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A.C. Perugia Calcio
Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio, or simply Perugia, is a professional Association football, football club based in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, that competes in the , the third division of Italian football. Founded in 1905 as Associazione Calcistica Perugia, the club folded in 2005 and were re-founded the same year as Perugia Calcio, before dissolving once again in 2010, taking on its current name. The club has played 13 times in the Serie A; their best placement was finishing runners-up in 1978–79 year unbeaten, becoming the first team under the round-robin format to finish the Serie A season without defeats. In addition to various minor league titles, the club has won the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup, and has made two UEFA Cup appearances. In its Serie A spell under club president Luciano Gaucci around the turn of the century Perugia had some upset wins at home, most notably against Juventus FC, Juventus on the final day in 1999–2000 Serie A, 2000, which led to their oppone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Società A Responsabilità Limitata
(S.r.l. or Srl) is a type of legal corporate entity in Italy, which literally means (but is not entirely equal to) 'limited liability company'. It has a similar form to (S.s.d a r.l.) for amateur sports-related companies and their corresponding regulations: article 90 of the Italian Law No.289 of 2002. Differing from (S.p.A.), S.r.l. may not issue shares that have par value, but only the quota () or units of the share capital. Moreover, the articles of association of S.r.l. allowed different allocations of profits and assets, which was more comparable to a limited partnership. A fourth form of corporate entity, (S.c.r.l. or S.c. a r.l.), was seen in the cooperatives of Italy. History The was introduced into the Italian legal system with the Italian Civil Code, Civil Code of 1942—previously, there was a joint-stock company by shares, which did not differ much from other Joint-stock company, joint-stock companies. The aim was to create a legal form that stood between partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilario Castagner
Ilario Castagner (18 December 1940 – 18 February 2023) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a striker. Castagner died in Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ... on 18 February 2023, at the age of 82. References External links 1940 births 2023 deaths Footballers from Vittorio Veneto Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players AC Reggiana 1919 players AC Legnano players AC Perugia Calcio players AC Prato players Rimini FC 1912 players Italian football managers Serie A managers AC Perugia Calcio managers SS Lazio managers AC Milan managers Inter Milan managers Delfino Pescara 1936 managers Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC managers Pisa SC managers 20th-century Italian sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, Mitteleuropäischer Pokal or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European association football, football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hungary. After World War II in 1951 a replacement tournament named ''Zentropa Cup'' was held, but just for one season, the Mitropa Cup name was revived, and again in 1958 the name of the tournament changed to ''Danube Cup'' but only for one season. The tournament was discontinued after 1992. The most successful club is Vasas SC, Vasas with six titles. History This "International" competition for football clubs was founded in 1897 in Vienna. The Challenge Cup (Austria-Hungary), Challenge Cup was invented by John Gramlick, John Gramlick Sr., a co-founder of the Vienna Cricket and Football-Club. In this cup competition all clubs of the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire that normally would not meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torino FC
Torino Football Club (), colloquially referred to as Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont that currently plays in the Serie A, the highest football league of Italy. Founded in 1906 as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'', they are historically among the most successful clubs in the nation with seven league titles, many of which coming from the Grande Torino era in the 1940's. Their last Serie A title was awarded in 1976. Torino have won the Coppa Italia five times, and have won one international, now-defunct tournament—the Mitropa Cup—in 1991. Torino plays all of its home games at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino (also known as the Stadio Comunale "Vittorio Pozzo" until 2006). The club's traditional colour is maroon, and its symbol is a rampant bull, the traditional symbol of the city of Turin, from which the club's nickname ''Il Toro'' (The Bull) is derived. Torino have a local rivalry with Juventus and the two sides contest the Derby della Mol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC Milan
(), commonly referred to as Milan or AC Milan () mainly outside of Italy, is an Italian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian football league system, Italian football. In its early history, Milan played its home games in different grounds around the city before moving to its current stadium, the San Siro, in 1926. The stadium, which was built by Milan's second chairman, Piero Pirelli, and has been shared with Inter Milan since 1947, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 75,817. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Inter, with whom they contest the ''Derby della Madonnina'', one of the most followed derbies in football. Milan has spent its entire history in Serie A with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons. Silvio Berlusconi’s 31-year tenure as Milan president was a standout period in the club's history, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellas Verona FC
Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the List of Italian football champions, Serie A championship in the 1984–85 Serie A, 1984–85 season. In January 2025, it was announced that the club had been acquired by American private equity Presidio Investors. History Origins and early history Founded in 1903 by a group of students at Liceo "Scipione Maffei", the club was named ''Hellas'' (the Greek word for Greece), at the request of a professor of classics. At a time in which football was played seriously only in the larger cities of northwestern Italy, most of Verona was indifferent to the growing sport. However, when in 1906 two city teams chose the city's Roman amphitheatre as a venue to showcase the game, crowd enthusiasm and media interest began to rise. During these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Como 1907
Como 1907 () is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy. The club competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian football, after achieving promotion in the 2023–24 Serie B, 2023–24 Serie B season. Founded in 1907 as Como Foot-Ball Club, the club adopted royal blue as its colours, and has played its home matches in 13,602-capacity Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia since 1928. The club currently has the richest club owners in Italian football after the club was bought by the Hartono brothers (Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono) through Djarum, Djarum Group in 2019. The club's minority shareholders include its current head coach, Cesc Fàbregas, and football legend Thierry Henry. Como's first season in the top flight of Italian football was in the 1913–14 Prima Categoria, and remained there until relegation in 1922. Como secured their illustrious history in the :it:Prima_Divisione_1930-1931, 1930–31 season, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clenched Fist
The raised fist, or the clenched fist, is a long-standing image of mixed meaning, often a symbol of solidarity, especially with a political movement. It is a common symbol representing a wide range of political ideologies, most notably socialism, communism, anarchism, and trade unionism, and can also be used as a salute expressing unity, strength, or resistance. History The origin of the raised fist as either a symbol or gesture is unclear. Its use in trade unionism, anarchism, and the labor movement had begun by the 1910s. William "Big Bill" Haywood, a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World, used the metaphor of a fist as something greater than the sum of its parts during a speech at the 1913 Paterson silk strike. Journalist and socialist activist John Reed described hearing a similar description from a participant in the strike. A large raised fist rising from a crowd of striking workers was used to promote a mass strike in Budapest in 1912. In the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Sollier
Paolo Sollier (born 13 January 1948) is an Italian former association football, football player and coach. Playing career Born in Chiomonte, Sollier played as a midfielder. He began his career with Cossatese, combining his football career with a job working in a Fiat factory. He later played professionally for F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892, Pro Vercelli. He then moved to A.C. Perugia Calcio, Perugia and help them win promotion to Serie A in the 1974-75 season. He played later with Rimini F.C. 1912, Rimini and A.S.D. La Biellese, Biellese. Sollier accumulated a total of 21 appearances in Serie A and 124 appearances with 11 goals in Serie B. Coaching career He managed Sant'Orso Aosta, Aosta, Pro Vercelli and A.S.D. La Biellese, Biellese. Personal life Sollier, a communist, was active in left-wing political activism throughout his football career, and was known for using a clenched fist salute on the pitch. Publications * * References 1948 births Living people Italian men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Curi
Renato Curi (20 September 1953 – 30 October 1977) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best known for his tenure as a Perugia mainstay in the 1970s until his tragic death during a league game against Juventus. Biography Renato Curi was born in Montefiore dell'Aso, Province of Ascoli Piceno in 1953. He started his professional career in 1969 with then-amateur club Giulianova, helping his side win promotion to Serie C. He left Giulianova in 1973 for Como, and then joined Serie B club Perugia one year later. Under the guidance of coach Ilario Castagner, he contributed to Perugia's historical first promotion to Serie A and became a ''grifoni'' mainstay in the following years. Notably, his impressive performances were instrumental in securing Perugia a historic sixth-place finish in their 1976–77 Serie A campaign, fueling rumours of a possible call-up to the Italy national football team. However, this never came to fruition, as Curi suddenly died on 30 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
