- Bologna F.C. 1909
Football club infobox
clubname = Bologna
fullname = Bologna Football Club 1909 SpA
nickname = "Rossoblu " (Red-Blues);
"Felsinei"
founded = 1909
ground =Stadio Renato Dall'Ara ,Bologna ,Italy
capacity = 39,444 | chairman = flagicon|ItalyFrancesca Menarini
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|ItalyDaniele Arrigoni
league =Serie A
season = 2007-08
position =Serie B , 2nd (promoted)
shirtsupplier=
shirtsponsors=
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=0000ff|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=000088|socks2=FFFFFFBologna Football Club 1909 is an Italian football club based in
Bologna ,Emilia-Romagna . They were formed in 1909 and continue on today. The club are nicknamed the "rossoblù" because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear.During its history the club has won the Italian League Championship seven times. They are the sixth most successful team in the league ever. Bologna F.C. was promoted to
Serie A for the 2008-09 season, having last played in the top division in 2004-05.History
Bologna Football Club's formation was orchestrated by Emilio Arnstein, an
Austria n who became interested in football at university inVienna andPraga . He and his brother had previously founded another football clubBlack Star F.C. in Austria.The club was founded on
3 October ,1909 as AGC Bologna, in the Northern Italian city ofBologna . Upon its formation, Carlo Sandoni was the clubs sponsor and General manager,Swiss man Louis Rauch became president,nobleman Guido Della Valle was the vice-president, Enrico Penagliasecretary , Sergio Lampronticashier , while Emilio Arnstein and Leone Vincenzi were appointed councilmen. They are thought to have adopted their red and blue stripes fromCrystal Palace F.C. On
20 March 1910 Bologna played their first ever game, it was against Virtus (who wore white shirts), Bologna outclassed their opponents winning 9-1. The first football squad featured; Koch, Chiara, Pessarelli, Bragaglia, Guido Della Valle, Nanni, Donati, Rauch, Bernabeu, Mezzano and Gradi. Their formative season was spent in the regional league under Arrigo Gradi as captain, Bologna won their league gaining promotion to a league named "Group Veneto-Emiliano". They spent four seasons in this league, never finishing lower than fifth. Bologna were entered into the Northern League before all football leagues were postponed forWorld War I .Champions: 1920s and 1930s
After the first war, Bologna began to become more successful; first reaching the semi-finals of the Northern Italian competition in 1919-20, they went one better the following season by reaching the Northern League finals; going out 2-1 to Pro Vercelli. They would equal this again in 1923-24, coming runner up to (eventual National champions) Genoa.
Bologna became Northern and National League champions for the first time during 1924-25, thrashing
A.S. Roma 6-0 to take the championship. A few seasons later Bologna became champions of Italy for the second time in 1928-29 giving them a foothold in Italian football, building up a legacy, this was the last time the league was competed in the old system,Serie A was instated the following year.The Scudetto was won by Bologna four more times before
World War II , these were achieved in; 1935-36, 1936-37, 1938-39 and 1940-41.Post-World War II
After
World War II , the club was less successful. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the club generally floated between 4th, 5th and 6th position in the league, until they took the league title back in 1963-64. To date this remains their lastSerie A championship, bringing the club's total to seven.It wasn't all doom and gloom for the club however, in the 1970s they won the
Italian Cup twice, the second of which was competed againstPalermo , the game was tense and finished 1-1 beforing going to apenalty shootout , Bologna won the shootout 4-3.Climbing Down and back up the Leagues
Beginning in the 1981-82 season the club began to slide, first they were relegated from
Serie A after battling it out for survival withCagliari andGenoa . They were relegated twice in succession and slid intoSerie C1 . They won their way out of C1 the next year, and returned toSerie A for the 1988-89 season after four years of fighting it out inSerie B .They did not remain long, however, being relegated in 1991 and returning to
Serie C1 in 1993. The club returned to Serie A for 1996, two years later Bologna tastes a slice of success on theEurope an stage; winning theUEFA Intertoto Cup and playing in theUEFA Cup . The club remained in Serie A until the 2004/05 campaign, losing toParma in the playoffs.Recent times
Despite losing some key players, Bologna expected to be challenging strongly for promotion from
Serie B in the 2005-06 campaign. However, despite its ambition, Bologna had a poor start to the season, causing the sacking of experienced coachRenzo Ulivieri , replaced byAndrea Mandorlini .During this time, the team was sold by
Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascara toAlfredo Cazzola , a local entrepreneur. However, Mandorlini was not either able to bring Bologna up the Serie B table, and was fired onMarch 5 ,2006 ; Ulivieri was then appointed back as team coach, after having been sacked a few months before. Bologna ended the 2005-2006 Serie B campaign in eighth place. In the 2006-2007 season, Bologna ended with the seventh place: the season has been however characterized by several clashes between chairman Cazzola and head coach Ulivieri, who was ultimately fired onApril 14 ,2007 and replaced by caretaker and former assistant coachLuca Cecconi . For the 2007-2008 season, Bologna was led byDaniele Arrigoni , who helped the Rossoblu achieve automatic promotion back to the top flight after finishing second in Serie B.Current squad
"As of
September 12 2008 " [cite web|publisher=Bologna FC 1909|url=http://www.bolognafc.it/page.asp?p=11Prima&m=11&l=1|title=La rosa 2008-2009 del Bologna F.C. 1909|language=Italian|accessdate=2008-08-02] [cite web|publisher=Lega Nazionale Professionisti|accessdate=2008-08-25|url=http://www.lega-calcio.it/comun/0809/cs8.pdf|title=Variazione numerazione maglie|language=Italian|format=PDF]Out on loan
Presidential history
Bologna have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents. Here is a complete list of Bologna presidents from 1909 until the present day. [cite news|url=http://www.federossoblu.net/it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=66|publisher=FedeRossoblu.net|title=Tutti I Presidenti del Bologna|date=
13 October 2007 ]Managerial history
Bologna have had many managers and trainers, some seasons they have had co-managers running the team, here is a chronological list of them from 1920 onwards. [cite news|url=http://www.federossoblu.net/it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=65|publisher=FedeRossoblu.net|title=Tutti Gli Allenatori del Bologna|date=
13 October 2007 ]Honours
Italian Football Championship /Serie A : 7:*Champions: 1924–25; 1928–29; 1935–36; 1936–37; 1938–39; 1940–41; 1963–64:*Runners-up: 1931–32; 1939–40Italian Cup "2": :*Winners: 1969–70, 1973–74
Mitropa Cup "3": :*Winners: 1932, 1934, 1961UEFA Intertoto Cup ::*Winners: 1998Italian Northern League::*Winners: 1924–25:*Runners-up: 1920–21, 1923–24, 1925–26
Famous players
References
External links
* [http://www.bolognafc.it Official Website] it icon
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