Virtus_Verona Knowpia

Virtus Verona
Full name	Associazione Virtusvecomp Verona
Nickname(s)	Virtussini; Rossoblù ; (The Red-Blues); I Borgo-Veneziani ; (The Borgo-Venetians); I Ribelli Veronesi ; (The Veronan Rebels)
Founded	1921; 103 years ago
Ground	Stadio Gavagnin Nocini,; Verona, Italy
Capacity	1,200
Chairman	Luigi Fresco
Manager	Luigi Fresco
League	Serie C Group A
2022–23	Serie C Group A, 6th of 20
Website	Club website
	Current season

Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie C.

History edit

The club was founded in 1921 as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia.

Virtus Verona, the third football club in Verona behind Chievo and Hellas Verona, is a unique case in Italy of a club whose chairman, Luigi Fresco, had also been the head coach of the first team for over 41 years, since 1982, after the other historic president Sinibaldo Nocini, who was in charge for 20 years. The club is also notable for being the only Italian professional football team to field a reserve team in the regional amateur divisions.

The club was promoted into professionalism for its first time ever at the end of the 2012–13 season, after winning the national playoff tournament in which they were qualified as fourth-placed in the Girone C of Serie D. At the end of the 2017–18 season, the club return into professionalism, in Serie C, the third tier of Italian soccer.

Colours and badge edit

The social colours are red and blue, traditionally arranged in vertical stripes.

The club’s historical badge is an ancile red palate, closed externally by a white crown, suitable to contain the social name (sometimes written in abbreviated form).

In 2014 this badge was replaced by a shield, in which the corporate name is simplified in Associazione Virtus Verona: the first and third words are placed in the palate field, while the second (colored red) is placed in a curved white band placed in a shield.

The bage from 2014 to 2022.

Current squad edit

As of 1 February 2024.^[3]

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	Alberto Zecchin
3	DF	ITA	Francesco Mazzolo
5	MF	ITA	Dino Mehic
6	DF	ITA	Manuel Daffara
7	FW	ITA	Andrea Nalini
8	MF	ITA	Gianmarco Begheldo
10	FW	ITA	Domenico Danti
11	DF	ITA	Gianni Manfrin
12	GK	ITA	Michele Voltan
13	DF	ITA	Marco Ruggero
15	DF	ITA	Michael Ntube
16	MF	ITA	Marco Amadio
17	FW	ITA	Gianmarco Zigoni


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	COL	Damir Ceter
21	FW	ARG	Juanito
22	GK	GAM	Sheikh Sibi
23	MF	ITA	Francesco Toffanin
24	MF	ITA	Antonio Metlika
30	MF	ITA	Leonardo Zarpellon
34	DF	ITA	Diego Ronco (on loan from Como)
35	DF	ITA	Eddy Cabianca
39	MF	ITA	Filippo Vesentini
42	DF	ITA	Riccardo Lodovici
70	MF	SVN	Elian Demirović
90	FW	ITA	Alessio Menato

Supporters edit

Virtus Verona supporters are known for their hardline anti-fascist and left-wing leanings. The group Virtus Fans created in 2006, was split up in 2015, from which 2 new groups emerged: Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 and the Lost Boys. The Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 have friendships with antifa supporters groups all over the world: Livorno Calcio, Cosenza Calcio, Wrexham, Olympique Marseille, FC St. Pauli, RSV Goettingen 05.^[4]^[5]^{[better source needed]}