U.S. Pianese

Unione Sportiva Pianese is an Italian football club from Piancastagnaio, Tuscany. They will play Serie C in 2019–20 for the first time after winning their Serie D group in 2018–19.

Pianese
Full nameUnione Sportiva Pianese SrL
Nickname(s)Bianconeri (the white and blacks), Zebrette (little zebras), Amiatesi or Amiatini (guys from mount Amiata)
Founded1930
GroundStadio Comunale, Piancastagnaio (renovating)
Stadio Carlo Zecchini, Grosseto[1]
Capacity1,000
ChairmanMaurizio Sani
ManagerPasquale Catalano
LeagueSerie D Group E
2019–20Serie C Group A, 19th of 20 (relegated via play-offs)

History

The club was founded in 1930. They won their first promotion to Serie D in 2009–10, and successively their first league title in the top amateur league of Italy in 2018–19, thus ensuring themselves the right to play Serie C.

From 2006 to 2019, in compliance with Italian rules regarding amateur clubs, U.S. Pianese changed its name in U.S. Pianese A.S.D.

In February 2020 U.S. Pianese became the first professional football club to report a case of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Early logo (dismissed in 2019)

Current squad
As of 16 September 2020[2].

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF  ITA Luca Simeoni
13 DF  ITA Francesco Gagliardi (captain)
16 DF  ITA Gabriele Zagaria
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW  ITA Damiano Rinaldini
25 DF  ITA Simone Fortuni
26 FW  ITA Marco Tampwo

References
  1. PIANESE, CONSEGNATA TUTTA LA DOCUMENTAZIONE NECESSARIA PER L'UTILIZZO DELLO STADIO DI GROSSETO – uspianeseasd.it (in Italian), 17 June 2019
  2. "Pianese squad". Soccerway.


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