Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio #1

[Plato]

Clubgeschiedenis

[b]The club was founded in 1907. A football club had existed in Bergamo since 1904. Founded by wealthy Swiss immigrants, it was known as FC Bergamo. The rival Atalanta club grew out of a division between different sporting societies in the town. The name is taken from the female athlete of Greek mythology. The FIGC was unimpressed with the new club and did not officially recognize them until 1914. The current club is the result of a merger between Atalanta and a third team called Bergamasca. The first, black and white coloured and the second wearing a blue and white shirt, merged in 1924 as Atalanta Bergamasca di Ginnastica e Scherma 1907. The team moved to the site of the current ground, on the Viale Giulio Cesare, in 1928.

Atalanta joined the Italian league in 1929. The club first reached Serie A in 1937, but was relegated immediately. The club returned in 1940 and remained in A until 1959; after a single season in Serie B the club was promoted and lasted a further decade in A, before relegation in 1973 led to an uncertain period of promotion and relegation between the two levels.

The club achieved its highest position in 1948, finishing in 5th place. In 1981 the club fell into Serie C1, a blow which revitalised the club. The team returned to B the next season and made it back to A in 1984. The club's form in Serie A remains uncertain, as it was relegated in 1987, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2005 and 2010. After a change of ownership, in 2011 Atalanta has immediately come back to Serie A: it will dispute its 51st season in the major level of Italian football system. In terms of titles the club has won little, their sole silverware is the 1963 Coppa Italia. The club has had very few good runs in Europe, the best spell ending in a Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1988; in 1991 Atalanta reached UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

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2 DF Leonardo Talamonti
4 DF Daniele Capelli
5 DF Thomas Manfredini
6 DF Gianpaolo Bellini
7 MF Cristian Raimondi
8 MF Édgar Barreto
11 MF Nicola Madonna
13 DF Federico Peluso
17 FW Nicola Amoruso
18 FW Saša Bjelanović
19 MF Migjen Basha
21 DF Matteo Gentili
22 MF Simone Padoin
23 FW Leonardo Pettinari
26 MF Carlos Carmona
27 MF Cristiano Doni
28 FW Francesco Ruopolo
32 DF Michele Ferri
47 GK Andrea Consigli
66 FW Guido Marilungo
78 GK Giorgio Frezzolini
79 MF Adriano Ferreira Pinto
81 MF Samuele Dalla Bona
89 MF Giacomo Bonaventura
90 FW Simone Tiribocchi
91 GK Francesco Rossi
–– MF Kostas Fortounis
–– MF Matteo Scozzarella

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

[JLS]

Het is toch de meest niet Noord-Italiaanse club in Noord-Italië?

[Plato]

Hoe bedoel je dat? Ze hebben een ultralinkse harde kern, maar of dat niet Noord-Italiaans is?

[DIGGER]

Ik ben benieuwd wat er nog voor een gevolgen rollen uit het calcio commesse verhaal voor Atalanta als club en Doni als speler/betrokkene

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Atalanta mag dus starten met -7 en Doni heeft een schorsing voor 42 maanden gekregen.

[Plato]

Dat is dus einde carrière voor Doni.

[DIGGER]

Mja dat was het, ongeacht de straf, sowieso wel, want die is natuurlijk besmet voor het leven nu.

[Plato]

Mwoh, ik zou me kunnen voorstellen dat hij ergens in de Serie B of de Lega Pro wel ergens een kans gekregen had. Dat zie je met wielrenners die een fikse straf voor doping gehad hebben ookm, de grote ploegen zitten daar niet meer op te wachten, maar voor de kleineren is het juist weer een kans.

[Plato]

[b]Denis set for Atalanta [/b[

German Denis is reportedly close to completing a summer move from Udinese to newly promoted Atalanta.

The Argentine international has been targeted by the Nerazzurri and talks between the two clubs have got underway.

Denis, contracted to the Stadio Friuli side until June 2015, is liked by Atalanta director Pierpaolo Marino – the same man who signed him for Napoli in the past.

It’s unclear what type of transfer will be agreed for the 29-year-old South American given that he could move on loan, in a co-ownership deal or in an outright transfer.

Best verrassend dat hij nu al weer weg mag bij Udinese.

[DIGGER]

Minpunten uiteindelijk slechts 6 voor Atalanta...

[Plato]

Wel jammer voor de competitie, want Atalanta staat nu denk ik al met één been in de Serie B, komt de spanning onderin niet ten goede.

[Plato]

Doni: 'We want justice'

Cristiano Doni is “disappointed, angry and cannot stay silent” after the Atalanta captain’s three-year ban in a betting scandal. “We want justice.”

The forward was suspended for three and a half years, while teammate Thomas Manfredini earned a three-year ban for their part in alleged match-fixing.

Their actions will see the club begin this Serie A season from -6 points.

“I am disappointed and cannot stay silent,” Doni wrote on Atalantini.com. “The sentence condemning Manfredini and myself left me open-mouthed with shock. Reading the reasons given for the bans had me speechless.

“We want justice. We don’t want to pay the price for what is an exemplary ban warning others. We want those who made the mistakes to pay.

“We have nothing to do with this whole affair. I don’t know any of the characters in this saga, but am being punished because I was friends with Nicola Santoni.

“Believe me, if I was guilty, then I would pay. I wouldn’t even go to defend myself.

“Just the idea that someone in Bergamo can think I’m involved in something that would hurt Atalanta truly hurts me inside.”

Santoni is a former Bari goalkeeper who was working as Ravenna goalkeeping Coach.

[DIGGER]

Na een transfercampagne waaraan weinig aandacht besteed werd in de media - maar die er qua visie zeker mocht wezen - en een sanctie in de zomer waardoor Atalanta met 6 strafpunten aan de Serie A is begonnen en sommigen al vreesden voor een onmogelijke taak om handhaving veilig te stellen, heeft de club inmiddels na 4 wedstrijden meer punten bij elkaar gespeeld dan wie dan ook in de Serie A en staat de club dus al duidelijk boven de degradatiestreep, ondanks de -6.

Bijzonder knap en vooral dankzij een goede teamprestatie.

[Plato]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Plato Wel jammer voor de competitie, want Atalanta staat nu denk ik al met één been in de Serie B, komt de spanning onderin niet ten goede.

Ik moet dit terugtrekken.

[Plato]

Colantuono 'can't celebrate top spot'

“It’s a shame we can’t celebrate being the Serie A leaders,” said Stefano Colantuono after Atalanta’s 10th point of the campaign.

The club started with a six-point penalty due to a betting scandal that struck captain Cristiano Doni, but are already on four points in the table thanks to three wins and a draw.

“It’s a shame we can’t celebrate being Serie A leaders,” said the Coach.

“Unfortunately, the reality of the situation says we have four points. That still makes us happy, as it means we have emerged from this very difficult situation.”

The 2-1 victory over Novara was controversial, as Pablo Granoche’s potential equaliser was incorrectly ruled offside in stoppages.

“I won’t judge that incident, as errors do even each other out over the course of a season. I will say for 80 minutes we dominated the game with two goals and hit the woodwork. We were a little tired towards the end.”

Ik kan me de frustratie van Colantuono wel voorstellen.

[DIGGER]

Zaterdag de 1e zware test, uit bij Roma.

[Plato]

Laten we hopen dat Atalanta daar onderuitgaat maar het zou me niet verbazen als het ook daar voor een verrassing kan zorgen.

[DIGGER]

Cigarini heeft een oproep gekregen van Prandelli, verrassend.

[Plato]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Plato Laten we hopen dat Atalanta daar onderuitgaat maar het zou me niet verbazen als het ook daar voor een verrassing kan zorgen.

Hetgeen gelukkig niet gebeurd is.