Pomigliano
Full namePomigliano Calcio Femminile[1]
Nickname(s)Granata, Le Pantere
Short namePomigliano C.F.
FoundedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
StadiumUgo Gobbato Stadium,
Pomigliano d'Arco
Capacity1,600
PresidentRaffaele Pipola
CoachDomenico Panico
LeagueSerie A
2021–22Serie A, 8th of 12
WebsiteClub website

Pomigliano Calcio Femminile, also known as Pomigliano, is an Italian women's association football club based in Pomigliano d'Arco, Metropolitan City of Naples. It was founded in June 2019 and secured two successive promotions in its first two seasons, to enter Serie A in 2021.

History

In June 2019, Raffaele Pipola the President of ASDC Pomigliano, a club in the men's Serie D, formed a women's section for the club by buying out an existing team called Vapa Virtus Napoli.[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, their debut 2019–20 season was stopped early and since Pomigliano were leading their regional Serie C section they were promoted to Serie B.[3] In 2020–21 they finished in second place behind Lazio to claim their second successive promotion, into the top tier Serie A.[4]

Former Italy women's national football team player Manuela Tesse was the coach who secured the second promotion, but she was fired three games into the 2021–22 Serie A season.[5]

On 5th November 2023, the club withdrew from the women's Serie A Femminile "with immediate effect" after just six games in the season due to a "contentious" referee decision.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 August 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Italy ITA Gaia Apicella (captain)
3 FW Italy ITA Martina Fusini
4 DF Poland POL Katarzyna Konat
5 DF Italy ITA Angela Passeri
6 MF France FRA Iris Rabot
8 MF Italy ITA Valentina Gallazzi
10 MF Brazil BRA Taty
11 FW Italy ITA Chiara Manca
16 DF Italy ITA Federica Rizza
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Italy ITA Marta Rocco
20 FW Guatemala GUA Ana Lucía Martínez
21 MF Italy ITA Virginia Di Giammarino
22 FW Italy ITA Asia Bragonzi (on loan from Juventus)
28 MF Italy ITA Zhanna Ferrario
29 GK Italy ITA Fabiana Fierro
33 DF Italy ITA Debora Novellino
44 FW Italy ITA Giorgia Miotto
74 GK Italy ITA Emanuela Barretta

Former players

References

  1. ↑ "Pomigliano". FIGC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Collaro, Gianfranco (21 June 2019). "Granata nel calcio femminile, rilevato il titolo della Vapa Virtus Napoli" (in Italian). Sport Campania. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Mauro, Paola (14 June 2020). "L'ASD Calcio Pomigliano Femminile promosso ufficialmente in Serie B" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italiano. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Calcio femminile, Pomigliano e Lazio festeggiano la promozione in Serie A" (in Italian). Sky Sport Italy. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Il Pomigliano esonera coach Tesse" (in Italian). Calcio Femminile Italia. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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