The Official Draw for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup took place at Montreal’s Windsor Hotel, with the pick of the sections pairing USA and Germany – finalists in 2012, and the tournament’s most successful teams – in Group B with Brazil and China PR.
Hosts Canada, meanwhile, face a series of intriguing challenges against Ghana, Finland and Korea DPR – themselves former champions – in Group A. The Canucks and Ghanaians will also contest the tournament’s opening match, on 5 August at Toronto’s National Stadium, after a draw conducted by Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s Head of Women’s Competitions, and assistants Sylvie Beliveau, Janine Helland and Clare Rustad.
"We were nervous to find out who we would be playing," said Andrew Olivieri, Canada's Women's U-20 Head Coach. 'There are no easy group, and we didn't expect anything easy for our athletes, but we're pleased to see the variety of teams in our group so that will help our preparation. Looking at group B, we'll have a difficullt task ahead of us should we get out of the group phase but we'll be ready."
The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, which is returning to the nation that hosted its inaugural edition in 2002, will be played in four venues - Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto - between 5 and 24 August 2014. Canada will also host the senior equivalent, the FIFA Women’s World Cup, in June and July of 2015.
Group A Canada, Ghana, Finland, Korea DPR
Group B Germany, USA, China PR, Brazil
Group C England, Korea Republic, Mexico, Nigeria
Group D New Zealand, Paraguay, France, Costa Rica
The tournament will be played in four venues in Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto from 5 to 24 August 2014.
Canada Soccer has announced its official roster for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 on 16 July in Toronto, ON.
Head Coach Andrew Olivieri has selected the 21 players that will make up Canada's Women's U-20 Team that will try to win a world championship on home soil as Canada hosts the tournament that starts in Toronto on 5 August.
CANADA ROSTER
1- GK - Kailen Sheridan | USA / Clemson University
2- D - Sura Yekka | CAN / Brams United
3- D - Kinley McNicoll | USA / University of Wisconsin
4- D - Kylie Davis | CAN / Comètes de Laval
5- D - Kadeisha Buchanan | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC
6- D - Rebecca Quinn | USA / Duke University
7- M - Ashley Campbell | CAN / Toronto Lady Lynx
8- M - Jessie Fleming | CAN / London NorWest SC
9- F - Nichelle Prince | CAN / Toronto Lady Lynx
10- M -Ashley Lawrence | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC
11- F - Janine Beckie | USA / Texas Tech University
12- D - Victoria Pickett | CAN / Glen Shields
13- D - Lindsay Agnew | USA / The Ohio State University
14- M - Vanessa Grégoire | CAN / Comètes de Laval
15- D - Jordane Carvery | CAN / Glen Shields
16- M - Sarah Kinzner | CAN / Calgary Foothills
17- F - Amandine Pierre-Louis | CAN / Comètes de Laval
18- GK - Marie-Joëlle Vandal | CAN / Dynamo de Québec
19- F - Valérie Sanderson | CAN / Comètes de Laval
20- M - Emma Fletcher | USA / Louisiana State University
21- GK - Rylee Foster | CAN / Woodbridge SC
The YRSA extends sincere congratulations to four of the selected players that herald from Clubs in York Region. Ashley Campbell is a former Newmarket United player, while Victoria Pickett and Jordane Carvery are Glen Shields FC players and Rylee Forster is a Woodbridge SC player.
(See photo inset).
On behalf of all Clubs within York Region, we wish these 4 girls and their teammates winning success at the upcoming FIFA U20 Women's World Cup games.
If you haven't yet reserved your tickets for these games,
Canada Soccer has announced its official roster for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and introduced the players to the media at an event held on 16 July in Toronto, ON.
Head Coach Andrew Olivieri has selected the 21 players that will make up Canada’s Women’s U-20 Team that will try to win a world championship on home soil as Canada hosts the tournament that starts in Toronto on 5 August and ends at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal on 24 August. Edmonton and Moncton will also host games in the competition.
The team features a number of players who have international experience at both the youth and senior levels – Kadeisha Buchanan, Jessie Fleming, Ashley Lawrence, Rebecca Quinn and Sura Yekka having all featured in a Women’s National Team match over the past year – but without a doubt, a FIFA competition at home will be the highlight of their young careers.
Four members of this team have already represented Canada in youth FIFA World Cup action this year as Jessie Fleming, Rylee Foster, Sarah Kinzner and Sura Yekka all were members of the team that reached the quarterfinals at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014 back in March.
Defender Kinley McNicoll from Oakville, ON will wear the armband as team captain. McNicoll was a member of the Canadian team that took part at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Trinidad and Tobago 2010.
Playing in Group A, Canada opens the competition in Toronto on 5 August against Ghana with a game against Finland on 8 August before wrapping up the group stage in Montreal on 12 August against Korea DPR. All the details on the competition, including ticket information, are available at fifa.com/canada2014
This will be the second time Canada is hosting the world’s best women’s teams at the youth level. In 2002, Canada famously advanced all the way to the final when they lost a heartbreaking 0:1 result in a thrilling final to the United States in front of almost 48 000 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.
That tournament launched the careers of many players who went on to represent Canada at the senior level, including Christine Sinclair who won both the golden boot as the tournament’s top scorer, and the golden ball as most valuable player.
Throughout the competition, fans will be able to follow live updates on Twitter @CanadaSoccerEN and @CanadaSoccerFR as well as read match previews and reports on canadasoccer.com. The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 will be broadcast on CBC. CANADA 1- GK - Kailen Sheridan | USA / Clemson University 2- D - Sura Yekka | CAN / Brams United 3- D - Kinley McNicoll | USA / University of Wisconsin 4- D - Kylie Davis | CAN / Comètes de Laval 5- D - Kadeisha Buchanan | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC 6- D - Rebecca Quinn | USA / Duke University 7- M - Ashley Campbell | CAN / Toronto Lady Lynx 8- M - Jessie Fleming | CAN / London NorWest SC 9- F - Nichelle Prince | CAN / Toronto Lady Lynx 10- M -Ashley Lawrence | CAN / Ottawa Fury FC 11- F - Janine Beckie | USA / Texas Tech University 12- D - Victoria Pickett | CAN / Glen Shields 13- D - Lindsay Agnew | USA / The Ohio State University 14- M - Vanessa Grégoire | CAN / Comètes de Laval 15- D - Jordane Carvery | CAN / Glen Shields 16- M - Sarah Kinzner | CAN / Calgary Foothills 17- F - Amandine Pierre-Louis | CAN / Comètes de Laval 18- GK - Marie-Joëlle Vandal | CAN / Dynamo de Québec 19- F - Valérie Sanderson | CAN / Comètes de Laval 20- M - Emma Fletcher | USA / Louisiana State University 21- GK - Rylee Foster | CAN / Woodbridge SC CANADA A-Z Name | Birthyear | Hometown Agnew, Lindsay | 1995 | Dublin, OH, USA Beckie, Janine | 1994 | Denver, CO, USA Buchanan, Kadeisha | 1995 | Brampton, ON, CAN Campbell, Ashley | 1994 | Bradford, ON, CAN Carvery, Jordane | 1996 | Richmond Hill, ON, CAN Davis, Kylie | 1994 | L’Ile-Bizard, QC, CAN Fleming, Jessie | 1998 | London, ON, CAN Fletcher, Emma | 1995 | Victoria, BC, CAN Foster, Rylee | 1998 | Cambridge, ON, CAN Grégoire, Vanessa | 1996 | Beaconsfield, QC, CAN Kinzner, Sarah | 1997 | Calgary, AB, CAN Lawrence, Ashley | 1995 | Caledon, ON, CAN McNicoll, Kinley | 1994 | Oakville, ON, CAN Pickett, Victoria | 1996 | Barrie, ON, CAN Pierre-Louis, Amandine | 1995 | Laval, QC, CAN Prince, Nichelle | 1995 | Ajax, ON, CAN Quinn, Rebecca | 1995 | Toronto, ON, CAN Sanderson, Valérie | 1995 | Deux-Montagnes, QC, CAN Sheridan, Kailen | 1995 | Whitby, ON, CAN Vandal, Marie-Joëlle | 1995 | Longeuil, QC, CAN Yekka, Sura | 1997 | Mississauga, ON, CAN
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica AGSM Verona Femminile Calcio, previously known as A.S.D. Bardolino Verona C.F. between 2007 and 2013, is an Italianwomen's football club, playing in Serie A. Founded in 1995, the team won the Serie A championship four times in 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09 and won the Coppa Italia three times in 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09.
History
In summer 2011 the club moved from their traditional home in Bardolino to Stadio Olivieri, a small venue in the grounds of Verona's main stadium, Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi.[1] In September 2013 they received dispensation from the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to remove Bardolino from their official name, becoming AGSM Verona due to a sponsorship deal.[2]
The Women's football Serie A is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Italian football. It was established in 1968 but main teams were composing two different federations and leagues (FICF and UISP).
In the following season main UISP teams entered FICF federation so that all Serie A teams played a single league championship.
In 1970 a new federation (FFIGC) was constituted in Rome splitting Serie A into two independent federations and leagues again. In 1972 the two federations merged in the new "united" one (FFIUAGC = Federazione Femminile Italiana Unita Autonoma Giuoco Calcio) but a few ones didn't agree and refounded an independent federation in Viareggio (FICF).
Finally in 1974 a single national top Serie A league was established.
As the Serie A is currently in the top eight of UEFA women's leagues[1] the top two places qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The league mostly consisted of 12 teams, that play each other 2 times. Just after 1986, when this independent federation entered main Italian football organization (FIGC), Serie A championship had been increased of two teams to reach 16 as well as Serie A national male league.
Due to several teams resignments, in 2002 Italian Federation decided to create an intermediate league between Serie A and Serie B (Serie A2) reducing teams composing the Serie A league (14). In 2003 (from 14 to 13) and in 2005 (just 12) teams were reduced again even if relegations to A2 didn't change (2).
In the 2009–10 season, four teams were promoted and only two relegated, as the league was increased to 14 teams. In 2012/13 and 2013/14 16 teams played in the league. For the 2014/15 season the league was reduced to 14 teams again.
2013–14 teams
The teams that participate in the 2014/15 women's football Serie A are:
Below is a list of previous champions, including those belonging to several independent federations under which the Serie A title was contested before entering the FIGC. Since 1968 all championships were defined as "Serie A":
1968 Genova (FICF), Bologna (UISP)
1969 Roma (FICF), Bologna (UISP)
1970 Real Torino (FICF), Gommagomma Milano (FFIGC)
E' un'iniziativa con un fine comune, cioè la promozione del calcio femminile grazie ai vari “like” di VIP e gente comune, ma c'è di mezzo pur sempre un concorso fotografico: la campagna lanciata da mister Magurno sulla foto più votata fra quelle che arriveranno alla redazione di calciodonne.it entra nel vivo della competizione dopo che, oltre alla madrina Ilaria D'Amico, si fa testimonial dell'iniziativa anche un'altra “bellissima” della televisione italiana: Ilary Blasi.
La bionda romana, la cui avventura sul piccolo schermo partì dal quiz “Passaparola” (come avvenne pertante altre, dalla Ventura alla Toffanin) al fianco di Gerry Scotti, è attualmente impegnata a condurre “Le Iene” assieme a Teo Mammucari (anch'egli testimonial della campagna) e alla Gialappa's Band. Assidua frequentatrice degli stadi di mezza Italia, al seguito di suo marito e capitano della Roma Francesco Totti (con cui è sposata da nove anni), la Blasi non ha mancato di far sentire la propria voce in favore del calcio femminile.
La redazione ringrazia la showgirl giallorossa e invita nuovamente chiunque volesse offrire il proprio sostegno alla causa del calcio in rosa a farlo inviando la propria foto con un foglio con su scritto “Calcio femminile – I like it” all'indirizzo di posta elettronica:
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The Women's football Serie A is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Italian football. It was established in 1968 but main teams were composing two different federations and leagues (FICF and UISP). In the following season main UISP teams entered FICF federation so that all Serie A teams played a single league championship.
In 1970 a new federation (FFIGC) was constituted in Rome splitting Serie A into two independent federations and leagues again. In 1972 the two federations merged in the new "united" one (FFIUAGC = Federazione Femminile Italiana Unita Autonoma Giuoco Calcio) but a few ones didn't agree and refounded an independent federation in Viareggio (FICF).
Finally in 1974 a single national top Serie A league was established.
As the Serie A is currently in the top eight of UEFA women's leagues[1] the top two places qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
E' un'iniziativa con un fine comune, cioè la promozione del calcio femminile grazie ai vari “like” di VIP e gente comune, ma c'è di mezzo pur sempre un concorso fotografico: la campagna lanciata da mister Magurno sulla foto più votata fra quelle che arriveranno alla redazione di calciodonne.it entra nel vivo della competizione dopo che, oltre alla madrina Ilaria D'Amico, si fa testimonial dell'iniziativa anche un'altra “bellissima” della televisione italiana: Ilary Blasi.
La bionda romana, la cui avventura sul piccolo schermo partì dal quiz “Passaparola” (come avvenne pertante altre, dalla Ventura alla Toffanin) al fianco di Gerry Scotti, è attualmente impegnata a condurre “Le Iene” assieme a Teo Mammucari (anch'egli testimonial della campagna) e alla Gialappa's Band. Assidua frequentatrice degli stadi di mezza Italia, al seguito di suo marito e capitano della Roma Francesco Totti (con cui è sposata da nove anni), la Blasi non ha mancato di far sentire la propria voce in favore del calcio femminile.
La redazione ringrazia la showgirl giallorossa e invita nuovamente chiunque volesse offrire il proprio sostegno alla causa del calcio in rosa a farlo inviando la propria foto con un foglio con su scritto “Calcio femminile – I like it” all'indirizzo di posta elettronica:
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The league mostly consisted of 12 teams, that play each other 2 times. Just after 1986, when this independent federation entered main Italian football organization (FIGC), Serie A championship had been increased of two teams to reach 16 as well as Serie A national male league.
Due to several teams resignments, in 2002 Italian Federation decided to create an intermediate league between Serie A and Serie B (Serie A2) reducing teams composing the Serie A league (14). In 2003 (from 14 to 13) and in 2005 (just 12) teams were reduced again even if relegations to A2 didn't change (2).
In the 2009–10 season, four teams were promoted and only two relegated, as the league was increased to 14 teams. In 2012/13 and 2013/14 16 teams played in the league. For the 2014/15 season the league was reduced to 14 teams again.
2013–14 teams
The teams that participate in the 2014/15 women's football Serie A are:
Below is a list of previous champions, including those belonging to several independent federations under which the Serie A title was contested before entering the FIGC. Since 1968 all championships were defined as "Serie A":
1968 Genova (FICF), Bologna (UISP)
1969 Roma (FICF), Bologna (UISP)
1970 Real Torino (FICF), Gommagomma Milano (FFIGC)
Il mercato del Mozzanica esplode la seconda cannonata in pochi giorni. Dopo Daniela Stracchi, un'altra ex Torres approda alla corte di Nazzarena Grilli: Sandy Iannella, livornese classe '87, centrocampista offensivo e spietata realizzatrice.
Iannella muove i primi passi nel mondo del calcio nella società ACF Rovezzano prima di passare al Lucca e quindi di approdare a soli quattordici anni al Livorno in serie B. Il passaggio alla Torres avviene nel 2006 e nelle successive sette stagioni è protagonista nella serie di successi sassaresi che le portano nello scores personale quattro scudetti, due coppe Italia, cinque supercoppe e una Italy women's cup. Sandy Iannella è senza dubbio uno dei più grandi talenti del nostro calcio. Fortissima tecnicamente, veloce, dotata di un ottimo fiuto del goal e talmente ecclettica da renderla in grado di ricoprire con eccellenti risultati tutti i ruoli di centrocampo e attacco. Prima Ghedin e poi Cabrini l'hanno adottata in azzurro, dove Sandy nelle ultime uscite si è guadagnata i galloni di titolare, ricoprendo soprattutto il ruolo di esterna alta. Tanti allori non hanno però scalfito la sua fame di vittorie:
"Altroché se ho ancora fame, l'appetito non manca mai. Anzi mi brucia ancora l'aver perso per un soffio il campionato e la coppa Italia nella stagione appena conclusa. Ho accettato l'offerta del Mozzanica proprio perché mi è stato presentato un progetto ambizioso e vincente che mi ha convinto. Leggi tutto: SECONDO COLPO PER IL MOZZANICA: SANDY IANNELLA!
Parte con i botti la campagna acquisti della società bergamasca. Dalla Torres, arriva a rinforzare il centrocampo del Mozzanica Daniela Stracchi, senza dubbio una delle migliori interpreti del campionato nel ruolo di centrale della mediana. Daniela Stracchi, classe ’83, nasce sportivamente nella Fiammamonza con la quale vince lo scudetto e la supercoppa Italiana nel campionato 2005-’06. Nel 2008 passa alla Torres dove resterà per cinque stagioni durante le quali le sassaresi fanno man bassa di trofei totalizzando quattro tricolori, cinque supercoppe e una coppa Italia. Durante questo periodo Daniela entra a far parte del giro azzurro. E’ Pietro Ghedin il ct che la fa esordire nella maggiore nel 2011, ma è con Antonio Cabrini che la neo biancoceleste consolida la sua presenza all’interno del club Italia, partecipando da protagonista agli ultimi europei. Esperienza da vendere e palmares da capogiri, ma a quanto pare Daniela non ha nessuna voglia di fermarsi dall’entusiasmo che non nasconde alla sua prima breve intervista rilasciata da giocatrice del Mozzanica: “Sono molto contenta di essere arrivata qui. Il Mozzanica è una squadra che mi è sempre piaciuta molto, che ha fatto un ottimo lavoro in questi anni, grazie al quale è cresciuta tanto sotto tutti gli aspetti. Non conoscevo prima d’ora la società, ma devo dire di aver avuto da subito una bellissima impressione. Che conosco molto bene sono invece Nazzarena Grilli e Viviana Schiavi con le quali ho vinto il mio primo scudetto nel 2005-’06 con la Fiammamonza. Leggi tutto: PRIMO COLPO DI MERCATO: DANIELA STRACCHI AL MOZZANICA!
Dopo l’intervista rilasciata a Calciodonne .it dal Presidente GRIZZO abbiamo raccolto l’appello delle tante ragazze del Chiasiellis che chiedono di poter “ continuare a portare in giro per la REGIONE e l’ITALIA il nome e i colori del CHIASIELLIS”. Tutta la Redazione di Calciodonne .it si associa a questo appello nella speranza che al più presto si possa trovare una soluzione che permetta loro di continuare a praticare questo sport in una Società che ha sempre dimostrato in questi anni di onorare non solo gli impegni assunti, ma soprattutto espresso SUL CAMPO, grazie alle giocatrici: impegno e passione verso i colori sociali! “Ora che la notizia si è diffusa noi giocatrici del Chiasiellis Calcio Femminile vogliamo rendere pubblico anche il nostro punto di vista. Riepilogando: Diverse di noi giocano da anni col Chiasiellis Calcio Femminile, condividendone lo spirito e i valori che la società ci ha trasmesso. Leggi tutto: UN ACCORATO APPELLO delle GIOCATRICI DEL CHIASIELLIS!!
“Dopo tantissimi anni di grande passione, anni magnifici, vissuti con persone alle quali sono legato da rapporti intensi di amicizia, ho preso la decisone più amara che si possa prendere nello sport: quella di chiudere la Società” Queste parole le ha pronunciate il Presidente del Chiasiellis, Grizzo, durante un’intervista che mi ha concesso ieri, nella quale mi ha espresso anche le ragioni di questa scelta sofferta a livello personale, scelta comunque meditata, dopo tanti mesi nei quali ha cercato di trovare delle soluzioni valide per poter permettere alla Società di continuare la sua attività. “Questa Società è sempre stata “aperta” a tutti, è cresciuta nel tempo, attraverso una gestione amatoriale composta di veri appassionati che hanno lavorato INSIEME per raggiungere obiettivi sempre più ampi. Dopo tanti anni abbiamo raggiunto il traguardo della serie A, cosa che ci ha riempito di orgoglio personale e che ha gratificato anche questo territorio e questa piccola cittadina friulana.” Leggi tutto: CALCIO CHIASIELLIS ADDIO…“LA PASSIONE NON BASTA PIÙ…”
Il Cuneo Calcio Femminile comunica che Roberto Minoliti e Claudio Librandi non saranno più gli allenatori per la prossima stagione. La società biancorossa e gli allenatori genovesi, nonostante l´ottimo campionato trascorso sia a livello di risultati che sotto il profilo umano, Leggi tutto: Cuneo: Gian Luca Petruzzelli è il nuovo allenatore
Cosa ne sarà della Torres femminile? Questa è una domanda che molti addetti ai lavori si stanno ponendo in questo periodo in seguito alle voci che si rincorrono ormai da molti mesi sulle vicissitudini di questa importante Società, assoluta protagonista vincente delle ultime stagioni calcistiche nazionali. La manifestazione di protesta contro la Dirigenza, messa in atto alcuni mesi fa dalle giocatrici rosso blu, ha sollevato un problema per molto tempo passato sotto silenzio e che avrebbe dovuto essere affrontato con la dovuta decisione molto prima! L’allontanamento di Manuela Tesse è l’ultimo atto di una situazione gestionale alquanto discutibile, con il presidente Marras che, attraverso il sito della Società sarda, ha ufficialmente dato le dimissioni dal Club, dimissioni, mi dicono, mai ufficialmente formalizzate, simili anche a quelle date come Coordinatore del consiglio del Dipartimento, delle quali non si ha nessuna traccia….! Leggi tutto: TORRES femminile: quale futuro?
CANADA 2015 WORLD CUP: THE PLAYER ROUTE TO THE CANADIAN TEAM THROUGH WOMEN'S SERIE A
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona
Full name
Hellas Verona Football Club
Nickname(s)
Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues) Mastini (Mastiffs) gli Scaligeri (The Scaligers) i butei ("the boys" in Veronese dialect)
Founded in 1903 by a group of high school students, the club was named Hellas (the Greek word for Greece), at the request of a professor of Classics.[2] At a time in which football was played seriously only in the larger cities of the Northwest of Italy, most of Verona was indifferent to the growing sport. However, when in 1906 two city teams chose the city's Roman amphitheatre as a venue to showcase the game, crowd enthusiasm and media interest began to rise.
During these first few years Hellas was one of three or four area teams playing mainly at a municipal level while fighting against city rivals Bentegodi to become the city's premier football outfit. By the 1907–1908 season, Hellas was playing against regional teams and an intense rivalry with Vicenza Calcio that lasts to this day was born.
From 1898 to 1926 Italian football was organised into regional groups. In this period Hellas was one of the founding teams of the early league and often among its top final contenders. In 1911, the city helped Hellas replace the early, gritty football fields with a proper venue. This allowed the team to take part in its first regional tournament, which until 1926, was the qualifying stage for the national title.
In 1919, following a return to activity after a four-year suspension of all football competition in Italy during World War I the team merged with city rival Verona and changed its name to Hellas Verona. Between 1926 and 1929 the elite "Campionato Nazionale" assimilated the top sides from the various regional groups and Hellas Verona joined the privileged teams, yet struggled to remain competitive. Serie A, as it is structured today, began in 1929, when the Campionato Nazionale turned into a professional league. Still an amateur team, Hellas merged with two city rivals, Bentegodi and Scaligera, to form AC Verona. Hoping to build a first class contender for future years the new team debuted in Serie B in 1929. It would take the gialloblu 28 years to finally achieve their goal. After first being promoted to Serie A for one season in 1957–58, in 1959 the team merged with another city rival (called Hellas) and commemorated its beginnings by changing its name to Hellas Verona AC.
Success in the 1970s and 1980s
Coached by Nils Liedholm, the team returned to Serie A in 1968 and remained in the elite league almost without interruption until 1990. Along the way it scored a famous 5–3 win in the 1972–1973 season that cost AC Milan the scudetto (the Serie A title). The fact that the result came late during the last matchday of the season makes the sudden and unexpected end to the rossoneri's title ambitions all the more memorable.
In 1973–1974 Hellas finished the season in 4th last place thus avoiding relegation, but were sent down to Serie B during the summer months as a result of a scandal involving team president Saverio Garonzi. After a year in Serie B Hellas Verona returned to Serie A.
In the 1975–1976 season the team had a successful run in the Coppa Italia, eliminating highly rated teams such as Torino, Cagliari, and Inter from the tournament. However, in their first ever final in the competition Hellas Verona were trounced 4–0 by Napoli.
Under the leadership of coach Osvaldo Bagnoli, in 1982–1983 the team secured 4th place in Serie A (its highest finish at the time) and even lead the Serie A standings for a few weeks. The same season Hellas again reached the Coppa Italia final. After a 2–0 home victory, Hellas Verona travelled to Turin to play Juventus but were defeated 3–0 after extra time.
Further disappointment followed in the 1983–1984 season when the team again reached the Coppa Italia final, only to lose the Cup in the final minutes of the return match against defending Serie A champions Roma.
1984–1985 Scudetto
Although the 1984–1985 squad was made up of a healthy mix of emerging players and mature stars, at the beginning of the season no one would have regarded the team as having the necessary ingredients to make it to the end. Certainly the additions of Hans-Peter Briegel in midfield and of Danish striker Preben Elkjær to an attack that already featured the wing play of Pietro Fanna, the creative abilities of Antonio Di Gennaro and the scoring touch of Giuseppe Galderisi were to prove crucial.
To mention a few of the memorable milestones on the road to the scudetto: a decisive win against Juventus (2–0), with a goal scored by Elkjær after having lost a boot in a tackle just outside the box, set the stage early in the championship; an away win over Udinese (5–3) ended any speculation that the team was losing energy at the midway point; three straight wins (including a hard fought 1–0 victory against a strong AS Roma side) served notice that the team had kept its polish and focus intact during their rival's final surge; and a 1–1 draw in Bergamo against Atalanta secured the title with a game in hand.
Hellas Verona finished the year with a 15–13–2 record and 43 points, 4 points ahead of Torino with Inter and Sampdoria rounding out the top four spots. This unusual final table of the Serie A (with the most successful Italian teams of the time, Juventus and AS Roma, ending up much lower than expected) has led to many speculations. The 1984/1985 season was the only season when referees were assigned to matches by way of a random draw. Before then each referee had always been assigned to a specific match by a special commission of referees (designatori arbitrali). After the betting scandal of the early 1980 (the Calcio Scommesse scandal) it was decided to clean up the image of Italian football by assigning referees randomly instead of picking them, to clear up all the suspicions and accusations always accompanying Italy's football life. This resulted in a quieter championship and in a completely unexpected final table. In the following season, won again by Juventus, the choice of the referees went back in the hands of the designatori arbitrali. In 2006 a major scandal in Italian football revealed that certain clubs had been illegally influencing the referee selection process, in an attempt to ensure that certain referees were assigned to their matches.
1980s European campaigns
The team made its first European appearance in the 1983-84 UEFA Cup and were knocked out in the second round of the tournament by Sturm Graz. Hellas were eliminated from the 1985–86 European Cup in the second round by defending champions and fellow Serie A side Juventus F.C. after a contested game, the result of a scandalous arbitrage by the French Wurtz, having beaten PAOK Thessaloniki of Greece in the first round.[3]In 1988 the team had their best international result when they reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with four victories and three draws. The decisive defeat came from German side Werder Bremen.
Between Serie A and Serie B
These were more than mere modest achievements for a mid-size city with a limited appeal to fans across the nation. But soon enough financial difficulties caught up with team managers. In 1991 the team folded and was reborn as Verona FC, regularly moving to and fro between Serie A and Serie B for several seasons. In 1995 the name was officially changed back to Hellas Verona FC.
After a three-year stay, their last stint in Serie A ended in grief in 2002. That season emerging international talents such as Adrian Mutu, Mauro Camoranesi, Alberto Gilardino, Martin Laursen, Massimo Oddo, Marco Cassetti and coach Alberto Malesani failed to capitalise on an excellent start and eventually dropped into fourth-to-last place for the first time all season on the very last matchday, enforcing relegation into Serie B.
Decline and Serie A comeback (2002–present)
Following the 2002 relegation to Serie B, team fortunes continued to slip throughout the decade. In the 2003–04 season Hellas Verona struggled in Serie B and spent most of the season fighting off an unthinkable relegation to Serie C1. Undeterred, the fans supported their team and a string of late season wins eventually warded off the danger. Over 5000 of them followed Hellas to Como on the final day of the season to celebrate.
In 2004–05 things looked much brighter for the team. After a rocky start Hellas put together a string of results and climbed to third spot. The gialloblù held on to the position until January 2005, when transfers weakened the team, yet they managed to take the battle for Serie A to the last day of the season.
The Serie B 2006-07 seemed to start well, due to the club takeover by Pietro Arvedi D'Emilei, which ended nine years of controversial rule by chairman Gianbattista Pastorello, heavily contested by the supporters in his later years at Verona. However, Verona was immediately involved in the relegation battle, and Massimo Ficcadenti was replaced in December 2006 by Giampiero Ventura. Despite a recovery in the results, Verona ended in an 18th place, thus being forced to play a two-legged playoff against 19th-placed Spezia to avert relegation. A 2–1 away loss in the first leg at La Spezia was followed by a 0–0 home tie, and Verona were relegated to Serie C1 after 64 years of play in the two highest divisions.
Verona appointed experienced coach Franco Colomba for the new season with the aim to return to Serie B as soon as possible. However, despite being widely considered the division favourite, the gialloblù spent almost the entire season in last place. After seven matches club management sacked Colomba in early October and replaced him with youth team coach (and former Verona player) Davide Pellegrini.[4] A new property acquired the club in late 2007, appointing in December Giovanni Galli as new director of football and Maurizio Sarri as new head coach. Halfway through the 2007–2008 season the team remained at the bottom of Serie C1, on the brink of relegation to the fourth level (Serie C2).In response, club management sacked Sarri and brought back Pellegrini. Thanks to a late-season surge the scaligeri avoided direct relegation by qualifying for the relegation playoff, and narrowly averted dropping to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in the final game, beating Pro Patria 2–1 on aggregate. However, despite the decline in results, attendance and season ticket sales remained on 15000 average.
For the 2008–09 season Verona appointed former Sassuolo and Piacenza manager Gian Marco Remondina, with the aim to win promotion to Serie B. However the season did not start impressively, with Verona being out of the playoff zone by mid-season, and club chairman Pietro Arvedi D'Emilei entering into a coma after being involved in a car crash on his way back from a league match in December 2008. Arvedi died in March 2009, two months after the club was bought by new chairman Giovanni Martinelli.
The following season looked promising, as new transfer players were brought aboard, and fans enthusiastically embraced the new campaign. Season ticket figures climbed to over 10,000, placing Verona ahead of several Serie A teams and all but Torino in Serie B attendance.[5] The team led the standings for much of the season, accumulating a seven-point lead by early in the spring. However, the advantage was gradually squandered, and the team dropped to second place on the second last day of the season, with a chance to regain first place in the final regular season match against Portogruaro on home soil. But Verona disappointed a crowd of over 25,000 fans[6] and, with the loss, dropped to third place and headed towards the playoffs. A managerial change for the postseason saw the firing of Remondina and the arrival of Giovanni Vavassori. After eliminating Rimini in the semi-finals (1–0; 0–0) Verona lost the final to Pescara (2–2 on home soil and 0–1 in the return match) and were condemned to a fourth straight year of third division.
Former Italia '90 star Giuseppe Giannini (a famous captain of Roma for many years) signed as manager for the 2010–11 campaign. Once again, the team was almost entirely revamped during the transfer season. The squad struggled in the early months and Giannini was eventually sacked and replaced by former Inter Milan defender Andrea Mandorlini, who succeeded in reorganising the team's play and bringing discipline both on and off the pitch. In the second half of the season Verona climbed back from the bottom of the division to clinch a playoff berth (5th place) on the last day of the regular season. The team advanced to the playoff final after eliminating Sorrento in the semis (3–1 agg). Following the playoff final, after four years of Lega Pro, Hellas Verona were promoted back to Serie B after a 2–1 (agg) win over Salernitana on 19 June 2011.
On 18 May 2013 Hellas Verona finished second in Serie B and was promoted to Serie A after 11 years.[7]
Their return to the Serie A started off against Champions League contending teams such as Milan and Roma, where they beat the former 2–1 and lost to the latter 3–0. They lost 3-0, even though their goalie, Rafael, made nine top notch saves. Verona had chances too, including a shot off the crossbar and a shot cleared off the line by Roma. They continued at a steady pace, finishing the first half of the season with 32 points, sitting in 6th place, 11 points behind the closest Champions League spot, and tied with Inter for the last Europa League spot.
Colours and badge
The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu (literally, "yellow-blue" in Italian) is the team's most widely used nickname. The colours represent the city itself and Verona's emblem (a yellow cross on a blue shield) appears on most team apparel. Two more team nicknames are Mastini (the mastiffs) and Scaligeri, both references to Mastino I della Scala of the Della Scala princes that ruled the city during the 13th and 14th centuries.
The Scala family coat of arms is depicted on the team's jersey and on its trademark logo as a stylised image of two large, powerful mastiffs facing opposite directions. In essence, the term "scaligeri" is synonymous with Veronese, and therefore can describe anything or anyone from Verona (e.g., Chievo Verona, a different team that also links itself to the Scala family – specifically to Cangrande della Scala).
The intercity fixtures against Chievo Verona are known as the "Derby della Scala". The name refers to the Scaligeri or della Scala aristocratic family, who were rulers of Verona during the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. In the season 2001–02, both Hellas Verona and the city rivals of Chievo Verona were playing in the Serie A. The first ever derby of Verona in Serie A took place on 18 November 2001, while both teams were ranked among the top four. The match was won by Hellas, 3–2. Chievo got revenge in the return match in spring 2002, winning 2–1. The city of Verona became so the 5th city in Italy, after Milan, Rome, Turin and Genoa to host a derby in Serie A.[9] Results
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