Leonardo Garilli Stadium
| Leonardo Garilli Stadium | |
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| The Stadio Leonardo Garilli in December 2019 | |
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Stadio Galleana (1969–1997) |
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| place | Via Egidio Gorra 25 29122 Piacenza , Italy
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 1 '46.8 " N , 9 ° 41' 24.3" E |
| owner | City of Piacenza |
| start of building | 1968 |
| opening | 1969 |
| First game | August 31, 1969 Piacenza FC - AC Torino 1: 1 ( Coppa Italia 1969/70 ) |
| Renovations | 1993 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Giovanni Cella |
| capacity | 21,668 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 65 m |
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The Stadio Leonardo Garilli is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Emilian city of Piacenza . It is the sporting home of the Piacenza Calcio 1919 soccer club and is mainly used for soccer.
history
The stadium was opened in 1969 under the name Stadio Galleana and had around 16,000 seats. The first game took place on August 31, 1969 between Piacenza FC and AC Turin . The cup game of the 1969/70 season ended in a 1-1 draw. Three weeks later, the venue was officially opened at the league game between Piacenza and AC Perugia .
In 1993 Piacenza rose in the Serie A on. As a result, the stadium was renovated and expanded with tubular steel stands in the curves, so that the capacity was increased to 21,668 seats, since stadiums in the Italian premier league must have at least 20,000 seats. In January 1997, they renamed the stadium in honor of the recently deceased club president Leonardo Garilli in Stadio Leonardo Garilli order.
After serious riots on February 2, 2007 at the game Catania Calcio against US Palermo , in which the policeman Filippo Raciti was killed, stricter regulations ( Decreto Legge Amato ) were issued in the stadiums.
From 2014/15, in addition to Piacenza Calcio 1919, the city rivals AS Pro Piacenza 1919 played in the Stadio Leonardo Garilli in order to meet the increased stadium requirements after a promotion to the Lega Pro . However, AS Pro Piacenza 1919 was excluded from play in the 2018/19 season by the Italian Football Association . Since then, Piacenza Calcio has been the sole user of the stadium in 1919.
Transport links
The stadium site is located south of the city of Piacenza at the southern bypass serving orbital road , from which the A1 and A21 can be reached. The state roads SS9 and SS45 as well as the provincial roads SP6, SP10, SP28 and SP654 can also be reached via the tangential . In the urban bus network, the Parcheggio Stadio Garilli stop is served by line 8, which connects the stadium with the city center and Piacenzas train station , and the NS line, which operates as a shuttle between the stadium and the city center.
International matches
The first and so far only international match of the Italian national team took place during Piacenza's most successful phase, when the club played a total of eight seasons in Serie A between 1993 and 2003 . On September 5, 2001, Italy received the Moroccan national team in a friendly match in front of 19,000 spectators and won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Damiano Tommasi .
In addition, the Italian U21 national team won a qualifier for the U21 European Championship in 1988 against Portugal 6-0 thanks to three goals from Nicola Berti and one goal each from Silvano Benedetti , Paolo Maldini and Ruggiero Rizzitelli in Piacenza on December 2, 1987 . In October 2013 there was also an unofficial test match between Piacenza and the U21 team, which the Azzurini won 4-2.
Official international matches of the senior national team
| date | opponent | Result | occasion | spectator | Goal scorers |
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| 5th Sep 2001 |
 Morocco
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1: 0 (1: 0) | Friendly match | 19,000 | Damiano Tommasi (18th) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regolamento degli stadi della Lega Nazionale Professionisti - G. Capienza. Lega Nazionale Professionisti, accessed on April 13, 2019 (German stadium regulations of the Lega Nazionale Professionisti - G. Capacity ).
- ^ Piacenza e Pro Piacenza: c'è l'accordo per il Garilli. Sportpiacenza.it, accessed on April 13, 2019 ( Eng . Piacenza and Pro Piacenza: There is the agreement for the Garilli ).
- ↑ Third division Piacenza thrown out of the league after a farce. orf.at, accessed on April 13, 2019 .
- ^ Mappa urbana di Piacenza. (PDF) In: setaweb.it. Società Emiliana Trasporti Autofiloviari, accessed January 14, 2020 (Italian).