US Città di Palermo Spa dall'8 novembre 2017 all'8 agosto 2018), MOROSI ANASTASIO (all'epoca dei fatti Presidente del Collegio Sindacale della Società US Città di Palermo Spa) SOCIETÀ US CITTÀ DI PALERMO SPA - (nota n. 12055/816 pf18-19 GP/GC/blp del 29.4.2019). |date=13 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|journal=Comunicato Ufficiale |volume=2018–19 |issue=63 |department=Tribunale Federale Nazionale – Sez. Disciplinare|publisher=FIGC|language=it|first=Cesare|last=Mastrocola}}</ref> The club appealed to FIGC against this ruling and was successful in having the penalty revised; rather than automatic demotion, the club was merely docked 20 points instead, which consequently placed them in a comfortable mid-table eleventh position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/138696/serie-b-palermo-avoid-relegation|title=Serie B: Palermo avoid relegation|publisher=Football Italia|date=29 May 2019}}</ref> However, on 24 June 2019, Palermo incorrectly submitted to FIGC their standard application for the following 2019–20 Serie B season, by failing to provide evidence of a valid insurance policy for the new season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.football-italia.net/139872/palermo-out-serie-b |publisher=Football Italia |access-date=28 June 2019 |date=24 June 2019 |title=Palermo out of Serie B?}}</ref> A club trading with no insurance is a severe breach of Italian company law, and as such FIGC had no alternative but to formally exclude the club not only from Serie B, but indeed all professional leagues, on 12 July 2019.<ref name="palermo_excluded">{{cite news |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/sport/2019/07/12/news/figc_palermo_escluso_da_serie_b_ripescato_venezia_-231039066/ |publisher=La Repubblica |language=it |access-date=12 July 2019 |date=12 July 2019 |title=Figc: Palermo escluso da Serie B, ripescato Venezia}}</ref>

===A fresh start, City Football Group ownership (2019–present)===
On 23 July 2019, in compliance of [[Article 52 of N.O.I.F.]], Mayor of Palermo [[Leoluca Orlando]] confirmed six declarations of interests had been presented for a new [[Phoenix club (sports)|phoenix club]] to be admitted in [[Serie D]], the highest level of non-professional football in Italy, for the [[2019–20 Serie D|2019–20 season]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.football-italia.net/141151/proposals-arrive-new-palermo |publisher=Football Italia |access-date=23 July 2019 |date=23 July 2019 |title=Proposals arrive for new Palermo}}</ref> The next day, Orlando announced his choice of a bid by a company named "Hera Hora srl", jointly owned by entrepreneurs Dario Mirri (a Palermo native, and [[Renzo Barbera]]'s nephew) and a Sicilian-American, Tony DiPiazza.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://palermo.gds.it/video/calcio/2019/07/24/il-futuro-del-palermo-in-diretta-dal-comune-la-scelta-della-nuova-proprieta-5246d1b7-9fe8-4b8b-a416-bbe094c1d3eb/ |publisher=Giornale di Sicilia |language=it |title=IL FUTURO DEL PALERMO, MIRRI-DI PIAZZA I NUOVI PROPRIETARI |access-date=24 July 2019 |date=24 July 2019}}</ref> Palermo completed their [[2019–20 Serie D|Serie D]] campaign in first place, and was awarded promotion to Serie C by the Italian Football Federation after all the amateur leagues were stopped in March 2020 due to the global [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/altri-campionati/08-06-2020/palermo-altre-8-serie-c-mirri-solo-primo-passo-3701655095435.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |title=Il Palermo sale in Serie C insieme ad altre 8 squadre: ecco quali sono |access-date=8 June 2020 |date=8 June 2020}}</ref> On 16 July 2020, the club changed its name to Palermo Football Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/155934/new-name-coach-palermo|title=New name & coach for Palermo|publisher=Football Italia|date=16 July 2020}}</ref>

Palermo, under the guidance of [[Silvio Baldini]], concluded the [[2021–22 Serie C]] campaign in third place in the Group C, behind [[S.S.C. Bari|Bari]] and [[U.S. Catanzaro 1929|Catanzaro]], and then made it to the promotion playoff final against [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] after eliminating [[U.S. Triestina Calcio|Triestina]], [[Virtus Entella]] and [[Feralpisalò]] in the process (during playoffs, Renzo Barbera stadium was always sold out). On 12 June 2022, Palermo were promoted to [[Serie B]] after defeating Padova 2–0 on aggregate, thus returning to the Italian second division just three years after being excluded from the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://football-italia.net/palermo-book-spot-in-serie-b-after-play-off-win-over-padova/ |publisher=Football Italia |accessdate=14 June 2022 |date=12 June 2022 |title=PALERMO BOOK SPOT IN SERIE B AFTER PLAY-OFF WIN OVER PADOVA}}</ref> On 4 July 2022, in the presence of [[Manchester City F.C.]] CEO [[Ferran Soriano]], the club was formally announced to have been acquired by [[City Football Group]], a subsidiary of [[Abu Dhabi United Group]], with outgoing owner Dario Mirri (who was confirmed as club chairman) keeping a 20% of the quotes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-b/palermo-city-football-group-chi-e |publisher=SKY Sport Italia |accessdate=4 July 2022 |date=4 July 2022 |title=City Group, chi sono i nuovi proprietari che hanno acquistato il Palermo |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/news/il-city-football-group-rileva-la-maggioranza-del-palermo-fc_38024/ |publisher=Palermo F.C. |language=it |accessdate=4 July 2022 |date=4 July 2022 |title=Il city football group rileva la maggioranza del palermo fc}}</ref>

Under new head coach [[Eugenio Corini]], former Palermo captain in the 2000s, the ''Rosanero'' ended their season in ninth place, missing out on promotion playoffs in the season's final game. The follow-up season saw Palermo aiming for direct promotion; however, inconsistency in league performances led to the dismissal of Corini and the appointment of [[Michele Mignani]] as new head coach for the remainder of the campaign.

==Colours and badge==
[[File:Lettera Rosanero 1905.jpg|170px|thumb|left|Airoldi's letter in which he suggests pink and black as the club's new official colours]]
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The new official badge as of 2019 is a white eagle's head and three pink/black feathers within a black stylized letter 'P'. The eagle represents the city of Palermo, as it is also part of the city's official coat of arms. This new badge replaced the long-standing badge of the previous formation of the club, an [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] with an eagle poised for flight within it, and the previous official club denomination "U.S. Città di Palermo" in [[capital letters]] on the top.

From its foundation, Palermo originally played with a red and blue shirt as its official colours, but decided to switch to the unusual current choice of pink and black on 27 February 1907, contemporaneously with the change of denomination to "Palermo FootBall Club".<ref name="100anni">{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Palermo/Primo_Piano/2007/02_Febbraio/27/ricorrenza.shtml |newspaper=[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]] |title= Palermo, 100 anni di rosanero |access-date=4 May 2007|publisher=RCS MediaGroup |language=it}}</ref>

The colour choice of pink and black was suggested by Count Giuseppe Airoldi, a prominent founding member of the club. In a personal letter Airoldi wrote on 2 February 1905 to English club councillor [[Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist)|Joseph Whitaker]], he defined pink and black poetically as "colours of the bitter and the sweet", a choice he amusingly asserted to be suited for a team characterised by "results as up and down as a Swiss clock", noting also the fact that red and blue were a very commonly used choice of colours around Italy at the time.<ref name="repsicilia" />

The club had to wait for their new jerseys for three months, because no pink cotton [[flannel]] material was available in Palermo and the appointed tailoring company could only find suitable material from England and had to import it from there.<ref name="100anni" /> The vivid new shirts were first worn in a friendly match against [[Sir Thomas Lipton]]'s crew team; the match ended in a 2–1 win for Palermo.<ref name="100anni" /> From 1936 to 1940, the team were forced to play in red and yellow jerseys due to an imposition by the fascist regime of [[Benito Mussolini]] (red and yellow being the official colours of the municipality of Palermo.) When the club was refounded in 1941 following a merger with Juventina Palermo, they started dressing in light blue shirts on the pitch, but switched back to the very popular pink and black only one year later.<ref name="Comune di Palermo" />

===Shirt sponsors and manufacturers===
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|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/pales98/palermofc.htm |publisher=Alessio Candiloro|title= Palermo Shirt List|access-date=14 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716200614/http://www.geocities.com/pales98/palermofc.htm|archive-date=16 July 2007}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=May 2019|reason=user-generated content hosted in Geocities}}
|-
|1979–80
||Pouchain
||''None''
|-
|1981–82
|rowspan=4|NR
||Vini Corvo
|-
|1983–84
||Pasta Ferrara
|-
|1985–86
||Juculano
|-
|1987–90
|rowspan=3|[[Palermo|Città di Palermo]]
|-
|1989–90
||[[Hummel International|Hummel]]
|-
|1990–91
|rowspan=5|ABM
|-
|1991–92
||[[Seleco]]
|-
|1992–93
||[[Giornale di Sicilia]]
|-
|1993–94
||Toka
|-
|1994–96
||[[Province of Palermo|Provincia Regionale di Palermo]]
|-
|1996–97
|rowspan=3|[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]
||[[Giornale di Sicilia]]
|-
|1997–98
||Tomarchio Naturà
|-
|1998–99
||[[Province of Palermo|Palermo Provincia Turistica]]
|-
|1999–00
||[[Kronos (sportswear)|Kronos]]
||[[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Tele+]]
|-
|2000–01
|rowspan=8|[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
||[[Alitalia]]
|-
|2001–02
||LTS
|-
|2002–06
||[[Province of Palermo|Provincia di Palermo]]
|-
|2006–08
||''None''
|-
|2008
||Pramac
|-
|2008–09
||''None''
|-
|2009–10
||[[Betshop]]
|-
|2010
|rowspan=2|[[Gala Coral Group|Eurobet]]
|-
|2010–11
|rowspan=2|[[Legea]]
|-
|2011–12
||[[Gala Coral Group|Eurobet]] & [[Burger King]]
|-
|2012–2013
|rowspan=2|[[Puma SE|Puma]]
|[[Gala Coral Group|Eurobet]] & Italiacom
|-
|2013–2014
|Palermocalcio.it & Sigma
|-
|2014–2015
| rowspan="2"|[[Joma]]
| RosaneroCares & CBM
|-
|2015–2017
|rowspan=2|None
|-
|2017–2019
| rowspan="2" |[[Legea]]
|-
|2019
| Gruppo Arena c/o Super Conveniente<ref>{{cite web|url=https://palermocalcio.it/en/partners/|title=Partners|access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717011444/https://palermocalcio.it/en/partners/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://palermocalcio.it/it/news/gruppo-arena-sponsor-di-maglia-del-palermo-calcio_36860/|title=GRUPPO ARENA SPONSOR DI MAGLIA DEL PALERMO CALCIO|date=2 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|language=it|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503131814/https://palermocalcio.it/it/news/gruppo-arena-sponsor-di-maglia-del-palermo-calcio_36860/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2019–2023
|[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]
| Bisaten, Gruppo Arena, Nuova Sicilauto, Sicilgesso and Gagliano Gioielli
|-
|2023–2025
|rowspan=2|[[Puma SE|Puma]]
|[[Gala Coral Group|Old Wild West]] Bisaten & A29
|-
|2025-current
|Sicily by Car & InXaero
|}

==Stadium==
{{Main|Stadio Renzo Barbera}}
[[File:Palermo FC v Manchester City FC, 9 August 2025 - 13.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo]]
Palermo plays its home matches at [[Stadio Renzo Barbera]]. The stadium was opened in 1932, during the fascist regime, with the name ''Stadio Littorio'' (after the Italian name for the [[fasces]] symbol). The inaugural match, won by Palermo 5–1, was played on 24 January 1932 against [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]. In 1936, the Littorio was renamed ''Stadio Michele Marrone'' after a fascist soldier who died in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name="venue">{{cite web |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/societa/stadio.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429181316/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/societa/stadio.jsp |archive-date=29 April 2007|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|title= Lo stadio Renzo Barbera |access-date=4 May 2007|language=it}}</ref>

Initially, the stadium featured a running track and no spectator space behind the goals, only terraces and a stand along the side. In 1948, following the end of World War II and the fall of the fascist regime, the stadium was renamed ''Stadio La Favorita'' after the Favorita neighbourhood where it was located. It was also restructured to remove the running track and add two curved end sections, increasing its capacity to 30,000.<ref name="venue" /> In 1984, it was enlarged to 50,000. The new capacity was reached only twice: for a [[Serie C1]] league match against [[Sicily|Sicilian]] rivals [[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]] and a friendly match against Juventus.<ref name="venue" /> On the occasion of the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], the stadium was renovated, some new seats added, but the overall capacity reduced to 37,619. During the 1989 renovation works, five employees died following the collapse of a section of the stadium.<ref name="venue" /> In 2002 the stadium was renamed in honour of [[Renzo Barbera]], legendary Palermo chairman in the 1970s.<ref name="venue" />

In 2007, Palermo chairman and owner [[Maurizio Zamparini]] announced plans to move the club to a new state-of-the-art stadium, possibly located in the ''[[ZEN (Palermo)|ZEN]]'' neighbourhood of Palermo, not far from the [[Velodromo Paolo Borsellino]], a smaller stadium that had previously hosted some Palermo matches.<ref name="newvenue">{{cite web |url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-local/Si-studia-un-impianto-alla-tedesca-il-progetto-e-ancora-in-alto-mare/1354367/6 |publisher=[[L'Espresso]]|title=Si studia un impianto alla tedesca, il progetto è ancora in alto mare |access-date=4 May 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015093859/http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-local/Si-studia-un-impianto-alla-tedesca-il-progetto-e-ancora-in-alto-mare/1354367/6 |archive-date = 15 October 2007}}</ref>

In 2024, Palermo inaugurated their own training centre, located in the city of [[Torretta]], their first one in the club's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://palermo.gds.it/articoli/calcio/2024/04/07/inaugurato-a-torretta-il-palermo-cfa-la-nuova-casa-dei-rosanero-d58dee53-dd2c-45cd-8cb8-bda62e07dff3/ |publisher=Giornale di Sicilia |language=it |date=7 April 2024 |accessdate=7 April 2024 |title=Inaugurato a Torretta il centro sportivo del Palermo, la nuova casa dei rosanero}}</ref>

==Supporters==
[[File:Palermo-Catania 2006.jpg|right|thumb|Palermo supporters in the 2006 Sicilian derby]]
The majority of Palermo supporters come from the city and its neighbourhood. However, Palermo is also widely popular throughout Western Sicily, as well as among Sicilian immigrants in northern Italy, For example, a number of Palermo fans living in and around the German city of [[Solingen]] have even founded a club named ''FC Rosaneri'' in honour of Palermo which, as of 2007, plays in the [[Kreisliga|Kreisliga B]] league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solinger-tageblatt.de/index.php?redid=156607367/6|publisher=Solinger Tageblatt|title=Die Party ist noch lange nicht vorbei!|access-date=4 May 2007|language=de|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407105551/https://www.solinger-tageblatt.de/index.php?redid=156607367/6|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.provincia.palermo.it/provpalermo/old_site/rivista%20Palermo/palermo_riv_pdf/palermo_mar_06/50.pdf|publisher=[[Province of Palermo|Provincia di Palermo]]|title=Cuori rosanero in terra tedesca|access-date=4 May 2007|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630180901/http://www.provincia.palermo.it/provpalermo/old_site/rivista%20Palermo/palermo_riv_pdf/palermo_mar_06/50.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://esvopladen.de/lmo/lmo.php?action=results&tabtype=0&file=07.l98 |publisher=ESV Opladen |title=Kreisliga B, Gruppe 2, Saison 2006/07 |access-date=4 May 2007 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929195427/http://esvopladen.de/lmo/lmo.php?action=results&tabtype=0&file=07.l98 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Support for Palermo is traditionally closely associated with a strong sense of Sicilian identity; indeed, it is not uncommon to see [[flag of Sicily|Sicilian flags]] waved by fans and [[ultras]] during Palermo matches. Palermo fans are also twinned with [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]] ultras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://it.sports.yahoo.com/03082006/8/lecce-l-8-agosto-sfida-palermo.html|publisher=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Italia Sport]]|title=Lecce: l'8 agosto sfida con il Palermo|access-date=4 May 2007|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070919203457/http://it.sports.yahoo.com/03082006/8/lecce-l-8-agosto-sfida-palermo.html|archive-date=19 September 2007}}</ref> This friendship was strengthened by the acquisition of [[Fabrizio Miccoli]], who is originally from the city of Lecce and a well-known Lecce supporter who went on to become captain of Palermo and also the club's most prolific player, setting records for: most Serie A league goals (74, from 2007 to 2013); most goals in all competitions (81, from 2007 to 2013); and most Serie A league appearances (165, from 2007 to 2013).

Palermo's biggest rivals are fellow islanders [[Calcio Catania|Catania]]. Matches between Palermo and Catania are usually referred to as [[Sicilian derby|Sicilian derbies]], despite the existence of a third Sicilian team, [[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]], who played in Serie A alongside Palermo and Catania in recent years. Rivalry with Messina, although historically older, is generally less intense than that with Catania.

The 2006–07 return match between Palermo and Catania, played on 2 February 2007 at [[Stadio Angelo Massimino]], [[Catania]], is remembered due to the death of policeman [[Filippo Raciti]] who was injured during [[2007 Catania football violence|riots between the local police and the Catania supporters]].

According to a survey of 2008, the team has about 1.47&nbsp;million fans domestically, placing it among the top ten best-supported Italian teams. For example, at the [[2011 Coppa Italia Final|Coppa Italia final]] played in Rome on 29 May 2011 against [[Inter Milan|Inter]], which Palermo lost 3–1, it was estimated that there were 25,000 - 35,000 fans from Palermo, easily outnumbering the ''Nerazzurri'' fans present.

==Players==
{{For|a list of footballers|List of Palermo F.C. players}}
{{For|all former and current Palermo players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Palermo FC players}}

===Current squad===
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{{fs player|no= 5|nat=ITA|name=[[Antonio Palumbo]]|pos=MF}}
{{fs player|no= 6|nat=FRA|name=[[Claudio Gomes]]|pos=MF}}
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{{fs player|no=10|nat=ITA|name=[[Filippo Ranocchia]]|pos=MF}}
{{fs player|no=11|nat=GHA|name=[[Emanuel Gyasi]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[Empoli FC|Empoli]]}}}}
{{fs player|no=13|nat=ITA|name=[[Mattia Bani]]|pos=DF}}
{{fs player|no=14|nat=SRB|name=[[Aljoša Vasić]]|pos=MF}}
{{fs player|no=17|nat=ITA|name=[[Samuel Giovane]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]}}}}
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{{Fs player|no=21|nat=FRA|name=[[Jérémy Le Douaron]]|pos=FW}}
{{fs player|no=22|nat=ITA|name=[[Francesco Bardi]]|pos=GK}}
{{fs player|no=23|nat=MLI|name=[[Salim Diakité]]|pos=DF}}
{{fs player|no=27|nat=ITA|name=[[Niccolò Pierozzi]]|pos=DF}}
{{fs player|no=28|nat=FRA|name=[[Alexis Blin]]|pos=MF}}
{{fs player|no=29|nat=POL|name=[[Patryk Peda]]|pos=DF}}
{{fs player|no=30|nat=ITA|name=[[Michele Avella]]|pos=GK}}
{{fs player|no=31|nat=ITA|name=[[Giacomo Corona]]|pos=FW}}
{{fs player|no=32|nat=ITA|name=[[Pietro Ceccaroni]]|pos=DF}}
{{fs player|no=66|nat=FIN|name=[[Jesse Joronen]]|pos=GK}}
{{fs player|no=72|nat=ITA|name=[[Davide Veroli]]|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]]}}}}
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===Palermo Primavera===
{{updated|19 September 2025}}
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{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ITA|name=Ettore Nicolosi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ITA|name=Pietro Avena|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=63|nat=LVA|name=
Nils Balagušs|pos=GK}}
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{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ITA|name=Simone Pizzuto|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=ITA|name=Salvatore Squillacioti|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=86|nat=ITA|name=Valerio Brutto|pos=MF}}
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===Other players under contract===
{{updated|26 August 2025}}
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{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=[[Valerio Verre]]|pos=MF}}
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===Out on loan===
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{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=[[Sebastiano Desplanches]]|pos=GK|other=at [[Delfino Pescara 1936|Pescara]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=Manfredi Nespola|pos=GK|other=at [[FC Arzignano Valchiampo|Arzignano]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=Francesco Cutrona|pos=GK|other=at [[Virtus Francavilla Calcio|Virtus Francavilla]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=[[Francesco Di Bartolo (footballer)|Francesco Di Bartolo]]|pos=GK|other=at [[Sondrio Calcio|Sondrio]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=[[Alessio Buttaro]]|pos=DF|other=at [[Calcio Foggia 1920|Foggia]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=USA|name=[[Kristoffer Lund]]|pos=DF|other=at [[1. FC Köln]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=GRE|name=[[Dimitrios Nikolaou]]|pos=DF|other=at [[SSC Bari|Bari]] until 30 June 2026}}
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{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=Ernesto Runza|pos=DF|other=at [[Ravenna FC|Ravenna]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=[[Giangiacomo Magnani]]|pos=DF|other=at [[AC Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=SVN|name=[[Leo Štulac]]|pos=MF|other=at [[AC Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=BIH|name=[[Dario Šarić (footballer)|Dario Šarić]]|pos=MF|other=at [[Antalyaspor]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=FRA|name=[[Stredair Appuah]]|pos=FW|other=at [[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=[[Federico Di Francesco]]|pos=FW|other=at [[US Catanzaro 1929|Catanzaro]] until 30 June 2026}}
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===Former players===
In 2020, as part of the club's 120th anniversary celebrations, Palermo announced a [[hall of fame]] selection, with eleven players and a manager selected from a list of over 100 proposals.

The most voted players were:<ref name="halloffame">{{cite web |publisher=Palermo F.C. |language=Italian |accessdate=20 February 2021 |title=LA HALL OF FAME ROSANERO |url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/hall-of-fame/ }}</ref>

* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabrizio Miccoli]]; 4183 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Eugenio Corini]]; 3924 votes
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Javier Pastore]]; 3835 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Federico Balzaretti]]; 3738 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Barzagli]]; 3495 votes
* {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Josip Iličić]]; 2801 votes
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Paulo Dybala]]; 2798 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Toni]]; 2700 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Grosso]]; 2575 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Guidolin]]; 2516 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Amauri]]; 2292 votes
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Edinson Cavani]]; 1702 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Sorrentino]]; 1583 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Biffi]]; 1566 votes
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lamberto Zauli]]; 1490 votes

==Club officials==
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===Board of directors===
{{Updated|3 July 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/organigramma/|website=palermofc.com |title=Organigramma |language=it |date=3 July 2025 }}</ref>
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#f4a7b9;color:#141517;border:1px solid #aeb0b3;" |Role
! style="background:#f4a7b9;color:#141517;border:1px solid #aeb0b3;" |Name
|-
| President
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Dario Mirri
|-
| Managing director & CEO
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Gardini
|-
| Board members
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} Simon Richard Cliff<br/>{{Flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Galassi<br/>{{Flagicon|ENG}} Theodore Macbeath<br/>{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Marwood]]
|-
| Sporting director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Osti]]
|-
| Head of scout
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Leonardo Masieri
|-
| Scout
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Simone Lo Schiavo
|-
| Academy director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Geria
|}
{{col-2}}

===Current technical staff===
{{Updated|17 June 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/2425/squadre/prima-squadra/|website=palermofc.com |title=Prima squadra |language=it |date=17 August 2025 }}</ref>
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#f4a7b9;color:#141517;border:1px solid #aeb0b3;" |Role
! style="background:#f4a7b9;color:#141517;border:1px solid #aeb0b3;" |Name
|-
| Head coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Filippo Inzaghi]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio D'Angelo]]
|-
| Head of fitness coach 
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Bellistri
|-
| Fitness coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Luca Alimonta <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Daniele Cominotti <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Guglielmo Pillitteri 
|-
| Match analyst
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Simone Baggio <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Federico Montalto
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Federico Orlandi <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Michele Marotta
|-
| Technical collaborator
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Evans Soligo]]
|-
| Team manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Pinna 
|-
| Health manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Matracia
|-
| Doctors
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marco Bruzzone <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Davide Lo Nardo
|-
| Rehab coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Domenico Giordano <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Simone Sigillo
|-
| Head of physiotherapists 
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Massimiliano Mereu
|-
| Physiotherapist
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Mirko Genzardi <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Rosario Sciacchitano <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Di Paola 
|-
| Nutritionist
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Clara Gabrielli
|-
| Kitman
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Pasquale Castellana <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Caruso <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Salerno <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Gabriele Simone Trapani 
|}
{{col-end}}

==Managers==
{{Main|List of Palermo F.C. managers}}

In 2020, as part of the celebrations for the club's 120th anniversary, Palermo announced a [[hall of fame]] selection, asking their supporters to select the best manager in the club's history among a list of successful ones from the past.

The best manager in the club's history was selected to be [[Francesco Guidolin]], who led Palermo to win promotion to Serie A in 2004 after a 31-year absence, and sixth place in the top flight (best result in the club's history) and consequent first ever European qualification the year after.<ref name="halloffame" />

Other candidates for all-time manager were (in order of votes):
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Delio Rossi]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Iachini]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ignazio Arcoleo]]
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Čestmír Vycpálek]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fernando Veneranda]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Caramanno]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rosario Pergolizzi]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Corrado Viciani]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carmelo Di Bella]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gipo Viani]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Benigno De Grandi]]

==Chairmen history==
Over the years Palermo has had various owners and chairmen; here is a chronological list of the known chairmen:<ref name="centoanni" />
[[File:Joseph Whitaker.JPG|right|thumb|upright|Joseph Whitaker, honorary chairman during the early 1900s]]
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* {{Flagicon|ENG}} Edward De Garston ''(1900–1903)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Barone Michele Vannucci ''(1903–1904)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Cavaliere Ignazio Majo Pagano ''(1904–1908)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Barone Roberto Pottino ''(1908–1915)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valentino Colombo ''(1920–1923)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Cavaliere Michele Utveggio ''(1923–1925)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valentino Colombo ''(1925–1926)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Conte Liotta di Lemos ''(1928)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Barone Giovanni Sergio ''(1928)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Conte Guido Airoldi ''(1928–1929)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Barone Luigi Bordonaro di Gebbiarossa ''(1929–1931)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Francesco Paolo Barresi ''(1931–1933)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Cavaliere Giovanni Lo Casto Valenti ''(1933–1934)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valentino Colombo ''(1934–1935)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giovanni De Luca ''(1935)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luigi Majo Pagano ''(1935–1936)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valentino Colombo ''(1936–1937)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Paolo Di Pietra ''(1937–1938)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Salvatore Barbaro ''(1938–1940)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Duilio Lanni ''(1941–1942)''
* {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giuseppe Agnello ''(1942–1947)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano La Motta ''(1947–1948)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Guazzardella ''(1948–1951)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Raimondo Lanza di Trabia]] ''(1951–1952)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Barone Carlo La Lomia ''(1952–1953)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mario Fasino]] ''(1953–1954)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Ernesto Pivetti ''(1954–1955)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Trapani ''(1955)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Conte Arturo Cassina ''(1955–1956)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Seminara ''(1956–1957)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Casimiro Vizzini ''(1957–1963)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Conte Guglielmo Pinzero ''(1963–1964)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Ernesto Di Fresco, {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Barbaccia, {{flagicon|ITA}} Franz Gorgone ''(1964)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Casimiro Vizzini ''(1964)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Conte Guglielmo Pinzero ''(1964)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Totò Vilardo ''(1964–1965)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Spagnolo ''(1965)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Franz Gorgone ''(1965)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Gioia ''(1965)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Pergolizzi ''(1967–1970)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Renzo Barbera]] ''(1970–1980)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Gaspare Gambino ''(1980–1982)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Parisi ''(1982–1985)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Matta ''(1985–1986)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvino Lagumina ''(1987–1989)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Ferrara ''(1989–1993)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Liborio Polizzi ''(1993–1995)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Ferrara ''(1995–2000)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sergio D'Antoni]] ''(2000–2002)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Zamparini]] ''(2002–2017)''
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paul Baccaglini]] ''(2017)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Giammarva ''(2017–2018)''
* {{flagicon|ENG}} Clive Richardson ''(2018–2019)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Rino Foschi ''(2019)''
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Albanese ''(2019)''<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://palermocalcio.it/it/news/comunicato-della-societagrave_36861/|title=COMUNICATO DELLA SOCIETÀ|date=3 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo |language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503190849/https://palermocalcio.it/it/news/comunicato-della-societagrave_36861/|archive-date=3 May 2019}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|ITA}} Dario Mirri ''(2019–)''
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==Honours==
* '''[[Serie B]]'''
** '''Champions (5)''': [[1931–32 Serie B|1931–32]], [[1947–48 Serie B|1947–48]], [[1967–68 Serie B|1967–68]], [[2003–04 Serie B|2003–04]], [[2013–14 Serie B|2013–14]]
* '''[[Serie C1]]'''
** '''Champions (4)''': [[1941–42 Serie C|1941–42]], [[1945–46 Serie C|1945–46]], [[1992–93 Serie C1|1992–93]], [[2000–01 Serie C1|2000–01]]
* '''[[Serie C2]]'''
** '''Champions (1)''': [[1987–88 Serie C2|1987–88]]
* '''[[Serie D]]'''
** '''Champions (1)''': [[2019–20 Serie D|2019–20]]
* '''''[[Prima Divisione]]'''''
** '''Champions (1)''': 1929–30
* '''[[Coppa Italia Serie C]]'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 1992–93

===Other Titles===
* '''[[Coppa Federale Siciliana]]'''
:*'''Winners (1)''': 1920
* '''Whitaker Challenge Cup'''
:*'''Winners (1)''': 1908
* '''[[Lipton Challenge Cup]]'''
:*'''Winners (5)''': 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915
* '''Torneo di Tunisi'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 1923
* '''[[Campionato Nazionale Primavera|Campionato Primavera]]:'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 2008–09
* '''[[Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti]]:'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 2000–01
* '''Coppa Allievi Professionisti:'''
** '''Winners (1)''': 1997–98
* '''Campionato Giovanissimi Regionali:'''
** '''Winners (2)''': 2011–12, 2012–13

==Records==
[[File:FC Zenit Saint Petersburg vs. Juventus, 20 October 2021 33 (Luca Toni).jpg|right|thumb|Italian striker [[Luca Toni]] holds the record for most goals in a single season with Palermo, scoring 30 times during the club's 2003–04 Serie B campaign]]
* '''Most appearances in all competitions'''&nbsp;– 373, [[Roberto Biffi]] (1988–1999)
* '''Most European appearances'''&nbsp;– 15, [[Andrea Barzagli]], [[Franco Brienza]] and [[Mattia Cassani]]
* '''Most Serie A league appearances'''&nbsp;– 165, [[Fabrizio Miccoli]] (2007–2013)
* '''Most league goals'''&nbsp;– 74, [[Fabrizio Miccoli]] (2007–2013)
* '''Most Serie A league goals'''&nbsp;– 74, [[Fabrizio Miccoli]] (2007–2013)
* '''Most Serie B league goals'''&nbsp;– 44, [[Carlo Radice]] (1930–1932)
* '''Most Serie C/C1 league goals'''&nbsp;– 25, [[Matteo Brunori]] (2021–2022)
* '''Most Coppa Italia cup goals'''&nbsp;– 7, [[Massimo De Stefanis]] (1979–1984)
* '''Most Europa League/UEFA Cup goals'''&nbsp;– 4, [[Franco Brienza]] (2005–2007), [[Abel Hernández]] (2010–2011)
* '''Most goals in all competitions'''&nbsp;– 81, [[Fabrizio Miccoli]] (2007–2013)
* '''Most goals in a season'''&nbsp;– 30, [[Luca Toni]] (2003–2004)
* '''Current player with most appearances'''&nbsp;– 156, [[Matteo Brunori]] (as of 12 April 2025)
* '''Biggest win''' and '''biggest home win in Serie A'''&nbsp;– 8–0 (''v.'' [[Pro Patria Calcio|Pro Patria]], 5 November 1950)
* '''Biggest away win'''&nbsp;– 8–1 (''v.'' [[Potenza Calcio|Potenza]], 1 March 1942)
* '''Biggest defeat''' and '''biggest away defeat'''&nbsp;– 0–9 (''v.'' [[A.C. Milan|Milan]], 18 February 1951)
* '''Biggest home defeat'''&nbsp;– 0–7 (''v.'' [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], 27 February 2011)
* '''Highest number of points in Serie A league'''&nbsp;– 65 pt. ([[2009–10 Serie A|2009–10]]) 5th position
* '''Best series without home defeats'''&nbsp;– 31 (Palermo–Vibonese 0–0, 10 April 2021&nbsp;– Palermo–Perugia 2–0, 13 August 2022)
* '''Greatest series of consecutive victories in Serie A league'''&nbsp;– 5 ([[1961–62 Serie A|1961–62]] and [[2006–07 Serie A|2006–07]])

==Competitions==
===League===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:pink;"
|  style="width:5%; "| '''Level'''
|  style="width:20%; "| '''Category'''
|  style="width:15%; "| '''Participations'''
|  style="width:25%; "| '''Debut'''
|  style="width:25%; "| '''Last season'''
|  style="width:10%; "| '''Moves'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | <br /><big>'''A'''</big><br /><br /> ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Serie A]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''29'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[1932–33 Serie A|1932–33]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[2016–17 Serie A|2016–17]] || {{decrease}} 9
|-
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="text-align:center;" | <br /><big>'''B'''</big><br /><br /> || style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Serie B]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''50'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[1930–31 Serie B|1930–31]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[2025–26 Serie B|2025–26]] || {{increase}} 9 <br> {{decrease}} 3 ✟ 3
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| <br /><big>'''C'''</big><br /><br /> || style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Prima Divisione]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''1'''</big> || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[1929–30 Prima Divisione|1929–30]] || rowspan=3 | {{increase}} 6
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Serie C]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''3'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[1941–42 Serie C|1941–42]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[2021–22 Serie C|2021–22]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Serie C1]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''9'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[1984–85 Serie C1|1984–85]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[2000–01 Serie C1|2000–01]]
|-
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Serie C2]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''1'''</big> || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[1987–88 Serie C2|1987–88]] || {{increase}} 1
|-
!colspan=6|87 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | <br /><big>'''D'''</big><br /><br /> ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Serie D]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''1'''</big> || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[2019–20 Serie D|2019–2020]] || {{increase}} 1
|}

===National cups===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:pink;"
|  style="width:25%; "| '''Competition'''
|  style="width:15%; "| '''Participation'''
|  style="width:30%; "| '''Debut'''
|  style="width:30%; "| '''Last season'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Coppa Italia]]''' || style="text-align:center;"|  <big>'''69'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[1935–36 Coppa Italia|1935–36]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[2025–26 Coppa Italia|2025–26]]
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Coppa Italia Serie C]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''12'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[1984–85 Coppa Italia Serie C|1984–85]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[2000–01 Coppa Italia Serie C|2021–22]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione|Supercoppa di Serie C]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''1'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione 2001|2000–01]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione 2001|2000–01]]
|}

===International competitions===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:pink;"
|  style="width:25%; "| '''Category'''
|  style="width:15%; "| '''Participations'''
|  style="width:30%; "| '''Debut'''
|  style="width:30%; "| '''Last season'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]]'''<br/>ex ''UEFA Cup'' || style="text-align:center;"|  <big>'''5'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| [[2005–06 UEFA Cup|2005–06]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12]]
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Mitropa Cup]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''2'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| 1960 || style="text-align:center;"| 1968–69
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Coppa delle Alpi]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| <big>'''1'''</big> || style="text-align:center;"| 1960 || style="text-align:center;"| 1960
|}

==In Europe==
===UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Round
! Opposition
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
! Reference
|-
| rowspan=7| [[2005–06 UEFA Cup|2005–06]]
| First round
| {{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 4–0
| style="text-align:center;"| '''6–1'''
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/88182--palermo/ |title=UEFA Europa League 2005–06 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=4|Group B
| {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
| {{n/a}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4| '''1st'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 0–0
| {{n/a}}
|-
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]]
| {{n/a}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 1–1
|-
| {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–0
| {{n/a}}
|-
| Round of 32
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 1–2
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–2 ([[away goals|a]])'''
|-
| Round of 16
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–3'''
|-
| rowspan=5| [[2006–07 UEFA Cup|2006–07]]
| First round
| {{flagicon|England}} [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–0'''
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/88182--palermo/ |title=UEFA Europa League 2006–07 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=4|Group H
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| {{n/a}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4| '''4th'''
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–1
| {{n/a}}
|-
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]]
| {{n/a}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–3
|-
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[RC Celta de Vigo|Celta Vigo]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 1–1
| {{n/a}}
|-
| [[2007–08 UEFA Cup|2007–08]]
| First round
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[FK Mladá Boleslav|Mladá Boleslav]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–1 {{aet}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–1 (2–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])'''
| style="text-align:center; |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/88182--palermo/ |title=UEFA Europa League 2007–08 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=4| [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|2010–11]]
| Play-off round
| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[NK Maribor|Maribor]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 2–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''5–3'''
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/88182--palermo/ |title=UEFA Europa League 2010–11 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|Group F
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 2–2
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 2–3
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3| '''3rd'''
|-
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
|-
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 1–3
|-
| [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12]]
| Third qualifying round
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[FC Thun|Thun]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 2–2
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 1–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–3 ([[Away goals rule|a]])'''
| style="text-align:center; |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/88182--palermo/ |title=UEFA Europa League 2011–12 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Del Tappo |first=Luca |author2=Mazzola, Calogero|title=Il Palermo. Saggio sociologico-sportivo |date=2005 |edition=III |publisher=Edizioni il foglio |location=Palermo |page=313|language=it}}
* {{cite book |last=Tarantino |first=Giovanni |author2=Paterna, Massimiliano|title=Una storia in rosa e nero. La maglia del Palermo, i colori di una città |year=2014 |publisher=il Palindromo |location=Palermo |isbn=9788898447077 |page=105|language=it}}
* {{cite book |last=Prestigiacomo |first=Vincenzo |author2=Bagnati, Giuseppe; Maggio, Vito|title=Il Palermo: una storia di cento anni |year=2001 |publisher=Corrado Rappa |location=Palermo |page=232|language=it}}
* {{cite book |last=Prestigiacomo |first=Vincenzo |author2=Bagnati, Giuseppe; Maggio, Vito|title=Il Palermo racconta: storie, confessioni e leggende rosanero |year=2004 |publisher=Grafill |location=Palermo |isbn=88-8207-144-8 |page=253|language=it}}
* {{cite book |last=Giordano |first=Giovanni |author2=Brandaleone, Carlo |title=Calcio Palermo: gli ottantaquattro anni di storia della societa rosanero |year=1982 |publisher=Giada |location=Palermo |isbn=88-8207-144-8 |page=432|language=it}}
* {{cite book |last=Ginex |first=Roberto |author2=Gueli, Roberto|title=Breve storia del grande Palermo |year=1996 |publisher=Newton |location=Rome |isbn=88-8183-361-1 |page=66|language=it}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{Official website|http://www.ssdpalermo.it/}} {{in lang|it}}

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