AC Bellinzona
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| Full name | Associazione Calcio Bellinzona | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Granata | ||
| Founded | 1904 | ||
| Ground | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona (Capacity: 8,740) |
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| Chairman | Gabriele Giulini | ||
| Head Coach |  Marco Schällibaum |
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| League | Swiss Super League | ||
| 2007-08 | Challenge League, 2nd (Promoted) | ||
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AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948.
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[edit] History
Since Bellinzona is an Italian speaking region, many Italian Serie A clubs loan youth players to the club to get first team experience. AS Roma are a parent club to Bellinzona.
Bellinzona was promoted to the Swiss Super League after beating St. Gallen by 5-2 on aggregate in the relegation play-off following the 2007-2008 season. Bellinzona will play at the top level in 2008-2009 season for the first time since the 1989-90 season. As finalists in the Swiss Cup, the team also qualified for the 08-09 UEFA Cup where they beat Ararat Yerevan of Armenia in the 1st qualifying round.
[edit] Current squad
As of 11 April 2009:
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[edit] Out on loan
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[edit] 2008 transfers
In:
- Andrea Conti (from AS Roma)
- Emanuele Di Zenzo (from FC Sion)
- Shkelzen Gashi (loan from FC Zurich)
- Matteo Gritti (from FC Chiasso)
- Mauro Lustrinelli (from FC Lucerne)
- Genc Mehmeti (from FC Schaffhausen)
- Jocelyn Roux (from Stade Nyonnais)
- Gürkan Sermeter (from FC Aarau
- Henri Siqueira-Barras (from Enosis Neon Paralimni)
- Vincent Bernardet (from FC Gueugnon)
Winter 2008/2009
- Luigi Beghetto - Treviso
- Emiliano Dudar - Olimpo de Bahía Blanca
- Frank Feltscher - (U.S. Lecce, on loan)
- Jérôme Thiesson - (FC Zürich, on loan)
- Carlo Zotti - (AS Cittadella)
Out:
- Marko Andjelkovic (free transfer)
- Gabriele Bernasconi (FC Chiasso)
- Paolo Carbone (Calcio Como)
- Corrado Grabbi (free transfer)
- Andrea Locatelli (FC Chiasso)
- Senad Lulic (to Grasshopper)
- Ludovico Moresi (to AC Lugano)
- Gediminas Paulauskas (to Vetra Vilnius)
- Christian Pouga (to Sevilla)
- Ifet Taljevic (to Neuchatel Xamax)
- John Olufemi (to FC Locarno)
Winter 2008/2009
- Roland Bättig (released)
- Giuseppe Miccolis (GC Biaschesi)
- Neri (released)
- Emanuele Di Zenzo (released)
[edit] Famous players
- Mauro Lustrinelli
- Gerardo Seoane
- Kubilay Türkyilmaz
- Igor Đurić
Benoît Thans
Amauri
Igor Budan
Mark Edusei- John Mensah
Raffaele De Martino- Matuzalem
- Marco Murriero
Saidu Adeshina
Adrian Pit- Cristian Ianu
Paul Ramírez
[edit] Coaching staff
- Manager: Marco Schällibaum
- Goalkeeping coach: Mike Walker
[edit] External links
- Official website (Italian)
