U.C. ALBINOLEFFE

'Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe' is an Italian football club based in Leffe and Albino, province of Bergamo, Lombardy. The team currently plays Serie B.
AlbinoLeffe plays its home matches at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo. Its official colours are blue and azure.

Contents

History

Current first team squad

References

Noted players

Honours

External link

History

The club was formed in 1998 from the merger of former Serie C2 teams ''Albinese Calcio'' and ''S.C. Leffe'', respectively from Albino and Leffe, two neighbouring towns. After being promoted to Italian Serie C1, in 2003 AlbinoLeffe, under coach Elio Gustinetti, gained a surprising triumph for the division play-off final, beating Pisa Calcio, which gave them the right to play Serie B.
The team plays its home matches at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, in Bergamo, which is the capital city of the province AlbinoLeffe belongs to. It does so because of the tiny capacity of the 2,260-seat Leffe city stadium, where AlbinoLeffe played its matches for divisions lower than Serie B. Even though AlbinoLeffe was considered to be an outsider for the Serie B, which historically includes many several titled clubs, the team concluded its two last seasons avoiding relegation. Albinoleffe ended 2005/2006 in eighteenth place after a great second half to the season following the appointment of experienced Emiliano Mondonico as new head coach, and again maintained a place in the 2006/2007 Serie B, winning the relegation playoffs against Avellino (2-0, 2-3). The 2006-2007 Serie B campaign, the fourth consecutive for the small Lombardian team, ended in a good tenth place, well ahead the relegation zone.
AlbinoLeffe home matches have historically been characterized by very low attendances, notably with an average 2,400 spectators in the 2006-07 season, the most successful in the club history.^[1]

Current first team squad

''As of September 8, 2007''^[2]

References

1. Serie B 06-07 attendances
2. Rosa

Noted players

★ Giuseppe Signori played with S.C. Leffe in 1984-85 and in 1985-86

★ Filippo Inzaghi played with S.C. Leffe in 1992-93

★ Giuseppe Biava (currently playing with US Palermo)

Honours

★ 'Coppa Italia of Serie C'

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★ Champions 2002

★ 'Serie C1 group A'

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★ Runners up 2003

★ 'Serie C2 group A'

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★ Runners up 1999

External link

★ UC AlbinoLeffe's official website