AC Bellinzona

AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Swiss Football League System in 2014–15 season. After winning it and the 1. Liga Classic, Bellinzona is promoted to 1. Liga Promotion.

Bellinzona
Full nameAssociazione Calcio Bellinzona
Nickname(s)Granata (Maroon)
Founded1904
GroundStadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Capacity5,000 (600 seated)
ChairmanPaolo Righetti
ManagerValerio Jemmi
LeaguePromotion League
2018–193rd
WebsiteClub website

History
Chart of AC Bellinzona table positions in the Swiss football league system

Since Bellinzona is an Italian-speaking region, many of Italy's Serie A clubs loaned youth players to the club to get first team experience.

Bellinzona was promoted to the Swiss Super League after beating St. Gallen 5–2 on aggregate in the relegation play-off following the 2007–2008 season. Bellinzona played at the top level in the 2008–2009 season for the first time since the 1989–90 season. As finalists in the Swiss Cup, the team also qualified for the 08-09 UEFA Cup where it beat Ararat Yerevan of Armenia in the 1st qualifying round. Then they knock-out Ukrainian FC Dnipro on away goal rule (2:3 in Dnipropetrovsk, and 2:1 home victory, 4:4 aggregate).[1] In third qualifying round they faced Galatasaray losing both games 3:4 at home ground and 1:2 in Istanbul.[2]

In 2013 before the 2013–14 season of 1. Liga Promotion the club was declared bankrupt.[3] After staying one season playing only at young divisions, the club went back to professional football, joining the 2014–15 2.Liga.[4] After two years in 1. Liga Classic, the club finished first in 2018 and was promoted to the 1. Liga Promotion for the 2018–19 season.

Honours

Swiss Super League

Swiss Challenge League

  • Champions: 1942–43 (Lost promotion play-off), 1943–44 (Won pronotion play-off), 1975–76, 1979–80, 1999–2000 (Lost promotion play-off)

1. Liga Classic

  • Champions: 1931–32, 1935–36, 1998–99, 2017–18

2. Liga

  • Champions: 1920–21 (as 4th tier), 2014–15 (as 6th tier)

Players
Main article: List of AC Bellinzona players

Current squad

As of 13 November, 2020.[5] 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   SUI Ulisse Pelloni
2 DF   SUI Nicolo Di Benedetto
3 DF   SUI Michele Monighetti (on loan from Chiasso)
5 DF   SUI Antonio Felitti
6 DF   SUI Ivan Lurati (on loan from Sion)
7 MF   SUI Salvatore Guarino
8 MF   SUI David Forzano
10 MF   SUI Mirko Facchinetti (vice-captain)
11 MF   SUI Giovanni Italo
12 GK   SUI Stefan Vidovic
13 DF   SUI Bruno Martignoni
14 DF  ITA Leonardo Rivoira (on loan from Lugano)
15 MF  ARG Nahuel Manzo
17 MF   SUI Nikola Milosavljevic
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   SUI Aleardo Prati
19 DF   SUI Patrick Berera
20 FW   SUI Ivan Facchin (on loan from Chiasso)
21 FW   SUI Simone Piazza
22 DF  ARG Gonzalo Soto
23 FW  ARG Gastón Magnetti (captain)
24 FW   SUI Patrick Rossini
26 MF  SEN Moussa Toure Diaby
28 FW  URU Martín Bueno
29 DF  ARG Jeremias Gimenez
32 MF  URU Leonardo Melazzi
33 DF   SUI Daniele Russo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   SUI Edmond Berzati (on loan to Chiasso)
30 FW  MKD David Stojanov (on loan to Mendrisio)

Coaching staff
PositionName
Head Coach Valerio Jemmi
Assistant Coach Marco Piccinno
Fitness Coach Roberto Ghielmetti
Goalkeeper Coach Ramon Consoli
Physiotherapist Giuseppe La Falce
Doctor Cristiano Bernasconi

References
  1. "Bellinzona-Dnipro 2009 History | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com.
  2. "Galatasaray-Bellinzona 2009 History | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com.
  3. "Konkurseröffnung über AC Bellinzona" (in German). 22 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  4. "Federazione Ticinese di Calcio" (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. "SQUADRA" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2020.


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