Empoli

Full name	Empoli Football Club SpA
Nickname(s)
Founded	1920
Ground	Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli, Italy
Capacity	19,847
Chairman	Fabrizio Corsi
Manager	Mario Somma
League	Serie A
2005-06	Serie B, 2nd (1st after Genoa's recoiling)
Home colours Away colours

Empoli F.C. is a football club based in Empoli, Tuscany, and formed in 1920, even if its first official match was in 1921. The club has spent a large part of recent years bouncing between Italy's two top divisions. Most recently, Empoli was relegated from Serie A to Serie B in 2004, but secured promotion back to Serie A at the first opportunity, finishing first after the recoiling of Genoa at last position in Serie B, and this August it will started this 7th season in serie A, quite a record for a town of 45.308 inhabitants. Empoli F.C.s badge Image by http://www. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Empoli is a town in Tuscany, Italy, about 30 km southwest of Florence. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ... Serie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Football jersey white right sash File links The following pages link to this file: Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama Template talk:Football kit Associação Atlética Ponte Preta User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image:Kit body sashonwhite. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... Empoli is a town in Tuscany, Italy, about 30 km southwest of Florence. ... Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria and Marche to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ... Serie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genoa Cricket and Football Club is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. ... Serie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. ...

The team's colors are blue and white; for the 2005-2006 season, home shirt for the team is completely blue, as well as shorts and socks; away shirt is instead completely white with a big blue strip on the front-left side of the shirt.

Current first team squad

As of September 2005

No. Position Player 1 GK Gianluca Berti 3 DF Stefano Lucchini 4 MF Sergio Bernardo Almiron 5 MF Davide Moro 6 DF Andrea Coda 7 FW Nicola Pozzi (on loan from AC Milan) 8 MF Riccardo Bonetto 9 FW Mirco Gasparetto 10 FW Francesco Tavano 15 DF Richard Vanigli 18 MF Matteo Serafini 20 MF Daniele Buzzegoli

No. Position Player 21 MF Francesco Lodi 22 FW Giorgio Noviello 23 GK Daniele Balli 24 MF Antonio Buscè (vice-captain) 27 MF Fabrizio Ficini (captain) 33 MF Paolo Zanetti 36 DF Nicola Ascoli 37 GK Renato Dossena 46 DF Andrea Raggi 50 DF Francesco Pratali 80 MF Ighli Vannucchi 99 FW Christian Riganò (on loan from Fiorentina)

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In association football (soccer), a defender is a player whose position of play is behind the midfielders and first and foremost provide support to the goalkeeper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... In association football (soccer), a defender is a player whose position of play is behind the midfielders and first and foremost provide support to the goalkeeper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... In association football (soccer), a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Strikers, also known as centre forwards, forwards, and attackers, are the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing teams goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. ... ACF Fiorentina, formerly Associazione Calcio Fiorentina, is an Italian football club based in Florence (Firenze), Tuscany. ...

External link

• Empoli's official website
• Empoli fans website