AC Legnano

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other Associazione Calcio Dilettantistica Legnano, commonly referred to as Legnano, is an Italian football club based in Legnano, Lombardy. Founded in 1913, Legnano played three seasons in Serie A and a total of eleven seasons in the top tier of the Italian football league system.

Legnano's most recent appearance in Serie A dates back to 1954, whereas in 1957 the club took part for the last time – to date – in a Serie B championship (the second tier of Italian football). Since then the club have played at their highest at the third tier of the Italian league.

The team's colours are lilac and white. After financial struggles and bankruptcy in 2010 the club folded and reformed in 2011 as ASD Legnano Calcio 1913; in 2015 they regained the right to name themselves ACD Legnano Calcio and to merge their history with that of the 97-year-old club which had previously folded.

History

Foundation

The club were founded in 1913 as Football Club Legnano.

Several notable players appeared for Legnano in its early years. Goalkeeper Angelo Cameroni was called up to the Italy national side in 1920; he was the first Legnano player to achieve this. Luigi Allemandi played four seasons with the club from 1921 onwards, until he was bought by Italian giants Juventus. He later won the World Cup with Italy at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Serie A: Club at their peak

Legnano first gained access to Serie A for the 1930–31 season; the previous year they had finished as runners up in Serie B. The first match at the top level of Italian football was the shocking 2–1 defeat of Italy's oldest club, Genoa C.F.C.

Unfortunately for Legnano, they finished at the bottom of the table that season and were relegated; other notable results however were a 1–1 draw with eventual runners up A.S. Roma, and a 2–1 defeat of S.S.C. Napoli in Naples.

In the 1935–1936 season, the club changed their name to Associazione Calcio Legnano.

Left-winger Emilio Caprile was called up by the azzurri, to play in two international games during 1948. He became the first Legnano player to score for Italy with a goal in each match.

Slide down the Italian league

File:1956–57 Associazione Calcio Legnano.jpg

1956–57 Legnano

After their last relegation from Serie A in 1953–54, the club have gradually declined. First they came close to promotion to the league with a 3rd position in B, but two years later they were relegated to Serie C.

Legnano spent 18 consecutive seasons competing in Serie C, able to finish as high as 5th 3 successive seasons. 1974–75 saw the club slump to Serie D; this was soon rectified as coach Luciano Sassi pulled the club into Serie C2 with a runner up spot in 1977–78.

Giovanni Mari lifts Legnano

Giovanni Mari took over as club president in 1979 and under him, Legnano would achieve the championship of Serie C2. A.C. Legnano had last finished in first position in any league in 1919. The club's stadium was renamed Stadio Giovanni Mari in his honour.

The refoundation

Following bankruptcy in 2010, Legnano would fold.

It was refounded on 15 July 2011, as A.S.D. Legnano Calcio 1913 and was admitted to Group N of Prima Categoria Lombardy in the 2011–12 season. The club was promoted to Group A of Promozione Lombardy.

The club had a second successive promotion after finishing as champions of Group A of Promozione Lombardy next season and was promoted to Group A of Eccellenza Lombardy.

On 7 May 2015, A.S.D. Legnano Calcio 1913 re-acquired the name Associazione Calcio Legnano. They finished Eccellenza Lombardy as 4th in 2014–15 but were eliminated in the play-offs. They finished Group A of Eccellanza Lombardy as 2nd and were qualified for the play-offs again. They defeated Torviscosa with 4–1 aggregate in semifinal and Sankt Georgen with 4–3 aggregate in final and were promoted to Serie D.

Players

Notable former players

• Template:Flagicon Luigi Allemandi
• Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Attilio Demaría
• Template:Flagicon Gigi Riva
• Template:Flagicon Nicholas Frey
• Template:Flagicon Pedro Kamata
• Template:Flagicon Karl-Erik Palmér
• Template:Flagicon Paolo Pulici
• Template:Flagicon Davide Fontolan
• Template:Flagicon Chedric Seedorf
• Template:Flagicon Marco Simone
• Template:Flagicon Hermann Lindemann

Staff

Presidential history

Over the years Legnano has had various owners, chairmen or presidential figures; here is a chronological list of the presidents;

• 1913–1916 Template:Flagicon Aldo Visconti and Eugenio Tosi (honorary president)
• 1917–1924 Template:Flagicon Antonio Bernocchi
• 1924–1925 Template:Flagicon Carlo Delle Piane
• 1925–1927 Template:Flagicon Ernesto Castiglioni
• 1927–1929 Template:Flagicon Antonio Bernocchi
• 1929–1931 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Mario Perozzi, Mario Raimondo and Riccardo Pezzoni (board of regents)
• 1931–1933 Template:Flagicon Ernesto Castiglioni
• 1933–1934 Template:Flagicon Primo Colombo (extraordinary commissioner)
• 1934–1945 Template:Flagicon Giulio Riva
• 1945–1952 Template:Flagicon Pino Mocchetti
• 1952–1953 Template:Flagicon Luigi Mandelli (extraordinary commissioner), following Giovanni Mari
• 1953–1954 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Mari
• 1954–1956 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Mario Perozzi (extraordinary commissioner)
• 1956–1959 Template:Flagicon Davide Casero (extraordinary commissioner)
• 1959–1963 Template:Flagicon Luciano Caccia
• 1963–1964 Template:Flagicon Felice Bossi (extraordinary commissioner)
• 1964–1975 Template:Flagicon Augusto Terreni
• 1975–1979 Template:Flagicon Rolando Landoni (extraordinary commissioner)
• 1979–1986 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Mari
• 1986 Template:Flagicon Ulrico Lucarelli
• 1986–1987 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Mari
• 1987–1996 Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Villa
• 1996–1999 Template:Flagicon Mario Pighetti
• 1999 Template:Flagicon Mauro Rusignolo
• 1999–2002 Template:Flagicon Mauro Rusignolo
• 2002–2005 Template:Flagicon Antonio Di Bari
• 2005–2007 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Simone
• 2007–2009 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Resta
• 2009–2010 Template:Flagicon Giacomo Tarabbia
• 2010 Template:Flagicon Alessio Fiore
• 2011–2015 Template:Flagicon Nicolò Zanda
• 2015 Template:Flagicon Salvatore Verdoliva
• 2015–incumbent Template:Flagicon Vanessa Paolillo

Managerial history

Below is a list of AC Legnano coaches from 1913 until the present day:

• 1913–1914 Template:Flagicon Adamo Bonacina
• 1914–1915 Template:Flagicon Pariani
• 1915–1916 Template:Flagicon Primo Colombo
• 1916–1917 Template:Flagicon Primo Colombo

  Template:Flagicon Nino Resegotti

• 1917–1919 Technical Committee: Template:Flagicon Primo Colombo, Template:Flagicon Adamo Bonacina and Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Venegoni
• 1919–1923 Template:Flagicon Primo Colombo
• 1923–1925 Template:Flagicon Imre Schöffer
• 1925–1927 Template:Flagicon Primo Colombo
• 1927–1928 Template:Flagicon Imre Schöffer
• 1928–1929 Template:Flagicon Armand Halmos
• 1929–1931 Template:Flagicon Luigi Barbesino
• 1931–1933 Template:Flagicon Otto Krappan
• 1933–1934 Template:Flagicon Francesco Lattuada

  Template:Flagicon Vinicio Colombo

• 1934–1935 Template:Flagicon Vinicio Colombo
• 1935–1936 Template:Flagicon Enrico Crotti
• 1936–1945 Template:Flagicon Enrico Crotti
• 1945–1946 Template:Flagicon Attilio Demaria
• 1946–1947 Template:Flagicon Róbert Winkler
• 1947–1949 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Galluzzi
• 1949–1950 Template:Flagicon Ugo Innocenti
• 1950–1951 Template:Flagicon Ugo Innocenti and Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Héctor Puricelli
• 1951–1952 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Héctor Puricelli
• 1952–1953 Template:Flagicon Ugo Innocenti

  Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Héctor Puricelli

• 1953–1954 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Galluzzi
• 1954–1957 Template:Flagicon Ugo Innocenti
• 1957–1959 Template:Flagicon Mario Zidarich
• 1959–1960 Template:Flagicon Renato Picentini
• 1960–1962 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Molina
• 1962–1963 Template:Flagicon Luciano Lupi
• 1963–1964 Template:Flagicon Fausto Braga
• 1964–1967 Template:Flagicon Luciano Lupi
• 1967–1968 Template:Flagicon Carlo Facchini
• 1968–1969 Template:Flagicon Sergio Realini
• 1969–1970 Template:Flagicon Carlo Facchini
• 1970–1971 Template:Flagicon Carlo Facchini

  Template:Flagicon Luciano Sassi

• 1971–1973 Template:Flagicon Luciano Sassi
• 1973–1974 Template:Flagicon Luciano Sassi

  Template:Flagicon Giovanni Visentin

• 1974–1975 Template:Flagicon Fausto Braga

  Template:Flagicon Mario Trezzi

• 1975–1979 Template:Flagicon Mario Trezzi
• 1979–1980 Template:Flagicon Adelio Crespi
• 1981–1983 Template:Flagicon Pietro Maroso
• 1983–1984 Template:Flagicon Pietro Maroso

  Template:Flagicon Romualdo Capocci

• 1984–1986 Template:Flagicon Andrea Valdinoci
• 1986–1987 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Ardemagni
• 1987–1988 Template:Flagicon Mauro Bicicli
• 1989–1990 Template:Flagicon Giorgio Veneri
• 1990–1991 Template:Flagicon Luciano Magistrelli

  Template:Flagicon Mauro Bicicli

• 1991–1992 Template:Flagicon Abramo Rossetti

  Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Danova

• 1992–1993 Template:Flagicon Marco Torresani
• 1993–1995 Template:Flagicon Luigi Vallongo
• 1995–1996 Template:Flagicon Renzo Contratto

  Template:Flagicon Giovanni Sacchi and Mauro Bicicli

• 1996–1997 Template:Flagicon Loris Boni
• 1997–1998 Template:Flagicon Carlo Muraro
• 1998–1999 Template:Flagicon Gian Marco Remondina
• 1999–2000 Template:Flagicon Roberto Bacchin
• 2000–2001 Template:Flagicon Roberto Bacchin

  Template:Flagicon Carlo Muraro

  Template:Flagicon Ernestino Ramella

• 2001–2002 Template:Flagicon Mario Belluzzo

  Template:Flagicon Ernestino Ramella

• 2002–2003 Template:Flagicon Ernestino Ramella

  Template:Flagicon Angelo Gregucci

• 2003–2004 Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Casiraghi

  Template:Flagicon Stefano Di Chiara

• 2004–2005 Template:Flagicon Stefano Di Chiara

  Template:Flagicon Arcangelo Sciannimanico

  Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Oddi

• 2005–2006 Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Maiuri and Gianpaolo Spagnulo

  Template:Flagicon Gianpaolo Spagnulo

  Template:Flagicon Luciano Miani

  Template:Flagicon Gianpaolo Spagnulo, and Template:Flagicon Nicolas Gennarielli

• 2006–2007 Template:Flagicon Gianfranco Motta
• 2007–2008 Template:Flagicon Claudio Gabetta

  Template:Flagicon Egidio Notaristefano

• 2008–2009 Template:Flagicon Attilio Lombardo
• 2009–2010 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Scienza
• 2011–2013 Template:Flagicon Massimo Rovellini
• 2013–2014 Template:Flagicon Massimo Rovellini

  Template:Flagicon Alessandro Cerri

• 2014–incumbent Template:Flagicon Stefano Di Gioia

Honours

Serie C2

• Winners (2): 1982–1983 (group B), 2006–2007 (group A)

Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti

• Winners: 1992–1993 (group A)

Serie D

• Winners: 1999–2000 (group B)

Prima Categoria

• Winners: 2011–2012 (group N)

Promozione

• Winners: 2012–2013 (group A)

Prima Categoria:

• Runners-up (2): 1919–1920 (group C), 1920–1921 (group D)

Prima Divisione:

• Runners-up (2): 1922–1923 (group B), 1927–1928 (group B)

Serie B

• Runners-up (3): 1946–1947 (group A), 1950–1951, 1952–1953

Serie D:

• Runners-up (2): 1976–1977 (group B), 1977–1978 (group B)

Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti:

• Runners-up: 1997–1998 (group B)

Eccellenza:

• Runners-up: 2013–2014 (group A)

External links

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