Virtus Verona

Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie C.

Virtus Verona
Full nameAssociazione Virtusvecomp Verona
Nickname(s)Virtussini
Rossoblù
(The Red-Blues)
I Borgo-Veneziani
(The Borgo-Venetians)
I Ribelli Veronesi
(The Veronan Rebels)
Founded1921 (1921)
GroundStadio Gavagnin Nocini,[1][2]
Verona, Italy
Capacity1,200
ChairmanLuigi Fresco
ManagerLuigi Fresco
LeagueSerie C Group A
2023–24Serie C Group A, 11th of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in 1921 as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia.

Virtus Verona, the third football club in Verona behind Chievo and Hellas Verona, is a unique case in Italy of a club whose chairman, Luigi Fresco, had also been the head coach of the first team for over 41 years, since 1982, after the other historic president Sinibaldo Nocini, who was in charge for 20 years. The club is also notable for being the only Italian professional football team to field a reserve team in the regional amateur divisions.

The club was promoted into professionalism for its first time ever at the end of the 2012–13 season, after winning the national playoff tournament in which they were qualified as fourth-placed in the Girone C of Serie D. At the end of the 2017–18 season, the club return into professionalism, in Serie C, the third tier of Italian soccer.

Colours and badge

The social colours are red and blue, traditionally arranged in vertical stripes.

The club’s historical badge is an ancile red palate, closed externally by a white crown, suitable to contain the social name (sometimes written in abbreviated form).

In 2014 this badge was replaced by a shield, in which the corporate name is simplified in Associazione Virtus Verona: the first and third words are placed in the palate field, while the second (colored red) is placed in a curved white band placed in a shield.

  • The bage from 2014 to 2022.

Current squad
As of 1 February 2024.[3]

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  ITA Alberto Zecchin
3 DF  ITA Francesco Mazzolo
5 MF  ITA Dino Mehic
6 DF  ITA Manuel Daffara
7 FW  ITA Andrea Nalini
8 MF  ITA Gianmarco Begheldo
10 FW  ITA Domenico Danti
11 DF  ITA Gianni Manfrin
12 GK  ITA Michele Voltan
13 DF  ITA Marco Ruggero
15 DF  ITA Michael Ntube
16 MF  ITA Marco Amadio
17 FW  ITA Gianmarco Zigoni
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  COL Damir Ceter
21 FW  ARG Juanito
22 GK  GAM Sheikh Sibi
23 MF  ITA Francesco Toffanin
24 MF  ITA Antonio Metlika
30 MF  ITA Leonardo Zarpellon
34 DF  ITA Diego Ronco (on loan from Como)
35 DF  ITA Eddy Cabianca
39 MF  ITA Filippo Vesentini
42 DF  ITA Riccardo Lodovici
70 MF  SVN Elian Demirović
90 FW  ITA Alessio Menato

Supporters

Virtus Verona supporters are known for their hardline anti-fascist and left-wing leanings. The group Virtus Fans created in 2006, was split up in 2015, from which 2 new groups emerged: Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 and the Lost Boys. The Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921 have friendships with antifa supporters groups all over the world: Livorno Calcio, Cosenza Calcio, Wrexham, Olympique Marseille, FC St. Pauli, RSV Goettingen 05.[4][5]

References
  1. "I nostri Campi". Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
  2. "Picture of the grandstand" (JPG).
  3. "Virtus Verona squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. Virtus Verona Antifascista
  5. Virtus Verona Rude Firm 1921


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