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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = Foggia |
image = [[Image:US Foggia logo.png|75px|logo]] |
fullname = Unione Sportiva Foggia<br/>SRL |
nickname = ''Satanelli'' (little Satans)|
founded = 1920 |
ground = [[Stadio Pino Zaccheria]],<br/>[[Foggia]], [[Italy]] |
capacity = 25,000 |
chairman = [[Tullio Capobianco]] |
manager = [[Giuseppe Galderisi]] |
league = [[Serie C1|Serie C1/A]] |
season = [[Serie C1 2006-07|2006-07]] |
position = [[Serie C1|Serie C1/B]], 4th |
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'''Unione Sportiva Foggia''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club, based in [[Foggia]], [[Apulia]]. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in [[Serie C1/A]], having last been in [[Serie A]] in 1995. The team gained some popularity in the 1990s when coached by [[Zdenek Zeman]], because of its attacking, spectacular style of play, which brought Foggia continuously on the verge of [[UEFA Cup]] qualification.
Notable former players include [[Pasquale Padalino]], [[Giuseppe Signori]], [[Francesco Baiano]], [[Igor Kolyvanov]], [[Igor Shalimov]], [[Roberto Rambaudi]] and [[Dan Petrescu]].
==History==
Foggia spent most of its history up to 1964 moving between the lower divisions. Promotion to Serie A in 1964 saw its first three-year spell in the top flight in what would be a decade and a half of continuous movement between Serie A and B. In their first season, a solid defence and excellent home record saw them into a credible 9th place. The following year a good defence was maintained but they slipped in the standings, and relegation came after three years.
A second promotion was achieved in 1970, and Foggia would be extremely unlucky to be relegated after one season. A return to Serie A in 1973 would see the team start well only for form to slip alarmingly in the second half of the season, with a corruption scandal adding insult to injury. Nevertheless, the club proved resilient enough to win another promotion in 1976 with a two-year spell. One of the club's more notable players in this period was midfielder [[Luigi Del Neri]].
The 1980s saw Foggia fall into the lower leagues before a revival at the end of the decade. After promotion back to Serie B in 1989, [[Zdenek Zeman]] set the club up for another golden period. With Signori headlining the attack, Foggia secured the Serie B title in 1991. Season 1991-92 saw Foggia's all-attack philosophy make a major impression on Serie A, ending the season in 9th place although they suffered an 8-2 home defeat to champions [[AC Milan|Milan]] (after leading 2-1) on the final day. Despite the loss of Signori and others making team rebuilding necessary, the following two seasons saw Foggia maintain a mid-table position under Zeman, who would leave for Lazio in 1994.
The departure of Zeman was a huge blow, but in the first half of 1994-95 the team seemed to be doing well. An inexplicable collapse in form, however, saw the club's stay in Serie A come to an end after four years, and relegation to Serie C1 in 1998 and C2 in 1999 followed, making Foggia's decline one of the most rapid in recent times. After four years in Italy's fourth division, promotion to Serie C1 came in 2003 and has been followed by two mid-table seasons, whether a return to the upper levels of Italian football can be achieved remains to be seen.
In 2007 Foggia won the [[Coppa Italia Serie C|Serie C Italian Cup]], and lost promotion to Serie B losing the playoff finals to [[U.S. Avellino|Avellino]] after ending the regular season in fourth place.
==Current first team squad==
''As of [[2008-05-10]]''<ref>{{cite web |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-05-10 |title=La squadra |url=http://www.usfoggia.it/team/squadra/ |publisher=US Foggia}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=GK|name=[[Michael Agazzi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=GK|name=[[Antonio Castelli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=GK|name=[[Gioacchino Cavaliere]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Marco Arno]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Giovanni Ignoffo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Andrea Lisuzzo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Nicola Mora]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Giuseppe Rinaldi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Massimiliano Russo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=DF|name=[[Gianluca Zanetti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Tommaso Coletti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Tommaso Colombaretti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Tony D'Amico (footballer)|Tony D'Amico]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Fabio Giordano]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Simone Groppi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Fabio Roselli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Ivan Tisci]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Giuseppe Agostinone]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Cristian Biancone]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Antonio Compierchio]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=FW|name=[[Marcos Ariel de Paula]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Umberto Del Core]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Nunzio Di Roberto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Antonio Esposito]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Italy|pos=FW|name=[[Nicola Mancino (footballer)|Nicola Mancino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=France|pos=FW|name=[[David Mounard]]}}
{{Fs end}}
==Managerial history==
Foggia have had many managers and trainers throughout the history of a club, in some seasons more than one manager was in charge. Here is a chronological list of them from 1923 onwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usfoggia.it/storia/allenatoripresidenti.asp|publisher=USFoggia.it|accessdate=2007-09-15|title=Gli allenatori e i presidenti|date=[[2007-04-01]]}}</ref>
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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|Roberto Fini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1923–1928
|-
|align=left|Severino Rosso
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1928–1929
|-
|align=left|Béla Karoly
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1929–1932
|-
|align=left|[[Tony Cargnelli]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1932–1933
|-
|align=left|Engelbert König
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1933–1934
|-
|align=left|Silvio Stritzel
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1934–1935
|-
|align=left|Giobatta Rebuffo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1935
|-
|align=left|Wilmas Wilhelm
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1935–1936
|-
|align=left|Béla Karoly
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1936–1937
|-
|align=left|Angelo Benincasa
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1937–1939
|-
|align=left|István Fögl
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1939–1940
|-
|align=left|Rudolf Plemich
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1940
|-
|align=left|István Fögl
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1940–1941
|-
|align=left|Rudolf Plemich
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1941
|-
|align=left|Angelo Benincasa
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1941–1946
|-
|align=left|Piero Andreoli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1946–1947
|-
|align=left|Lajos Politzer
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1947–1948
|-
|align=left|Angelo Benincasa
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1948–1949
|-
|align=left|[[András Kuttik]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1949
|-
|align=left| Vincenzo Marsico
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1949–1950
|-
|align=left|[[András Kuttik]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1950
|-
|align=left|Vincenzo Marsico
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1950–1951
|-
|align=left|[[Tony Cargnelli]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|align=left|1951–1952
|-
|align=left|Cesare Migliorini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1952
|-
|align=left|Vincenzo Marsico
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1952–1953
|-
|align=left|Cesare Migliorini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1953–1954
|-
|align=left|[[Lajos Kovács]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1954–1955
|-
|align=left|Leandro Remondini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1955
|-
|align=left|Vincenzo Marsico
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1955–1959
|-
|align=left|Leonardo Costagliola
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1959–1960
|-
|align=left|Paolo Tabanelli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1960–1961
|-
|align=left|Leonardo Costagliola
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1961
|-
|align=left|[[Oronzo Pugliese]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1961–1965
|-
|align=left|Egizio Rubino
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1965–1966
|-
|align=left|Luigi Bonizzoni
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1966–1968
|-
|align=left|Serafino Montanari
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1968
|-
|align=left|Tommaso Maestrelli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1968–1971
|-
|align=left|[[Ettore Puricelli]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|align=left|1971–1972
|-
|align=left|Lauro Toneatto
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1972–1974
|-
|align=left|[[Cesare Maldini]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1974–1976
|-
|align=left|Roberto Balestri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1976
|-
|align=left|[[Ettore Puricelli]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|align=left|1976–1978
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|[[Cinesinho]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|1978–1979
|-
|align=left|Giorgio Sereni
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1979–1980
|-
|align=left|[[Ettore Puricelli]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|align=left|1980–1981
|-
|align=left|Vasco Tagliavini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1981–1982
|-
|align=left|[[Fernando Veneranda]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982
|-
|align=left|Lamberto Leonardi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982–1983
|-
|align=left|Lamberto Giorgis
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1983
|-
|align=left|Romano Fogli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1983–1984
|-
|align=left|[[Ettore Puricelli]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}
|align=left|1984
|-
|align=left|Lamberto Giorgis
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1984–1985
|-
|align=left|Graziano Landoni
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1985
|-
|align=left|G.B. Fabbri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1985
|-
|align=left|Corrado Viciani
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1985–1986
|-
|align=left|G.B. Fabbri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1986
|-
|align=left|[[Zdeněk Zeman]]
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
|align=left|1986–1987
|-
|align=left|Roberto Balestri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1987
|-
|align=left|Pippo Marchioro
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1987–1988
|-
|align=left|Roberto Balestri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1988
|-
|align=left|Giuseppe Caramanno
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1988–1989
|-
|align=left|[[Zdeněk Zeman]]
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
|align=left|1989–1994
|-
|align=left|Enrico Catuzzi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994–1995
|-
|align=left|[[Delio Rossi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995–1996
|-
|align=left|[[Tarcisio Burgnich]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1996–1997
|-
|align=left|Domenico Caso
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997
|-
|align=left|Beniamino Cancian
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997–1998
|-
|align=left|Domenico Caso
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1998
|-
|align=left|Lorenzo Mancano
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1998–1999
|-
|align=left|Fabio Brini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1999
|-
|align=left|Piero Braglia
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1999–2000
|-
|align=left|Lorenzo Mancano
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2000
|-
|align=left|[[Ignazio Arcoleo]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2000–2001
|-
|align=left|Bruno Pace
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2001–2002
|-
|align=left|Carlo Florimbi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2002
|-
|align=left|[[Pasquale Marino]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2002–2004
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Giannini]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2004–2005
|-
|align=left|Massimo Morgia
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2005–2006
|-
|align=left|Giorgio Rumignani
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2006
|-
|align=left|Silvano Fiorucci
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2006
|-
|align=left|Stefano Cuoghi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2006–2007
|-
|align=left|Fulvio D'Adderio
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007
|-
|align=left|Salvatore Campilongo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007–2008
|-
|align=left|[[Giuseppe Galderisi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2008–current
|}
|}
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==Famous players==
{|
|valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Francesco Baiano]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Pierpaolo Bresciani]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Chamot]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Di Biagio]]
*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Igor Kolyvanov]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Massimo Marazzina]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Robert Englaro]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Luis Oliveira]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Pasquale Padalino]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Dan Petrescu]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Roberto Rambaudi]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Flavio Roma]]
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Bryan Roy]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea Seno]]
*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Igor Shalimov]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giuseppe Signori]]
*{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Hernan Medford]]
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.usfoggia.it/ Official site]
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