Delfino Pescara 1936

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Delfino Pescara 1936, commonly referred to as Pescara, is a professional Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.

The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Serie B, following their victory in the 2024–25 Serie C promotion play-offs. Pescara has competed in seven seasons in Serie A, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2012–13 and last participated in 2016–17. The team's official colors are white and light blue varied between either azure or sky blue, manifested in striped shirts with white socks and shorts.

History

Aside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno Nobili in the midfield, they managed to win their first promotion to Serie A in 1977 after winning the promotion play-off, but ultimately finished their first season in Serie A in last place. A second promotion after a play-off followed, but once more they would be relegated from the top flight and then descended to Serie C1 within two years.

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The performance of Pescara in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30).

Nonetheless, after returning to Serie B after a year, Pescara would enjoy a revival after the appointment of Giovanni Galeone as coach in 1986. His philosophy of attacking football saw the Biancazzurri promoted to Serie A as champions in 1987, where they lasted two years with players such as Júnior and Blaž Slišković among the club's star players. Galeone would return during the 1990–91 season and oversaw another promotion the following year.

After relegation, Pescara remained in Serie B side throughout the 1990s, narrowly missing promotion in 1999. Relegation to C1 followed in 2001, with promotion in 2003 being followed by two revoked relegations in a row due to bankruptcy and scandals affecting other clubs. Pescara was ultimately relegated in the 2006–07 season, with three presidential and managerial changes during the season. In December 2008, the debt-ridden club was legally declared out of business and its control passed to a bankruptcy trustee appointed by the Court of Pescara. In February 2009, a takeover from a group named Delfino Pescara 1936 was finalized with Deborah Caldora becoming the first woman to serve as chairman of the club. In the meantime, results did not improve significantly and in March, Giuseppe Galderisi was dismissed from the head coaching post with Antonello Cuccureddu being appointed as the new boss.

At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as the new coach. Pescara finished second in Girone B of Lega Pro Prima Divisione and qualified for the promotional play-offs. They defeated Reggiana in the semi-final and Verona in the final and subsequently returned to Serie B after a three-year absence. The following season started with the appointment of Zdeněk Zeman as new head coach; the Czech manager immediately brought Pescara back into national coverage thanks to his well-known all-attacking playing style that turned out to match perfectly with promising youngsters such as Marco Verratti with loanees Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne, who guided the squad to promotion to Serie A. Pescara secured promotion to the top-level after a 19-year absence after defeating Sampdoria with a 3–1 score in an away match on 20 May 2012. In the last minute of the final game of the regular season, Pescara striker Riccardo Maniero netted the winner in a match against Nocerina to claim Pescara's second Serie B title after Torino's draw away to AlbinoLeffe.

Pescara's 2012–13 campaign in Serie A – after losing Zeman, Verratti, Immobile and Insigne – ended with relegation back to the second tier.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Three years later, under World Cup winner Massimo Oddo, the team returned to Serie A with a 3–1 aggregate win over Trapani in the playoff final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Zeman returned in February 2017 to the team,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> who again lasted just one year at the top before being relegated in last place.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In August 2018, Pescara launched a public mini-bond investment opportunity via sports investment platform Tifosy to raise a minimum of €2,000,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The investment scheme raised a total of €2,300,000 to develop the club's youth sector and facilities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Following an online competition to ease children's boredom during the coronavirus lockdown, the team adopted six-year-old Luigi D'Agostino's shirt design for the 2020 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

After a poor 2020–21 campaign, the side were relegated to Serie C, the third tier of Italian football. However, during the 2024–25 Serie C, Pescara finished 4th in their group, thus qualifying for the second round promotion play-offs, where they would beat Pianese to move on to the next round. In the national phase, they would beat Catania in a 2–2 aggregate and went on to beat Vis Pesaro in the second round. In the final four, they would beat Audace Cerignola to qualify for the finals, and went on to face Ternana. Although winning the first leg, Ternana would tie the aggregate in the second leg, however, after beating the team 3–1 in penalties, thus securing them promotion to the 2025–26 Serie B after 4 years of relegation from the second tier. On their return to Serie B, they debuted on August 23 with a 3–1 loss against Cesena.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Supporters

One of Pescara's main rivals is Bari.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Players

Current squad

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Delfino Pescara 1936 Primavera

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Out on loan

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Coaching staff

As of 2 July 2025<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Position Name
Sporting director Template:Flagicon Pasquale Foggia
Head coach Template:Flagicon Vacant
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Vacant
Technical assistant Template:Flagicon Diego Labricciosa
Match analyst and technical assistant Template:Flagicon Massimo Carcarino
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Zambardi
Social doctors Template:Flagicon Emanuela Spada
Template:Flagicon Angelo Circolone
Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Mazzocchetti
Health consultant Template:Flagicon Gabriele Tavolieri
Template:Flagicon Stefano Guarracini
Athletic trainer Template:Flagicon Antonio Del Fosco
Rehab coach Template:Flagicon Carlo Cavasinni
Physiotherapists Template:Flagicon Marco Rossi
Template:Flagicon Rocco Trivarelli
Template:Flagicon Andrea Giannini
Administrative manager Template:Flagicon Elena Di Stefano
Marketing manager Template:Flagicon Pietro Falconio
Marketing Template:Flagicon Andrea Scazzosi
Team manager Template:Flagicon Francesco Troiano
Support liaison officer Template:Flagicon Alessandro Cupaiolo
Responsible for combating abuse, violence, and discrimination Template:Flagicon Attorney Domenico Giorgetti
Head of communications Template:Flagicon Massimo Mucciante
Event management delegate Template:Flagicon Luigi Gramenzi
Deputy event management delegate Template:Flagicon Andrea Blasioli
Press office Template:Flagicon Andrea Mazzetti
Official store Template:Flagicon Catia Crocetta
Template:Flagicon Erika Mascitti
Kitman Template:Flagicon Luciano Palombi
Template:Flagicon Cristian Cremonese
Template:Flagicon Geanina Olariu
Youth sector president Template:Flagicon Marco Tortora
Youth sector director Template:Flagicon Antonio Bocchetti
Youth sector and football school coordinator Template:Flagicon Angelo Londrillo
President of Piccoli Delfini Template:Flagicon Filippo Falconio

Managerial history

Name Nationality Years
Edmondo De Amicis Template:Flagicon 1937–38
Pietro Piselli Template:Flagicon 1938–39
Armando Bonino Template:Flagicon 1939–40
Mario Pizziolo Template:Flagicon 1940–41
Luigi Ferrero Template:Flagicon 1941–43
Edmondo De Amicis Template:Flagicon 1944–45
Giuseppe Marchi Template:Flagicon 1945–46
József Bánás Template:Flagicon 1946–47
Mario Pizziolo Template:Flagicon 1947–48
Gino Piccinini Template:Flagicon 1948–49
Benedetto Stella Template:Flagicon 1949–50
Luigi Del Grosso Template:Flagicon 1950–53
Umberto De Angelis Template:Flagicon 1953–55
Alfredo Notti Template:Flagicon 1955–56
Alfredo Monza
Renato Piacentini
Orazio Sola 		Template:Flagicon
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Renato Piacentini Template:Flagicon 1957–58
Aurelio Marchese
Mario Tontodonati 		Template:Flagicon
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Ljubo Benčić
Mario Tontodonati 		Template:Flagicon
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Umberto De Angelis Template:Flagicon 1961–62
Leonardo Costagliola Template:Flagicon 1962–63
Ljubo Benčić
Renato Piacentini 		Template:Flagicon
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Ljubo Benčić
Vincenzo Marsico 		Template:Flagicon
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Antonio Giammarinaro
Alfredo Notti 		Template:Flagicon
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Sergio Cervato Template:Flagicon 1966–67
Antonio Giammarinaro Template:Flagicon 1967–68
Gianni Seghedoni
Mario Tontodonati 		Template:Flagicon
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Dante Lacorata
Mario Tontodonati 		Template:Flagicon
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Francesco Capocasale Template:Flagicon 1970–71
Enzo Falini
Vitaliano Patricelli 		Template:Flagicon
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Domenico Rosati Template:Flagicon 1972–76
Giancarlo Cadé Template:Flagicon 1976–78
Antonio Valentín Angelillo Template:Flagicon 1978–79
Gustavo Giagnoni
Claudio Tobia
Mario Tontodonati 		Template:Flagicon
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Aldo Agroppi Template:Flagicon 1980–81
Giuseppe Chiappella
Saul Malatrasi
Mario Tiddia 		Template:Flagicon
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Domenico Rosati Template:Flagicon 1982–84
Enrico Catuzzi Template:Flagicon 1984–86
Giovanni Galeone Template:Flagicon 1986–89
Ilario Castagner
Edoardo Reja 		Template:Flagicon
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Giovanni Galeone
Carlo Mazzone 		Template:Flagicon
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Giovanni Galeone Template:Flagicon 1991–92
Vincenzo Zucchini Template:Flagicon 1992–93
Gianni Corelli
Giorgio Rumignani
Franco Scoglio
Vincenzo Zucchini 		Template:Flagicon
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Francesco Oddo
Giorgio Rumignani 		Template:Flagicon
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Luigi Maifredi
Francesco Oddo 		Template:Flagicon
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Delio Rossi Template:Flagicon July 1996 – June 1997
Adriano Buffoni
Maurizio Viscidi 		Template:Flagicon
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Luigi De Canio
Francesco Giorgini 		Template:Flagicon
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Giovanni Galeone Template:Flagicon July 1999 – Nov 2000
Tarcisio Burgnich
Giovanni Galeone
Delio Rossi 		Template:Flagicon
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Ivo Iaconi Template:Flagicon July 2001 – May 2004
Cetteo Di Mascio Template:Flagicon May 2004 - June 2004
Giovanni Simonelli Template:Flagicon June 2004 – June 2005
Maurizio Sarri Template:Flagicon July 2005 – July 2006
Davide Ballardini
Aldo Ammazzalorso
Luigi De Rosa
Vincenzo Vivarini 		Template:Flagicon
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Franco Lerda Template:Flagicon July 2007 – June 2008
Giuseppe Galderisi Template:Flagicon July 2008 – March 2009
Antonello Cuccureddu Template:Flagicon 2009–10
Eusebio Di Francesco Template:Flagicon Jan 2010 – June 2011
Zdeněk Zeman Template:Flagicon June 2011 – June 2012
Giovanni Stroppa Template:Flagicon June 2012 – November 2012
Cristiano Bergodi Template:Flagicon November 2012 – March 2013
Cristian Bucchi Template:Flagicon March 2013 – June 2013
Pasquale Marino Template:Flagicon June 2013 – February 2014
Serse Cosmi Template:Flagicon February 2014 – July 2014
Marco Baroni Template:Flagicon August 2014 – May 2015
Massimo Oddo Template:Flagicon May 2015 – February 2017
Luciano Zauri (caretaker) Template:Flagicon February 2017
Zdeněk Zeman Template:Flagicon February 2017 – March 2018
Massimo Epifani Template:Flagicon March 2018 – April 2018
Giuseppe Pillon Template:Flagicon April 2018 – May 2019
Luciano Zauri Template:Flagicon June 2019 – January 2020
Nicola Legrottaglie Template:Flagicon January 2020 – July 2020
Andrea Sottil Template:Flagicon July 2020 – August 2020
Massimo Oddo Template:Flagicon August 2020 – November 2020
Roberto Breda Template:Flagicon November 2020 – January 2021
Gianluca Grassadonia Template:Flagicon January 2021 – June 2021
Gaetano Auteri Template:Flagicon June 2021 – April 2022
Luciano Zauri Template:Flagicon April 2022 – June 2022
Alberto Colombo Template:Flagicon June 2022 – June 2022
Zdeněk Zeman Template:Flagicon June 2022 – February 2024
Giovanni Bucaro Template:Flagicon February 2024 – March 2024
Emmanuel Cascione Template:Flagicon March 2024 – July 2024
Silvio Baldini Template:Flagicon July 2024 –

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Honours

Divisional movements

Series Years Last Promotions Relegations
A 7 2016–17 - Template:Decrease 6 (1978, 1980, 1989, 1993, 2013, 2017)
B 39 2020–21 Template:Increase 6 (1977, 1979, 1987, 1992, 2012, 2016) Template:Decrease 5 (1949, 1982, 2001, 2007, 2021)
C 29 2024–25 Template:Increase 6 (1941, 1974, 1983, 2003, 2010, 2025) Template:Decrease 3 (1935✟, 1950, 1972)
75 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D 10 1972–73 Template:Increase 1 (1938, 1958, 1973) never
E 1 1936–37 Template:Increase 1 (1937) never

• Forerunner red-blue AC Pescara (1932–1935) included

References

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