SS Arezzo

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Full name	Società Sportiva Arezzo
Nicknames	Amaranto (Dark Reds) Cavallo Rampante (Rampant Horse)
Founded	1923 (1923)
Ground	Stadio Città di Arezzo, Arezzo, Italy
Capacity	13,128
Chairman	Giorgio La Cava
Manager	Cristian Bucchi
League	Serie C Group B
2024–25	Serie C Group B, 5th of 20
Website	www.ssarezzo.it
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Società Sportiva Arezzo (formerly Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo and Associazione Calcio Arezzo) is an Italian association football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1923, refounded in 1993 after going bankrupt and refounded in 2010 after being unable to enroll in the tournament. The club currently plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.

History

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Former AC Arezzo logo

The club was founded on 9 September 1923, by a group of friends, and football fans, as Juventus Football Club Arezzo (in honour of Juventus F.C.). In 1930, following a merge with several other minor Arezzo teams, the club became Unione Sportiva Arezzo, which was admitted in 1935 to new-born Serie C division. The team was relegated from Serie C in 1953, following several financial troubles, returning to Serie C division five years later. In 1961, Arezzo started to play its games in the Stadio Comunale, its current venue. In 1966, Arezzo promoted to Serie B for the first time; in order to celebrate the triumph, Arezzo played a friendly match with Brazilian team Vasco da Gama, winning it 2–1. However, the next year Arezzo was not able to remain in the division, and returned to Serie C the following year. But in 1969 Arezzo again won Serie C, and returned to play in Serie B, where it played until 1975. In 1971, Arezzo signed striker Francesco Graziani, who quickly became a fan favourite and a key player for the team.

The third promotion to Serie B came in 1982, under coach Antonio Valentin Angelillo, with Tullio Gritti as striker. The previous year, Arezzo had won its first (and only) Italy's Serie C Cup, defeating Ternana in the finals. In 1984, Arezzo barely missed promotion to Serie A, ending just five points back from the last promotion place. In 1988, despite a team accordingly built to promote to Serie A, Arezzo relegated to Serie C1. Arezzo disbanded in 1993, following financial troubles, being excluded by Serie C1 seven football days before the end of the season. Following the cancellation, a pool of shareholders led by former Arezzo star Ciccio Graziani founded Associazione Calcio Arezzo, admitted to Serie D. In 1996 an unknown coach with a few lower division experiences, Serse Cosmi, was appointed as new manager. Despite his complete lack of experience in the division, Cosmi immediately won hands down Serie D, leading Arezzo back to professional football. In 1998, again with Cosmi, Arezzo qualified to and won the Serie C2 promotion playoffs, gaining promotion to Serie C1. In 1999/2000, despite the contributions of Fabio Bazzani, Arezzo lost promotion playoffs; the following year, after Cosmi left Arezzo for Serie A side Perugia, Antonio Cabrini was appointed as new coach, and Mario Frick replaced Bazzani as forward. The team returned to Serie B in 2004, with Mario Somma as coach; the next season, which saw Pasquale Marino replacing Somma, who signed for Empoli, Arezzo barely maintained a Serie B place.

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1973–74 Arezzo

At the end of the 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club, due to financial problems, were unable to enroll to the next season tournament. A new club with the Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo denomination was entered in Serie D.

In November 2010 the club was acquired by a consortium of Rome-based entrepreneurs (including popular actor Luca Zingaretti) for a sum of €400,000; the new owners immediately made a number of changes, appointing former Cagliari player Maurizio Coppola as head coach and former Serie A star Abel Balbo as assistant coach and technical area coordinator.

On 1 July 2012 the club was renamed Unione Sportiva Arezzo with Balbo as new head coach, replaced since 30 October 2012 by Michele Bacis.

On 9 January 2013 Mauro Ferretti, an enreprenuer from Rome, bought the club. A few weeks later, on 28 January, Federico Nofri replaced Bacis as coach.

For the 2013–14 season, Davide Mezzanotti was appointed as new coach. After the club ended in third place, Ezio Capuano was named new head coach; later in September 2014, Arezzo was readmitted to Lega Pro to fill a vacancy. Under Capuano's tenure (which lasted until April 2016), the club safely escaped relegation on both seasons. For the 2016–17 season, the club came with a new head coach, Stefano Sottili, and a number of major signings such as former Serie A player Davide Moscardelli.

League and cup history

Season	A	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8	Pts.	Pl.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
2004–05		14							51	42	12	15	15	51	52	−1
2005–06		7							66	42	17	15	10	45	34	+11
2010–11					9				45	34	11	11	12	42	41	+11

Scoring history

Highest scoring and best win:

• 2004–05 season: 5–3, defeated Verona

Players

Current squad

As of 19 September 2025

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Luca Trombini
3	DF	ITA	Fabio Tito
6	MF	ITA	Alessandro Renzi
7	MF	ITA	Filippo Guccione
8	MF	GHA	Shaka Mawuli
10	FW	ITA	Emiliano Pattarello
11	MF	GNB	Muhamed Varela Djamanca
12	GK	ITA	Amoris Galli
13	DF	ITA	Matteo Gilli
14	MF	ITA	Marco Meli (on loan from Juve Stabia)
15	DF	ITA	Nicolò Gigli
17	DF	ITA	Mirko Lazzarini
19	DF	ITA	Marco Chiosa
21	MF	ITA	Camillo Tavernelli

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	ITA	Giacomo Venturi
23	DF	ITA	Matteo Arena
24	MF	ITA	Luca Chierico
26	DF	ITA	Filippo De Col
37	DF	ITA	Samuele Righetti
45	MF	ITA	Francesco Perrotta
71	FW	ITA	Pietro Cianci
77	FW	ITA	Francesco Dell'Aquila (on loan from Torino)
78	MF	ITA	Gennaro Iaccarino (on loan from Napoli)
83	MF	ITA	Gabriele Ferrara
90	FW	ITA	Mattia Concetti
91	FW	ITA	Mario Ravasio
92	MF	ITA	Jacopo Dezi

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Niccolò Bigi (at Scafatese until 30 June 2026)
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Coccia (at Pianese until 30 June 2026)
—	MF	ITA	Mattia Damiani (at Arzignano until 30 June 2026)
—	MF	ITA	Simone Fiore (at Lodigiani until 30 June 2026)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Federico Malvestuto (at Sarnese until 30 June 2026)
—	MF	ITA	Ettore Sani (at Lodigiani until 30 June 2026)
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Capello (at Vicenza until 30 June 2026)

Notable players

See also: Category:SS Arezzo players

Notable managers

Antonio Conte

Maurizio Sarri

Honours

• Coppa Italia Serie C

Winners: 1980–81

• Supercoppa di Serie C

Winners: 2004

External links

• Official website