F.C. Messina Peloro
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{{Infobox Football club |
clubname = Messina |
image = [[Image:Messina logo new.gif|100px|logo]] |
fullname = Football Club Messina<br/>Peloro SRL |
nickname = ''Biancoscudati'' (Whiteshielded),<br>''Peloritani'' (Peloritans)<br/>''Giallorossi'' (Yellow-red)|
founded = 1900 (''reformed in 1972'') |
ground = [[Stadio San Filippo]],<br/>[[Messina, Italy|Messina]], [[Italy]] |
capacity = 40,200 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Pietro Franza]] |
mgrtitle = Head Coach |
manager = ''Vacant'' |
league = [[Serie B]] |
season = [[Serie B 2007-08|2007-08]] |
position = [[Serie B]], 14th|
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'''Football Club Messina Peloro''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Messina, Italy|Messina]], [[Sicily]] originally founded in 1900. The club has spent most of its history in the lower [[Italian football]] leagues. They currently compete in [[Serie B]] after three consecutive seasons in [[Serie A]].
The furthest Messina has reached in the [[Coppa Italia]] is the last 16, both of which were achieved in the 2000s. In the past, they have also reached the semi-finals in the [[Coppa Italia Serie C]].<ref>[http://web.tiscali.it/Messinastory/indicecoppa/tabelle/cop9899.htm Messina Story]</ref>
Messina have appeared in the Italy's top league Serie A, for a total of five seasons during their history. The club's first spell in the league was in the 1960s, the second began in the 2000s. The highest ever position they have finished is 7th,<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/messina.html RSSSF.com]</ref> which happened during the [[Serie A 2004-05|2004-05]] season.
==History==
{{main|History of F.C. Messina Peloro}}
The history of Messina Football Club began when Alfredo Marangolo returned to Sicily in August 1900 from studying in [[London, England]]. In [[Great Britain]] the game of [[football (soccer)|football]] was fast gathering popularity with the [[The Football League]] in its early stages.
Messina Football Club were officially founded in [[1 December]] [[1900]]<ref>[http://web.tiscali.it/messinastory/indicecampionato/tabelle/cam190001.htm Messina Story]</ref> by Marangolo with the help of [[Anglican]] reverend "[[Charles Bousfield Huleatt|Caulifield]]".<Ref>[http://www.webalice.it/domy.michy/STORIA_F.C.MESSINA.htm Storia F.C. Messina]</ref>
At the college where Marangolo visited he had also made the acquaintance of Ignazio Majo Pagano who formed [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Anglo Palermitan]] (Palermo) on his return, only a month before Messina. Indeed the first Sicilian derby was held between Messina and Palermo on [[18 April]] [[1901]], 1000 fans turned out to Via Notarbartolo in support their respective club for the match. The game ended 3-2 to the Palermitan side.<Ref>[http://web.tiscali.it/messinastory/indicecampionato/tabelle/cam1901.htm Messina Story]</ref>
A strong bond, and healthy rivalry had built up between the two Sicilian clubs and a competition named the ''Whitaker Challenge Cup'' was arranged to be played between them. The first was held in 1905; Messina won the game (once again the result was 3-2) and in doing so captured their first trophy. Messina proved the result was no fluke the following year at San Ranieri; capturing the trophy in a 2-1 victory.
[[Image:Messina1910.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Messina team photograph from 1910.]]
The earthquake of 1908, which killed 60,000 people in Messina, later affected the club in a large manner; deaths included Charles Bousfield Huleatt, players Frank John Carter, Walter Oates and financial backer George H. Peirce. Football resumed in Messina during the following year, thanks largely to Arthur Barret Lascelles who used money from his own pocket to ensure football activity in the city would continue. By 1910 the funds of Barret had dried up and the club was folded, '''Società Ginnastica Garibaldi Messina''' (''Gymnastic Society Garibaldi Messina'') briefly took its place until it too was dissolved due to the [[First World War]].<ref>[http://www.granmirci.it/Messinacalcio.htm Messina Calcio]</ref>
After World War I, a club under the name '''U.S. Messinese''' was founded and entered to play in the [[Coppa Federale Siciliana]] the following year; an all Sicilian championship disputed in [[Messina]], [[Catania]] and [[Palermo]]. Messina finished as runners-up.
The club participated in the Italian Football Championship of [[Italian Football Championship 1921-22 (C.C.I.)|1921-22]] organized by the C.C.I. finishing 3rd in the Sicilian group section; this was the first Championship in which clubs from the Island were entered. The following season the [[FIGC]] and CCI were unified. This coincided with unifications in Messina, as another side Umberto Messina was incorporated into U.S. Messinese, and thus the club changed its name to '''U.S. Messinese Umberto''' in October 1922. The following month this new side was fused once again, this time with Messina Sporting Club; creating the '''Messina Football Club'''. Only two years later in December 1924 FC Messina was melted, and the players became part of the reformed '''U.S. Messinese'''.<ref>[http://www.messinacalcio.net/storia.asp MessinaCalcio.net]</ref>
Finally, Messinese qualified for the semi-finals of the International league, after beating Palermo 3-0 in the Sicilian championship of [[Italian Football Championship 1924-25#Sicily|1924-25]]. Here Messinese played against [[A.S. Roma|Alba Roma]], [[S.S. Cavese 1919|Cavese]] and [[A.S. Bari|Liberty Bari]], but failed to win a single match, scoring only two goals in six games. Messina would be promoted to [[Serie B]] for the [[Serie B 1932-33|1932-33]] campaign under the presidency of Francesco Lombardo and Koenig's coaching, and remained in the league for six seasons. The spell in [[Serie B]] was also notable for the local rivalry between them and [[Calcio Catania]].
[[Image:Messina1938.JPG|220px|thumb|right|Messina's last squad of the 1930s, while Lombardo was president.]]
Down in [[Serie C]], AC Messina were withdrawn and folded during 1940-41. The following season in 1941-42 a club named '''US Peloro 1906''' changed its name and became '''US Mario Passamonte''' (named after a fallen hero of the war in [[Africa]]). The idea was to enter the club into [[Serie C]] in place of Messina, however this was unsuccessful, until the following season.
It would not be long before all activity was halted in [[Italian football]] for [[World War II]]. After several mergers in 1945, including one between US Passamonte and AP Messina, the club '''AS Messina''' subsequently emerged as a post-war representative of [[Messina]]. This was not a clean cut merger however, some players and officials formed the rival club '''Giostra Messina'''; both Giostra and AS Messina reached the finals of the Southern League but eventually finished 4th and 5th respectively. At the end of the season, the two teams reunited as one merged club '''Associazione Calcio Riunite Messina''', abbreviated as ACR Messina.
The 1950s for Messina began in glorious fashion, they were crowned champions of Serie C under the management of [[Yugoslavia]]n manager Mihaly Balacics. Messina did not falter in [[Serie B]], during their first season in the league they avoided relegation. Giuseppe Melazzo and the Comitato Reggenza owned the club during this new period of relative success. During the following season, Messina finished in third place.
<!-- Commented out: [[Image:Messina1953.JPG|200px|thumb|left|A squad short of Messina in Serie B, during 1958.]] -->
Throughout the rest of the 1950s, Messina remained in the division as a whole finishing in a respectful position. Goffredo Muglia took over as president in 1958 to begin a brand new era for the club. For the first time in their history, Messina were crowned champions of [[Serie B]] during the 1962-63 season. The race for the championship was a very close one which went down to the last day of the season, with Messina finishing above [[A.S. Bari|Bari]] and [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]].
For their first ever season in [[Serie A]], the football squad for Messina included; Morelli, Brambilla, Stucchi, Pagani, Dotti, [[Peruvian]] Benitez, Ghelfi, Fascetti, Morbello, Canuti and Clerici. Messina's first game in Serie A took place on [[15 September]] [[1963]], it ended in a 3-1 defeat against [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] at [[Stadio Luigi Ferraris]]. As a whole the first part of the season was not a success, they won only 2 games, but they managed to turn it around in the second half of the season, with 7 wins; beating [[Juventus]] (1-0), [[Fiorentina]] (1-0) and Sampdoria (4-3). The surge of wins in the latter part of the season helped them stay up, finishing 14th.
The next season for the club in Serie A would not be so fortunate, they were relegated in 17th place. Some notable high points of the season included a 1-0 victory over [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] at the [[Stadio Olimpico]]. A team from Rome would also be the opposition for Messina's other most impressive result of the season, they stunned [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] by beating them 4-0 on the last day of the season.
The Sicilian side were not able to bounce straight back up into Serie A, and in fact during their third season back down in Serie B were relegated. After several seasons finishing in and around the top 10 positions of [[Serie C]], Messina were relegated down to [[Serie D]] in the 1972-73 season. The club managed to bounce straight back however, winning the Serie D championship and achieving promotion back into C. After a few decent seasons in the upper parts of the table, relegation struck Messina again. In the 1979 season [[Serie C2]] was formed and Messina were placed into it.
By 1983 Messina were champions of [[Serie C2]] and had a future star amongst their ranks in [[Salvatore Schillaci]]. The club, now back on the right tracks came close to promotion to Serie B in 1985 with a third place finish just behind [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]], and won [[Serie C1]] and earned themselves promotion back to [[Serie B]] the following season.
Time in Serie B during the 1980s was a pleasant one for the Sicilian side, they notched up 7th and 8th place finishes. In 1989 Schillaci was sold to Turin giants [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] and, just three seasons after Schillaci's departure, Messina lost their position in Serie B and were relegated down to C1 and then spiraled into further trouble. The club finished 12th in Serie C1, but due to financial difficulties the [[FIGC]] canceled all professional football activity for Messina.
The decision was thought to be unjust by the club and fans, with Messina been thrown into a footballing abyss never known before. In the summer '''A.S. Messina''' was founded with the president Pietro La Malfa, beginning in the amateurs national championship (C.N.D.) with the objective to bring back the ''giallorossi'' to professional football.
[[Image:FCMessinaBadge.png|120px|thumb|right|Messina's crest: 1997 to 2002.]]
They played in the Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti for four seasons, finishing high up for the first three of them, but due to more due to financial problems in 1996, they were relegated to the [[Eccellenza Sicily|Sicilian Eccellenza]] league. Instead of going through with the relegation Messina was merged in July 1997 with a local club named Peloro, the new name of the club was '''Football Club Messina Peloro'''. In a few short seasons, the club ramped up the Italian league system, from ''Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti'' in the 1997-98 season, Messina were promoted into [[Serie C2]] as champions. Promoted to [[Serie C1]] in 2000, they immediately managed to fight hard for a promotion spot back to [[Serie B]], winning promotion to [[Calcio Catania]] after play-offs. In less than a decade, under the presidency of Aliotta, Messina had climbed back up from the abyss and were back in the upper part of the Italian league system.
After two seasons in B, local entrepreneur Pietro Franza took over, and in 2003-04 the Sicilians gain promotion back into [[Serie A]] under coach [[Bortolo Mutti]]. The club had not appeared in the top Italian league since 1965, a total of forty years.
After being tipped as [[underdog]]s in [[Serie A]] for the 2004-05 season, Messina surprised doubters by producing several good results including defeating both of the [[Milanese]] clubs. They beat [[AC Milan]] first at the [[San Siro]] 2-1<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sa0405/mil-mes.html Channel4.com]</ref> then later in the season at home, they beat [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Internazionale]] for the first time in their history; the winning goal was struck by [[Rafael Pereira da Silva|Rafael]] in the third minute of [[extra time]].<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sa0405/mes-int.html Channel4.com]</ref>
Messina managed to stay clear of relegation throughout the whole season, and eventually finished in 7th place in the table, just a single place away from securing a [[UEFA Cup]] place. Also during this period, for the first time in the club's history<ref>[http://www.homestead.com/forza_azzurri/clubs_prof_M.html Forza Azzurri Statistics]</ref> Messina players were called up to the [[Italian national football team]], first was Alessandro Parisi in 2004, then [[Carmine Coppola (footballer)|Carmine Coppola]] in 2005 who was called up twice by the ''azzurri''.
Despite this impressive form, Messina still were in danger of being relegated from Serie A at the end of the season due to a possibility of not having enough finances available to compete in the league. Eventually, though, they successfully managed to stay in the Serie A league. In the 2005-06 season Messina were however unable to repeat their previous impressive season, leading this to the sacking of Mutti, who was replaced by [[Giampiero Ventura]]; despite all, they looked to be mathematically relegated from the top division after Day 36 losing the derby against Reggina 3-0. However, due to the [[Serie A scandal of 2006]], Messina avoided relegation to Serie B despite finishing 18th.
Messina started the 2006-07 season with [[Bruno Giordano]] as head coach; however, he was replaced on January 30, 2007, by [[Alberto Cavasin]] because of poor results. On April 2, following a 2-0 away defeat to [[Cagliari Calcio]], another team involved in the battle to avoid relegation, Cavasin was sacked too, and Giordano was recalled to fill the coaching position. Giordano made even worse in his second time at Messina, with four defeats in four matches; with Messina second-last placed in the table five matchdays prior to the end of the season, Giordano was sacked once again on [[April 23]] and replaced by [[Bruno Bolchi]].
A notable achievement for Messina so far this season, was reaching the last 16 of the [[Coppa Italia 2006-07|Coppa Italia]] for only the second time in their history. Messina knocked out [[S.S. Lazio]] on the way in a thrilling show down, which went to [[extra time]]; Messina won the game 4-3 with goals from Iliev, Cordova and two from Di Napoli.<ref>[http://web.tiscali.it/Messinastory/indicecoppa/tabelle/cop200607.htm Messina Story]</ref> They went out in the next round to eventual finalists [[Internazionale F.C.|Internazionale]].
== Current squad ==
''As of February, 2008''<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Messina Peloro|language=Italian|accessdate=2008-02-15|url=http://www.mondomessina.it/squadra/|title=Squadra}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Italy|pos=GK|name=[[Gabriele Paoletti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Domenico Bombara]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Uruguay|pos=MF|name=[[Juan Surraco]]|other=on loan from [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Mariano Stendardo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Manolo Pestrin]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Marco Moro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Chile|pos=MF|name=[[Nicolás Córdova]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Raffaele Biancolino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Italy|pos=GK|name=[[Giancarlo Petrocco]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Angelo Rea]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Marco Zanchi]]|other=[[captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Girolamo Provenzano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Antonio Giosa]]|other=on loan from [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|name=[[Salvatore Foti]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Alessandro Parisi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Italy|pos=GK|name=[[Emanuele Manitta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Flavio Lazzari]]|other=on loan from [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Daniele Degano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Roberto D'Aversa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Carmine Coppola (footballer)|Carmine Coppola]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Antonio Schetter]]|other=on loan from [[S.S. Cavese 1919|Cavese]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Angelo Raffaele Nolè]]|other=on loan from [[Rimini Calcio F.C.|Rimini]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Andrea Gaveglia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Italy|pos=GK|name=[[Andrea Giordani]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Francesco Galeoto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Vittorio Bernardo]]}}
{{Fs end}}
=== Retired numbers ===
{{main|Retired numbers in football (soccer)}}
<big>'''41'''</big> – {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Salvatore Sullo]], [[midfielder|central midfielder]], 2001-2007<ref>{{it icon}} [http://www.mondomessina.it/news.asp?ID=934 MondoMessina]</ref>
==Notable former players==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
*{{flagicon|England}} [[Charles Bousfield Huleatt]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Nicola Amoruso]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Gaetano D'Agostino]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Arturo Di Napoli]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Massimo Donati]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Christian Riganò]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Igor Protti]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Salvatore Schillaci]]
{{col-2}}
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Marco Storari]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giuseppe Sculli]]
*{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Tomás Guzmán]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Rahman Rezaei]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Zlatan Muslimović]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Atsushi Yanagisawa]]
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Mitsuo Ogasawara]]
{{col-end}}
''See also: [[:Category:F.C. Messina Peloro players]]''
==Most appearances==
[[As of 2006|As of December, 2006]], the players with the most league appearances for Messina are:<ref>[http://web.tiscali.it/messinastoria/fedelissimi/indicefedelissimi.htm Messina Story]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Career
!Goals
|-
!1
|align="left"|Angelo Stucci
|235
|1
|-
!2
|align="left"|[[Salvatore Schillaci]]
|219
|61
|-
!3
|align="left"|Renato Ferretti I
|189
|87
|-
!4
|align="left"|Constantino Lo Bosco
|188
|3
|-
!5
|align="left"|Franco Radaelli
|180
|10
|-
!
|align="left"|Romolo Re
|180
|?
|-
!7
|align="left"|Renato Avellani
|178
|0
|-
!
|align="left"|Agostino Maglio
|178
|0
|-
!9
|align="left"|Nicolo Napoli
|175
|20
|-
!10
|align="left"|Franco Polizzo
|157
|14
|-
|}
==Staff==
===Managerial History===
This list is a chronological history of Messina's managers; in some cases managers have left and then returned to the club in the same season, hence some names feature twice in the same year.
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|width="10"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|F.L. Padgett
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1901–1902
|-
|align=left|[[Charles Bousfield Huleatt]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1902–1909
|-
|align=left|Nazzareno Allegra
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1909–1923
|-
|align=left|Giovanni Stracuzzi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1923–1926
|-
|align=left|Gottardi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1926–1928
|-
|align=left|Giovanni Panosetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1928–1930
|-
|align=left|Clemente Morando
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1930–1931
|-
|align=left|Luigi Cevenini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1931–1932
|-
|align=left|Engelbert König
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1932–1933
|-
|align=left|[[Gyorgy Orth]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1933–1935
|-
|align=left|Pietro Piselli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1935
|-
|align=left|Ezio Sclavi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1935–1936
|-
|align=left|[[Angelo Mattea]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1936–1937
|-
|align=left|Richard Klug
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1937
|-
|align=left|Heinrich Bachmann
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}}
|align=left|1937–1938
|-
|align=left|Cesare Migliorini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1938
|-
|align=left|Rudolph Plemich
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1938–1939
|-
|align=left|Albino Carraro
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1939–1940
|-
|align=left|Engelbert König
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1940–1941
|-
|align=left|Domenico Mazzotta
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1941–1945
|-
|align=left|Giuseppe Celeste
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1945–1946
|-
|align=left|[[Oronzo Pugliese]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1946–1947
|-
|align=left|Renato Ferretti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1947–1948
|-
|align=left|Attilio Sudati
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1948
|-
|align=left|[[Virgilio Levratto]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1948–1949
|-
|align=left|Engelbert König
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1949–1950
|-
|align=left|Mihaly Balacics
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1950
|-
|align=left|[[Oronzo Pugliese]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1950–1951
|-
|align=left|[[Carlo Rigotti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1951–1953
|-
|align=left|[[Rodolphe Hiden]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1953–1954
|-
|align=left|Cesare Gallea
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1954
|-
|align=left|[[Manlio Bacigalupo]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1955–1957
|-
|align=left|Tonino Colomban
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1957
|-
|align=left|Ivo Fiorentini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1957–1958
|-
|align=left|Bruno Arcari
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1959–1962
|-
|align=left|Umberto Mannocci
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1962–1965
|-
|align=left|Tonino Colomban
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1965–1969
|-
|align=left|Paolo Todeschini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1969–1970
|-
|align=left|Tonino Colomban
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1970–1972
|-
|align=left|Oscar Alberto Massei
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1972–1973
|-
|align=left|Emilio Zanotti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1974
|-
|align=left|Giusto Lodi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1974–1975
|-
|align=left|[[Franco Scoglio]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1975
|-
|align=left|Luigi Moschella
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1975
|-
|align=left|Leandro Remondini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1975
|-
|align=left|[[Franco Scoglio]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1975–1976
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Bolchi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1976–1977
|-
|align=left|Giorgio Rumignani
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1977
|-
|align=left|Adelchi Brach
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1977
|-
|align=left|Giorgio Rumignani
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1977–1978
|-
|align=left|Enrico Hanset
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1978
|-
|align=left|Adelchi Brach
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1978–1979
|-
|align=left|Nicola Trimarchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1979
|-
|align=left|Lino De Petrillo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1979–1980
|-
|align=left|Paolo Ferrario
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1980
|-
|align=left|Nicola Trimarchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1980
|-
|align=left|Antonio De Bellis
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1980
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Nicola Trimarchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1980–1981
|-
|align=left|[[Franco Scoglio]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1981
|-
|align=left|Mario Santececca
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1981–1982
|-
|align=left|Alfredo Ballarò
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982
|-
|align=left|Gennaro Rambone
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982
|-
|align=left|Giovanni Bonetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982
|-
|align=left|Alfredo Ballarò
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982–1984
|-
|align=left|Alberto Spelta
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1984
|-
|align=left|Giovanni Seghedoni
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1984–1985
|-
|align=left|[[Franco Scoglio]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1985–1989
|-
|align=left|[[Zdeněk Zeman]]
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
|align=left|1989–1990
|-
|align=left|Francesco Scorsa
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1990
|-
|align=left|Adriano Buffoni
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1990–1991
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Materazzi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1991
|-
|align=left|Tonino Colomban
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1991
|-
|align=left|Pietro Ruisi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1991–1992
|-
|align=left|Mario Colautti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1992
|-
|align=left|Fernando Veneranda
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1992–1993
|-
|align=left|Pietro Ruisi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1993
|-
|align=left|Tonino Colomban
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1993
|-
|align=left|Gianni Anna
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1993–1994
|-
|align=left|Angelo Busetta
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994
|-
|align=left|Vincenzo Domingo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994
|-
|align=left|Marcello Prima
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994
|-
|align=left|Giuseppe Cannavò
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994–1995
|-
|align=left|Nino Barone
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995
|-
|align=left|Angelo Busetta
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995
|-
|align=left|Carmelo Miceli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995
|-
|align=left|Nino Barone
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995–1996
|-
|align=left|Giuseppe Sabadini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1996
|-
|align=left|Pino Aneri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1996–1997
|-
|align=left|Alfredo Ballarò
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Antonio Aloi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Loris De Carolis
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Pino Irrera
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Loris De Carolis
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Pino Irrera
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Bruno Caneo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Loris De Carolis
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997–1998
|-
|align=left|Pietro Ruisi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1998–1999
|-
|align=left|Stefano Cuoghi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1999–2001
|-
|align=left|Paolo Beruatto
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2001
|-
|align=left|Carlo Florimbi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2001–2002
|-
|align=left|[[Daniele Arrigoni]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2002
|-
|align=left|Ernesto Apuzzo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2002
|-
|align=left|[[Daniele Arrigoni]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2002–2003
|-
|align=left|Stefano Cuoghi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003
|-
|align=left|[[Francesco Oddo]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Bolchi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003–2004
|-
|align=left|Vincenzo Patania
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2004
|-
|align=left|Bortolo Mutti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2004–2006
|-
|align=left|Giampiero Ventura
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2006–2007
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Giordano]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007
|-
|align=left|[[Alberto Cavasin]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Giordano]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007
|-
|align=left|[[Bruno Bolchi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007
|-
|align=left|Nello Di Costanzo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007–present
|-
|}
|}
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===Presidential History===
Over the years Messina has had various owners, chairmen or presidential figures; here is a cronological list of them;
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*1900 Walter Becker
*1901 Arthur Barret Lascelles
*1919 Giovanni Vento
*1922 Augusto Salvato
*1924 Augusto Salvato & Giovanni Vento
*1927 Court consul of Military service
*1928 Augusto Salvato
*1929 Sgoj-Savoja
*1930 Francesco Lombardo
*1940 Francesco Grosso
*1941 Carmelo Garofalo
*1944 Salvatore Saya
*1945 Vincenzo Nicotra, Giuseppe Gensabella
*1947 Francesco Sajia
*1948 Principe Carlo D'Alcontres
*1951 Giuseppe Melazzo & Comitato Reggenza
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*1957 Giuseppe Nunnari
*1958 Goffredo Muglia
*1970 Giuseppe Fusco
*1971 Giovanni Gulletta
*1977 Angelo Presti
*1980 Lamberto Sapone
*1983 Michelangelo Alfano
*1984 Salvatore Massimino
*1991 Maria Leone
*1992 Maria Leone & Giovanni Massimino
*1993 Pietro La Malfa
*1995 Antonino Trimarchi
*1996 Antonio Ingemi
*1997 Emanuele Aliotta
*2002 Pietro Franza
{{col-end}}
==Stadium==
{{main|Stadio San Filippo}}
Messina FC have played their home matches in the new stadium San Filippo since the 2004/2005 season. Its capacity is (about) 40,200 seats. The name take place from Messina fraction where it is placed, but a couple of petitions aim to rename it after the former Messina manager [[Franco Scoglio]] or the Messina Saint [[Hannibal Mary Di Francia]].
The old stadium, the 11,000 seater ''Stadio Comunale Giovanni Celeste'', is now used as a training field.
==Honours==
'''[[Serie B]]'''
*Champions: 1962-63
*Promoted: 2003-04
'''[[Serie C]]'''
*Champions: 1949-50, 1985-86
*Runners-up: 1946-47, 2000-01
'''[[Serie C2]]'''
*Champions: 1982-83, 1999-00
*Runners-up: 1998-99
'''[[Serie D]]'''
*Champions: 1973-74
'''[[Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti]]'''
*Champions: 1997-98
*Runners-up: 1995-96
'''I Divisione'''
*Runners-up: 1929-30, 1931-32
'''[[Sicily|Sicilian]] Championship'''
*Winners: 1924-25
'''[[Coppa Federale Siciliana]]'''
*Runners-up: 1920
'''Whitaker Challenge Cup'''
*Winners: 1905, 1906
==References==
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==External links==
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