Parma F.C.
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| Full name | Parma Football Club SpA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Crociati (Crusaders), Gialloblu (Yellow-blues) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | July 27, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 29,050 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Bondi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Image:Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pioli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Serie A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie A, 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, nicknamed the Crociati (Crusaders) and the Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues). The club's stadium is the 29,050 seater Stadio Comunale Ennio Tardini.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1913 as Verdi FC in honour of the birthplace of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, but the name was changed to Parma FC at the end of the same year. The club was undistinguished, moving between Serie B and Serie C before falling into the semi-professional leagues in the late 1960s.
Following a flurry of owners and name changes, the club became Parma AC in 1970 through the merger of AC Parmense and the old Parma AC. The club crept back into professional football but was uninspired until the 1980s. In 1985, Arrigo Sacchi became the club's manager and led them to the Serie C1 championship, he left it in mid-table of Serie B and the club drifted before the arrival of Nevio Scala.
Scala brought the club into the top flight in 1990 and attracted a number of skilled foreigners. This achievement was paid for by the multinational dairy concern Parmalat, who had become the club's new sponsor and taken a 45% stake. Success in cup football and high league finishes in the early 1990s attracted other stars, with the likes of Fabio Cannavaro, Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla, Dino Baggio, Hernán Crespo, Enrico Chiesa, and Diego Fuser joining. Scala jumped ship in 1996 and was replaced by Carlo Ancelotti. He took the club to its best ever league finish in 1997, second place and only one point behind the champions.
Following Parmalat's financial scandal in 2003-04, the team announced to be bought in 2005 by former Real Madrid chairman Lorenzo Sanz, and was reincorporated at that time as Parma Football Club. However, Sanz renounced to conclude the bid, so the team is still officially part of Parmalat, and led by a temporary administration awaiting for a purchaser. Despite all this troubles, Parma FC played a fairly good season, led by team stars such as Marco Marchionni, Domenico Morfeo and Mark Bresciano, and managed by head coach Mario Beretta, being able to avoid relegation in advance of four matches to the end of the championship. Beretta left Parma after the end of the season, and Stefano Pioli, from Modena F.C., was appointed as his replacement.
[edit] Current first team squad
As of November 1, 2006<ref>Current first team squad (from the official website)</ref>
[edit] Out on loan
| 25 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Alberto Galuppo (at Grosseto) |
| 38 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Filippo Mattiuzzo (at Cremonese) |
| -- | Image:Flag of Guinea.svg | MF | Ibrahima Sory Camara (at Le Mans) |
[edit] 2006/2007 transfers
In:
| 11 | Image:Flag of Belarus.svg | FW | Vitali Kutuzov (from U.C. Sampdoria & A.C. Milan) |
| 9 | Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg | FW | Zlatan Muslimović (on loan from Udinese Calcio) |
| 18 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | MF | Andrea Gasbarroni (on loan from Juventus F.C.) |
| 32 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | GK | Fabio Virgili (from Napoli) (co-ownership in favour Parma) |
| 20 | Image:Flag of Croatia.svg | FW | Igor Budan (on loan from Palermo) |
| 41 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | MF | Maurizio Ciaramitaro (on loan from Palermo) |
| 80 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Antonio Bocchetti (co-ownership from Piacenza) |
| 7 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Paolo Castellini (from Real Betis) (free transfer) |
| 28 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Massimo Paci (from Ascoli via Genoa) |
Out:
| 5 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Daniele Bonera (to A.C. Milan) |
| 9 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | FW | Bernardo Corradi (return to Valencia, to Manchester City) |
| 16 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | FW | Francesco Ruopolo (to Triestina) (co-ownership) |
| 23 | Image:Flag of Australia.svg | MF | Mark Bresciano (to Palermo) |
| 28 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Paolo Cannavaro (to Napoli) |
| 30 | Image:Flag of Brazil.svg | MF | Fábio Simplício (to Palermo) |
| 32 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | MF | Marco Marchionni (to Juventus) (free transfer) |
| 33 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | DF | Giovanni Pasquale (return to Internazionale, to Livorno) |
| 36 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | FW | Marco Delvecchio (free transfer to Ascoli) |
| 99 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg | GK | Matteo Guardalben (return to Palermo, to Vicenza) |
[edit] Team honours
[edit] Winner
Coppa Italia (National Cup) winner 3:
- 1991-92
Ballotta, Benarrivo, Di Chiara, Minotti, Apolloni, Grun, Melli, Zoratto, Osio, Cuoghi, Brolin. All. Scala
- 1998-99 [2]
- 2001-02
Italian Super Cup (National Supercup) 1: 1999
- 1993 [3]
Cup Winners' Cup winner 1:
- 1992-93 [4]
UEFA Cup 2: 1994-95, 1998-99
[edit] Runner-up
Coppa Italia runner-up
- 1994-95
- 2000-01 [5]
Cup Winners' Cup runner-up:
- 1993-94 [6]
[edit] Famous Players
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- See also: Category:Parma F.C. players
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Official website
- Boys Parma 1977 (Italian)
- Settore Crociato (Italian)
- Centro Coordinamento Parma Club (Italian)
- Parmafans (Italian)
- Parma statistics (English)
- Parma fans in Serbia (Serbian)
| Preceded by: Werder Bremen | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winner 1993 Runner up: Royal Antwerp | Succeeded by: Arsenal |
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