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Full name Associazione Calcio Mantova
SRL
Nickname(s) Virgiliani (Virgilians),
ACM
Founded 1911
Ground Stadio Danilo Martelli,
Mantua, Italy
(Capacity 14,884)
Chairman Flag of Italy Fabrizio Lori
Manager Flag of Italy Attilio Tesser
League Serie B
2006-07 Serie B, 8th
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Associazione Calcio Mantova is an Italian football club, based in Mantua, Lombardy. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Stadio Danilo Martelli is the main Stadium in Mantua, Italy. It is named after a Mantuan footballer from the 40's who died in the Superga air Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Attilio Tesser (born June 10, 1958 in Montebelluna) is an Italian Football (soccer manager Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9 2006 and ended on June 10 2007. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the The club was founded in 1911. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year AC Mantova played the 2005-06 season in Serie B, after having been promoted from Serie C1 thanks to play-offs won in a double final match against A.C. Pavia (3-0, 3-1; 6-1 on aggregate). Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Associazione Calcio Pavia is an Italian football club based in Pavia, Lombardy.

Mantova played in Serie A for 7 seasons (1961/62 - 1964/65, 1966/67 - 1967/68, 1971/72), being nicknamed in its initial period as Little Brazil (Piccolo Brasile). Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The third team shirt, green and yellow, actually remembers that period, by far the best one in the team history. Mantova also played for 8 seasons in Serie B, and won it in 1970/71. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.

Mantova was cancelled two times from the Italian football panorama, in 1983 and 1994, both times because of insolvency. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Former famous players include Dino Zoff, Angelo Sormani, Roberto Boninsegna and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger. Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football Goalkeeper and is the oldest winner Ángelo Benedicto Miguel Sormani (born July 3 1939 at Jaú, Brazil) is a former Italian footballer of Brazilian origin Roberto Boninsegna (born November 13, 1943 in Mantua) is an Italian former football player Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (born March 31, 1939 in Düren) is a former German footballer.

Mantova promoted from Serie C2 to Serie B in two consecutive seasons, in 2003-2004 season as league champions and in 2004-2005 as runners-up and playoff winners. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Mantova begun the 2005/06 Serie B football campaign introducing itself as a strong potential candidate for promotion to Serie A, despite its lack of players experienced with these levels (almost the same squad which promoted to Serie B the previous season) and a coach, Domenico Di Carlo, on just his second year as first team football trainer. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Domenico "Mimmo" Di Carlo (born 23 March 1964 in Cassino, Frosinone) is an Italian Football (soccer coach The team led the Serie B table for a long part of the season, gaining an unexpected interest by the media. However, Mantova was not able to maintain the head of the league in the end, and the team concluded its season in fourth place, gaining a spot in the promotion playoffs. Successively, AC Mantova won its playoff semifinal against Modena F.C. after two ties (0-0, 1-1), being qualified thanks to its best placement in the regular season. Modena Football Club is a football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The first playoff final, against Torino, saw Mantova winning at home 4-2. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont However, Mantova was not able to maintain this advantage in the return match, lost 3-1 in Turin after extra time, which allowed Torino FC to be promoted in Serie A because of a better placement in the regular season. Aggregated Extra Time (AET, commonly known as extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time

During the 2006-07 season, they became the first team to beat Juventus F.C., La Vecchia Signora, in a Serie B match. They ended the season in eighth place, confirming themselves in the top side of the league table. Following Di Carlo's resignations, Mantova appointed Attilio Tesser as new head coach for their 2007-08 Serie B campaign. Attilio Tesser (born June 10, 1958 in Montebelluna) is an Italian Football (soccer manager As part of an ambitious summer transfer market, Mantova signed on 23 August 2007 the former Italian international Stefano Fiore. Stefano Fiore (born April 17, 1975 in Cosenza) is an Italian football (soccer player who can play in central Midfield However their campaign proved to be disappointing as the team failed to break into the promotion playoff zone, resulting in the sacking of Tesser in the mid-season.

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Current squad

As of May 8, 2008[1]

No. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Position Player
1 Flag of Italy GK Mirko Bellodi
2 Flag of Italy DF Simone Calori
3 Flag of Italy DF Iacopo Balestri
4 Flag of Italy MF Manuel Spinale
5 Flag of Italy DF Mattia Notari
6 Flag of Italy DF Luca Franchini
8 Flag of Brazil MF Guilherme Raymundo do Prado
9 Flag of Italy FW Giorgio Corona
10 Flag of Italy MF Gaetano Caridi
11 Flag of Italy DF Alessandro Doga
14 Flag of Italy MF Claudio Grauso
16 Flag of Italy GK Gianluca Pegolo
No. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Iacopo Balestri (born 21 June, 1975 in Pisa) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team A For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Luca Franchini (born 31 December, 1983 in Milan) is an Italian football player For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Guilherme do Prado Raymundo (born 31 December, 1981 in Campinas) is a Brazilian footballer. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Giorgio Corona (born May 15, 1974 in Palermo) is an Italian football striker currently playing with Mantova For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Gaetano Caridi, born on July 22, 1980 in Reggio Calabria, is an Italian footballer currently playing for Mantova. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Gianluca Pegolo (born 25 March, 1981 in Bassano del Grappa) is an Italian soccer Goalkeeper. Position Player
17 Flag of Italy MF Stefano Fiore
22 Flag of Italy MF Fabrizio Avanzini
23 Flag of Italy DF Valerio Di Cesare
28 Flag of Italy MF Dario Passoni
31 Flag of Slovenia GK Jasmin Handanovič
32 Flag of Italy FW Alessandro Noselli
33 Flag of Italy MF Emiliano Tarana
55 Flag of Italy DF Filippo Cristante
72 Flag of Italy DF Stefano Sacchetti
83 Flag of Uruguay MF Nicolas Amodio
99 Flag of Italy FW Denis Godeas

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  1. ^ Team (Italian). For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Stefano Fiore (born April 17, 1975 in Cosenza) is an Italian football (soccer player who can play in central Midfield For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Valerio Di Cesare (born May 23, 1983 in Rome) is an Italian football defender, currently on the books of Mantova For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Dario Passoni (born on September 2, 1974 in Cassano d'Adda, MI, Italy) is an Italian football midfielder In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Jasmin Handanovič (born January 28, 1978 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian Football (soccer Goalkeeper. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Nicolás Amodio (born March 10 1983, in Montevideo Uruguay) is a Uruguayan football player Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Denis Godeas (born 27 July, 1975 in Cormons, Gorizia) is an Italian Football (soccer Striker. Roberto Boninsegna (born November 13, 1943 in Mantua) is an Italian former football player Gustavo Giagnoni (born 23 March 1933) is an Italian former footballer and manager from Olbia, Sardinia. Dario Hübner (born April 28 1967 in Muggia, Trieste) nicknamed Bisonte, is an Italian Football Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (born March 31, 1939 in Düren) is a former German footballer. Ángelo Benedicto Miguel Sormani (born July 3 1939 at Jaú, Brazil) is a former Italian footballer of Brazilian origin Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football Goalkeeper and is the oldest winner Ottavio Bianchi (born October 6, 1943) is an Italian former football player and coach Mario Corso, nicknamed Mariolino, (born August 25, 1941) is an Italian former football player and coach Edmondo Fabbri (born 16 November 1921 in Castel Bolognese; died in 1995 in Castel San Pietro Terme) was an Italian Football (soccer Nándor Hidegkuti ( March 3 1922 &ndash February 14, 2002) was a Hungarian football player and manager Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. AC Mantova. Retrieved on 2008-05-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen

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