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Atalanta

Full name

Atalanta Bergamasca
Calcio SpA

Nickname(s)

La Dea (The Goddess),
Nerazzurri (Black-blues)

Founded

1907

Ground

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia,
Bergamo, Italy

Capacity

26,638

Chairman

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Ruggeri

Manager

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Colantuono

League

Serie A

2005-06

Serie B, 1st (promoted)





Home colours





Away colours

Atalanta B.C. (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, sometimes called Atalanta Bergamo) is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy. They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri. They play in blue-and-black vertically striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. The club stadium is the 26,638 seater Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. In Italy, Atalanta is even called Regina delle provinciali (queen of the provincial clubs) to mark the fact that the club is historically one of the best among non-metropolitan ones.

The club was founded in 1907. A football club had existed in Bergamo since 1904. Founded by Swiss emigrants, it was known as FC Bergamo. The rival Atalanta club grew out of a division between different sporting societies in the town. The name is taken from the female athlete of Greek mythology. The FIGC was unimpressed with the new club and did not officially recognize them until 1914. The current club is the result of a merger between Atalanta and a third team called Bergamasca. The first, black and white coloured and the second wearing a blue and white shirt, merged in 1924 as Atalanta Bergamasca di Ginnastica e Scherma 1907. The team moved to the site of the current ground, on the Viale Giulio Cesare, in 1928.

Atalanta joined the Italian league in 1929. The club first reached Serie A in 1937, but was relegated immediately. The club returned in 1940 and remained in A until 1959; after a single season in Serie B the club was promoted and lasted a further decade in A, before relegation in 1973 led to an uncertain period of promotion and relegation between the two levels.

The club achieved its highest position in 1948, finishing in 5th place. In 1981 the club fell into Serie C1, a blow which revitalised the club. The team returned to B the next season and made it back to A in 1985. The club's form in Serie A remains uncertain, as it was relegated in 1988, 1995,1998 and 2005, but they were there more often than not.

In terms of titles the club has won little, their sole silverware is the 1963 Coppa Italia. The club has had very few good runs in Europe, the best spell ending in a Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1988; in 1991 Atalanta reached UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

The club has had very few famous players. However, Atalanta has been proven to run a successful youth system, producing footballers like Roberto Donadoni (Italy national team coach from July 2006), Alessio Tacchinardi, Domenico Morfeo, Ivan Pelizzoli, and Samuele Dalla Bona who have quickly been grabbed by the bigger clubs. Other players who have graced the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia include Claudio Caniggia, Glenn Peter Strömberg, Paolo Montero, Christian Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi, Cristiano Lucarelli, Cristiano Doni, and, in the past, Stefano Angeleri, Adriano Bassetto, Angelo Domenghini, and Giuseppe Savoldi.

1 Current first team squad
- 1.1 Out on loan
2 Noted players
3 Noted coaches
4 Honours
5 Supporters
6 External links

[edit] Current first team squad

As of October 17, 2006<ref>http://www.atalanta.it/prima_squadra.htm</ref>

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	GK	Andrea Ferrari (from youth team)
2	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	DF	Leonardo José Talamonti (on loan from River Plate)
3	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	DF	Adriano Pereira
5	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Massimo Donati (on loan from Milan)
6	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Gianpaolo Bellini
7	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Davide Bombardini
8	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Antonino Bernardini
9	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Riccardo Zampagna
10	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Nicola Ventola
15	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Simone Loria
16	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Claudio Rivalta
17	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Christian Vieri
18	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	GK	Andrea Ivan

No.		Position	Player
19	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Luca Ariatti
20	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Alessio Manzoni (from youth team)
21	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	MF	Fernando Tissone
22	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Luis Fernando Centi
23	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg	MF	Nelson Abeijón
25	Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg	DF	Kewullay Conteh (on loan from Palermo)
26	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Giulio Migliaccio
27	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	GK	Alex Calderoni
34	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Marino Defendi
72	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Cristiano Doni
79	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	FW	Adriano Ferreira Pinto
80	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Moris Carrozzieri
99	Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Andrea Soncin

For recent transfers, see the "Transfer Deals" section of 2006-07 in Italian football or the list of Serie A transfers 2006-07.

[edit] Out on loan

Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Daniele Capelli (at Arezzo)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	GK	Andrea Consigli (at Sambenedettese)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Antonino D'Agostino (at Cagliari)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Mauro Minelli (co-ownership at Catania)
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	FW	Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (co-ownership at Lecce)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	FW	Christian Tiboni (co-ownership at Udinese)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Michele Rinaldi (co-ownership at Udinese)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Thomas Manfredini (at Bologna)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	MF	Andrea Lazzari (at Cesena)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg	DF	Natale Gonnella (at Pescara)

[edit] Noted players

Ordered by first season played for Atalanta

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Meazza (1945-46)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Angeleri (1949-50)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Adriano Bassetto (1953-54)
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Humberto Maschio (1959-60)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Angelo Domenghini (1960-61)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Savoldi (1965-66)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gaetano Scirea (1972-73)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Cabrini (1975-76)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Cesare Prandelli (1978-79)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Donadoni (1982-83)
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Glenn Peter Strömberg (1984-85)
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Evair (1988-89)
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Claudio Paul Caniggia (1989-92) (1999-2000)
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Alemão (1992-93)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Maniero (1990-91)
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Paolo Montero (1992-93)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Tacchinardi (1992-93)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Domenico Morfeo (1993-94)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Cristian Zenoni (1994-2001)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Damiano Zenoni (1994-2004)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Christian Vieri (1995-96) (2006-)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Carrera (1996-97)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Inzaghi (1996-97)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Gianluigi Lentini (1996-97)
Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Zoran Mirkovic (1996-98)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Cristiano Lucarelli (1997-98)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Cristiano Doni (1998-99)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Donati (1999-2001)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Ventola (2000-01), (2005 -)
Image:Flag of France.svg Ousmane Dabo (2001-2003)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Sala (2001-2003), (2004-05)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Montolivo (2003-05)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Demetrio Albertini (2004)
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Stephen Ayodele Makinwa (2005)

See Also: Category:Atalanta B.C. players

[edit] Noted coaches

[edit] Honours

Coppa Italia
- Champions 1963
- Runners-up 1987, 1996

Serie B
- Champions 1940, 1959, 1984, 2006
- Runners-up 1937, 1971, 2000

Serie C1 group A
- Champions 1982

[edit] Supporters

Atalanta's supporters are considered very loyal. When Atalanta plays at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, the supporters in the Curva Nord (North Curve) encourage the team with their chants during the entire match.

The biggest rivalry is with the neighbouring supporters of Brescia, and there are strong rivalries also with supporters of Verona, Genoa, Fiorentina, Roma, Lazio, Napoli, Milan, Inter, Torino; while there has been a long-standing friendship with Ternana.

On special occasions Atalanta supporters display a very large black and blue flag called Bandierone which covers the whole Curva Nord stand.

[edit] External links

Official Atalanta BC Site

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