Foundation and early years
The club was founded in 1920 as Foggia Calcio. The club has spent its early history to play football in the lower leagues, winning a championship dilettantes in 1933.
In 1957-1958 was a fusion of Foggia Calcio Foggia and the Unione Sportiva Incedit form Foggia, the club is today. In 1961-1962, the team was taken over by the chairman Domenico Rosa Rosa, a man the timber industry and the coach Oronzo Pugliese, which quickly led to promotion to Serie B.
Well Serie A
History was made in the 1963-64 season, when Rosa and Rosa Pugliese Oronzo Foggia reached Serie A for the first time. From 1964 to 1965, Foggia was able to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On January 31, 1965, again under the direction of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3-2 against Inter, who were then taken by the Director of Helenio Herrera. The season was called by the national call-ups Nocera and Micelli, who played for Italy against Wales. Italy won 4-1 and got Nocera in the minutes. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to support the Roma population.
Pugliese has been replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the fall. The following year, however, was banished from Foggia. Wasa forgettable championship after 10 games Foggia had collected just three points and scored only 24 goals. Rubino was fired and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, is also president Rosa Rosa left the club after their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966-67 season, returned to the elite Foggia in 1970-71, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. After winning the scudetto Maestrelli with Lazio 1973-1974. Luigi Del Neri was at the time, a player of Foggia. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973-74, before another decline, which came after a six-point deduction for alleged corruption involving the referee of a home game against Milan. The coach this season was Toneatto Lauro. Foggia played two seasons in Serie A in 1976-77 and 1977-78, when they were again relegated to Serie B.
Year Glory and Zemanlandia
After their descent to Serie B again, Foggia were treated with a new hit with relegation to Serie C. They made their way to Serie C1 in much of the 1980s. It was a particularly difficult time for their regional rivals Foggia, Bari, Lecce, Taranto and Barletta were playing at higher levels.
In 1989, the appointment of the Czech coach Zdenek Zeman's club began to enter the greatest period in its history. Aggressive, entertaining football Coach of Bohemia was based on a 4-3-3. Presenter, offside tactics and unrestrained movement of two players and the ball is the style of the brand Zeman is Foggia. The first club returned to Serie B, then the following season in 1990-91, they won Serie B with a great deal and returned to Serie A.
After the return series in 1991-92 season, the Miracle of Foggia, because they were known, proved to be a competitive opponent and the press was respected because he was playing attractive football. Zemanlandia The term was then created to show the style created by Zeman, and became firmly associated with the team in Foggia in 1990. Foggia team also includes star players, and in particular attacked the trio, Giuseppe Signori, Francesco Baiano and Roberto Rambaudi and Russian star Igor Shalimov. This season, Foggia got a surprising feat of scoring 58 goals while conceding 58 Foggia soon lose many of these quality players, including their three main strikers, and I had to replace them with young talent. Club series lasted three years in mid-table finish. Series 1993-94, Foggia football has continued to be exhausted, but the team was no longer competitive, and so was the back of the club back to Serie B in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio at the end of this season, marking the end of Zemanlandia while the club was marked by economic problems. The glory days of Foggia had come to an end.
Reject, Series C, and Zeman to return
After that drop, Foggia has spent two seasons in Serie B, achieve mid-table ends, before the second fall was followed by the end of the 1997-98 season. They have no better price down Serie C1, the second consecutive fall in Serie C2.
Playing football in Italy, the fourth layer was much less glamorous than Zemanlandia days, but the club was sitting on the long way back in 2002-03, then led by coach Pasquale Marino and key players Roberto De Zerbi and Michele Pazienza, they were promoted back to Serie C1.
After the 2003-04 season ended in the middle of the table, but with good signs for next year, Foggia were affected by financial problems and lost the coach and all the best players in Marin.
The news to fans in despair, but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the club and gave confidence to the new club adopted the historic name of the team, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and managed to keep his place in the league.
After two seasons finishing mid-table in which there were five changes in training, Coccimiglio has been criticized for not paying the salaries of players, a situation that has created instability. After complex negotiations, the company was taken over by a team of local businessmen led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club has spent the years after mid-table in the C1, almost lost a promotion play-off against Avellino in 2006-07 has seen the return to Serie B. The following season, 2007-08, returned to the playoffs, this time losing in Cremona.
In June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, president and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, bought the club, and reformed the trio of old Foggia appointing heads back Zdenek Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone as director of football.
The club was founded in 1920 as Foggia Calcio. The club has spent its early history to play football in the lower leagues, winning a championship dilettantes in 1933.
In 1957-1958 was a fusion of Foggia Calcio Foggia and the Unione Sportiva Incedit form Foggia, the club is today. In 1961-1962, the team was taken over by the chairman Domenico Rosa Rosa, a man the timber industry and the coach Oronzo Pugliese, which quickly led to promotion to Serie B.
Well Serie A
History was made in the 1963-64 season, when Rosa and Rosa Pugliese Oronzo Foggia reached Serie A for the first time. From 1964 to 1965, Foggia was able to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On January 31, 1965, again under the direction of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3-2 against Inter, who were then taken by the Director of Helenio Herrera. The season was called by the national call-ups Nocera and Micelli, who played for Italy against Wales. Italy won 4-1 and got Nocera in the minutes. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to support the Roma population.
Pugliese has been replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the fall. The following year, however, was banished from Foggia. Wasa forgettable championship after 10 games Foggia had collected just three points and scored only 24 goals. Rubino was fired and replaced by Bonazzini. The team improved under Bonazzini but failed to avoid relegation. At the end of the season, is also president Rosa Rosa left the club after their relegation.
Relegated at the end of the 1966-67 season, returned to the elite Foggia in 1970-71, with Tommaso Maestrelli on the bench. After winning the scudetto Maestrelli with Lazio 1973-1974. Luigi Del Neri was at the time, a player of Foggia. The club was relegated again and returned to Serie A in 1973-74, before another decline, which came after a six-point deduction for alleged corruption involving the referee of a home game against Milan. The coach this season was Toneatto Lauro. Foggia played two seasons in Serie A in 1976-77 and 1977-78, when they were again relegated to Serie B.
Year Glory and Zemanlandia
After their descent to Serie B again, Foggia were treated with a new hit with relegation to Serie C. They made their way to Serie C1 in much of the 1980s. It was a particularly difficult time for their regional rivals Foggia, Bari, Lecce, Taranto and Barletta were playing at higher levels.
In 1989, the appointment of the Czech coach Zdenek Zeman's club began to enter the greatest period in its history. Aggressive, entertaining football Coach of Bohemia was based on a 4-3-3. Presenter, offside tactics and unrestrained movement of two players and the ball is the style of the brand Zeman is Foggia. The first club returned to Serie B, then the following season in 1990-91, they won Serie B with a great deal and returned to Serie A.
After the return series in 1991-92 season, the Miracle of Foggia, because they were known, proved to be a competitive opponent and the press was respected because he was playing attractive football. Zemanlandia The term was then created to show the style created by Zeman, and became firmly associated with the team in Foggia in 1990. Foggia team also includes star players, and in particular attacked the trio, Giuseppe Signori, Francesco Baiano and Roberto Rambaudi and Russian star Igor Shalimov. This season, Foggia got a surprising feat of scoring 58 goals while conceding 58 Foggia soon lose many of these quality players, including their three main strikers, and I had to replace them with young talent. Club series lasted three years in mid-table finish. Series 1993-94, Foggia football has continued to be exhausted, but the team was no longer competitive, and so was the back of the club back to Serie B in 1995.
Zeman left to join Lazio at the end of this season, marking the end of Zemanlandia while the club was marked by economic problems. The glory days of Foggia had come to an end.
Reject, Series C, and Zeman to return
After that drop, Foggia has spent two seasons in Serie B, achieve mid-table ends, before the second fall was followed by the end of the 1997-98 season. They have no better price down Serie C1, the second consecutive fall in Serie C2.
Playing football in Italy, the fourth layer was much less glamorous than Zemanlandia days, but the club was sitting on the long way back in 2002-03, then led by coach Pasquale Marino and key players Roberto De Zerbi and Michele Pazienza, they were promoted back to Serie C1.
After the 2003-04 season ended in the middle of the table, but with good signs for next year, Foggia were affected by financial problems and lost the coach and all the best players in Marin.
The news to fans in despair, but Giuseppe Coccimiglio took over the club and gave confidence to the new club adopted the historic name of the team, Unione Sportiva Foggia, and managed to keep his place in the league.
After two seasons finishing mid-table in which there were five changes in training, Coccimiglio has been criticized for not paying the salaries of players, a situation that has created instability. After complex negotiations, the company was taken over by a team of local businessmen led by Tullio Capobianco.
The club has spent the years after mid-table in the C1, almost lost a promotion play-off against Avellino in 2006-07 has seen the return to Serie B. The following season, 2007-08, returned to the playoffs, this time losing in Cremona.
In June 2010 Pasquale Casillo, president and owner during the glory years of the 1990s, bought the club, and reformed the trio of old Foggia appointing heads back Zdenek Zeman as manager and Giuseppe Pavone as director of football.
