Carrarese Calcio 1908, commonly referred to as Carrarese, is an
Italian football
Football ( it, calcio ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only ...
club based in
Carrara
Carrara ( , ; , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence. Its mot ...
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Tuscany
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. It currently plays in
Serie C
The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C.
The unification of the Lega Pro ...
, having last been in
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...
in 1948.
History
The club was founded in 1908.
In the season 2010–11 from
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group B, Carrarese was promoted in the play-off to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1.
Before the 1978 ...
.
In 2016 Carrarese Calcio S.r.l. went bankrupt. A new company Carrarese Calcio 1908 S.r.l., successfully bid the sports title by refurbished the debt of Carrarese Calcio S.r.l.
Colours and badge
The team's colours are light blue and yellow.
Ownership
Italian international and
Juventus goalkeeper
Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who captains and plays as a goalkeeper for the club Parma. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He is one of the few recorded pl ...
(a native of
Carrara
Carrara ( , ; , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence. Its mot ...
and prominent supporter of the club) was a major shareholder of the club, as part of a consortium that acquired the club in 2010; other shareholders included former
Pisa Calcio chairman
Maurizio Mian
Maurizio Mian (born 25 March 1956) is an Italian entrepreneur and pharmaceutical heir who is the Chief executive officer, CEO of The Gunther Corporation. A noted Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric, Mian has often used his dog Gunther as a figure ...
and long-time Serie A striker
Cristiano Lucarelli
Cristiano Lucarelli (; born 4 October 1975) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a striker from 1992 until 2012. He was most recently the manager of Serie B club Ternana.
Club career
Lucarelli was born in Livorno, ...
.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Honours
*
Coppa Italia Serie C
Coppa Italia Serie C ( it, Serie C Italian Cup), formerly named Coppa Italia Lega Pro, is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie C in Italian football first held in 1972.
Format
There are a total of six rounds in the ...
:Winners: 1982–83
References
External links
Official site
Football clubs in Tuscany
Association football clubs established in 1908
Serie B clubs
Serie C clubs
Serie D clubs
1908 establishments in Italy
Coppa Italia Serie C winning clubs
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