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{{short description|Italian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Arezzo
| image = SS Arezzo crest.svg
| image_size = 160px
| fullname = Società Sportiva Arezzo
| nickname = ''Amaranto'' (Dark Reds)<br />''Cavallo Rampante'' (Rampant Horse)
| founded = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1923}}
| ground = [[Stadio Città di Arezzo]],<br/>[[Arezzo]], [[Italy]]
| capacity = 13,128
| chairman = Giorgio La Cava<ref name="club_staff">{{cite web|publisher=USD Arezzo|language=it|access-date=29 July 2013|url=http://www.arezzocalcio.com/it/pages/societa/organigramma.html|title=Organigramma|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807102805/http://www.arezzocalcio.com/it/pages/societa/organigramma.html|archive-date=7 August 2013}}</ref>
| manager = [[Cristian Bucchi]]
| league = {{Italian football updater|Arezzo}}
| season = {{Italian football updater|Arezzo2}}
| position = {{Italian football updater|Arezzo3}}
| current = 2023–24 SS Arezzo season
| website = {{URL|http://www.ssarezzo.it/}}
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'''Società Sportiva Arezzo''' (formerly '''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo''' and '''Associazione Calcio Arezzo''') is an [[Football in Italy|Italian association football club]] based in [[Arezzo]], Tuscany. The club was formed in 1923, refounded in 1993 after going bankrupt and refounded in 2010 after being unable to enroll in the tournament. The club currently plays in [[Serie C]], the third tier of Italian football.

==History==
[[File:ACArezzoBadge.png|100px|left|thumb|Former AC Arezzo logo]]

The club was founded on 9 September 1923, by a group of friends, and football fans, as '''Juventus Football Club Arezzo''' (in honour of [[Juventus F.C.]]). In 1930, following a merge with several other minor Arezzo teams, the club became '''Unione Sportiva Arezzo''', which was admitted in 1935 to new-born Serie C division. The team was relegated from Serie C in 1953, following several financial troubles, returning to Serie C division five years later. In 1961, Arezzo started to play its games in the [[Stadio Comunale (Arezzo)|Stadio Comunale]], its current venue. In 1966, Arezzo promoted to Serie B for the first time; in order to celebrate the triumph, Arezzo played a friendly match with [[Brazil]]ian team [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]], winning it 2–1. However, the next year Arezzo was not able to remain in the division, and returned to Serie C the following year. But in 1969 Arezzo again won Serie C, and returned to play in Serie B, where it played until 1975. In 1971, Arezzo signed striker [[Francesco Graziani]], who quickly became a fan favourite and a key player for the team.

The third promotion to Serie B came in 1982, under coach [[Antonio Valentin Angelillo]], with [[Tullio Gritti]] as striker. The previous year, Arezzo had won its first (and only) Italy's Serie C Cup, defeating [[Ternana Calcio|Ternana]] in the finals. In 1984, Arezzo barely missed promotion to [[Serie A]], ending just five points back from the last promotion place. In 1988, despite a team accordingly built to promote to Serie A, Arezzo relegated to Serie C1. Arezzo disbanded in 1993, following financial troubles, being excluded by Serie C1 seven football days before the end of the season. Following the cancellation, a pool of shareholders led by former Arezzo star Ciccio Graziani founded '''Associazione Calcio Arezzo''', admitted to [[Serie D]]. In 1996 an unknown coach with a few lower division experiences, [[Serse Cosmi]], was appointed as new manager. Despite his complete lack of experience in the division, Cosmi immediately won hands down Serie D, leading Arezzo back to professional football. In 1998, again with Cosmi, Arezzo qualified to and won the Serie C2 promotion playoffs, gaining promotion to Serie C1. In 1999/2000, despite the contributions of [[Fabio Bazzani]], Arezzo lost promotion playoffs; the following year, after Cosmi left Arezzo for Serie A side [[Perugia Calcio|Perugia]], [[Antonio Cabrini]] was appointed as new coach, and [[Mario Frick (footballer)|Mario Frick]] replaced Bazzani as forward. The team returned to Serie B in 2004, with [[Mario Somma]] as coach; the next season, which saw [[Pasquale Marino]] replacing Somma, who signed for [[Empoli F.C.|Empoli]], Arezzo barely maintained a Serie B place.
[[File:US Arezzo 1973-74.JPG|thumb|1973–74 Arezzo]]

At the end of the [[2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione]] season the club, due to financial problems, were unable to enroll to the next season tournament. A new club with the '''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo''' denomination was entered in [[Serie D]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comune.arezzo.it/retecivica/URP/Comunicati.nsf/ComunicatiStampaBoxWeb/6A5581979E2795B9C1257770003EB3EC?opendocument|language=it|date=30 July 2010|access-date=17 August 2010|publisher=Comune di Arezzo|title=L'Arezzo riparte dalla serie D: nasce l'ASD Atletico Arezzo, presidente Marco Massetti}}</ref>

In November 2010 the club was acquired by a consortium of Rome-based entrepreneurs (including popular actor [[Luca Zingaretti]]) for a sum of €400,000; the new owners immediately made a number of changes, appointing former Cagliari player [[Maurizio Coppola]] as head coach and former Serie A star [[Abel Balbo]] as assistant coach and technical area coordinator.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blitzquotidiano.it/sport/calcio-d-arezzo-zingaretti-montalbano-balbo-648430/|publisher=Blitz Quotidiano |language=it |access-date=28 November 2010 |date=21 November 2010 |title=Calcio D, Arezzo: Zingaretti-Montalbano dirigente, a Abel Balbo l'area tecnica}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.coloreamaranto.it/default.asp?pagina=dettaglioarticoli&articolo=545&ogtit=Ufficiale%20Fratini%20esonerato,%20al%20suo%20posto%20Coppola%20affiancato%20da%20Balbo&ogima=admin/contenuti/articoli/0034_23102010_008.jpg |language=it |publisher=Colore Amaranto |access-date=28 November 2010 |date=23 November 2010 |title=Ufficiale Fratini esonerato, al suo posto Coppola affiancato da Balbo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722030530/http://www.coloreamaranto.it/default.asp?pagina=dettaglioarticoli&articolo=545&ogtit=Ufficiale%20Fratini%20esonerato%2C%20al%20suo%20posto%20Coppola%20affiancato%20da%20Balbo&ogima=admin%2Fcontenuti%2Farticoli%2F0034_23102010_008.jpg |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref>

On 1 July 2012 the club was renamed '''Unione Sportiva Arezzo'''<ref>[http://www.atleticoarezzo.it/comunicati/1163-comunicato-della-societa- Unione Sportiva Arezzo&nbsp;– Official Web Site]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with Balbo as new head coach, replaced since 30 October 2012 by [[Michele Bacis]].

On 9 January 2013 Mauro Ferretti, an enreprenuer from Rome, bought the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.amarantomagazine.it/news_dett.php?id=1288 |language=it |publisher=Unione Sportiva Arezzo&nbsp;– Official Web Site |access-date=29 July 2013 |date=10 January 2013 |title=Mauro Ferretti nuovo presidente dell'Arezzo. Ieri sera le firme, sabato la presentazione }}</ref> A few weeks later, on 28 January, [[Federico Nofri]] replaced Bacis as coach.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.arezzocalcio.com/it/news//federico-nofri-nuovo-allenatore-amaranto-domani-alle-1130-la-presentazione.html |language=it |publisher=Unione Sportiva Arezzo&nbsp;– Official Web Site |access-date=29 July 2013 |date=28 January 2013 |title=Federico Nofri nuovo allenatore amaranto. Domani alle 11:30 la presentazione |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512161522/http://www.arezzocalcio.com/it/news/federico-nofri-nuovo-allenatore-amaranto-domani-alle-1130-la-presentazione.html/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For the 2013–14 season, [[Davide Mezzanotti]] was appointed as new coach.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.arezzocalcio.com/it/news/news-squadra/mezzanotti-nuovo-allenatore-amaranto.html |language=it |publisher=Unione Sportiva Arezzo&nbsp;– Official Web Site |access-date=29 July 2013 |date=5 June 2013 |title=Mezzanotti nuovo allenatore amaranto |archive-date=17 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917074637/http://www.arezzocalcio.com/it/news/news-squadra/mezzanotti-nuovo-allenatore-amaranto.html/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the club ended in third place, [[Ezio Capuano]] was named new head coach; later in September 2014, Arezzo was readmitted to [[Lega Pro]] to fill a vacancy. Under Capuano's tenure (which lasted until April 2016), the club safely escaped relegation on both seasons. For the 2016–17 season, the club came with a new head coach, [[Stefano Sottili]], and a number of major signings such as former Serie A player [[Davide Moscardelli]].

==League and cup history==
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|-bgcolor="#868686" style="color: #ffffff"
| width="65" align="center"| '''Season'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''A'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''Tier 2'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''Tier 3'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''Tier 4'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''Tier 5'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''Tier 6'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''Tier 7'''
| width="35" align="center"|'''Tier 8'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''Pts.'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''Pl.'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''W'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''L'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''T'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''GF'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''GA'''
| width="25" align="center"|'''GD'''
|-
|[[2004–05 Serie B|2004–05]]||||14||||||||||||||51||42||12||15||15||51||52||−1
|-
|[[2005–06 Serie B|2005–06]]||||7||||||||||||||66||42||17||15||10||45||34||+11
|-
|[[2010–11 Serie D#Girone E|2010–11]]||||||||||9||||||||45||34||11||11||12||42||41||+11
|}

==Scoring history==
Highest scoring and best win:
*2004–05 season: 5–3, defeated [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]]

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{updated|19 September 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player | no =  1 | pos=GK | nat= ITA | name= Luca Trombini}}
{{Fs player | no =  3 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= [[Fabio Tito]]}}
{{Fs player | no =  6 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Alessandro Renzi}}
{{Fs player | no =  7 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= [[Filippo Guccione]]}}
{{Fs player | no =  8 | pos=MF | nat= GHA | name= [[Shaka Mawuli]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 10 | pos=FW | nat= ITA | name= [[Emiliano Pattarello]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 11 | pos=MF | nat= GNB | name= Muhamed Varela Djamanca}}
{{Fs player | no = 12 | pos=GK | nat= ITA | name= Amoris Galli}}
{{Fs player | no = 13 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= Matteo Gilli}}
{{Fs player | no = 14 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= [[Marco Meli]]|other={{small|on loan from [[SS Juve Stabia|Juve Stabia]]}}}}
{{Fs player | no = 15 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= Nicolò Gigli}}
{{Fs player | no = 17 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= Mirko Lazzarini}}
{{Fs player | no = 19 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= [[Marco Chiosa]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 21 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= [[Camillo Tavernelli]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player | no = 22 | pos=GK | nat= ITA | name= [[Giacomo Venturi]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 23 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= [[Matteo Arena]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 24 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= [[Luca Chierico]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 26 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= [[Filippo De Col]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 37 | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= [[Samuele Righetti]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 45 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Francesco Perrotta}}
{{Fs player | no = 71 | pos=FW | nat= ITA | name= [[Pietro Cianci]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 77 | pos=FW | nat= ITA | name= Francesco Dell'Aquila|other={{small|on loan from [[Torino FC|Torino]]}}}}
{{Fs player | no = 78 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Gennaro Iaccarino|other={{small|on loan from [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]}}}}
{{Fs player | no = 83 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Gabriele Ferrara}}
{{Fs player | no = 90 | pos=FW | nat= ITA | name= Mattia Concetti}}
{{Fs player | no = 91 | pos=FW | nat= ITA | name= [[Mario Ravasio]]}}
{{Fs player | no = 92 | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= [[Jacopo Dezi]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player | no =    | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= Niccolò Bigi|other={{small|at [[Scafatese Calcio 1922|Scafatese]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs player | no =    | pos=DF | nat= ITA | name= Lorenzo Coccia|other={{small|at [[US Pianese|Pianese]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs player | no =    | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Mattia Damiani|other={{small|at [[FC Arzignano Valchiampo|Arzignano]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs player | no =    | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Simone Fiore|other={{small|at [[AS Lodigiani|Lodigiani]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player | no =    | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Federico Malvestuto|other={{small|at [[ASD Polisportiva Sarnese Calcio|Sarnese]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs player | no =    | pos=MF | nat= ITA | name= Ettore Sani|other={{small|at [[AS Lodigiani|Lodigiani]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs player | no =    | pos=FW | nat= ITA | name= [[Alessandro Capello]]|other={{small|at [[LR Vicenza|Vicenza]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs end}}

==Notable players==
{{see also|Category:SS Arezzo players}}

==Notable managers==
{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[ Antonio Conte]]

{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Sarri]]

==Honours==
*'''[[Coppa Italia Serie C]]'''
: '''Winners:''' 1980–81
*'''[[Supercoppa di Serie C]]'''
:'''Winners:''' 2004

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.arezzocalcio.com/ Official website]

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{{Serie B}}
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