Giugliano Calcio 1928 is an Italian association football club based in Giugliano in Campania, in the region of Campania. The club was founded in 1928, and play in the Serie C Group C.

Giugliano
Full nameGiugliano Calcio 1928 s.r.l.
Nickname(s)Tigrotti (Tiger cubs), Gialloblù (Yellow and blue)
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
2010 (re-founded)
2017 (re-founded)
2021 (re-founded)
GroundStadio Alberto De Cristofaro,
Giugliano in Campania, Italy
Capacity6,200
PresidentAlfonso Mazzamauro
ManagerValerio Bertotto
LeagueSerie C Group C
2023–24Serie C Group C, 8th of 20
Websitehttps://www.giugliano1928.it/

History

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The club was founded as Unione Sportiva Fascista Giuglianese in 1928. Giuglianese was admitted to Prima Categoria U.L.I.C. (Free Italian Footballers Union) for the 1928–29 season. In 1929, the team's name was changed to Aurelio Padovani Giugliano and were enrolled in the third regional division championship of the F.I.G.C. and included in Group B.

In 1997-1998 the team won the Scudetto and the Serie D Championship.

In 2022 Giugliano Calcio won Serie D/G, reaching the promotion in Serie C for the next season.

Colors and crest

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Giugliano's colors are blue and yellow. Their circular crest features a prowling tiger and (the year 1928), the original foundation date of the club.

Current squad

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As of 3 September 2024[1]

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 Danilo Russo
2 DF   ITA Antonio Scaravilli
4 MF   ITA Christian Acella (on loan from Cremonese)
7 MF   ITA Antonio Romano
8 MF   ITA Roberto De Rosa
9 FW   ITA Andrea De Paoli
11 FW   CMR Moussadja Njambe
13 DF   ITA Walter Zullo
14 FW   ITA Cristian Padula (on loan from Torino)
15 DF   ITA Daniele Solcia (on loan from Atalanta)
16 GK   ITA Matteo Esposito
17 MF   ITA Carmine Giorgione
18 MF   ITA Michele Masala
20 FW   ITA Tobia Cuciniello
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   ITA Francesco De Francesco
23 DF   ITA Alessandro Minelli
24 DF   ITA Marco Caldore
28 MF   ITA Enrico Celeghin
30 MF   ITA Flavio Ciuferri
32 FW   ESP Ibourahima Baldé
33 DF   ITA Salvatore Dario La Vardera
34 MF   ITA Sergio Maselli
44 MF   ITA Luciano Peluso
45 DF   ALB Ardit Nuredini
70 MF   ITA Giuseppe D'Agostino (on loan from Napoli)
71 GK   ITA Davide Barosi (on loan from Ascoli)
77 DF   ITA Andrea Valdesi
MF   ITA Valerio Labriola

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ITA Giacomo Mancini (at Fulgens Foligno until 30 June 2025)

Honours

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Bibliography

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  • Buonanno, Paolo (2013). 85 anni di calcio a Giugliano, Una storia in gialloblu (in Italian). Giugliano in Campania: Abbiabbè.
  • Buonanno, Paolo (2018). Il Sogno della C2 e dello Scudetto Dilettanti (in Italian). Giugliano in Campania: Abbiabbè.

References

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  1. ^ "Giugliano squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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