03/13/2010 (6:09 am)
Reggina [R]
Official Website (http://www.regginacalcio.it/)
A Shunsuke Nakamura inspired Reggina won their first group game in the Coppa Italia by beating Tranto 3-0. The Japanese star opened the scoring, with Mozart and Savoldi adding the others.
MILAN, July 23 (Reuters) - Serie A club Reggina are hoping Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura will boost their profile and revenue as well as spark a successful season on their return to Italy's top flight.
Reggina, who won promotion back to the Serie A last season just a year after relegation, signed Nakamura on a three-year contract from Yokohama F-Marinos earlier this month.
Lilli Foti, president of Reggina, the only club in the south of Italy, said on Tuesday he hopes Nakamura's presence would trigger interest in the Calabria region -- one of Italy's poorest areas...
SoccerNet (http://www.soccernet.com/europe/news/2002/0723/20020723regginanakamura.html)
Shunsuke Nakamura scored on his home debut for Reggina last night as the Serie A side drew 2-2 with Dinamo Zagreb...
SoccerAge (http://www.soccerage.com/en/13/g5398.html)
http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sep26g.html
Of course, Reggina was never in Serie A until a few years ago, so there was never a contradiction in supporting two teams in the same league. And even now, since they fight for such different targets - Juve aims to win the Scudetto each season, while Reggina just tries to survive - there is really only a conflict when they play each other.
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It seems like if they were the only club in the South of Italy that they could really build a good fanbase, even with a smaller than average stadium for Italy. Of course, playing in one of the countries poorest regions is not going to help.
Anyone know where I can get a look at their kits?? Their homesite is messed up or something at the moment.
15/09 - 02.a Perugia (rit. 02/02)
22/09 - 03.a INTER (rit. 09/02)
29/09 - 04.a Como (rit. 16/02)
06/10 - 05.a BRESCIA (rit. 23/02)
20/10 - 06.a Udinese (rit. 02/03)
27/10 - 07.a TORINO (rit. 09/03)
03/11 - 08.a Milan (rit. 16/03)
10/11 - 09.a MODENA (rit. 23/03)
17/11 - 10.a Empoli (rit. 06/04)
24/11 - 11.a ATALANTA (rit. 13/04)
01/12 - 12.a CHIEVO (rit. 19/04)
08/12 - 13.a Parma (rit. 27/04)
15/12 - 14.a Roma (rit. 04/05)
22/12 - 15.a PIACENZA (rit. 11/05)
12/01 - 16.a Juventus (rit. 18/05)
19/01 - 17.a BOLOGNA (rit. 25/03)
Sunday's clash between Perugia and newly-promoted Reggina might not be the most eye-grabbing of games in the Serie A programme.
Big game at Perugia to start the season. Probably won't win but a tie would be nice against another perennial struggler. I think Reggina beat Inter at home two years ago, but I'm not confident about that result again in week 2.
Of course, the story of why there aren't ever more southern teams in the top-flight is a whole other topic. Poor, as you say, but there is a lot of corruption and, shall we say, "other influences".
My husband is from Calabria. We went to see them play a friendly against the Montreal Impact of the A-League a few summers ago. Don't know of an on-line photo, but they where a deep maroon shirt ("amaranto") with white shorts. Pretty much the same color scheme as Torino and Salernitana, if you've seen those. Last time they were in Serie A, I their kit sponsor was Mauro (a brand of coffee, I think). Don't know who it is this year.
They haven't made too many summer acquisitions - Nakamura and Di Michele from Udinese, so I'm not terribly optimistic about them sticking around in Serie A this year. But at least they have a TV contract! :)
AT STAKE
Perugia and Reggina will kick off their 2002/2003 season on Sunday afternoon at the Curi stadium.
SoccerAge (http://www.soccerage.com/en/13/h2353.html)Serie A Prediction: Perugia-Reggina
This should be a quite balanced match, but in my view Perugia deserve the edge and not only because of the home field advantage.
Pretty hard schedule, playing lazio and inter at the beginning and juve and roma at the end.....
Such is the lot of newly-promoted and perennial struggling teams in Serie A. The big teams never play each other within about the first five games of the start and end of the season.
My grandmother's line from Reggio is really the only ancestry I have where I know specifically what city they are from. I don't have that with my German, Dutch, Irish and Welsh blood. Of course, my grandmother's family came here in 1918, so it is the most recent.
Sporting Life (http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/italy/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=international_feed/02/09/15/SOCCER_Ita-Perugia_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=italy)NO REWARD FOR BATTLING REGGINA
Reggina were given an early lesson in the harsh realities of life in Serie A after they put in a hard shift at Perugia but came away with no reward.
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