FC Lumezzane
{{short description|Italian association football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Lumezzane
| nickname = Lume
| ground = Stadio Tullio Saleri
| capacity = 4,150
| image = FC Lumezzane crest.svg
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| fullname = Football Club Lumezzane srl
| founded = 1946
2018 (refounded)
| chairman = Andrea Caracciolo
| chrtitle =
| manager = Arnaldo Franzini
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| league = {{Italian football updater|Lumezzane}}
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| website = {{URL|https://www.fclumezzane.it}}
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F.C. Lumezzane, commonly known just as Lumezzane, is an Italian association football club based in Lumezzane, Lombardy. The club currently competes in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.
History
=A.C. Lumezzane =
{{recentism|date=June 2019}}
Lumezzane was founded in 1946.{{cite web|url=http://www.lumezzanecalcio.it/albori.htm |title=la storia |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208060005/http://www.lumezzanecalcio.it/albori.htm |archive-date=8 February 2012 |publisher=A.C. Lumezzane}}{{primary source inline|date=May 2019}}
The club was promoted to Serie C2 in 1993. Since the promotion, the club remained in the divisions Serie C1 (Lega Pro Prima Divisione) and Serie C2 (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione) from 1993 to 2014.{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.gelocal.it/messaggeroveneto/archivio/messaggeroveneto/2014/08/28/PN_51_03.html|title= Lumezzane, esperienza da vendere in serie C |date=28 August 2014|access-date=13 June 2019|newspaper=Messaggero Veneto|publisher=GEDI Gruppo Editoriale|language=Italian}} The club also participated in 2014–15 Lega Pro season, the first unified Lega Pro/Serie C division since 1978.
In the regular season of 2007–08 Serie C2, Lumezzane finished fourth in the Group A and qualified for the promotional playoffs. The team defeated third-placed Rodengo Saiano in the semi-finals, 2–1 on aggregate. In the finals, it defeated fifth-placed Mezzocorona because it was the higher classified team after the pair ended in a 0–0 aggregate tie, thus winning promotion to the now-called Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season.
On 26 November 2009, Lumezzane caused an upset in the 2009–10 Coppa Italia, beating Atalanta B.C. (a Serie A team) 3–1 away from home.{{Cite book |last=Losapio |first=Andrea |title=1001 storie e curiosità sulla grande Atalanta che dovresti conoscere |publisher=Newton Compton Editori |year=2020 |at=section 686 |isbn=978-88-227-4635-1 |location=Rome |language=it}}
=2018 refoundation=
A.C. Lumezzane relegated to Serie D in 2017. The club finished as the 15th of 2017–18 Serie D Group B, which relegated again. In June 2018, the club folded.
At the same time, another club, Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica ValgobbiaZanano, was renamed to Football Club Lumezzane V.G.Z. Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica, claiming as an heir of A.C. Lumezzane.{{cite news|url=https://www.bresciaoggi.it/home/sport/brescia-calcio/valgobbiazanano-l-obiettivo-è-stupire-1.6702691|title=ValgobbiaZanano, l'obiettivo è stupire|date=20 August 2018|access-date=23 May 2019|website=bresciaoggi.it|language=Italian}} V.G.Z. is the acronym of ValgobbiaZanano.{{cite news|url=https://www.bresciaoggi.it/home/sport/col-lumezzane-vgz-si-chiude-una-ferita-torneremo-grandi-1.6754964|title=Col Lumezzane Vgz si chiude una ferita "Torneremo grandi"|date=15 September 2018|access-date=13 June 2019|website=bresciaoggi.it|language=Italian}} The new club also acquired the logo and some assets of A.C. Lumezzane.{{cite news|url=https://www.giornaledibrescia.it/sport/a-lumezzane-si-chiude-l-era-cavagna-1.3277063|title=A Lumezzane si chiude l’era Cavagna|date=6 June 2018|access-date=13 June 2019|website=giornaledibrescia.it}}
ValgobbiaZanano was a football club that finished as the regular season runner-up of Group D of Promozione Lombardy in {{ill|2017–18 Promozione Lombardy|it|Promozione Lombardia 2017–2018|lt=2017–18 season}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.crlombardia.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2-PROMOZIONE.doc|title=Promozione|date=31 May 2018|access-date=13 June 2019|publisher=FIGC-LND Lombardy|language=Italian|format=Microsoft Word}} However, the club was the losing side in the promotion play-offs. A.C. ValgobbiaZanano was a merger of "A.C. Valgobbia", a team from Lumezzane and "A.C. Zanano Comisport", a team from Zanano frazione of Sarezzo circa 2003.{{cite journal|url=https://www.figc.it/figclegacyassets/assets/contentresources_2/contenutogenerico/608/c_2_contenutogenerico_4864_lstallegati_allegato1_upfallegato.pdf|title=Cambi di denominazione sociale|journal=Comunicato Ufficiale|department=Segreteria Federale|publisher=Italian Football Federation|volume=2003–04|issue=103/A|date=24 November 2003|access-date=13 June 2019|language=Italian}} The prefix of the club was changed to A.S.D. from A.C. in some time later. {{ill|Val Gobbia|it}} itself is a valley of the Lumezzane area.
In {{ill|2018–19 Promozione Lombardy|it|Promozione Lombardia 2018-2019#Girone D|lt=2018–19 season}}, the new Lumezzane won the promotional playoffs of Group D, thus entered the final stage of the playoffs which compete with other winners from other groups,{{cite news|url=https://bresciasettegiorni.it/sport/calcio-i-risultati-di-domenica-12-maggio/|title=Calcio: i risultati di domenica 12 maggio|date=12 May 2019|access-date=13 June 2019|website=bresciasettegiorni.it|language=Italian}} for the spot to promote to Eccellenza Lombardy in 2019–20 season. Lumezzane, however, lost to {{ill|A.S.D. Sant'Angelo|it|Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Sant'Angelo|lt=Sant'Angelo}} in aggregate in the first round of the inter-groups playoffs.{{cite news|url=https://www.ilcittadino.it/sport/2019/05/22/sant-angelo-al-triangolare-finale-video/4qpv6MNuroNYQZ3dnb2ux3/index.html|title= Sant’Angelo al triangolare finale - VIDEO |date=22 May 2019|access-date=13 June 2019|newspaper=Il Cittadino|language=Italian}} In the season 2019–20 Lumezzane competed in Eccellenza, the fifth tier of Italian football.
In 2021, the club's name was changed to F.C. Lumezzane S.S.D., thus severing every reference to ValgobbiaZanano. Lumezzane won promotion to Serie D in 2022 and a second consecutive promotion the following year, thus marking the club's return to professionalism after six years of amateur football.{{cite web |language=it |publisher=Giornale di Brescia |url=https://www.giornaledibrescia.it/sport/calcio/vittoria-a-varese-e-promozione-il-lumezzane-torna-in-serie-c-dopo-6-anni-1.3890945 |date=7 May 2023 |title=Vittoria a Varese e promozione: il Lumezzane torna in serie C dopo 6 anni}}
Current squad
{{Updated|26 January 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Stefano Filigheddu}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Jacopo Deratti}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Eros Pisano}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Anthony Taugourdeau}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Cesare Pogliano}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Marco Moscati}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Manuele Malotti}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Niccolò Corti}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Elias Ottolini}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Joshua Tenkorang|other={{small|on loan from Cremonese}}}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Samuele D'Agostino}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Alessandro Dalmazzi}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Matteo Carnelos}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Mario Piga|other={{small|on loan from Pescara}}}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Marco Pagliari}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Emanuele Terranova}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Matteo Scanzi}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Marco Tremolada|other={{small|on loan from Como}}}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Matteo Ferro}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Mattia Iori}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Gaetano Monachello}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Edoardo Ferretti}}
{{Fs player|no=53|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Tommaso Pittino|other={{small|on loan from Genoa}}}}
{{Fs player|no=66|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Samuele Regazzetti|other={{small|on loan from Cremonese}}}}
{{Fs player|no=73|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Alessandro Arici}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Orazio Pannitteri}}
{{Fs player|no=92|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Enrico Baldini}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Giacomo Toniolo|other={{small|on loan from Hellas Verona}}}}
{{Fs end}}
=Out on loan=
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{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Manuel Poledri|other={{small|at Pro Palazzolo until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Mirco Lipari|other={{small|at Pontedera until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs end}}
Players of note
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Pini (2006/07–12, 2014–15) - Made over 100 league appearances
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Mario Balotelli (2006–07) - Champions League and Serie A winner of Inter Milan and Premier League and FA Cup winner of Manchester City, he graduated from Lumezzane academy and grew up nearby in Concesio.
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brocchi (1997–98) - Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia winner of AC Milan, he made 30 appearances for Lumezzane on loan during his third professional season.
Colours and badge
The colours of the team are red and blue. {{Cite web|url=http://genoadomani.it/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1646|title=Il signor Giambortolo Pozzi, Presidente genoano del Lumezzane|publisher=Vittorio Riccadonna|date=5 April 2006|access-date=29 August 2023|language=it}}
A.C. Lumezzane used a logo that resembled the crest of the comune of Lumezzane. F.C. Lumezzane also used a similar design, with the inclusion of the VGZ design from 2018.
{{Clear}}
Honours
- Coppa Italia Serie C
- Winners (1): 2009–10
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|https://www.fclumezzane.it|name=Official website of F.C. Lumezzane V.G.Z. A.S.D.}} {{in lang|it}}
- [https://www.valgobbiazanano.com Official website of A.S.D. Valgobbiazanano]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613061421/https://www.valgobbiazanano.com/ |date=13 June 2019 }} {{in lang|it}}.
{{Serie C}}
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Category:Football clubs in Lombardy
Category:Association football clubs established in 2018