Trapani Calcio

Trapani

Full name

Trapani Calcio

Nickname(s)

Granata (The garnets)

Founded

1905

Ground

Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale,
Erice, Italy

Capacity

7,000

Chairman

Vittorio Morace

Manager

Serse Cosmi

League

Serie B

2015–16

Serie B, 3rd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Trapani Calcio is an Italian football club located in Trapani, Sicily. They currently play in Serie B, the 2nd level of Italian football.

They are nicknamed the Granata (the Garnets), after their kit colour.

History

In brief

During the club's history they have played mostly in the Serie C and D leagues. In the 2013–14 season, they played in Serie B for the first time in the club's history.

To date the highest league position the club has finished after the 1929–30 season was 2nd in the third highest level of Italian football, a position the club attained 3 times, in the Prima Divisione during the 1934–35 season,^[1] in the Serie C during the 1960–61 season^[2] and again during the 1962–63 season.^[3]

Before the 1929–30 season, the club played for one season at the then highest level football division in the 1921–22 season,^[4] but retired during the championship, forfeiting the last 6 matches.

In recent years, the highest league position the club attained was 4th in the third highest level of Italian football, then called Serie C1, during the 1994–95 season,^[5] a result that was bettered in the 2011–12 season when Trapani achieved a second place in the same division. Throughout their long history, Trapani have won at least six recorded league championships in various divisions.

Foundation

The club's roots can be traced back to 1905;^[6] on 2 April of that year, local newspaper the Gazzetta di Trapani ran an advert requesting young people to form a football association for Trapani.^[7] The club founded, by professor Ugolino Montagna and young native Abele Mazzarese to represent the West-Sicilian town was named Unione Sportiva Trapanese. It is one of the oldest teams on the island, after Palermo and Messina.

U.S. Trapanese's first president was Giuseppe Platamone and the club played their games at Via Spalti. The first official game for the club came against Palermo in October 1908, the more experienced Palermitan team won emphatically scoring 12 goals. The Trapanese bounced back, however, playing local derbys against teams from Marsala and Erice. In 1915 play was stopped because of World War I.

Post-war times

After the war, in 1921 three teams had risen up; Vigor, Bencivegna and Drepanum. During the 1921–22 season Vigor finished 6th in the Sicilian section of the national championship of the C.C.I. (Confederazione Calcistica Italiana). On 22 January 1923 a merger took place between Vigor and Drepanum, the club decided to revive the previous name U.S. Trapanese.

In June 1926, the name of the club was changed to A.S. Trapani. In the 1930–31 season, under the name Juventus Trapani, the club won promotion from III Divisione into II Divisione, the following season they achieved promotion again this time into the early 1930s equivalent of Serie C. They finished 8th in Serie C in the 1942–43 season, but then football in Italy was put on hold for the Second World War.

1940s, 50s and 60s

Just after World War II, the club were using the name A.S. Trapani for one season, before changing its name to A.S. Drepanum. They were entered into Serie C, which, at the time, was divided into many regional groups. For the 1947–48 season, they qualified for the new, smaller Serie C; even finishing above Messina. Unfortunately for the club, they were relegated down to Serie D, in the 1949–50 season after finishing second from bottom.

1990s: peak and decline

With former Serie A player Ignazio Arcoleo as head coach, Trapani experienced two consecutive promotions from Serie D to Serie C1 in the early 1990s.

In 1995, a strong and qualified team composed mostly of young promising players such as Marco Materazzi and more experienced local footballers such as Francesco Galeoto qualified to the promotion play-off, but ultimately lost to Walter Novellino's Gualdo in the semi-finals with a late goal scored on injury time. After that, Trapani experienced a slow but continuous decline, despite attempts to repeat past successes: Arcoleo left Trapani to coach Palermo along some of the best players, including Galeoto. The club then relegated to Serie C2 in 1997, Serie D in 2000 and even Eccellenza in the 2005–06 season, despite a late attempt by Arcoleo and former star Gaetano Vasari to save the team from relegation. In addition, the club also received a 12-points deduction for the 2006–07 season following a matchfixing attempt recognized by the Football Federation. In its 2006–07 Eccellenza campaign, Trapani, coached by former Parma midfielder Tarcisio Catanese, ended the regular season phase to eleventh place, and saved from relegation after having won relegation play-offs to Terrasini in a 5–0 single-legged win. From 2007 onwards Trapani competed in the Serie D with little success.

The Boscaglia years: from Serie D to Serie B

In 2009, chairman Vittorio Morace appointed Roberto Boscaglia as new head coach, with the aim to bring the club back into professionalism; in his first season in charge, Trapani ended as runners-up behind Milazzo. However, later in August, due to the high number of resignations of clubs in the higher ranks, Trapani was admitted into the 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (formerly Serie C2), thus ending the club's 13-year absence from the professional ranks.

In 2010–11, Trapani finished as runners-up in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group C, and successively won the promotion play-offs to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In the first campaign in the third tier, Trapani surprised everyone by topping the league against all odds; an end-of-season crisis, however, led to the Sicilians being overtaken by Spezia in the penultimate week of the season and losing direct promotion. In the subsequent promotion play-offs, Trapani defeated Cremonese in the semi-finals, but then lost a two-legged final to fourth-placed outsiders Lanciano. In the following season, however, Trapani were crowned champions (this time in group A) and finally promoted to Serie B for their first time ever.

Rivalries

Trapani's main rivals are Marsala 1912 and Mazara, respectively from the neighbouring cities of Marsala and Mazara del Vallo. A rivalry with Palermo also exists, but has rarely been contested: Palermo and Trapani briefly played together in Serie C1, and renewed their rivalry in the 2013–14 Serie B campaign.

Honours

Lega Pro Prima Divisione:

Champions: 2012–13

Serie C2:

Champions: 1993–94

Serie D:

Champions: 1971–72, 1984–85

II Divisione:

Champions: 1931–32

III Divisione:

Champions: 1930–31

Interregionale:

Champions: 1992–93

Current squad

As of 31 August 2016.^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Guido Guerrieri (on loan from Lazio)
3	DF	Antonino Daì
4	DF	Luca Pagliarulo (Captain)
5	MF	Matteo Scozzarella
6	DF	Matteo Legittimo
7	MF	Luca Nizzetto
8	DF	Giuseppe Figliomeni
9	DF	Mihai Bălașa (on loan from Roma)
10	FW	Bruno Petković
11	FW	Davis Curiale
12	GK	Riccardo Ferrara
13	DF	Pasquale Fazio
14	MF	Maurizio Ciaramitaro
16	MF	José Machín (on loan from Roma)
17	MF	Antonino Barillà

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Nicola Citro
19	FW	Andrea Ferretti
20	MF	Igor Coronado
21	DF	Lorenzo Carissoni (on loan from Torino)
22	GK	Simone Farelli
23	DF	Pietro Visconti
24	MF	Davide Raffaello
25	FW	Luigi Canotto
26	MF	Santiago Colombatto (on loan from Cagliari)
29	DF	Simone Rizzato
30	DF	Mattia Tumminelli
32	DF	Tiago Casasola (on loan from Roma)
34	DF	Anton Krešić (on loan from Atalanta)
36	FW	Caio De Cenco
37	FW	Domenico Mistretta

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Richard Marcone (at Südtirol)
		DF	Tulhão (at Lucchese)

No.		Position	Player
27		MF	Giuseppe Fornito (at Catania)
		FW	Claudio Sparacello (at Südtirol)

Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
28	MF	Giuseppe Vitale
31	FW	Sergio Cucchiara
33	FW	Samuel Portovenero

Notable former managers

Heinrich Schönfeld (1930–33)
Achille Piccini (1949–50)
Ferenc Plemich (1953)
Gastone Prendato (1955–57), (1961–62)
Leandro Remondini (1962–63)
Alberto Eliani (1972–73)
Egizio Rubino (1977–79)
Washington Cacciavillani (1981–83)
Mario Facco (1989–90)
Ignazio Arcoleo (1992–95)
Ivo Iaconi (1996–97)
Ezio Capuano (1999–00)
Tarcisio Catanese (2006–08)
Roberto Boscaglia (2009–15)
Serse Cosmi (2015–)

References

↑ 1934–35 Prima Divisione – Girone H
↑ 1960–61 Serie C – Girone C
↑ 1962–63 Serie C – Girone C
↑ 1921–22 Prima Divisione (CCI) – Sicily
↑ 1994–95 Serie C1 – Girone B
↑ RSSSF.com
↑ AleGranata.com
↑ "Prima Squadra". Trapani Calcio. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

External links

(Italian) Official homepage

Serie B

2016–17 clubs	Ascoli Avellino Bari Benevento Brescia Carpi Cesena Cittadella Frosinone Hellas Verona Latina Novara Perugia Pisa Pro Vercelli Salernitana SPAL Spezia Ternana Trapani Vicenza Virtus Entella

Former clubs	Acireale Alba Trastevere AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Alzano Virescit Ancona Arezzo Arsenale Taranto Atalanta Barletta Biellese Bologna Bolzano Brindisi Campobasso Carpi Carrarese Casale Casertana Castel di Sangro Catania Catanzaro Cavese Centese Chievo Como Cosenza Crema Cremonese Derthona Empoli Fanfulla Fermana Fidelis Andria Fiorentina Fiumana Foggia Forlì Frosinone Gallaratese Gallipoli Genoa Grion Pola Grosseto Gubbio Juve Stabia Juventus L'Aquila Lazio Lecce Lecco Legnano Licata Liguria Livorno Lucchese Maceratese Magenta Mantova Marzotto Massese M.A.T.E.R. Matera Messina Mestre Milan Modena Molinella Monfalcone Monza Napoli Nocerina Padova Palermo Parma Pavia Piacenza Piombino Pistoiese Portogruaro Potenza Prato Pro Gorizia Pro Patria Pro Sesto Ravenna Reggiana Reggina Rieti Rimini Roma Sambenedettese Sampdoria Sampierdarenese Sanremese Sassuolo Savoia Savona Scafatese Seregno Sestrese Siena Siracusa Sorrento Suzzara Taranto Torino Trani Treviso Triestina Udinese Varese Venezia Viareggio Vigevano Virtus Lanciano Vita Nova Vogherese

Statistics	Records

Serie B seasons

Prima Divisione	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Serie B	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1945–46 postwar season^†	Serie B-C in Northern Italy Serie A-B in Southern Italy

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio defunct

League competitions	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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