A.S. Cittadella

Football club infobox
clubname = Cittadella


fullname = Associazione Sportiva Cittadella SpA
nickname = "Citta"
founded = 1973
ground = Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato, Cittadella, Italy
capacity = 4,063 | chairman = Angelo Gabrielli
manager = Claudio Foscarini
league = Serie B
season = 2007-08
position = Serie C1/A, 3rd
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Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto. Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of "U.S. Cittadellense" and "A.S. Olympia". After defeating Cremonese in the 2007-08 Serie C1/A playoffs, they won promotion to Serie B having appeared only twice before in that division; from 1999 until 2001.

During their first stay in Serie B, the club played in Stadio Euganeo in Padua and, in an attempt to expand the fanbase, was renamed "A.S. Cittadella Padova", being Padua ("Padova" in Italian) the capital city of Cittadella's referring province.

For the 2008-09 Serie B season, there are projects to boost the capacity of the Stadio Tombolato to 7,500, in order to let the club play in their home town, although it will need special dispensation from the FIGC, that requires a stadium of at least 10,000 seats for Serie B. The expansion is scheduled to be completed by the end of October 2008. In the meantime, Cittadella will play in Stadio Omobono Tenni in Treviso, about 40km away. [cite news |url=http://www.calciopress.net/news/124/ARTICLE/4893/2008-06-14.html |publisher=Calciopress.net |language=Italian |title=Cittadella, la B al Tombolato |accessdate=2008-07-28 |date=2008-06-14] [cite news |url=http://www.c1siamo.net/forum/il-forum-dei-tifosi-serie-b/9916-cittadella-scelto-lo-stadio.html |publisher=C1siamo.net |language=Italian |title=Cittadella: scelto lo stadio |accessdate=2008-07-28 |date=2008-07-17]

Current squad

"As of 2008-09-15" [cite web|accessdate=2008-08-14|language=Italian|publisher=AS Cittadella|url=http://www.ascittadella.it/SquadraMain.asp|title=La Squadra] [cite web|accessdate=2008-08-14|language=Italian|publisher=Lega Nazionale Professionisti|url=http://www.lega-calcio.it/comun/0809/cs3.pdf|title=Variazione numerazione maglie]

External links

* [http://www.ascittadella.it/ Official site]

References