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 B
2019–20Serie C Group B, 12th 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

Its colours are red and blue.

Current squad
As of 5 October 2020

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
2 DF  ITA Antonio Pinto
3 DF  ITA Francesco Mazzolo (on loan from Udinese)
4 DF  ITA Mattia Pessot
5 DF  ARG Santiago Visentin
6 DF  ITA Manuel Daffara
7 MF  ITA Simone Bentivoglio
8 MF  ITA Andrea Delcarro
9 FW  MAR Rachid Arma
10 FW  ITA Domenico Danti
11 FW  ITA Filippo Pittarello
12 GK  ITA Mattia Chiesa (on loan from Verona)
13 FW  ITA Mattia De Rigo (on loan from Virtus Entella)
14 MF  ITA Nicola Danieli
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  ITA Marco Amadio
16 MF  ITA Riccardo Cazzola
17 MF  ITA Lorenzo Lonardi
18 MF  ITA Enrico Manconi (on loan from Chievo)
20 DF  ITA Andrea Carlevaris (on loan from San Luigi)
21 MF  ITA Davide Marcandella (on loan from Padova)
22 GK  GAM Sheikh Sibi
23 DF  ITA Filippo Pellacani
24 FW  ITA Arturo Lupoli
25 FW  ITA Michael De Marchi (on loan from Cittadella)
26 GK  ITA Simone Baravelli
27 DF  ITA Gianni Manfrin
28 FW  ITA Jacopo Bridi
30 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
  1. http://www.usvirtusbv.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=248
  2. http://www.europlan-online.de/files/9a2576d4d123d73e2f3be4fd7f907eca.JPG
  3. https://www.facebook.com/virtus.veronaantifascista
  4. https://www.facebook.com/virtusveronarudefirm1921/?fref=ts


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