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Glance: Italian Serie A Clubs
A glance at the Serie A teams with the season beginning Aug. 26:
Atalanta
colors - black and light blue
stadium - Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo (capacity 26,724)
manager - Giovanni Vavassori (till 2005)
honors - Italian cup winners one time, 1962-63
last season -7th place
new players - Luigi Sala, d (Milan); Pierluigi Orlandini, m
(Brescia); Luca Saudati, f (Perugia); Massimo Taibi, gk (Reggina)
departed players - Massimo Donati, m (Milan); Ivan Pelizzoli, gk
(Roma); Cristian Zenoni, m (Juventus); Nicola Ventola, f (Inter);
prospects - Look to prove that strong performance in first year
in Serie A was not a fluke
Bologna
colors - red and blue
stadium - Renato Dall'Ara (capacity 39,387)
manager - Francesco Guidolin (till 2003)
honors - League champions seven times, Italian cup winners twice
last season -10th
new players - Matteo Brighi, m (Juventus); Claudio Bellucci, f
(Napoli); Fabio Macellari, d (Inter); Roberto Goretti, m (Perugia)
departed players - Lima, m (Roma); Enzo Maresca, m (Juventus);
Jonatan Binotto, m (Inter); Luiz Airton Barroso Oliveira, f (Como).
prospects - Look to move up to qualify for European
qualification
Brescia
colors - light blue and white
stadium - Mario Rigamonti (capacity 27,500)
manager - Carlo Mazzone (till 2003)
honors -
last season -8th
new players - Luca Toni, f (Vicenza); Dario Dainelli, d (Lecce);
Federico Giunti, m (Milan);
departed players - Jonathan Bachini, m (Parma); Pierpaolo
Bisoli, m (Pistoiese); Andrea Pirlo, m (Milan); Pierluigi
Orlandini, m (Atalanta); Dario Hubner, f (Piacenza); Filippo Galli,
d (Watford)
prospects - to defend a strong, but surprising 8th position from
last season, much will rely on veteran Roberto Baggio.
Chievo
colors - yellow and blue
stadium - Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona (capacity 42,500)
manager - Luigi Del Neri (till 2002)
honors -
last season -up from Serie B
new players - Cristiano Lupatelli, gk (Roma); Simone Perrotta, m
(Bari); Andrea Zanchetta, m (Reggina)
departed players - Sergio Marcon, gk (Ternana); Ivan
Franceschini, d (Reggina); Michele Baldi, m (Pescara)
prospects - to survive its first year in Serie A.
Fiorentina
colors - violet
stadium - Artemio Franchi (capacity 47,282)
manager - Roberto Mancini (till 2002)
honors - League champions twice, Italian Cup winners three times
last season - 9th, Italian Cup champion
new players - Mario Cassano, gk (Voghera); Ezequiel Gonzales, f
(Rosario Central); Georgios Vakouftis, f (Ravenna)
departed players -Manuel Rui Costa, m (Milan); Francesco Toldo,
gk (Inter); Mauro Bressan, m (Venezia)
prospects - Looking to soften blow of losing two of their most
important players in Rui Costa and Toldo
Internazionale
colors - black and blue
stadium - San Siro (capacity 85,700)
manager - Hector Cuper (till 2003)
honors -League Champions 11 times, Italian cup winners three
times, UEFA Cup winners three times
last season - 4th
new players -Francesco Toldo, gk (Fiorentina), Sergio Conceicao,
m (Parma), Marco Materazzi, d (Perugia)
departed players - Fabio Macellari, d (Bologna), Sebastien Frey,
gk (Parma), Matteo Ferrari, d (Parma)
prospects - Always eyeing league title, despite much
uncertainty. Much anticipated comeback of Ronaldo.
Juventus
colors - black and white
stadium - Stadio Delle Alpi (capacity 69,041)
manager - Marcello Lippi (till 2003)
honors - Italian League champions 25 times, Italian Cup winners
nine times, UEFA Cup winners twice, Champions League winners twice.
last season - 2nd
new players -Lilian Thuram, d (Parma), Gianluigi Buffon, gk
(Parma), Pavel Nedved, m (Lazio)
departed players - Zinedine Zidane, m (Real Madrid), Edwin Van
der Sar, gk (Fulham), Filippo Inzaghi, f (Milan)
prospects - nothing less than a title will satisfy club and fans
Lazio
colors - pale blue and white
stadium - Stadio Olimpico (capacity 82,887)
manager - Dino Zoff (2002)
honors - Italian league champions two times, Italian Cup winners
three times
last season - third place
new players - Stefano Fiore, m (Udinese); Guiliano Giannichedda,
m (Udinese), Gaizka Mendieta, m Valencia
departed players -Fabrizio Ravanelli, f (Derby); Juan Sebastian
Veron, m (Mancheter United); Pavel Nedved, m (Juventus)
prospects - expected to fight for the title.
Lecce
colors - yellow and red
stadium - Stadio Via del Mare (capacity 36,285)
manager - Alberto Cavasin (2002)
last season - 13th
new players - Emiliano Biliotti, f (Ravenna), Djuric Winklaar, m
(Heerenveen), Giorgio Frezzolini, gk (Chievo)
departed players - Cristiano Lucarelli, f (Torino); Dario
Danielli, f (Brescia), Erminio Rullo, d (Inter)
prospects - survival in Serie A
AC Milan
colors - red and black
stadium - San Siro (capacity 85,700)
manager - Fatih Terim (2003)
honors - Italian League champions 16 times, Italian Cup winners
four times, UEFA Champions League five times
last season -
new players - Manuel Rui Costa, m (Fiorentina), Filippo Inzaghi,
f (Juventus) Martin Laursen, d (Verona); Massimo Donati, m
(Atalanta), Javi Moreno, f (Alaves)
departed players - Leonardo, f (San Paolo), Federico Giunti, m
(Brescia), Andres Guglielminpietro, m (Inter)
prospects - High expectations around the offensive trio Inzaghi,
Rui Costa and Andriy Shevchenko.
Parma
colors - yellow and blue
stadium - Ennio Tardini Stadium (capacity 28,783)
manager - Renzo Ulivieri (2002)
honors - Italian Cup winners twice and UEFA Cup winners twice.
last season - 5th
new players -Sebastien Frey, gk (Inter), Amededo Mangone, d
(Roma), Hidetoshi Nakata, m (Roma)
departed players -Gianluigi Buffon, gk (Juventus), Lilian
Thuram, d (Juventus), Matteo Guardalben, gk (Piacenza)
prospects -lost two of their most important players in Thuram
and Buffon, but managed to hold on to defender Fabio Cannavaro,
will again challenge top teams.
Perugia
colors -red and white
stadium - Stadio Renato Curi (capacity 26, 564)
manager - Serse Cosmi
last season - 11th
new players - Francesco Galeri, f (Anderlecht); Di Francesco, f
(Independente)
departed players -Marco Materazzi, d (Inter), Luca Saudati, a
(Atalanta); Claudio Rivalta, d (Vicenza)
prospects - The loss of captain Marco Materazzi to Inter can
prove tough, hoping that Cosmi's charisma can work again.
Piacenza
colors - red and white.
stadium - Stadio Leonardo Garilli (21,608)
manager - Walter Novellino (2003)
last season - up from Serie B
new players -Eusebio Di Franscesco, m (Roma); Matteo Guardalben,
gk (Parma); Dario Hubner, f (Brescia)
departed players - Flavio Roma, gk (Monaco); Paolo Cristallini,
m (Vicenza); Gianpietro Piovani, f (Torino)
prospects - look to remain in Serie A
AS Roma
colors - Red and yellow.
stadium - Stadio Olimpico (82,887)
manager - Fabio Capello (2004)
honors - Italian League champions three times, Italian Cup
winners seven times.
last season - League champions
new players - Antonio Cassano, f (Bari); Diego Fuser, m (Parma);
Ivan Pelizzoli, gk (Atalanta), Lima, m (Bologna)
departed players -Eusebio Di Francesco, m (Piacenza); Hidetoshi
Nakata, m (Parma); Cristiano Zanetti, m (Inter)
prospects - Strong enough to repeat, especially with inspiration
from Capello who has done it before.
Torino
colors - maroon and white.
stadium -Stadio Delle Alpi (69,041)
manager - Giancarlo Camolese (2003)
honors - Italian champion seven times, Italian Cup winner four
times
last season -up from serie B
new players - Yksel Osmanowski, f (Bari); Cristiano Lucarelli, f
(Lecce); Fabio Pecchia, m (Napoli)
departed players -Corrado Colombo, f (Atalanta); Nicola Mora, d
(Piacenza); Raimundo Peralta, m (Inter)
prospects - Look to last in Serie A
Udinese
colors -Black and white
stadium -Stadio Friuli (41,825)
manager - Roy Hodgson (2003)
last season - 12th
new players - Mauricio Hector Pineda, d (Napoli); Mirko Pieri, m
(Perugia) Alessio D'Imporzano, m (Parma)
departed players -Stefano Fiore, m (Lazio); Guiliano
Giannichedda, m (Lazio); Morten Bisgaard, m (FC Copenhagen)
prospects -Lost important player in Fiore, new coach Hodgson
already familiar with Italian football after spells at Inter in
1995 and 1997, looking to reinvigorate team.
Venezia
colors - black-orange-green.
stadium -Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo (13,500)
manager - Claudio Cesare Prandelli (2003)
honors - Winner of Italian Cup once.
last season - up from Serie B
new players - Mario Cvitanovic, d (Venezia); William Viali, d
(Lecce); Daniel Andersson, m (Bari)
departed players -Paolo Foglio, d (Chievo); Giampiero Maini, m
(Parma); Gianluca Luppi, d (Napoli)
prospects -after one year in Serie B, Venezia will hope to hang
on to their position in Serie A
Verona
colors - yellow and blue.
stadium -Stadio Marc Antonio Bentegodi (42,500)
manager - Alberto Malesani (2002)
honors - Italian League winners once
last season - 15th
new players - Nicola Diliso, d (Cagliari); Alberto Fontana, gk
(Pistoiese); Filippini, d (Nice)
departed players -Martin Laursen, d (Milan); Emiliano Bonanzoli,
f (Parma), m (Parma); Cristiano Zanetti, m (Inter)
prospects -Just managing to save its position in Serie A by
defeating Reggina in the play-offs last season, Verona hopes to
climb further up on the table as crosstown rival Chievo in top
league for the first time
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