Cesena

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Full name	Associazione Calcio Cesena SpA
Nickname(s)	Cavallucci Marini (Seahorses)
Founded	1940
Ground	Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy (Capacity: 23,900)
President	Igor Campedelli
Head Coach	Nicola Campedelli
League	Serie B
2011-12	Serie A, 20th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Associazione Calcio Cesena (Italian pronunciation: [tʃɛˈzeːna]) is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna.

The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th position in Serie A and a short run in the UEFA Cup. The other three promotions in serie A have been achieved in 1981, 1987 and 2010, the last one after two consecutive promotion from the third league (Lega Pro) in 2009, and from Serie B in 2010, both won in the final game of the season. The club has played 11 seasons in Serie A championship.

History[link]

Founded in 1940, Cesena reached Serie B in 1968 and were promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1973. With players such as Pierluigi Cera and Gianluigi Savoldi, the club held its own and finished a respectable 11th place in their debut season, repeating that finish the following year. In 1975–76, Cesena surprised everybody by finishing 6th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The glory was short-lived and they would be relegated the next year.

A second promotion to Serie A followed in 1981 and finished a respectable 10th before being relegated once more in 1983, staying in Serie B for four years. After winning a play-off, they were back in Serie A for 1987–88 and enjoyed a four-year stay, being obdurate enough to just avoid relegation in this time.

After relegation in 1991, Cesena had another chance to return to Serie A in 1994. With players such as Alessandro Teodorani, Emiliano Salvetti, Luigi Piangerelli, Aldo Dolcetti and Dario Hübner, this was a team of considerable ability. However, they finished level on points with Padova, and lost a promotion play-off which would be a bitter blow for the club, who would suffer relegation to Serie C1 in 1997. Whilst promotion followed, a relegation play-off against Pistoiese in 2000 would see them condemned to a four-year stay in the third division.

In the 2005–06 Serie B league, Cesena surprisingly emerged as contenders for promotion to Serie A, ending in sixth place and being therefore qualified for the promotion playoffs. They escaped relegation the following season, but not in 2007–08.

Cesena first campaign in Serie C1, now rebranded Lega Pro Prima Divisione, started with former Foligno boss Pierpaolo Bisoli as new head coach. Throughout the season, Cesena quickly emerged as major contenders for direct promotion, and managed to take first place in the league on Week 33, with only one game remaining and a two-point advantage to challengers Pro Patria. On the final week of the season, Cesena's 0–0 draw with Verona, coupled with Pro Patria's 0–0 draw with Padova, gave the bianconeri the league title and direct promotion back to Serie B, after only one season in the Italian third tier.^[1] Cesena went to as 3rd in Round 33 1 point behind Brescia in 2009–10 season. Cesena made second consecutive promotion after a 1–0 winning at Piacenza and Brescia's 2–1 loss at Padova against Padova on 30 May 2010 and finished 19 years of absence from Serie A after finishing Serie B as runner-up. In the season 2011-12 it was relegated to Serie B.

Colors and badge[link]

The team's colours are white and black.

Current squad[link]

As of 31 January, 2012^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Francesco Antonioli 2 DF Guillermo Rodríguez 5 MF Roberto Guana 6 DF Maurizio Lauro 7 MF Mario Santana (on loan from Napoli) 9 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta (on loan from Juventus) 10 FW Adrian Mutu 11 FW Vincenzo Rennella (on loan from Genoa) 13 DF Marco Rossi 14 MF Giuseppe Colucci (captain) 15 MF Raphael Martinho (on loan from Catania) 16 DF Gianluca Comotto 17 FW Dominique Malonga

No. Position Player 18 MF Marco Parolo (vice-captain) 22 MF Tibor Čiča 23 MF Damjan Đoković 25 DF Steve von Bergen 27 GK Alex Calderoni 28 DF Yohan Benalouane 31 MF Simone Del Nero (on loan from Lazio) 33 DF Daniel Pudil (on loan from Granada) 55 MF Jorge Martínez (on loan from Juventus) 71 DF Ştefan Popescu 77 DF Luca Ceccarelli 81 DF Vangelis Moras 88 GK Nicola Ravaglia

Out on loan[link]

Players aged 20 or under are considered to be Primavera (youth) squad players and should not be listed Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — GK Aldo Simoncini (at Valenzana) — GK Alex Teodorani (at Carrarese) — GK Andrea Rossini (at Frosinone) — DF Jacopo Luppi (at Bellaria, co-ownership with Bologna) — DF Giacomo Bassoli (at Valenzana, co-ownership with Bologna) — DF Luca Ricci (at Spezia) — DF Luigi Palumbo (at Fondi, co-ownership with Parma)

No. Position Player — MF Elia Ballardini (at AS Andria BAT) — MF César Meza (at Alavés) — MF Ahmed Guilouzi (at NK Zagreb) — MF Mattia Evangelisti (at Foligno, co-ownership with Vicenza) — FW Giacomo Tulli (at Pisa, co-ownership with Vicenza) — FW Roope Riski (at Hønefoss BK) — FW Éder (at Sampdoria)

Retired numbers[link]

No.	Player	Nationality	Position	Reason	Ref
12	Tifosi	Italy	Not applicable	Reserved for the Cesena supporters	[3]
21	Martelli, PaoloPaolo Martelli	Italy	Defender	Posthumous recognition. Died in a car accident on 01999-04-1212 April 1999

Notable former players[link]

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Achievements[link]

• Serie C/Serie C1/Lega Pro:
  • Winners (3): 1967–68, 1997–98, 2008–09
  • Play-off Winners (1): 2003–04

• Coppa Italia Serie C:
  • Winners (1): 2003–04
  • Runners-up (1): 1997–98

• Prima Divisione:
  • Winners (1): 1940–41

• Serie D:
  • Winners (1): 1959–60

• Promozione Regionale:
  • Winners (2): 1952–53, 1956–57

References[link]

External links[link]

• Cesena's official website (Italian)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: A.C. Cesena

Cesena
—  Comune  —
Comune di Cesena
Panorama of Cesena
Coat of arms
Cesena Location of Cesena in Italy
Coordinates: 44°08′N 12°14′E / 44.133°N 12.233°E / 44.133; 12.233Coordinates: 44°08′N 12°14′E / 44.133°N 12.233°E / 44.133; 12.233
Country	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Province	Forlì-Cesena (FC)
Frazioni	see list
Government
• Mayor	Paolo Lucchi (Partito Democratico)
Area
• Total	249.47 km2 (96.32 sq mi)
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Population (12-31-2011)
• Total	97,484
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Cesenati
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	47521 - 47522
Dialing code	0547
Patron saint	St. John the Baptist
Saint day	June 24
Website	Official website

The towers of the Rocca Malatestiana in Cesena.

The Abbey of St Maria del Monte.

the Biblioteca Malatestiana.

Cesena (Italian pronunciation: [tʃɛˈzeːna]) is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.

History[link]

Cesena was originally an Umbrian or Etruscan town, known as Caesena. After a brief spell under Gaulish rule, it was taken over by Romans in the 3rd century BC. It was a garrison town of strategic importance which was destroyed in the wars between Gaius Marius and Sulla. Pliny mentions the wines of Cesena as among the best.

Cesena was on the border that the Exarchate of Ravenna shared with the Lombards. It was presented to the Papacy by its Frankish conqueror in 754 and passed back and forth between the popes and the archbishops of Ravenna, was briefly a communal republic (1183–1198). It was then long contested between popes and Holy Roman Emperors. The brief rule by the Forlivese Ordelaffi was crushed in 1357 by Papal troops led by Cardinal Gil de Albornoz, after a long siege heroically endured by Cia degli Ordelaffi, wife of the Lord of Forlì.

The little comune revolted again in 1377 during the War of the Eight Saints. This time it was recaptured by Breton troops of Giovanni Acuto (the English-born condottiere John Hawkwood) under the command of Robert, Cardinal of Geneva, (later antipope Clement VII). The latter, acting as the legate of Pope Gregory XI, directed the savage murder of between 2,500 and 5,000 civilians. By the laws of war at the time this was regarded as an atrocity that earned the label of the "Cesena Bloodbath" and the cardinal the "butcher of Cesena". The following year what remained of Cesena was assigned by the new pope Urban VI to Galeotto I Malatesta.

During the period 1379-1465 the city recovered and prospered under the Malatesta, who rebuilt the castle (called Rocca Malatestiana) overlooking the town. The Malatestiana Library, built by near the castle by Malatesta Novello (1429), is considered a fine example of a Renaissance library and holds many valuable manuscripts.

After Novello's death (1465), Cesena returned to the Papal States, but was again seized by a local seignor, Cesare Borgia, in 1500. The city was elevated to capital of his powerful though short-lived duchy.

Cesena subsequently turned into a secondary city of the Papal States. In the 18th and 19th centuries Pope Pius VI and Pope Pius VII were born in the city, which also had Pope Pius VIII as bishop, gaining the title of "city of the three popes". During the Napoleonic Wars it was stripped of numerous monasteries and churches. Some of its citizens had notable roles in the unification of Italy, in the second half of the 19th century.

During World War II Cesena was near the Gothic Line, which ran along the Appennini near the city, and suffered heavily from bombing.

In 1992 it was elevated to the rank of co-capital of province, together with Forlì.

Main sights[link]

Cesena's monuments include:

• the Abbey of St Maria del Monte.
• the Malatestian Fortress (Rocca Malatestiana), built by Cardinal Albornoz (from 1380) over a pre-existing edifice which had hosted, among the others, Frederick Barbarossa and his nephew Frederick II. It was completed by the Papal governor Lorenzo Zane in 1480, and was used by Cesare Borgia as jail for Caterina Sforza. It is octagonal, with two main towers, the higher maschio and the lower foemina
• the Piazza del Popolo
• the Biblioteca Malatestiana, the first public library in Europe, listed in UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.
• the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.
• The Pinacoteca Comunale is housed in what was once a Benedictine monastery.
• The Galleria dei dipinti antichi della Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena is housed in what was once a Celestine monastery.
• The Teatro Alessandro Bonci.

Economy[link]

Cesena's industry centers on agriculture, handicrafts, and tourism.

Transport[link]

Cesena railway station, opened in 1861, forms part of the Bologna–Ancona railway. It is situated at Piazza Giorgio Sanguinetti, to the northeast of the city centre.

Bounding communes[link]

• Mercato Saraceno
• Cesenatico
• Cervia
• Ravenna
• Gambettola
• Montiano
• Longiano
• Roncofreddo
• Meldola
• Bertinoro
• Sarsina

Notable people[link]

• Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni
• Alberto Sughi, Italian painter
• Pope Pius VI, was Pope from February 15, 1775 to August 29, 1799
• Pope Pius VII, was Pope from March 14, 1800 to August 20, 1823.
• Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno
• Alessandro Bonci, operatic tenor
• Marco Pantani

[edit] Frazioni

Acquarola, Aie, Bagnile, Borello, Borgo di Ronta, Borgo delle Rose, Borgo Paglia, Botteghino, Budrio, Bulgaria, Bulgarnò, Calisese, Calabrina, Capannaguzzo, Carpineta, Casalbono, Casale, Case Castagnoli, Case Frini, Case Gentili, Case Missiroli, Case Scuola Vecchia, Celincordia, Celletta, Diegaro, Formignano, Gattolino, Gualdo, Il Trebbo, Lizzano, Luogoraro, Luzzena, Macerone, Madonna dell'Olivo, Martorano, Massa, Molino Cento, Monte Aguzzo, Monte Vecchio, Montereale, Monticino, Oriola, Osteria di Piavola, Paderno, Pievesestina, Pioppa, Ponte Abbadesse, Ponte Pietra, Pontecucco, Provezza, Rio Eremo, Rio Marano, Ronta, Roversano, Ruffio, Saiano, San Carlo, San Cristoforo, San Demetrio, San Giorgio, San Mamante, San Martino in Fiume, San Matteo, San Tomaso, San Vittore, Santa Lucia, Sant'Andrea in Bagnolo, Settecrociari, Tessello, Tipano, Torre del Moro, Trebbo, Valdinoce, Villa Calabra, Villa Casone.

See also[link]

• A.C. Cesena

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cesena

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Cesena.

• Cesena home page (Italian)
• Cesena history and info (English)
• Forlì-Cesena tourism (English)

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Law[link]

• Appeal cases

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "AC"
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• A (disambiguation)
• C (disambiguation)
• Prefix disambiguation: ACA, ACB, ACC, ACD, ACE, ACF, ACG, ACH, ACI, ACJ, ACK, ACL, ACM, ACN, ACO, ACP, ACQ, ACR, ACS, ACT, ACU, ACV, ACW, ACX, ACY, ACZ

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Artur Boruc

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-02-20) 20 February 1980 (age 32)
Place of birth	Siedlce, Poland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Fiorentina
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–1999	Pogoń Siedlce	12	(0)
1999–2005	Legia Warszawa	69	(1)
2000	→ Dolcan Ząbki (loan)	12	(0)
2005	→ Celtic (loan)	9	(0)
2005–2010	Celtic	153	(0)
2010–	Fiorentina	62	(0)
National team‡
2004–	Poland	46	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2010

Artur Boruc (Polish pronunciation: [ˈartur ˈbɔrut͡s]; born 20 February 1980) is a Polish footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina as a goalkeeper. On 20 October 2008, Boruc was one of 55 players (including 5 goalkeepers) shortlisted for the FIFPro World XI Player Awards.^[1]

Club career[link]

Pogoń Siedlce[link]

Born in Siedlce, Boruc began his career in 1998 at Pogoń Siedlce, in his hometown.

Legia Warsaw[link]

The next season Boruc joined Legia Warszawa, initially playing for the reserve team, as well as being loaned out for half a season to Dolcan Ząbki.

In March 2002, Boruc played his first league match for Legia. In the second half of the 2002–03 season he established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper.

In June 2004, Boruc scored his only goal for the club, converting a penalty kick in a home game against Widzew Łódź (final score: 6–0) and then celebrated by waving the corner flag. He was a key player for his club until leaving and they found a replacement quickly to be first team goalkeeper.^[2]

Celtic[link]

On 20 July 2005, Boruc signed with Celtic from the Polish club Legia Warszawa. The deal was initially a year's loan, with an option to make it permanent.^[3] The move was later made permanent, with Boruc penning a three-and-a-half year contract with Celtic on 17 October until 2009.^[4] On 5 January 2008, it was reported that Boruc had signed a new contract with Celtic keeping him at the club until 2011.^[5]

On 21 November 2006, in a UEFA Champions League match against Manchester United at Celtic Park, Boruc helped Celtic through to the knockout stage of the competition by saving Louis Saha's 89th-minute penalty. He was named player of the month for December 2006 in the Scottish Premier League, a very uncommon event for a goalkeeper. His form was also recognised with a nomination for the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2007.^[6] Celtic were drawn against Russian side Spartak Moscow in the third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League 2007–08. The tie ended in a penalty shootout, with Boruc saving twice to ensure Celtic's passage to the next round.

On 28 January 2009, Boruc converted a penalty for Celtic during the penalty shootout in the semi-final match of the League Cup against Dundee United.

On 12 December 2009, Boruc made his 200th appearance for Celtic against Motherwell, which Celtic won 3–2. In April 2010, he won the Scottish Premier League save of the season award.^[7]

On 4 May 2010, Boruc made the last appearance of his Celtic career in a 2–1 victory against Old Firm rivals Rangers.^[8]

Fiorentina[link]

On 12 July 2010, Celtic agreed to sell Boruc to Serie A club Fiorentina subject to a medical, for an undisclosed fee.^[9] The transfer was confirmed three days later.^[10][11][12]

He made his Fiorentina debut in the Coppa Italia against Empoli. After an injury to Sébastien Frey, he made his Serie A debut in a 1–0 win over Chievo on 7 November 2010. On 18 August 2011, Boruc officially claimed Fiorentina's number one jersey after Frey's move to Genoa.^[13]

International career[link]

Boruc's debut for Poland came on 28 April 2004 in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland, the match ending in a goalless draw. To date Boruc has 46 appearances for his country.^[14]

2006 FIFA World Cup[link]

He was selected to the 23-men national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals held in Germany. He had been battling with Tomasz Kuszczak and also Łukasz Fabiański for the starting slot, but was first-choice goalkeeper during the World Cup.

UEFA Euro 2008[link]

Boruc was named in Poland's UEFA Euro 2008 squad, starting their first game against Germany, holding his place through to the important second game against co-hosts Austria in which the Poles conceded a penalty in the 92nd minute to draw the game. In the same match he saved all three shots by the Austrians leading to a one to one final score. He was nicknamed "Spaceman" by the Austrian and German press during the tournament.^[15]

Controversy[link]

At Celtic, Boruc was at the centre of many controversies. Due to his custom of blessing himself before games, he was known as "The Holy Goalie".

On 25 August 2006, Boruc was cautioned by the Strathclyde Police for a breach of the peace for making gestures in front of Rangers fans before a game earlier that year.^[16] According to the Sunday Herald, "police reports highlighted three hand gestures made by 26-year-old Boruc … a V sign at the crowd, another obscene gesture at the crowd and a blessing". The gestures were not caught on video and the caution was issued on the basis of police reports and witness statements.^[16] This incident has led to him attaining the nickname "The Holy Goalie".^[17]

The Procurator Fiscal said Boruc "was seen by members of the public and police officers to bless himself. Witnesses describe him smiling or laughing at a Rangers section of the crowd and making 'come on' gestures. This action appeared to incense a section of the crowd to react in such a way that police officers and security personnel had to become involved to calm the situation. The police reported that it took 10 minutes to restore normality in the crowd."^[18] According to a cross-party working group of the Scottish Parliament, "the sign of the cross in itself is an expression of the Roman Catholic faith; however, using it to alarm, upset or provoke others might be a breach of the peace at common law."^[19]

The Roman Catholic Church condemned the legal action, however, expressing regret that "Scotland seems to have made itself one of the few countries in the world where this simple religious gesture is considered an offence."^[20] Following extensive press comment, the Crown Office issued a statement on 28 August 2006 stressing that the "very limited" action had been taken against Boruc for gestures made toward Rangers supporters rather than for crossing himself, and that it would not take action against individuals for "acts of religious observance".^[21] According to BBC News Online, the caution "brought the issue of sectarianism in Scotland back into sharp focus."^[22] The Roman Catholic Church welcomed the Crown Office's clarification of the limited action taken against Boruc, particularly the statement that it "did not in any way refer to the act of blessing himself".^[23]

On 17 December 2006, Boruc again crossed himself during his first Old Firm game since the caution, drawing "a roar" from the Rangers fans behind his goal.^[24][25] A spokesman for Celtic defended his gesture, stating "the police have said they have no problem with Artur Boruc in this regard and neither does Celtic Football Club."^[24]

Boruc courted further controversy in April 2008 when he displayed a T-shirt saying "God bless the Pope" and bearing a picture of the late Pope John Paul II after a game against Rangers^[17] and also in May 2007 when he waved a flag proclaiming Celtic the "Champions" following a match against Rangers.^[17]

Career honours[link]

Legia

• Polish Ekstraklasa: 2001–02
• Polish League Cup: 2001–02

Celtic

• Scottish Premier League: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
• Scottish League Cup: 2005–06, 2008–09
• Scottish Cup: 2006–07

Career statistics[link]

Clean sheets[link]

As of 5 May 2012

Personal life[link]

Boruc is a Legia Warsaw fan. He attends matches whenever he is in Poland.^[26] He makes the L sign using his thumb and index finger to show that he is fan of his old club Legia Warszawa (in Warsaw L sign means Legia). He is also a member of Legia Warsaw Supporters Association (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Kibiców Legii Warszawa) and helps supporters in their conflict with the club's authorities.

On 21 April 2007 he helped a 27-year-old pregnant Polish woman, her sister and brother-in-law when they were attacked in Glasgow.^[27]