History Foggia Calcio

1 history

1.1 foggia calcio & u.s. foggia

1.1.1 foundation , years
1.1.2 reaching serie a
1.1.3 glory years , zemanlandia
1.1.4 decline, serie c , zeman s return


1.2 second u.s. foggia
1.3 second foggia calcio

history
foggia calcio & u.s. foggia
foundation , years

the club founded in 1920 foggia calcio. club spent history playing football in lower leagues, winning championship in dilettanti in 1933.

in 1957–58, merger took place between foggia calcio , foggia incedit, forming unione sportiva foggia club today. in 1961–62, team taken on president domenico rosa rosa, wood industrialist, , coach oronzo pugliese, led them promotion serie b.

reaching serie a

history made in 1963–64 season, when rosa rosa , oronzo pugliese s foggia reached serie first time. 1964–65, foggia managed compete in 3 consecutive seasons in top flight. on 31 january 1965, still under guidance of coach pugliese, foggia recorded historic 3–2 victory against inter, @ time led manager helenio herrera. season crowned national call-ups of micelli , nocera played italy against wales. italy won 4–1 , nocera managed on scoresheet. @ end of season, pugliese left take charge of roma.

pugliese replaced egizio rubino, , foggia, although more difficulty compared previous season, managed survive drop again. following year, however, foggia relegated. forgettable championship, after 10 matches foggia had collected 3 points , scored 24 goals. rubino sacked , replaced bonazzini. team improved under bonazzini failed avoid relegation. @ end of season, president rosa rosa left club, following relegation.

relegated @ end of 1966–67 season, foggia returned top flight in 1970–71, tommaso maestrelli on bench. maestrelli later win 1973–74 scudetto lazio. luigi del neri was, @ time, foggia player. club relegated again , returned serie in 1973–74, before relegation came after 6-point deduction alleged corruption relating referee of home match against milan. coach season lauro toneatto. foggia played 2 more seasons in serie in 1976–77 , in 1977–78, when once more relegated serie b.

glory years , zemanlandia

following relegation serie b, foggia dealt further blow relegation serie c. battled way in serie c1 throughout of 1980s. particularly tough time foggia regional rivals, bari, lecce, barletta , taranto playing @ higher levels.

in 1989, appointment of czech coach zdeněk zeman, club began enter greatest period in history. aggressive , entertaining football of bohemian coach based on 4–3–3 formation. pressure, offside tactics , frenetic movement of both players , ball made trademark style of zeman s foggia. club first returned serie b, , following season in 1990–91, won serie b large margin , returned serie a.

after returning serie in 1991–92 season, foggia dei miracoli, known, proved competitive opponent , appreciated press because of attractive football played. term zemanlandia coined indicate style created zeman, , became strictly associated foggia team of 1990s. foggia team featured star players, attacking trio of giuseppe signori, francesco baiano , roberto rambaudi, russian star igor shalimov. season, foggia achieved amazing feat of scoring 58 goals while conceding 58. foggia lost many of these quality players, including 3 key forwards, , had replace them young talent. club completed 3 serie campaigns finishing mid-table. in serie 1993-94, foggia s football continued depleted squad no longer competitive , club relegated serie b in 1995.

zeman left join lazio @ end of season, marking end of zemanlandia whilst club beset financial problems. foggia glory days had come end.

decline, serie c , zeman s return

following drop, foggia spent 2 seasons in serie b achieving mid-table finishes, before relegation followed @ end of 1997–98 season. did not fare better down in serie c1, successive relegation serie c2.

playing football in italy s fourth tier far less glamorous zemanlandia days club set on long road in 2002–03, when led coach pasquale marino , key players roberto de zerbi , michele pazienza, promoted serie c1.

after 2003–04 season, in finished mid-table signs following year, foggia hit financial problems , lost coach marino , best players.

second u.s. foggia

former u.s. foggia logo

the news sent fans despair giuseppe coccimiglio took on reins of club , gave confidence new club assumed team s historic name, unione sportiva foggia, , able keep place in league, comma 3 of article 52 of n.o.i.f..

after 2 more seasons finishing in mid-table, during there 5 coaching changes, coccimiglio criticised not paying players wages, situation created instability. after complex negotiations, company passed hands of team of local entrepreneurs led tullio capobianco.

the club spent following years mid-table in c1, narrowly losing promotion playoff in 2006–07 against avellino have seen them return serie b. following season, 2007–08, again reached playoffs, time losing cremonese.

on june 2010 pasquale casillo, chairman , owner during glory years of 1990s, re-acquired club, , reformed old trio of foggia heads appointing zdeněk zeman manager , giuseppe pavone director of football. however, despite impressive performances several young , promising players went on play @ highest level lorenzo insigne , marco sau, foggia missed on playoff qualification.

second foggia calcio

former foggia calcio logo

after end of 2011–12 season, foggia declined enter lega pro prima divisione , excluded italian football altogether.

in summer 2012 new company named a.c.d. foggia calcio founded continue football history of city of foggia. club restarted serie d article 52 of n.o.i.f. , promoted lega pro seconda divisione through repechage, dropping a.c.d. part of denomination in process.