Messina

Full name	Football Club Peloro Messina SRL
Nickname(s)	Biancoscudati
Founded	1972
Ground	Stadio San Filippo, Messina, Italy
Capacity	40,200
Chairman	Vincenzo Franza
Manager	Giampiero Ventura
League	Serie B
2005-06	Serie A, 18th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

F.C. Messina Peloro is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. The club was formed in 1900. In 1996, due to financial problems, ACR Messina was relegated to the "Eccellenza" league by the federation. During this period a new club was formed called "FC Messina Peloro"; this new team currently plays in Italian Serie A, having returned there in 2004, their last Serie A appearance being in 1965. Messina had secured promotion by finishing 4th in the Serie B league in the 2003/04 season, one of six teams to be promoted to the top flight that year. The team's colors are red and yellow. Its stadium is the 43,000 seater Stadio San Filippo. This work is copyrighted. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Stadio San Filippo is a football stadium in Messina, Italy. ... Location within Italy Messina with a population of about 260,000 is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Serie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. ... Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the 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. ... Image File history File links Kit_body_yellow_left_half. ... 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. ... body 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... 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... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Location within Italy Messina with a population of about 260,000 is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. ... Sicilian redirects here. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Serie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. ... Stadio San Filippo is a football stadium in Messina, Italy. ...

After being many people's tip to be one of the teams relegated from Serie A in the 2004/05 season, Messina surprised many by producing several good results (the pick of which was a shock win at the San Siro against AC Milan) to stay clear of relegation throughout the whole season, and eventually finished in 7th place in the table, just a single place away from securing a UEFA Cup place. Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ... AC Milan is an Italian football club. ... UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ...

Despite this impressive form however, Messina still were in danger of being relegated from Serie A at the end of the season due to a possiblity of not having enough finances available to compete in the league. Eventually, though, they successfully managed to stay in the Serie A League.

In the 2005/2006 season they were relegated from top division after Day 36 losing the derby against Reggina with the final results of 3-0. However, Messina may be escaped from relegation to Serie B due to Serie A scandal of 2006. In May 2006, perhaps the largest match fixing scandal in the history of Italian Serie A football was uncovered by Italian police, implicating league champions Juventus, and powerhouses A.C. Milan, Fiorentina, and Lazio. ...

Current first team squad

As of February 3, 2006

No. Position Player 1 GK Marco Storari 2 DF Rahman Rezaei 4 DF Filippo Cristante 5 MF Massimo Donati (on loan from A.C. Milan) 6 DF Salvatore Aronica 7 MF Gaetano D'Agostino (on loan from A.S. Roma) 8 DF Marco Zoro 9 FW Roberto Nanni (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 10 MF Rafael Renato Bondi 11 FW Arturo Di Napoli 12 GK Andrea Pansera 14 FW Giuseppe Sculli

No. Position Player 18 FW Sergio Floccari 19 DF Alessandro Parisi 20 FW Zlatan Muslimović (on loan from Udinese) 24 MF Carmine Coppola (vice-captain) 25 DF Antonio Nocerino 27 DF Marco Zanchi 28 DF Duccio Innocenti (on loan from Atalanta) 41 MF Salvatore Sullo (captain) 46 MF Andrea Tummiolo 78 MF Filippo Agomeri Antonelli 88 GK Nicholas Caglioni 90 DF Rafael

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Players on loan

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Notable former players

• Salvatore Schillaci

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External links

• (Italian) (Japanese) Messina's official website
• (Italian) Messina Calcio Fansite
• (English) Messina statistics