Virtus Verona

Virtus Verona (formerly known as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia), sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie C.

Virtus Verona
Full nameVirtusvecomp Verona
Nickname(s)Virtussini
Rossoblù (The Red & Blue)
I Borgo-Veneziani (Those From Borgo Venezia)
I Ribelli Veronesi (The Rebels of Verona)
Founded1921
GroundStadio Gavagnin Nocini,[1][2]
Verona, Italy
Capacity1,200
ChairmanLuigi Fresco
ManagerLuigi Fresco
LeagueSerie C Group A
2020–21Serie C Group B, 11th of 20

History

The club was founded in 1921 as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia.

Virtus Verona, the third football club in Verona behind Chievo and Hellas Verona, is a unique case in Italy of a club whose chairman, Luigi Fresco, had also been the head coach of the first team for over 38 years, since 1982, after the other historic president Sinibaldo Nocini, who was in charge for 20 years. The club is also notable for being the only Italian professional football team to field a reserve team in the regional amateur divisions.

The club was promoted into professionalism for its first time ever at the end of the 2012–13 season, after winning the national playoff tournament in which they were qualified as fourth-placed in the Girone C of Serie D. At the end of the 2017–18 season, the club return into professionalism, in Serie C, the third tier of Italian soccer.

Colours and badge

The social colours are red and blue, traditionally arranged in vertical stripes.

The club’s historical badge is an ancile red palate, closed externally by a white crown, suitable to contain the social name (sometimes written in abbreviated form).

In 2014 this badge was replaced by a shield, in which the corporate name is simplified in Associazione Virtus Verona: the first and third words are placed in the palate field, while the second (colored red) is placed in a curved white band placed in a shield.

Current squad

As of 6 October 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Alessandro Giacomel
3 DF  ITA Francesco Mazzolo
4 MF  ITA Stefano Cella (on loan from Cremonese)
5 DF  ITA Luca Munaretti (on loan from Cremonese)
6 DF  ITA Manuel Daffara
7 MF  ITA Nicola Danieli
8 MF  ITA Mattia De Rigo (on loan from Virtus Entella)
9 FW  MAR Rachid Arma
10 FW  ITA Domenico Danti
11 FW  ITA Filippo Pittarello
12 GK  ITA Michele Bragantini
13 FW  ITA Edoardo Priore
14 MF  ITA Marco Amadio
15 MF  ITA Filippo Vesentini
16 MF  ISL Emil Hallfreðsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ITA Lorenzo Lonardi
18 MF  ITA Simone Tronchin (on loan from Vicenza)
19 FW  ITA Andrea Carlevaris
20 FW  ALB Cristian Paloka
21 DF  ITA Antonio Pinto
22 GK  GAM Sheikh Sibi
23 DF  ITA Filippo Pellacani
24 MF  ITA Antonio Metlika
25 DF  ITA Davide Zugaro (on loan from Inter Milan)
27 DF  ITA Carlo Faedo
28 FW  ITA Massimo Silvestri
30 DF  ITA Emanuele Acampora (on loan from Bologna)
31 FW  ITA Andrea Nalini
32 FW  ITA Mattia Marchi
99 MF  ITA Leonardo Zarpellon (on loan from Vicenza)

Supporters

Virtus Vecomp Verona supporters are known for their hardline anti-fascist and left-wing leanings. The group Virtus Fans born in 2006, was split in 2015. From the ashes of the Virtus Fans born 2 new groups: Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 and the Lost Boys. The Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 have a friendship with antifa supporters groups all over the world: Livorno Calcio, Cosenza Calcio, Wrexham, Olympique Marseille, FC St. Pauli, RSV Goettingen 05.[3][4]

References


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