Paganese Calcio 1926

Paganese

Full name	Paganese Calcio 1926
Nickname(s)	Azzurrostellati (Light-Blue Starred)
Founded	1926
Ground	Stadio Marcello Torre, Pagani, Italy
Capacity	5,981
Chairman	Raffaele Trapani
Manager	Gianluca Grassadonia
League	Serie D
2021–22	Serie C Group C, 18th of 19 (relegated via play-offs)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Paganese Calcio 1926 is an Italian association football club from Pagani, Campania. It currently plays in Serie C.

History

The club was founded in 1926.

Paganese also took part in the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1978, achieving a single victory and three defeats.

The club won Serie D/H in 2005–2006 and have thus won promotion to Serie C2 for the 2006–2007 season. A second consecutive promotion in the Serie C2 competition of 2006–07, after defeating SPAL and Reggiana in the playoffs, gave Paganese the right to play in Serie C1 in the 2007–08 season, their first appearance in the division since 1979.

At the end of the 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

In the 2011–12 of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, the club was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, beating Chieti 2–0 in the first round of final play-off followed by 0–0 in the return.

Current squad

As of 14 September 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF LVA Ņikita Pašņevs 6 MF CMR Yacine Nembot 7 MF ITA Salvatore Cusumano 8 MF BRA Álvaro Juliano 9 MF ITA Demiro Pozzebon 10 MF ITA Stefano D'Agostino 11 FW ITA Francesco De Felice 12 GK POL Mikołaj Reclaf (on loan from Piacenza) 13 DF ITA Marco Capone 14 MF ITA Cristiano Verna 15 MF ITA Antonio Del Gesso 16 FW ITA Antonio Tomolillo 17 MF ITA Francesco Semonella

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF ITA Daniele Cipolla 19 FW FRA Chris Gueye El Hadj 20 MF ITA Paolo Brugnano 21 FW ITA Francesco Ancora 22 GK ITA Mario Pinestro 23 MF ITA Lorenzo Scandurra 25 FW CIV Ridwaru Adeyemo 26 DF ITA Vincenzo Di Somma 27 MF ITA Tommaso Agostini (on loan from Venezia) 28 DF ITA Giuseppe Esposito 29 DF ITA Elia Maccherini Tonini 30 DF ITA Cosmin Oprean — DF ITA Carmine Vivolo

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 — GK ITA Aniello Rendina (at Afragolese until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF ITA Antonio Cianciulli (at Anacapri until 30 June 2023)

Former players

• Vincent Taua

External links

• (in Italian) Official website