U.S. Sassuolo Calcio

Football club infobox
clubname = Sassuolo


fullname = Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio SRL
nickname =
founded = 1922
ground = Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena, Italy
capacity = 20,507 | chairman = Carlo Rossi
manager = Andrea Mandorlini
league = Serie B
season = 2007-08
position = Serie C1/A, 1st
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Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1922. Their home stadium is Stadio Enzo Ricci, but due to its tiny capacity, Sassuolo will play in Modena's Stadio Alberto Braglia [ [http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/societa.php Sito ufficiale US Sassuolo Calcio - La Società] ] . The team's colors are green and black.

History

A team with a long history into lower league football, Sassuolo reached Serie C1 in 2006, after winning the promotion playoffs beating Sansovino in the finals. In the following years, Sassuolo proved to be a serious contender for promotion to Serie B, barely missing it in 2007, with Gian Marco Remondina as head coach, as they lost immediately promotion to Grosseto in the final season days, and being successively defeated by fifth-placed Monza in the playoff semifinals. Remondina then left Sassuolo to join Serie B's Piacenza, and former Serie A player Massimiliano Allegri was then chosen as new head coach.

Under coach Allegri, Sassuolo quickly revived their hopes to finally obtain promotion to Serie B; this ultimately became true on April 27, 2008, when Sassuolo won the Serie C1/A title, thus ensuring a historical promotion to Serie B, the first in the club's history. [cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/04/sezioni/sport/calcio/ritornano-in-b/ritornano-in-b/ritornano-in-b.html |publisher=La Repubblica |title=Sassuolo e Salernitana in serie B, promozione storica per gli emiliani |accessdate=2008-04-27 |date=2008-04-27 |language=Italian]

Following the "neroverdi"'s promotion to the Italian second tier, Allegri successively left Sassuolo to fill the head coaching position at Serie A team Cagliari. On July 2008 the club announced to have filled this vacancy by appointing former Atalanta and Siena boss Andrea Mandorlini for the upcoming 2008–09 season. Sassuolo is currently at the top of Serie B after a fantastic and surprising start.

Current squad

"As of September 6 2008" [cite web |url=http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/squadra.php|publisher=US Sassuolo Calcio|language=Italian|title=LA SQUADRA|accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite web |url=http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/allegati/presentazione_ufficiale_sassuolo.pdf|publisher=US Sassuolo Calcio|language=Italian|title=Presentazione U.S. Sassuolo 2008/2009|accessdate=2008-07-13] [cite web |url=http://www.lega-calcio.it/comun/0809/cs3.pdf|publisher=Lega Nazionale Professionisti|language=Italian|title=Variazione numerazione maglie|accessdate=2008-07-14]

References

External links

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