Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, commonly referred to as Sassuolo (), is an
Italian football
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club based in
Sassuolo
Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.
Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...
,
Emilia-Romagna
egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title ...
.
Their colours are
black
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and
green
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, hence the nickname ''Neroverdi'' (literally "black and green", in Italian).
Sassuolo have played in
Serie A
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since the
2013–14 season, joining a select group of teams playing in the Serie A but not belonging to a provincial capital city:
U.S. Savoia 1908 (
Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata (; nap, Torr'Annunziata) is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, region of Campania in Italy. It is located on the Gulf of Naples at the foot of Mount Vesuvius.
History
The city was destroyed in the Vesuvius ...
),
Empoli
Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...
,
Legnano,
Pro Patria (
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio (; lmo, label= Bustocco, Büsti Grandi) is an Italian city and ''comune'' in the south-easternmost part of the Province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, in Northern Italy, north of Milan. The economy of Busto Arsizio is main ...
),
Carpi
Carpi may refer to:
Places
* Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, a large town in the province of Modena, central Italy
* Carpi (Africa), a city and former diocese of Roman Africa, now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric
People
* Carpi (people), an ancie ...
and
Casale.
History
The club was founded in 1920
[Giovanardi, Rossi, ''Sassuolo nel pallone. Storia del calcio sassolese dalla Z alla... A'', Edizioni Artestampa.] and played in the Emilian amateur divisions for most of its history until its first promotion to Serie D in 1968. In this era, the club merged with other local football teams to eventually form the current US Sassuolo Calcio in 1974. In 1984, the club gained promotion to
Serie C2, the lowest level of professional football in Italy. However, they were relegated in 1990 and subsequently spent most of the 1990s in Serie D. In 1998, a second-place finish ensured promotion back to Serie C2.
Serie C1
Sassuolo reached
Serie C1
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for the first time in 2006 after winning the Serie C2 promotion play-offs by beating
Sansovino in the final. In the following years, Sassuolo proved to be a serious contender for promotion to
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, 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 ...
. With
Gian Marco Remondina
Gian is a masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Gianni and is likewise used as a diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John.
In Italian, any name including Giovanni can be contracted to Gian, particularly in combination with othe ...
as head coach, they barely missed it in 2007, as they lost immediate promotion to
Grosseto
Grosseto () is a city and ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the Ombrone river.
It is the ...
in the final days of the season, finishing in second-place; and then were defeated by fifth-placed
Monza
Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...
in the play-off semi-finals. Remondina then left Sassuolo to join Serie B's
Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...
, and former Serie A player
Massimiliano Allegri
Massimiliano Allegri (; born 11 August 1967), also known as Max Allegri, is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Juventus.
During his playing career, Allegri played in the Serie A as a midfielder ...
was then chosen as new head coach.
Under Allegri, Sassuolo quickly revived their hopes to obtain promotion to Serie B; this ultimately came on 27 April 2008, when they won the Serie C1/A title, thus ensuring a historical promotion to Serie B, the first in the club's history.
Serie B
Following Sassuolo's promotion to the Italian second tier, Allegri left Sassuolo to fill the head coaching position at Serie A team
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
. In July 2008, the club appointed former
Atalanta
Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology.
There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known ...
and
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
boss
Andrea Mandorlini for the 2008–09 season.
![Allegri with Milan players (cropped) - 3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Allegri_with_Milan_players_%28cropped%29_-_3.jpg)
Sassuolo had a surprisingly good start to the 2008–09 campaign and held a promotion playoff place for a very long time. They only won two points in their last five matches to eventually finish in seventh place. Despite a successful season, Mandorlini left Sassuolo by mutual consent in June 2009, whereupon the team then appointed former
Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...
coach
Stefano Pioli
Stefano Pioli (; born 20 October 1965) is an Italian football manager and a former footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach at Serie A club AC Milan, whom he led to the Serie A title in 2022.
Playing career
Pioli, a native of ...
on 11 June 2009.
Sassuolo successively qualified to the Serie B promotion playoffs in
2009–10 by placing fourth, and
2011–12 in third, being eliminated at the semi-finals in both seasons.
In the 2012–13 season, however, under the guidance of new head coach
Eusebio Di Francesco
Eusebio Di Francesco (; born 8 September 1969) is an Italian manager, and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Di Francesco started his career with Tuscan teams Empoli and Lucchese. In 1995, he joined Piacenza ...
, Sassuolo played a majority of the season in first place in the table, and eventually secured direct promotion with a 1-0 victory over
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
on 18 May 2013. At the conclusion of the season, Sassuolo had won the Serie B title and had ensured a first top-flight campaign ever for the
2013–14 season. The club had reached the highest level of the
Italian football league system
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only seven years after playing in
Serie C2. The key role that was played in this achievement by 18-year-old academy product
Domenico Berardi
Domenico Berardi (; born 1 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Sassuolo and the Italy national team.
Berardi began his club career with Sassuolo in 2012, helping the team win the Serie B title ...
saw the player win the league's
Player of the Year award
Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award.
Association football
In association football, this award is h ...
.
Serie A
During pre-season training in July 2013, Sassuolo won the
TIM Trophy
The TIM Trophy is a football pre-season tournament that was firstly contested in August 2001. It is not sanctioned or recognized by official football bodies since the gameplay rules do not correspond to IFAB/ FIFA laws of football. For the first t ...
after beating
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
on penalties then beating
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
2–1, marking the first time a team other than Milan,
Internazionale
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is t ...
or Juventus have won the Cup.
![Eusebio Di Francesco](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Eusebio_Di_Francesco.jpg)
On 25 August 2013, Sassuolo played their first-ever Serie A match, a 2–0 loss away at
Torino
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...
. The team's second match was their first at home, against
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
, where striker
Simone Zaza
Simone Zaza (born 25 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for club Torino.
Zaza began his professional club career with Atalanta in 2008, where he remained for two seasons. In 2010, he moved ...
scored Sassuolo's first top-flight goal as they lost 4–1. On 22 September 2013, Sassuolo endured a heavy 7–0 defeat at home to
Internazionale
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is t ...
. The team earned their first point in their fifth match, on 25 September away to
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. Zaza equalised as the game finished 1–1, ending the hosts' perfect start to the season. This was followed by a first home point on 29 September, a 2–2 draw with
Lazio
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. On 20 October 2013, Sassuolo won their first Serie A game, defeating
Bologna
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2–1 at home with goals from
Domenico Berardi
Domenico Berardi (; born 1 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Sassuolo and the Italy national team.
Berardi began his club career with Sassuolo in 2012, helping the team win the Serie B title ...
and
Antonio Floro Flores, moving the club off bottom place. Sassuolo won away for the first time in Serie A on 3 November against
Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa.
The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...
, with Berardi scoring their first top-flight hat-trick to win 4–3. Since the following match, a 1–1 draw at
Roma
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** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
on 10 November, the club has been outside the relegation zone. On 12 January 2014, Berardi was the only player in the season to score four goals in a game, as Sassuolo came from 2–0 down to win 4–3 against Milan. Towards the end of January 2014, Sassuolo were in bottom place and so manager Di Francesco was relieved of his duties and
Alberto Malesani
Alberto Malesani (; born 5 June 1954) is an Italian football manager and former player. As a manager, he is mostly remembered for his successful spell with Parma during the late 1990s, where he won the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Cup, and the Superco ...
was brought in. The managerial change did not have the desired effects and so in early March, Sassuolo re-entrusted the side to the management of Di Francesco. Sassuolo won its away match against
Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fol ...
4–3 on 6 May 2014, and after winning 4–2 against
Genoa
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on 11 May, Sassuolo guaranteed its place in Serie A for the 2014–15 season. Berardi finished in equal 7th place in the Serie A top scorers list, with 16 goals for the season.
The Neroverdi had a much better
2014–15 Serie A season, finishing comfortably beyond relegation in 12th place. Berardi was once more the club's top goalscorer with 15 league goals.
Sassuolo improved again in the
2015–16 Serie A season, finishing ahead of the likes of Milan and Lazio in sixth place. The season included an opening day win over Napoli, a Round 10 1–0 victory over Juventus at
Mapei Stadium
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Innovation and research
The company was founded and originally called ''Materiali Autarchici per ...
and a 1–0 victory over Inter at the
San Siro
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.
On 21 May 2016, Sassuolo achieved their first ever
Europa League qualification after finishing sixth in
2015–16 courtesy of a
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
win over
Milan
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as Milan would have gone to Europe instead if they had won the final. On 25 August 2016, Sassuolo qualified for the
Europa League group stage after beating
Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...
4–1 on aggregate in the playoff round.
Over the following three seasons, the Neroverdi returned to mid-table, ending the
2016–17 season in 12th position, and then the club followed this up with consecutive 11th place finishes in 2018 and 2019, as well being knocked out in the round of 16 in three successive
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
campaigns. In the home match against
Lazio
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on 25 February 2018, club captain
Francesco Magnanelli made his 400th appearance for Sassuolo since joining the club's in its most recent spell in
Serie C2 in 2005, having led the Neroverdi through three promotions and also playing in European competition in that time. On 13 June 2018,
Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi (; born 6 June 1979) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Playing career
De Zerbi started his professional career at AC Milan. He spent four season ...
was appointed as manager, after impressing with his possession-based tactics at relegated
Benevento
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in the previous season.
The
2019–20 season oversaw an improvement in Sassuolo's fortunes. The club concluded the season in 8th position, just outside the final qualifying position for the
UEFA Europa League
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, marking only the second top-half Serie A finish in its history. A primary reason for Sassuolo's growth was due to De Zerbi's innovative, attack-minded style of play, which began to flourish and led to a record-breaking Serie A goal return of 69, the most prolific the club has been since promotion in 2013. The transfer of
Francesco Caputo
Francesco "Ciccio" Caputo (born 6 August 1987) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Empoli F.C., Empoli, on loan from U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria. He represents the ...
from
Empoli
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in the preceding off-season was particularly crucial to this, as the striker ended the campaign with 21 league goals, and wingers
Jérémie Boga
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Coming through Chelsea's youth system, Boga spent the 2015–16 season ...
and
Domenico Berardi
Domenico Berardi (; born 1 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Sassuolo and the Italy national team.
Berardi began his club career with Sassuolo in 2012, helping the team win the Serie B title ...
also achieved double-figure goal tallies.
The club continued its development as a top 10 team in Serie A in the following season, in which the record of 61 points in
2015–16 was broken with another 8th place finish on 62 points. After eight matches, Sassuolo was placed second in the table, which in part was the result of the excellent form of the likes of
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,
Manuel Locatelli
Manuel Locatelli (born 8 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Juventus, on loan from Sassuolo, and the Italy national team.
After coming through the club's youth system, Locatelli made his pr ...
,
Filip Đuričić
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Club career Early ...
, amongst others. An impressive 2-0 away win against
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
on matchday six was perhaps the best reflection of this impressive early-season form. Although the club's form declined slightly in the mid-stage of the season, a 2-0 victory over
Lazio
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on the final matchday meant that Sassuolo reached the same points total as
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
in 7th place, but narrowly missed out on European qualification on goal difference. Berardi, in his eighth professional season with the club, enjoyed the best year of his career with 17 league goals and his double in a 3-1 against
Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fol ...
on 17 April 2021 meant that he had reached 100 goals in all competitions for the Neroverdi. De Zerbi announced he would leave the club at the end of the season to take up the vacant head coach position at
Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...
. On 11 July 2021, Sassuolo’s
Manuel Locatelli
Manuel Locatelli (born 8 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Juventus, on loan from Sassuolo, and the Italy national team.
After coming through the club's youth system, Locatelli made his pr ...
,
Domenico Berardi
Domenico Berardi (; born 1 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Sassuolo and the Italy national team.
Berardi began his club career with Sassuolo in 2012, helping the team win the Serie B title ...
and
Giacomo Raspadori
Giacomo Raspadori (born 18 February 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Napoli and the Italy national team.
Club career Sassuolo
Raspadori joined the youth academy of Sassuolo in 2009, after a year w ...
were part of the
Italy national squad
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that defeated
England
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in the
UEFA Euro 2020 final
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.
Stadium & Kit
![Stadio Alberto Braglia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Stadio_Alberto_Braglia.jpg)
Sassuolo's home stadium is the
Stadio Enzo Ricci in Sassuolo, still used by the club for training, but due to its tiny capacity (4,000) the club played
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, 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 ...
seasons in
Modena
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's
Stadio Alberto Braglia.
Starting from the 2013–14 season, the first Serie A campaign for the club, Sassuolo plays in
Reggio Emilia
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at the renovated
Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (formerly Stadio Giglio) in a venue-sharing agreement with
Lega Pro Prima Divisione
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Before the 1978 ...
club
Reggiana. The stadium was also bought by the parent company of Sassuolo, Mapei.
Sassuolo's famous green kit originates from a donation from English side Lancaster Rovers FC. During a tour of Italy in 1921, the Rover's side were unable to fulfil a fixture with Sassuolo and as a way of apology, donated their green shirts for Sassuolo to keep.
Players
Current squad
Other players under contract
Out on loan
.
Youth sector
Coaching staff
Managers
Recent seasons
Honours
*
Serie B
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: Winners:
2012–13
*
Serie C1
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: Winners:
2007–08
*
Supercoppa di Serie C
: Winners: 2008
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Serie D
The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...
: Winners:
1983–84,
1997-98,
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Promozione Emilia-Romagna
: Winners:
1980–81
In Europe
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in Italy
Football clubs in Emilia-Romagna
Association football clubs established in 1920
Serie A clubs
Serie B clubs
Serie C clubs
1920 establishments in Italy
Companies based in the Province of Modena