AC Carpi

Carpi

Full name	Associazione Calcio Carpi S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	i Biancorossi(The White-and-Reds)
Founded	1909(1909)
Ground	Stadio Sandro Cabassi
Capacity	15,500
Chairman	Claudio Lazzaretti
Manager	Massimo Bagatti
League	Serie CGroup B
2023–24	Serie DGroup D, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

A.C. Carpiis an Italian professionalfootballclub based inCarpi,a city in theprovince of Modena.The club was founded in 1909, re-founded in 2000and 2022.

Carpi's colours arewhiteandred,hence the nickname "Biancorossi".At the end of the2012–13 season,Carpi won their first promotion toSerie B.On 28 April 2015, the Biancorossi won their first promotion toSerie A,but were relegated back to Serie B after onlyone season. The Golden Era ended in 2019, with the relegation back in Serie C after five seasons in Serie B and one season in Serie A.

The Biancorossi have won a handful of league titles, including: the oldLega Pro Seconda Divisione;Serie Bonce;Serie Conce; andSerie Dfour times. At the regional level, Carpi has wonPromozione,Prima Divisione, and twoPrima Categoriatitles.

History

A.C. Carpi (1909–2000)

The club was founded in the summer of 1909 by local student Adolfo Fanconi asJucunditas(Latinfor "gaiety" ), and changed their denomination toAssociazione Calcio Carpia few years later.Carpi played three seasons in the Italian Football Championship, the precursor toSerie A,from the1919–20season until1921–22.Starting from the 1930s, they mostly played betweenSerie CandSerie D.Carpi achieved their best result in 1997, a third-placed finish under coachLuigi De Caniowhich allowed them to play theSerie Bpromotion playoffs then lost toMonza.The club was cancelled in 2000 following relegation to Serie D and subsequent bankruptcy.

Carpi F.C. 1909 (2000–2021)

A new club, namedCalcio Carpi,was therefore admitted toEccellenza Emilia–Romagna.The club assumed the current denomination in 2002, following promotion toSerie Dand a merger with the second team of the city,Dorando Pietri Carpi,that had just reached Serie D as well. Pietri Carpi also sold its license toBoca.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, through repechage due to the number of teams with financial difficulties, the club was admitted intoLega Pro Seconda Divisione.In 2010–11, the club's first season in the higher division, it was promoted again toLega Pro Prima Divisione.Because of the work being done on their stadium, the Sandro Cabasisi, the team played in theMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolorein the 2011–12 season.

Serie B (2013)

In the season 2012–13 the team was promoted fromLega Pro Prima DivisionetoSerie Bfor the first time when they defeatedLeccein the Girone A Play-off Final 2–1 on aggregate. This was the club's third promotion in just four seasons.

Carpi FC's first fixture at Serie B level ended in a 1–0 defeat away toTernanaon 24 August 2013. Their first win was a 2–0 victory atSpeziacourtesy of goals fromFabio Concas&Roberto Inglese.Carpi's first season inSerie Bended in a 12th-place finish, only three points away from a promotion play-off place, ensuring their place for another season.

Serie A debut promotion (2015)

The2014–15 Serie Bcampaign saw Carpi, managed by experienced coachFabrizio Castori,completing the first half of the season (21 games) in a first place, with a record of 43 points and a nine-point advantage over second-placedFrosinone.On 28 April 2015, after a goalless draw withBari,the club was promoted for the first time to Serie A.

Carpi's first season saw a complete overhaul of the squad from theseason previousdue to the departure of long-timedirector of footballCristiano Giuntoli,who had masterminded the club's rise from the amateur Serie D to the top flight, toNapoli.He was subsequently replaced bySean Sogliano.

On 28 September 2015, after a 1–5 loss toRoma,the club announced it had relieved Castori of his coaching duties with immediate effect, replacing him withGiuseppe Sanninoin the first managerial change of the2015–16 Serie Aseason.Carpi had achieved just two points from its opening six matches. On 3 November, the club performed a U-turn, and Castori was rehired.The club'sdebut top-flight seasonultimately ended in relegation by a single point, with the club having found itself in a relegation dogfight from virtually the start of the season.

Thefollowing seasonsaw another complete reconstruction of the first-team, with several important players returning to their parent clubs from loan, as Carpi sought an immediate return to Serie A. However, they fell toBeneventoin the playoff final.

Decline and Bankruptcy (2017–2021)

In the2017–18 Serie Bseason, Carpi placed 11th, but thefollowing seasonwas marred by difficulties that caused the team's relegation toSerie Cafter six years, after having placed last with just 29 points.

The2019–20 Serie Cseason started well for Carpi, which placed second in its group before theCOVID-19 pandemichalted the season. Carpi then went to the playoffs, but lost toNovarain the quarter finals.

Thefollowing seasonsaw Carpi placing 15th in its group, narrowly avoiding relegation.

However, in July 2021, the COVISOC rejected the club's admission to the2021–22 Serie C,citing unpaid taxes and contributions between 2020 and 2021. The club was successively excluded entirely from Italian football.

Athletic Carpi / A.C. Carpi (2021–current)

In 2021, following the disbandment of the original Carpi, a new but distinct club namedAthletic Carpiplayed in the2021–22 Serie Dseason. On 13 September 2022, the club, renamedA.C. Carpi,eventually acquired all the naming and historical rights of the original one, thus formally becoming the direct heir of Carpi FC 1909.

Honours

Domestic

League

• Serie B

• Winners (1):2014–15

• Seconda Divisione

• Winners (1):1922–23

• Serie C

• Winners (1):1945–46

• Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/Girone A
  • Champions (1):2010–11
• Serie D

• Winners (3):1963–64, 1973–74, 1977–78

Cups

• Coppa Italia Lega Pro
  • Runners up (1):2010–11
• Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione
  • Runners up (1):2010–11

Regional

• Promozione
  • Winners (1):1914–15
• Prima Divisione
  • Winners (1):1949–50
• Prima Categoria
  • Winners (2):1960–61, 1961–62

Youth

• Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti
  • Serie C Winners (1):1990–91

Club records

League

Level	Category	Participation	Debut	Final season	Total
1°	Prima Categoria	3	1919–20	1921–22	4
	Serie A	1	2015–16
2°	Seconda Divisione	4	1922–23	1925–26	8
	Prima Divisione	2	1926–27	1927–28
	Serie B	2	2013–14	2014–15
3°	Prima Divisione	7	1928–29	1934–35	32
	Serie C	13	1936–37	1974–75
	Serie C1	10	1989–90	1998–99
	Lega Pro Prima Divisione	2	2011–12	2012–13
4°	Promozione	2	1950–51	1951–52	26
	IV Serie	5	1952–53	1958–59
	Campionato Interregionale – Seconda Categoria	1	1957–58
	Campionato Interregionale	1	1958–59
	Serie D	13	1962–63	1977–78
	Serie C2	3	1978–79	1999–00
	Lega Pro Seconda Divisione	1	2010–11
5°	Campionato Interregionale	7	1981–82	1987–88	16
	Serie D	9	1980–81	2009–10

In81football seasons starting from the onset at the national level in the Northern League in 1922:

Regional

Level	Category	Participation	Debut	Final season	Total
I	Promozione	2	1913–14	1914–15	9
	Prima Divisione	3	1935–36	1949–50
	Prima Categoria	3	1959–60	1961–62
	Eccellenza	2	2000–01	2001–02

In12seasons starting from the onset at the regional level inPromozionein 1914:

Individual

Record of appearances

329Claudio Pressich 282Aurelio Dotti 254Giancarlo Magnani 243Simone Teocoli 239Giuseppe Pantaleoni 232Carlo Forghieri 226Luigi Silvestri 224Vittorio Soliani 220Archimede Pellizzola 217Raffaello Papone

Record of goals

78Gianfranco Poletto 78Giorgio Vernizzi 76Armando Onesti 57Alberto Bonaretti 50Enrico Gherardi 40Marco Gibertini 36Mauro Sberveglieri 34Armando Aguzzoli 33Ennio Bergonzini 33Stefano Roncarati

Current squad

As of 29 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Matteo Sorzi
2	DF	ITA	Nicolò Verza
3	DF	ITA	Tommaso Cecotti
4	MF	ITA	Andrea Mandelli
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Calanca
6	DF	ITA	Davide Zagnoni
7	FW	ITA	Leonardo Stanzani
8	MF	ITA	Niccolò Nardi(on loan fromFiorentina)
10	FW	ITA	Simone Saporetti
11	MF	ITA	Precious Amayah
12	GK	ITA	Cristian Lorenzi
13	DF	ITA	Tommaso Panelli
15	DF	ITA	Alessandro Zoboletti

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ITA	Rodrick Tcheuna
17	FW	ITA	Marcello Sereni
19	DF	ITA	Matteo Rossini
20	FW	ITA	Filippo Puletto(on loan fromSPAL)
21	MF	ITA	Marco Forapani
22	GK	ITA	Michele Pezzolato(on loan fromModena)
23	FW	SEN	Abdoulaye Sall
25	DF	ITA	Simone Mazzali
27	FW	ITA	Erik Gerbi
30	MF	ITA	Nicolò Contiliano(on loan fromSPAL)
72	FW	ITA	Matteo Cortesi
90	MF	ITA	Matteo Figoli

Notable former managers

• József Zilisy(1942–43)
• Gianni De Biasi(1993–96)
• Luigi De Canio(1996–97)
• Walter De Vecchi(1997–98)
• Egidio Notaristefano(2011–12)
• Giuseppe Pillon(2014)
• Fabrizio Castori(2014–15)
• Giuseppe Sannino(2015)
• Fabrizio Castori(2015–17)

External links

• Official homepage
• Official Twitter
• (in Italian)The club goes in A onIl Mostardino.it.