History of US Salernitana 1919
# History of US Salernitana 1919

The history of US Salernitana 1919, so renamed since 12 July 2012, officially started in 2011 as Salerno Calcio, following the collapse of Salernitana Calcio 1919 in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, based in Salerno, Campania. The previous incarnation of the club was founded in 1919 as Unione Sportiva Salernitana, changing its name to Salernitana Sport in 1978 and being refounded in 2005 with Salernitana Calcio 1919.

## From 1919 to today

### Unione Sportiva Salernitana

Unione Sportiva Salernitana was founded on 19 June 1919 by Adalgiso Onesti, who initiated the merger of an older club using the same name; which itself was founded in 1911 by a merger of four local clubs; and Foot-Ball Club Salerno.

The club was known as Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax for a time during the 1920s.

### Salernitana Sport

In 1978 the club was renamed Salernitana Sport. It can be argued that Salernitana's best period as a club was 1997–1999. In the 1997–98 season, Salernitana topped Serie B and gained their second promotion to Serie A (first was in 1947–48). A young Marco Di Vaio led the scoring charts with 21 goals. In the 1998–99 season, their first in Serie A after 50 years, Salernitana fought hard and were led by Cameroonian international Rigobert Song and Salvatore Fresi in defense, a young Gennaro Gattuso in midfield, and Marco Di Vaio and David Di Michele leading the attack. They recorded surprise wins against Inter, Juventus, Roma and Lazio. They finished 1 point shy of salvation and were relegated.

Since then, the club did not manage to return to the top flight, and was excluded from Serie B in 2005.

### Salernitana Calcio 1919

In the summer 2005 was established Salernitana Calcio 1919, a new club which started again from Serie C1. In 2008, Salernitana finally returned to Serie B as Serie C1/B champions, after mathematically securing the title on 27 April.

In the season 2009-10 the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione with 6-point deduction for economic default.

In the summer 2011, it did not appeal against the exclusion of Covisoc and it is definitely excluded by the Italian football.

### From Salerno Calcio to U.S. Salernitana 1919

On 21 July 2011 the new club of Salerno Calcio was founded in the city by the company Morgenstern S.r.l.; however, they were forced to give up their Salernitana Calcio 1919 name for the present one.

The club in the 2011–12 season was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione winning the Group G of Serie D.

On 12 July 2012 the club was renamed U.S. Salernitana 1919.

## Presidential history

Below is the complete presidential history of Salernitana, from when Adalgiso Onesti was first in place at the club in 1919 to 2011.

| Name | Years |
| - | - |
| Adalgiso Onesti | 1919–20 |
| Renato De Crescenzo | 1920–21 |
| Settimio Mobilio Raffaele Schiavone | 1921–22 |
| Settimio Mobilio | 1922–23 |
| Adalgiso Onesti | 1923–24 |
| Settimio Mobilio Carmine Caiafa | 1924–25 |
| Antonio Conforti Vittorio La Rocca | 1927–28 |
| Pasquale Pinto | 1928–29 |
| Luigi Conforti Enrico Chiari | 1929–30 |
| Giovanni Negri Enrico Chiari | 1930–31 |
| Enrico Chiari | 1931–33 |
| Riccardo Gambrosie | 1933–34 |
| Enrico Chiari | 1934–36 |
| Savino Mione | 1936–37 |
| Giuseppe Carpinelli | 1937–40 |
| Eugenio Saligeri-Zucchi | 1940 |
| Matteo Scaramella | 1940–43 |
| Name | Years |
| Felice Del Galdo | 1944–45 |
| Domenico Mattioli | 1945–48 |
| Marcantionio Ferro | 1948–54 |
| Roberto Spirito | 1954–55 |
| Michele Scarmella Achille Lauro | 1955–56 |
| Carmine De Martino | 1956–57 |
| Giuseppe Tortorella | 1957–58 |
| Matteo Guariglia | 1958–60 |
| Leopoldo Fulgione | 1960 |
| Pasquale Gagliardi | 1960–63 |
| Antonio D'Amico Michele Scozia | 1963–64 |
| Michele Scozia | 1964–65 |
| Michele Gagliardi | 1965–67 |
| Giuseppe Tedesco | 1967–72 |
| Americo Vessa Alfredo Caiafa | 1972–73 |
| Americo Vessa Giovanni Benvenuto Cesare Trucillo | 1973–74 |
| Americo Vessa | 1974–75 |
| Name | Years |
| Pietro Esposito | 1975–76 |
| Pietro Esposito Aldo Matera | 1976–77 |
| Enzo Paolillo Giovanni Benvenuto | 1977–78 |
| Enzo Paolillo Vincenzo Grieco | 1978–79 |
| Antonio Ventura Federico De Piano Vincenzo Grieco | 1979–80 |
| Filippo Troisi | 1980–82 |
| Antonio Scermino | 1983 |
| Arcangelo Japicca | 1983–85 |
| Augusto Strianese | 1985–87 |
| Giuseppe Soglia | 1987–91 |
| Franco Del Mese | 1991–94 |
| Aniello Aliberti | 1994–05 |
| Antonio Lombardi | 2005–2011 |
| Marco Mezzaroma | 2011– |

## Managerial history

Salernitana have had many managers and trainers running the team during their history, here is a chronological list of them from 1919 onwards.

| Name | Years |
| - | - |
| Vincenzo Giordano | 1919 |
| Raffaele Schiavone | 1919–21 |
| Toledo | 1921–22 |
| Ciminari | 1922–23 |
| Alfonso Guasco | 1923–24 |
| Willy Kargus | 1924–25 |
| Bellone | 1925 |
| Venturini | 1927–28 |
| Barone | 1928 |
| Finizio | 1928–29 |
| Apicella | 1929 |
| Géza Kertész | 1929–31 |
| Luigi Leone | 1931–32 |
| Mora | 1932 |
| Ivo Fiorentini | 1932–33 |
| Walter Colombati | 1933–34 |
| Imre Schoffer | 1934–35 |
| Buratti | 1935 |
| Armand Halmos | 1935–36 |
| Ferenc Hirzer | 1936–38 |
| Francesco Hansel | 1938–39 |
| Attila Sallustro | 1939 |
| Béla Karoly | 1939–40 |
| Ferenc Hirzer | 1940–41 |
| Géza Kertész | 1941 |
| Antonio Valese | 1941 |
| Giuseppe Viani | 1941–43 |
| Milite | 1944 |
| Antonio Valese | 1944–45 |
| Vittorio Mosele | 1945 |
| Ferenc Hirzer | 1945 |
| Giuseppe Viani | 1945–47 |
| Pietro Piselli | 1948–50 |
| Arnaldo Sentimenti | 1950 |
| Walter Crociani | 1950–51 |
| Rodolphe Hiden | 1951–52 |
| Carlo Ceresoli | 1952–53 |
| Enrico Carpitelli | 1953–55 |
| Saracino | 1955 |
| Antonio Valese | 1955–56 |
| Saracino | 1956 |
| Paolo Todeschini | 1956–57 |
| Enrico Carpitelli | 1957 |
| Giovanni Varglien | 1957–58 |
| Nicolò Nicolosi | 1958–59 |
| Vittorio Mosele | 1959 |
| István Mike Mayer | 1959 |
| Pietro Piselli | 1959–60 |
| Ettore Puricelli | 1960–61 |
| Di Gennaro | 1961–62 |
| Gyula Zsengellér | 1962 |
| Piero Pasinati | 1962–63 |
| Giunchi | 1963–64 |
| Rodolphe Hiden | 1964 |
| Riccardo Carapellese | 1964–65 |
| Rodolphe Hiden | 1965 |
| Rosati | 1965–66 |
| Oscar Montez | 1967 |
| Guido Settembrino | 1967–69 |
| Pietro Magni | 1969 |
| Sergio Piacentini | 1969–70 |
| Edi Gratton | 1970 |
| Rosati | 1970–71 |
| Giancarlo Vitali | 1971–72 |
| Nicola Chiricallo | 1972–73 |
| Name | Years |
| Franco Viviani | 1973–74 |
| Ettore Recagni | 1974–75 |
| Giacomo Losi | 1975 |
| Guido Settembrino | 1975 |
| Massimo Giacomini | 1975–76 |
| Ottavio Bugatti | 1976 |
| Carlo Regalia | 1976–77 |
| Lucio Muiesan | 1977 |
| Carlo Facchin | 1977 |
| Enea Masiero | 1977–78 |
| Lucio Muiesan | 1978 |
| Rosati | 1978–79 |
| Franco Viviani | 1979–80 |
| Antonio Giammarinaro | 1980 |
| Gigante | 1980 |
| Lamberto Leonardi | 1980–81 |
| Antonio Giammarinaro | 1981–82 |
| Romano Mattè | 1982 |
| Francisco Lojacono | 1982–83 |
| Marino Perani | 1983 |
| Mario Facco | 1983–84 |
| Gian Piero Ghio | 1984–86 |
| Giorgio Sereni | 1986 |
| Carmelo Russo | 1986–87 |
| Claudio Tobia | 1987–88 |
| Roberto Clagluna | 1988 |
| Carlo Soldo | 1988 |
| Giancarlo Pasinato | 1988–89 |
| Lamberto Leonardi | 1989 |
| Giancarlo Ansaloni | 1989–91 |
| Gianni Simonelli | 1991–92 |
| Tarcisio Burgnich | 1992 |
| Giuliano Sonzogni | 1992–93 |
| Delio Rossi | 1993–95 |
| Franco Colomba | 1995–97 |
| Franco Varrella | 1997 |
| Delio Rossi | 1997–99 |
| Francesco Oddo | 1999 |
| Adriano Cadregari | 1999 |
| Luigi Cagni | 1999–00 |
| Adriano Cadregari | 2000 |
| Francesco Oddo | 2000–01 |
| Nedo Sonetti | 2001 |
| Zdeněk Zeman | 2001–03 |
| Franco Varrella | 2003 |
| Stefano Pioli | 2003–04 |
| Aldo Ammazzalorso | 2004–05 |
| Angelo Gregucci | 2005 |
| Maurizio Costantini | 2005–06 |
| Stefano Cuoghi | 2006 |
| Raffaele Novelli | 2006 |
| Gianfranco Bellotto | 2007 |
| Andrea Agostinelli | 2007–08 |
| Fabio Brini | 2008– |
| Bortolo Mutti | 2008– |
| Fabrizio Castori | 2008–09 |
| Fabio Brini | 2009 |
| Marco Cari | 2009 |
| Gianluca Grassadonia | 2009–10 |
| Ersilio Cerone | 2010 |
| Roberto Breda | 2010-11 |
| Carlo Perrone | 2011-2012 |
| Giuseppe Galderisi | 2012 |
| Carlo Perrone | 2012- |
