Atalanta B.C.
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clubname = Atalanta |
image = [[Image:AtalantaBCBadge.png|94px|logo]] |
fullname = Atalanta Bergamasca<br />Calcio SpA |
nickname = ''La Dea'' (The Goddess), <br />''[[Nerazzurri]]'' (Black-blues)<br />''Orobici'' (Orobics) |
founded = [[1907]] |
ground = [[Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia]],<br />[[Bergamo]], [[Italy]] |
capacity = 26,638 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Italy}} Ivan Ruggeri |
manager = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Del Neri]] |
league = [[Serie A]] |
season = [[Serie A 2007-08|2007-08]] |
position = Serie A, 9th |
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'''Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio''', commonly known as just '''Atalanta''', '''Atalanta Bergamo''' or the abbreviation '''Atalanta BC''', is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Bergamo]], [[Lombardy]]. They are nicknamed the [[Nerazzurri|''Nerazzurri'']] and the ''orobici''. Atalanta 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 sometimes 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.
==History==
The club was founded in [[1907]]. A football club had existed in Bergamo since 1904. Founded by Swiss wealthy immigrants, 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 [[Atalanta|female athlete]] of Greek mythology. The [[Italian Football Federation|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.
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 football team|Italy national team]] coach from July 2006), [[Alessio Tacchinardi]], [[Domenico Morfeo]], [[Giampaolo Pazzini]], [[Riccardo Montolivo]], [[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 Strömberg]], [[Alemao]], [[Paolo Montero]], [[Christian Vieri]], [[Filippo Inzaghi]], [[Gianluigi Lentini]], [[Cristiano Lucarelli]], [[Cristiano Doni]], and, in the past, [[Stefano Angeleri]], [[Adriano Bassetto]], [[Antonio Cabrini]], [[Angelo Domenghini]], [[Humberto Maschio]], [[Mario Mereghetti]], [[Giuseppe Savoldi]], and [[Gaetano Scirea]]
==Current first team squad==
''As of [[July 11]], [[2008]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atalanta.it/atalanta/show.do;jsessionid=A13B875E59B88E36585777DA78F13BBA?dispatch=page&area=squadra |publisher=Atalanta BC |accessdate=2008-07-12 |title=ROSA UFFICIALE ATALANTA BERGAMASCA CALCIO}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|name=[[George Forsyth]]|pos=GK|nat=Peru}}
{{Fs player|no=2|name=[[Leonardo Talamonti]]|pos=DF|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=4|name=[[Costinha]]|pos=MF|nat=Portugal}}
{{Fs player|no=5|name=[[Thomas Manfredini]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=6|name=[[Gianpaolo Bellini]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=7|name=[[Marino Defendi]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=11|name=[[Zlatan Muslimović]]|pos=FW|nat=Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{Fs player|no=15|name=[[Diego De Ascentis]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=16|name=[[Claudio Rivalta]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=17|name=[[Tiberio Guarente]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=20|name=[[Ivan Radovanović]]|pos=MF|nat=Serbia}}
{{Fs player|no=22|name=[[Simone Padoin]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=26|name=[[Maximiliano Pellegrino]]|pos=DF|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=27|name=[[Daniele Capelli]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=30|name=[[Ferdinando Coppola]]|pos=GK|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=31|name=[[Michele Marconi]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy|other=from youth team}}
{{Fs player|no=33|name=[[Sergio Floccari]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=72|name=[[Cristiano Doni]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=79|name=[[Adriano Ferreira Pinto]]|pos=FW|nat=Brazil}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Giacomo Bonaventura]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy|other=from youth team}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Luca Cigarini]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Andrea Consigli]]|pos=GK|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[György Garics]]|pos=DF|nat=Austria}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Christian Tiboni]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Jaime Valdés]]|pos=FW|nat=Chile}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Christian Vieri]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs end}}
===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Dario Bergamelli]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy|other=on loan to [[S.S. Manfredonia Calcio|Manfredonia]]}}<ref name="manzoni" />
{{Fs player|no=–|nat=Italy|name=[[Antonino D'Agostino]]|pos=MF|other=on loan to [[Treviso F.B.C. 1993|Treviso]]}}
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Alessio Manzoni]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy|other=on loan to [[Spezia Calcio 1906|Spezia]]}}<ref name="manzoni">{{cite web|url=http://www.atalanta.it/atalanta/news.do?dispatch=read&id=220|title=Ultime di mercato|author=Atalanta BC|language=Italian|accessdate=2007-07-07|date=[[2007-07-06]]}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=–|name=[[Alberto Filippini]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy|other=on loan to [[S.S.C. Venezia|Venezia]]}}<ref name="manzoni" />
{{Fs end}}
==Noted players==
''Ordered by first season played for Atalanta''
*''See also: [[:Category:Atalanta B.C. players]]''
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Glenn Strömberg]] (1984-92)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Evair Aparecido Paulino|Evair]] (1988-91)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Claudio Caniggia]] (1989-92, 1999-2000)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Stefano Salvatori]] (1991-96)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cristian Zenoni]] (1994-2001)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Damiano Zenoni]] (1994-2004)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Filippo Inzaghi]] (1996-97)
*{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Zoran Mirkovic]] (1996-98)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cristiano Doni]] (1998-2003, 2006-)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Massimo Donati]] (1999-2001)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Nicola Ventola]] (2000-01, 2005-07)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Ousmane Dabo]] (2001-2003)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Montolivo]] (2003-05)
==Presidential history==
Atalanta have had several presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a list of them. The current president [[Ivan Ruggeri]] is now in hospital after that he suffered a [[Stroke]] in January [[2008]], his daughter Francesca has been named ''vice-president'' in order to fill the vacancy in the managerial post.<ref>News from Yahoo news,[http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/25032008/44/atalanta-ruggeri-trasferito-mozzo-107.html]</ref>
In June 2008 Ruggeri has not yet completed is recovery after the stroke
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{|
|width="10"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Enrico Luchsinger
|align=left|1920–1921
|-
|align=left|Antonio Gambirasi
|align=left|1926–1928
|-
|align=left|Pietro Capoferri
|align=left|1928–1930
|-
|align=left|Antonio Pesenti
|align=left|1930–1932
|-
|align=left|Emilio Santi
|align=left|1932–1935
|-
|align=left|Lamberto Sala
|align=left|1935–1938
|-
|align=left|Nardo Bertoncini
|align=left|1938–1944
|-
|align=left|Guerino Oprandi
|align=left|1944–1945
|-
|align=left|Daniele Turani
|align=left|1945–1964
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Attilio Vicentini
|align=left|1964–1969
|-
|align=left|Mino Baracchi
|align=left|1969–1970
|-
|align=left|Achille Bortolotti
|align=left|1970–1974
|-
|align=left|Enzo Sensi
|align=left|1974–1975
|-
|align=left|Achille Bortolotti
|align=left|1975–1980
|-
|align=left|Cesare Bortolotti
|align=left|1980–1990
|-
|align=left|Achille Bortolotti
|align=left|1990
|-
|align=left|Antonio Percassi
|align=left|1990–1994
|-
|align=left|Ivan Ruggeri
|align=left|1994–present
|-
|}
|}
</div>
==Managerial history==
Atalanta have had many managers and head coaches throughout their history, below is a cronological list of them from when Serie A was changed into a league format, from [[Serie A 1929-30|1929–30]] onwards.
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{|
|width="10"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Cevenini]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1929–1930
|-
|align=left|[[József Viola]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1930–1933
|-
|align=left|Eugen Payer
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1933
|-
|align=left|[[Angelo Mattea]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1933–1935
|-
|align=left|Eugen Payer
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1935–1936
|-
|align=left|[[Ottavio Barbieri]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1936–1938
|-
|align=left|Geza Kertész
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1938–1939
|-
|align=left|Ivo Fiorentini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1939–1941
|-
|align=left|[[János Nehadoma]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1941–1946
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Meazza]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1946
|-
|align=left|[[Luis Monti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1946
|-
|align=left|Ivo Fiorentini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1946–1949
|-
|align=left|Alberto Citterio<br />[[Carlo Carcano]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}<br />{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1949
|-
|align=left|[[Giovanni Varglien]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1949–1951
|-
|align=left|Neville
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1951–1952
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Ceresoli]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1952
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Ferrero]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1952–1954
|-
|align=left|Francesco Simonetti<br />Luigi Tentorio
|{{flagicon|Italy}}<br />{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1954
|-
|align=left|Luigi Bonizzoni
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1954–1957
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Rigotti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1957–1958
|-
|align=left|Giuseppe Bonomi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1958
|-
|align=left|Karl Adamek
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1958–1959
|-
|align=left|[[Ferruccio Valcareggi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1959–1962
|-
|align=left|Paolo Tabanelli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1962–1963
|-
|align=left|Carlo Alberto Quario
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1963–1964
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Ceresoli]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1964
|-
|align=left|[[Ettore Puricelli]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|align=left|1965–1966
|-
|align=left|Stefano Angeleri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1966–1967
|-
|align=left|Paolo Tabanelli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1967–1968
|-
|align=left|Stefano Angeleri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1968–1969
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Silvano Moro
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1969
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Ceresoli]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1969
|-
|align=left|Corrado Viciani
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1969–1970
|-
|align=left|Renato Gei
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1970
|-
|align=left|Battista Rota
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1970
|-
|align=left|Giulio Corsini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1970–1974
|-
|align=left|[[Heriberto Herrera]]
|{{flagicon|Paraguay}}
|align=left|1974–1975
|-
|align=left|Angelo Piccioli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1975
|-
|align=left|Giancarlo Cadè
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1975–1976
|-
|align=left|Gianfranco Leoncini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1976
|-
|align=left|Battista Rota
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1976–1980
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Bolchi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1980–1981
|-
|align=left|Giulio Corsini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1981
|-
|align=left|[[Ottavio Bianchi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1981–1983
|-
|align=left|[[Nedo Sonetti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1983–1987
|-
|align=left|[[Emiliano Mondonico]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1987–1990
|-
|align=left|Pierluigi Frosio
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1990–1991
|-
|align=left|Bruno Giorgi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1991–1992
|-
|align=left|[[Marcello Lippi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1992–1993
|-
|align=left|[[Francesco Guidolin]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1993
|-
|align=left|Andrea Valdinoci<br />[[Cesare Prandelli]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1993–1994
|-
|align=left|[[Emiliano Mondonico]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994–1998
|-
|align=left|[[Bortolo Mutti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1998–1999
|-
|align=left|[[Giovanni Vavassori]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1999–2003
|-
|align=left|Giancarlo Finardi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003
|-
|align=left|[[Andrea Mandorlini]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003–2005
|-
|align=left|[[Delio Rossi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2005
|-
|align=left|[[Stefano Colantuono]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2005–2007
|-
|align=left|[[Luigi Del Neri]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007–present
|-
|}
|}
</div>
==Honours==
*'''[[Coppa Italia]]'''
**Champions 1963
**Runners-up 1987, 1996
*'''[[Serie B]]'''
**Champions 1940, 1959, 1984, [[Serie B 2005-06|2005-06]]
**Runners-up 1937, 1971, [[Serie B 1999-00|1999-00]]
*'''[[Serie C1]]
**Champions 1982
==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 Calcio|Brescia]], and there are strong rivalries also with supporters of [[Hellas Verona|Verona]], [[Genoa CFC|Genoa]], [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], [[SS Lazio|Lazio]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[AC Milan|Milan]], [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter]], [[Torino F.C.|Torino]]; while there has been a long-standing friendship with [[Ternana Calcio|Ternana]], fans of the German [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] club [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] and fans of the the Austrian club [[Wacker Innsbruck]].
On special occasions Atalanta supporters display a very large black and blue flag called ''Bandierone'' which covers the whole ''Curva Nord'' stand.
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://www.atalanta.it/ Official Atalanta BC Site]
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