Latina Calcio 1932, commonly referred to as Latina, 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 Bra ...
club based in
Latina
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* Latinas, a demographic group in the United States
* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America.
*Latin Americans
Latina and Latinas may also refer t ...
,
Lazio
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History
The club was founded in 1932 as ''Unione Sportiva Latina Calcio'' and subsequently re-established several times until 2009, when it attained the name U.S. Latina Calcio.
The team reached the
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 1978β ...
for the first time in 29 years, after being promoted from the
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group C in the 2010β11 season. In 2013, they were promoted to Serie B.
On 21 April 2013, the club won its first trophy, the
2012β13 Coppa Italia Lega Pro
The 2012β13 Coppa Italia Lega Pro was the 41st edition of the competition that involving teams from Lega Pro in Italian football.
Format and Seeding
Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows:
* Group phase: the 42 clubs that no ...
, after defeating
Viareggio in the finals.
Their first Serie B season ended up in third place and eventually losing in the play-off final against
Cesena
Cesena (; rgn, CisΓͺna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137.
History
Cesena was o ...
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At the end of the
2016β17 Serie B
The 2016β17 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams were contesting the league: 15 returning from the 2015β16 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, ...
season, the club was declared bankrupt after failing to find a new buyer, with debts of over 6 million euros, meaning a new incarnation of Latina would have to begin from the amateur leagues. The club was refounded as Latina Calcio 1932 and competed in
Serie D
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for the 2017β18 season.
Colours and badge
The team's colours are black and blue.
AS Latina logo.png, Logo of predecessor A.S. Latina
U.S. Latina Calcio logo.svg, Logo of predecessor U.S. Latina Calcio
Current squad
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Managers
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Francisco Lojacono
Francisco RamΓ³n Lojacono (, ; 11 December 1935 β 19 September 2002) was an Italian Argentine football player and manager. A midfielder, he began his playing career in Argentina with San Lorenzo, before moving to Italy to play with Vicenza, ...
(1972β73)
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Lamberto Leonardi
Lamberto Leonardi (8 August 1939 β 22 February 2021) was an Italian professional football coach and player.
External linksProfileat Enciclopedia del Calcio
1939 births
2021 deaths
Italian footballers
Association football midfielders
...
(1976β79)
*
Giorgio Puia
Giorgio Puia (; 8 March 1938) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Club career
During his club career, Puia played for A.S. Pro Gorizia, U.S. Triestina Calcio, Vicenza and Torino.
International career ...
(1983β84)
*
Andrea Agostinelli
Andrea Agostinelli (born 20 April 1957) is an Italian football coach and former professional footballer. He played as midfielder.
Coaching career
In April 2013, he was hired by Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, VarΓ©s ; l ...
(1994β95)
*
Stefano Di Chiara
Stefano Di Chiara (born 21 February 1957) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a defender, and is the older brother of footballer Alberto Di Chiara, whom he played with during his time at Lecce, helping the cl ...
(1994β95)
*
Roberto Rambaudi
Roberto Rambaudi (; born 12 January 1966) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a forward or midfielder in the position of right winger.
Club career
Rambaudi gained Serie A promotion with Foggia after wi ...
(2004)
*
Fabio Pecchia
Fabio Pecchia (; born 24 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is head coach of club Parma.
Throughout his playing career as a midfielder, he was also known as "l'avvocato" ("the lawyer," in Italian), ...
(2012β13)
*
Roberto Breda
Roberto Breda (born 21 October 1969) is an Italian football coach and former player. He was most recently the manager of Serie B club Pescara.
Playing career
A midfielder, Breda made his Serie A debut with Sampdoria and later played with sever ...
(2013β14)
*
Mario Beretta
Mario Beretta (born 30 October 1959 in Milan) is an Italian association football manager and former football player. He most recently served as head coach of Serie B club Latina.
Career
Playing career
Beretta had a short career as footballer, p ...
(2014)
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Roberto Breda
Roberto Breda (born 21 October 1969) is an Italian football coach and former player. He was most recently the manager of Serie B club Pescara.
Playing career
A midfielder, Breda made his Serie A debut with Sampdoria and later played with sever ...
(2014β15)
*
Mark Iuliano
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(2015)
*
Mario Somma
Mario Somma (born 17 September 1963) is an Italian football manager.
Career
Player
Somma, who was born in Latina, Lazio, started his career with Genoa and then spent his later years mostly at the Serie C1 and Serie C2 level, playing for several ...
(2015β16)
*
Carmine Gautieri
Carmine Gautieri (born 20 July 1970) is an Italian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), coach and a former player. He is currently the head coach of Serie C club U.S. Avellino 1912, Avellino.
Playing caree ...
(2016)
*
Vincenzo Vivarini
Vincenzo Vivarini (born 2 January 1966) is an Italian professional football coach. He is in charge of Serie C club Catanzaro.
Coaching career
Vivarini started his coaching career working as assistant with Giulianova and Pescara. He took his f ...
(2016β17)
*
Andrea Chiappini (2017β18)
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Carlo Pascucci (2017β18)
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Carmine Parlato
Carmine Parlato (born 7 June 1970) is an Italian football manager and former player, currently working as head coach of Serie D club Cjarlins Muzane.
Career
Playing career
He has played in Serie B with Padova in the season 1990-1991.
Coachin ...
(2018β19)
*
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Given name
*Raffaele Amato, Italian mobster
*Raffaele Cutolo, Italian mobster
*Raffaele Ganci, Italian mobster
*Raffaele Canton ...
(2018β19)
*
Agenore Maurizi (2019β20)
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Raffaele Scudieri (2020β21 (1-21))
*
Salvatore Ciullo (2020-21 (22-25))
*
Raffaele Scudieri (2020-21 (26-))
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Daniele Di Donato
Daniele Di Donato (born 21 February 1977) is an Italian football manager and a former midfielder. He is the manager of Latina.
Playing career
Di Donato, nicknamed ''Dido'', started his professional career with Torino (then in Serie B). He is bes ...
(2021- )
Honours
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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 c ...
:Winners: 2012β13
*
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011β12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
:Winners: 2010β11 (group C)
References
External links
Official site
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Latina Calcio 1932
Football clubs in Italy
Football clubs in Lazio
Latina, Lazio
Association football clubs established in 1932
Serie C clubs
1932 establishments in Italy
Phoenix clubs (association football)
Coppa Italia Serie C winning clubs