A.C. Trento 1921 (nicknamed ' or ') is an

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club, and the major club in

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

. Currently they play in . In 2014 Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Trento Calcio 1921 S.r.l. went bankrupt. The sports title was transferred to A.C. Trento S.C.S.D.

History

Foundation

The club was founded in 1921. The team took part to the 1945–46 Serie B–C season. It in the season 2010–11, from

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group B relegated, in the play-out, to

Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( it, Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige) is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. It is competed amongst 16 teams, in one g ...

. In the season 2011–12 the team was promoted from Eccellenza Trentino–South Tyrol to

after playoffs. The team was relegated again in 2013. In 2014 Trento was relegated from Eccellenza to Promozione. After the transfer of the sports title to a new company in the same year, the phoenix club won promotion back to Eccellenza in 2016. In the 2020–21 Serie D season, under the tenure of head coach Carmine Parlato, Trento were crowned Girone C champions, thus returning into professionalism after 18 years in the amateur leagues.

Colors and badge

Colors

The official colors are yellow and blue. They are also the colors of the city of

.
The home jerseys of the club include the colors yellow and blue and can be vertically striped depending on the season. The away jerseys are mostly white or black.

Badge

The badge of the club has the form of a shield. The left half of the logo in the background is blue, the other half yellow. They represent the colors of the club and the city of

. In the middle of the badge an eagle is depicted, which is also the coat of arms of

. Above the eagle is the inscription "A.C. TRENTO". The founding year "1921" is shown below the eagle.

Stadium

AC Trento plays his home games at Stadio Briamasco. The stadium was opened in 1922 and has a capacity of 4,200 spectators. In the meantime, the stadium was often slightly modernized. The dimensions of the field are 105 by 65 meters (345 by 213 feet) and it is played on natural turf pitch. It consists of north (Tribuna Nord) and south tribune (Tribuna Sud). The north tribune is mostly covered and the south tribune only half. In addition, the arena has an athletics system, which is no longer used. Two international matches of the Italian U21 were played in the Stadio Briamasco.

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable players

Daniele Balli Daniele Balli (born 16 September 1967 in Florence) is a former Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Grown up in the Empoli youth system, Balli spent his early professional years with several Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams (Trento, ...

* Luigi De Agostini *

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* Giuseppe Sannino *

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Notable managers

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References

External links

Official site
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