Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio

The Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, better known as Atalanta or Atalanta de Bergamo, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010-11.

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It is the team that has played the most editions of Serie A, as a single group, without representing a regional capital, which is why it is considered the Queen of the Provinces. But it is also the team that has played the most times in the Italian first division that has never won a scudetto. On the contrary, along with Genoa, it is the squad that has won an Italian second division championship the most times, six, and the most promotions to the highest division, thirteen. A cup title won in the 1962-63 season appears on his record. He reached the semifinals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1988, when he was playing in Serie B.

History

At the dawn of football

Atalanta has its origins in the split of Giovane Orobia, which emerged in 1901. The first football club in Bergamo was La Foot Ball Club Bergamo, founded by Swiss emigrants in 1903 and which participates in Lombard regional championships of the Italian Federation of Soccer until the year 1910.

It was founded on October 17, 1907 by the students Eugenio Urio, Giulio e Ferruccio Amati, Alessandro Forlini and Giovanni Roberti as Società Bergamo di Ginnastica e Sports Atletici Atalanta. The name is due to the Greek heroine Atalanta. The entity already had a soccer section in 1907, although it was recognized by the corresponding federation seven years later, in 1914. Until then, the Bergamascos, who dressed in blue and white, had played only one friendly match in the Plaza d&# 39; Armi in Bergamo and another in Campo de Marte, a piece of land located between Suardo and Fratelli Cairoli streets in the same city.

The first homologated pitch in Bergamo was in Via Maglio del Lotto and was 90 meters long and 45 meters wide. It also had a grandstand with 1000 seats. It was next to a railway line, which meant that on the day of the inauguration, in May 1914, travelers on a train from Milan saw various phases of the game.

The Atalanta Bergamo Calcio was founded on October 17, 1907. On February 20, 1920, it merged with another club from the city of Bergamo called Bergamo. In 1937, he made his debut in Serie A. Since then, periods of stability in elite football alternated with phases of oscillation between Serie A and Serie B. The best positions were achieved in the 2016-17 season, when it ended fourth, and in the 2018-19 season, third.

Italy Cup 1962-63.

In the 62-63 season, more precisely on June 2, 1963, he won his first and only title, the 1962-63 Italian Cup.

For the 2006-2007 season, the team was promoted to Serie A.

In 2007, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary.

In the 2014-15 season, poor results led to Edoardo Reja taking the reins of the team in March 2015. On the last day, Atalanta lost against Milan 1-3 and Cagliari Calcio beat Udinese Calcio 4-3 and these results led Atalanta to play a playoff against Cagliari Calcio for the last place in the relegation to the Second Division.

On June 3, 2015, Atalanta beat Cagliari Calcio 2-1, with goals by Giulio Migliaccio and the agonizing goal by Mauricio Pinilla and for Cagliari Calcio Albin Ekdal scored the partial draw and managed to stay one more season in First division.

For the 2015-16 season, Atalanta incorporated signings in all positions: in goal they hired the young goalkeeper Radunovic (from FK Rad Belgrade) and Davide Bassi (free from Empoli Football Club). In defense Gabriel Paletta (from AC Milan) and Brazilian Rafael Tolói (from São Paulo Futebol Clube), in addition to recovering after loan to Brivio (Hellas Verona Football Club). In the middle, Marten de Roon (from SC Heerenveen) and the Slovenian Jasmin Kurtić (from Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio), while Gaetano Monachello (from Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) up front.

In terms of casualties, the Bergamo team suffered the departure of important players such as Davide Zappacosta and Daniele Baselli (both to Torino Football Club). Other players like the striker Rolando Bianchi (arrived at the Real Club Deportivo Mallorca) also changed airs.

The arrival of Gian Piero Gasperini and a new philosophy

Gian Piero Gasperini.

The 2016-17 season would be one of the most historic in the more than 100 years of Atalanta's existence, reaching direct qualification (4th place) for the UEFA Europa League in the 2017-2018 season, a great feat for a modest team, surpassing and leaving behind teams of the caliber of the Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina or the Associazione Calcio Milan, regular teams to play in Europe.

The arrival of coach Gian Piero Gasperini was vital in reaching that milestone. Some of the details that made Atalanta return to Europe after 28 years with a spectacular season were the following:

- The project to promote the youth academy caused an explosion of young homegrown players from the Dea, standing out throughout the season. This great role has catapulted several players to the international showcase, such as the winger Andrea Conti or the Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessié, both transferred to the Associazione Calcio Milan for high prices.

- Gasperson (as Gasperini is known) implemented a 3-5-2 formation in most games, where the entire squad performed perfectly to stand up to anyone. The ideal 11 that used to go out to the Italian fiefdoms was made up of: Etrit Berisha under the sticks, Rafael Tolói, Mattia Caldara and Andrea Masiello made an insurmountable wall, Franck Kessié and the Swiss Remo Freuler in the midfield with the excellent wingers Andrea Conti and Leonardo Spinazzola, which earned the latter his debut with the Italian senior team. The jewel in the crown was the attacking duo Andrea Petagna as tank striker and the captain, the emblem of Bergamo, Alejandro Darío Gómez, Papu Gómez, who, with 10 a the back led an entire team towards the European dream. The good harmony both on and off the field has been crucial to achieving success. An example of this are the numerous players who made their debut or became important in their selection. (Alejandro Darío Gómez with the Argentine team).

- The perseverance in the project, since the beginning of the season was not very satisfactory either, but following the 0-3 victory against Football Club Crotone at the end of September 2016 it was undoubtedly a turning point in the takeoff of the team upwards, clinging to European positions and without deflating throughout the season.

With the arrival of the historic 2017/2018 European season for the nerazurro team, they change sponsors. The Spanish brand Joma succeeds Nike after several seasons dressing the team. To alleviate the departure of important players, Atalanta does not renounce its project and young reinforcements arrive from Italy or Belgium, as is the case of wing-back Timothy Castagne, from KRC Genk, although proven signings with cachet such as the one from Slovenian Josip Iličić, arrived from Fiorentina. But the most important signing of that season was the Colombian Duván Zapata, from Sampdoria in exchange for a 14 million euro loan for two years, and 12 million more if he decides to permanently retain the player's services.

On May 26, 2019, he concludes his best Serie A season finishing in 3rd position and obtaining the historic qualification for the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League directly to the group stage with 69 points as a result of 20 victories, 9 draws and 9 losses.

In the 2019-20 season, they achieved third place in Serie A for the second time in a row, losing against Inter 0-2 on the last matchday.

In the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, they eliminated Valencia Club de Fútbol in the round of 16 8-4 on aggregate. In the quarterfinals, they had to face the French team Paris Saint-Germain Football Club in a single match at the Estádio da Luz, where they lost 2-1 in the last minutes.

Timeline

Uniform

With the merger, Atalanta Bergamo began wearing a black and blue vertical striped jersey. The black color of Atalanta who wore a black and white uniform, while the blue of Bergamo who wore a blue and white uniform.

• Uniform holder: Blue and black t-shirt, black pants, black stockings.
• Alternative uniform: White t-shirt with black and blue diagonal band, white pants, white stockings.
• Third uniform: Black t-shirt, black pants, blue stockings.

Variations

2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023

Sponsorship

Indumentary Period Supplier 1907-1976 None 1976-1980 Umbro 1980-1981 Le Coq Sportif 1981-1984 Puma 1984-1987 Ennerre 1987-1989 Lata 1989-1991 Ennerre 1991-1994 Lotto 1994-2007 Asics 2007-2014 Erreà 2014-2017 Nike 2017 - present Joma

Main sponsor Period Sponsor 1907-1980 None 1980-1981 Manifattura Sebina 1981-1989 Sit-in 1989-1995 Tamoil 1995-2000 Somet 2000-2002 Ortobell 2002-2005 Promatech 2005-2006 Sit-In Sport/Elesite 2006-2010 Sit-In Sport/ Daihatsu 2010-2011 AXA/ Daihatsu 2011-2014 AXA/ Konica Minolta 2014-2017 SuisseGas/ Konica Minolta 2017 TWS/Modus FM 2017-2018 Veratour/Modus FM 2018-2021 Radici Group 2021 - present Plus500

Stadium

The Atleti Azzurri d'Italia is a football stadium in Bergamo, Italy, which hosts Atalanta's home games. The capacity of the stadium is 24,642 seats.

In the two seasons that the UEFA Europa League played (2017-18 and 2018-19), Atalanta played its home team for this tournament at the MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore in the city of Reggio Emilia, despite the fact that its capacity is lower than that of its own stadium. The reason, UEFA determined that the Atalanta stadium "did not meet the minimum requirements" to play European competitions. This motivated the carrying out of works in the stadium to modernize it, taking advantage of the fact that in 2017 Atalanta took ownership of it, buying it from the city of Bergamo for 8.6 million euros. These works are projected to finish in the first half of 2021. However, during the 2020-2021 season, Atalanta continued to play home games at its stadium during the Italian Serie A, Italian Cup and UEFA Champions League tournaments. paralyzing the works every time he had his home games.

In the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League season, where they participated for the first time in their history, the team reached an agreement with the city of Milan to play their home games at the San Siro Stadium, during his time of participation in the European tournament in the season.

Other Sports Complex: Zingonia, used for the training of the Dea team.

Club details

• Seasons in Serie A: 59
• Seasons in Series B: 28
• Seasons in the C1 Series: 1
• Big deal.:
  • Atalanta 7-1 Triestina, in the season 1951-52.
  • Atalanta 7-1 Udinese, 2019-20 season.
  • Torino 0-7 Atalanta, in the 2019-20 season.
  • Atalanta 8-2 Salernitana Serie A (Italy) 2022-2023
• Major goleada fit:
  • Torino 9-1 Atalanta, in the season 1941-42.
• Best place in the league: 3o (2018-19, 2019-20,2020-21).
• Worse placed in the league: 20o

Statistics in international competitions

By competition

Note: In bold active competitions.

Players

Squad 2022-23

Players Technical body More used tactical scheme N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Cont. Porteros 1 Argentina! 0BY Juan Musso 29 years Udinese Calcio 2025 31 Italy! 0BY Francesco Rossi 32 years quarry 2023 57 Italy! 0BY Marco Sportiello 31 years U, S. Poggibonsi 2023 Defense 2 Italy! 1DEF Rafael Tolói 32 years São Paulo F. C. 2023 3 Denmark! 1DEF Joakim Mæhle 26 years K. R. C. Genk 2025 5 Italy! 1DEF Caleb Okoli 21 years quarry 2026 6 Argentina! 1DEF José Luis Palomino 33 years P. F. C. Ludogorets Razgrad 2023 19 Albania! 1DEF Berat Djimsiti 30 years F. C. Zürich 2026 22 Italy! 1DEF Matteo Ruggeri 20 years quarry 2026 28 Turkey! 1DEF Merih Demiral 25 years Juventus F. C. 2026 33 Netherlands! 1DEF Hans Hateboer 29 years F. C. Groningen 2024 42 Italy! 1DEF Giorgio Scalvini 19 years quarry 2023 77 Italy! 1DEF Davide Zappacosta 31 years Chelsea F.C. 2025 93 France! 1DEF Brandon Soppy 21 years Udinese Calcio 2026 Campers 7 Netherlands! 2MED Teun Koopmeiners 25 years AZ Alkmaar 2025 13 Brazil! 2MED Ederson 23 years U. S. Salernitana 2026 15 Netherlands! 2MED Marten De Roon 32 years Middlesbrough F.C. 2024 88 Croatia! 2MED Mario Pašalić 28 years Chelsea F.C. 2025 Delanteros 9 Colombia! 3OF THE Luis Muriel 32 years Sevilla F. C. 2024 10 Ivory Coast! 3OF THE Jérémie Boga 26 years U. S. Sassuolo 11 Nigeria! 3OF THE Plus Lookman 25 years RB Leipzig 2026 17 Denmark! 3OF THE Rasmus Højlund 20 years Sturm Graz 2027 23 Czech Republic! 3OF THE Lukas Vorlicky 21 years quarry 2025 91 Colombia! 3OF THE Duván Zapata 32 years U. C. Sampdoria 2024 Cessions N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Lost to Ukraine! 1DEF Viktor Kovalenko 27 years FK Shajtar Donetsk Spezia Calcio Netherlands! 3OF THE Sam Lammers 26 years PSV Eindhoven U. C. Sampdoria Ukraine! 2MED Ruslan Malinovskyi 30 years K. R. C. Genk Olympique de Marseille Guinea! 3OF THE Moustapha Cissé 19 years Refugees FC Südtirol Coach(s) Gian Piero Gasperini Legend Captain Mission quarry (club-trained) Training (association-trained) European passport Aliens Extracommunity without restriction Lost to the club Granted to another club Discarded / No chip Updated on January 31, 2023 Official web template 3-2-3-2 ARG! BY 1 DEF 2 DEF 6 DEF 42 MED 15 MED 7 MED 77 MED 10 MED 22 OF THE 11 OF THE 17 Incorporation

More appearances at the club

#	Name	Parties
1	Gianpaolo Bellini	431
2°	Valter Bonacina	331
3°	Stefano Angeleri	324
4°	Christian Doni	323
5°	Livio Roncoli	305
6°	Fabrizio Ferron	294
7°	Marten de Roon	278
8°	Glenn Strömberg	273
9°	Giovanni Vavassori	270
10°	Severo Cominelli	261

All-time top scorers

#	Name	Goles
1	Christian Doni	112
2°	Duván Zapata	81
3°	Severo Cominelli	65
4°	Luis Muriel	62
5°	Josip Iličić	60
6°	Alejandro Gómez	59
7°	Adriano Bassetto	57
8°	Germán Denis	55
9°	Poul Rasmussen	54
10°	Leschly Soerensen	52

Honours of Prizes

National competition (1)	Titles	Subcamponatos
Italy Cup (1/4)	1963.	1987, 1996, 2019, 2021.
Series B (6/4)	1928, 1940 1959 1984 2006 2011.	1937, 1971. 1977, 2000.
Series C (1)	1982.

Coaches

Rivals

Atalanta's direct rival is Brescia Calcio because it is a neighboring team, but it has also become a rival to powerful teams like Napoli, Torino, Genoa, Juventus, Lazio, Fiorentina, Roma, Inter Milan, Hellas Verona and Milan due to his successful sporting results since 2017. He has a long-standing friendship with Ternana Calcio.

Gaetano Scirea is one of the most famous players formed in the club.