List of Atalanta BC managers explained

Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio is an Italian professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club was founded in 1907 and it currently competes in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Since the establishment of a unified league structure in 1929, Atalanta has spent a total of 62 seasons in Serie A, 28 seasons in Serie B, and one season in Serie C.[1]

Throughout its history, Atalanta has had a total of 59 managers, including player-managers, assistant managers acting as head coach, and caretaker managers. Thirteen managers were in charge on multiple occasions.[2] The club hired its first professional coach, Cesare Lovati, in 1925, and the current head coach is Gian Piero Gasperini. Atalanta's only managers to win a major trophy were Paolo Tabanelli, under whom the club won the Coppa Italia in 1963, and current manager Gasperini, under whom the club won the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.

Managerial history

Longest-serving managers

Current manager Gian Piero Gasperini, who led the club to its highest league finishes and UEFA Champions League qualification between 2019 and 2021, has the most appearances as manager in the club's history (387)[3] and the longest uninterrupted tenure as Atalanta manager (seven consecutive seasons).[4] He became the club's longest-serving manager on 9 October 2022, when he oversaw his 300th game with Atalanta.[5]

The club's second longest-serving manager is Emiliano Mondonico, who oversaw 299 matches in all competitions in two spells (1987–90 and 1994–98), including some of the club's matches in the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup.[6]

Stefano Colantuono, who also was manager on two different occasions (2005–07 and 2010–15), is the club's third-longest serving manager, with 281 appearances in total.[7]

Other relatively long-serving managers include Ivo Fiorentini, Battista Rota, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Giovanni Vavassori, Nedo Sonetti, Giulio Corsini, Luigi Bonizzoni, and Imre Payer, all of whom recorded over 100 appearances as manager.

List of managers

No.NameNationalityFromToAchievementsRefs
1Cesare Lovati1 July 192530 June 1927
2Imre Payer1 July 192730 June 19291927–28 Prima Divisione

Winners (1st second tier title and promotion)

3Luigi Cevenini1 July 192930 June 1930
4József Viola1 July 19305 February 1933<--per itwiki, need a real source-->
5Imre Payer5 February 193330 June 1933
6Angelo Mattea1 July 193330 June 1935
7Imre Payer1 July 193530 June 1936
8Ottavio Barbieri1 July 193630 June 1938
9Géza Kertész1 July 193830 June 1939
10Ivo Fiorentini1 July 193930 June 19411939–40 Serie B

Winners (2nd title)

11János Nehadoma1 July 194125 November 1945
12Giuseppe Meazza25 November 194513 January 1946
13Luis Monti13 January 194624 November 1946
14Ivo Fiorentini25 November 19467 March 19491947–48 Serie A

Fifth place, the club's highest league finish until 2017

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15Alberto Citterio7 March 194913 March 1949
16Carlo Carcano13 March 194930 June 1949
17Giovanni Varglien1 July 194931 December 1950
18Denis Charles Neville1 January 195115 October 1951[9]
19Carlo Ceresoli16 October 195130 June 1952
20Luigi Ferrero1 July 195231 January 1954
21Francesco Simonetti,
Luigi Tentorio
1 February 195430 June 1954
22Luigi Bonizzoni1 July 195415 April 1957
23Carlo Rigotti16 April 195724 November 1957
24Giuseppe Bonomi25 November 195722 December 1957
25Karl Adamek23 December 195730 June 19591958–59 Serie B

Winners (3rd title)

26Ferruccio Valcareggi1 July 195930 June 1962
27Paolo Tabanelli1 July 196230 June 19631962–63 Coppa Italia

Winners (1st title)

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28Carlo Alberto Quario1 July 19632 February 1964
29Carlo Ceresoli3 February 196430 June 1964
30Ferruccio Valcareggi1 July 196430 June 1965
31Héctor Puricelli1 July 19654 October 1965
32Stefano Angeleri5 October 196530 June 1967
33Paolo Tabanelli1 July 196715 April 1968
34Stefano Angeleri16 April 19682 March 1969
35Silvano Moro3 March 196928 April 1969
36Carlo Ceresoli29 April 196930 June 1969
37Corrado Viciani1 July 196914 December 1969
38Renato Gei14 December 196917 April 1970
39Battista Rota17 April 197030 June 1970
40Giulio Corsini1 July 197011 November 1973
41Heriberto Herrera11 November 197317 November 1974
42Angelo Piccioli18 November 197430 June 1975
43Giancarlo Cadé1 July 197530 May 1976
44Gianfranco Leoncini1 June 197630 June 1976[11]
45Battista Rota1 July 197630 June 1980[12]
46Bruno Bolchi1 July 198018 January 1981
47Giulio Corsini19 January 198130 June 1981
48Ottavio Bianchi1 July 198130 June 19831981–82 Serie C1 Group A: Winners (1st title)[13]
49Nedo Sonetti1 July 198330 June 19871983–84 Serie B

Winners (4th title)
1986–87 Coppa Italia: Runners-up

50Emiliano Mondonico1 July 198730 June 19901987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

Semi-finals
1988–89 Serie A: Sixth place and qualification to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup
1989–90 Serie A: Seventh place and qualification to the 1990–91 UEFA Cup

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51Pierluigi Frosio1 July 199029 January 19911990–91 UEFA Cup

Quarter-finals

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52Bruno Giorgi29 January 199130 June 19921990–91 UEFA Cup

Quarter-finals

53Marcello Lippi1 July 199230 June 1993
54Francesco Guidolin1 July 19932 November 1993[16]
55Andrea Valdinoci,
Cesare Prandelli
2 November 199330 June 1994
56Emiliano Mondonico1 July 199430 June 19981995–96 Coppa Italia

Runners-up

57Bortolo Mutti1 July 199830 June 1999[17]
58Giovanni Vavassori1 July 199921 April 2003[18] [19]
59Giancarlo Finardi21 April 20034 June 2003[20] [21]
60Andrea Mandorlini10 June 20035 December 2004[22]
61Delio Rossi6 December 200430 June 2005
62Stefano Colantuono1 July 200530 June 20072005–06 Serie B

Winners (5th title)

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63Luigi Delneri1 July 200730 June 2009
64Angelo Gregucci1 July 200921 September 2009
65Antonio Conte21 September 20097 January 2010[24] [25]
66Valter Bonacina7 January 201010 January 2010
67Bortolo Mutti11 January 201010 June 2010[26]
68Stefano Colantuono14 June 20104 March 20152010–11 Serie B

Winners (6th title)

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69Edoardo Reja4 March 201513 June 2016[28]
70Gian Piero Gasperini14 June 2016present2016–17 Serie A

Fourth place and UEFA Europa League qualification
2018–19 Coppa Italia: Runners-up
2019–20 UEFA Champions League: Quarter-finals
2020–21 Coppa Italia: Runners-up
2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Serie A: Third place (the club's highest ever league finishes)
and UEFA Champions League qualification
2021–22 UEFA Europa League: Quarter-finals
2023–24 Coppa Italia: Runners-up
2023–24 UEFA Europa League: Winners (1st title)

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References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atalanta BC club history . footballhistory.org . 2019 . 22 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Atalanta – Storia Allenatore . calcio.com . it . 30 July 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200114120628/http://www.calcio.com:80/squadre/atalanta/9/ . 14 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Gian Piero Gasperini – Stats and titles won – 22/23 . footballdatabase.eu . 7 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Atalanta, Gasperini: "Niente addio all'Atalanta" . Corriere dello Sport . 7 June 2022 . it . 7 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Udinese 2–2 Atalanta . atalanta.it . 9 October 2022 . 9 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Mondonico, l'allenatore gentile che portò i granata alla vittoria in Coppa Italia . . Manassero . Francesco . it . 9 March 2020 . 22 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Stefano Colantuono – Stats and titles won . footballdatabase.eu . 7 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Jackson. Marco. 15 February 2017. Atalanta 1948: The Queen in Search of a Crown. 15 December 2020. Forza Italian Football.
  9. Web site: End to End Stuff . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008215921/http://www.endtoendstuff.co.uk/main-book.php?element_id=1&chapter_id=130 . dead. 8 October 2011 . 8 October 2011.
  10. Web site: L'Atalanta e le altre volte in semifinale: ecco com'è andata . 28 February 2018 . it . calcioatalanta.it . 20 December 2020.
  11. Web site: Lutto in casa Atalanta: è morto Gianfranco Leoncini . 6 April 2019 . calcioatalanta.it . it . 28 July 2021.
  12. Web site: Atalanta, addio a Titta Rota: è stato calciatore . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 10 July 2018 . it . 25 July 2021.
  13. Web site: Amarcord: un anno all'inferno, l'unica Serie C dell'Atalanta . Milan . Marco . 29 June 2020 . it . 17 December 2020.
  14. Web site: I pirati d'Europa: quando l'Atalanta arrivò in semifinale di Coppa delle Coppe . ultimouomo.com . it . Gaetani . Marco . 26 December 2019 . 19 December 2020.
  15. News: Frosio al capolinea l'Atalanta a Giorgi . la Repubblica . 29 January 1991 . 42 . it.
  16. Web site: Indietro tutta, via Guidolin . la Repubblica . 2 November 1993 . it . 20 July 2021.
  17. Web site: I primi 65 anni di Mutti. Profeta, ma non in patria . 11 August 2019 . calcioatalanta.it . it . 21 December 2020.
  18. Web site: Gli Eroi della Dea: Giovanni Vavassori . Opromolla . Giuseppe . Tutto Atalanta . 9 January 2021 . it . 23 July 2021.
  19. News: L'Atalanta esonera Vavassori. Al suo posto Giancarlo Finardi . it . La Repubblica . 21 April 2003 . 2 July 2007.
  20. News: Amarcord, Atalanta–Reggina 1–2 2003: lo spareggio maledetto che costò la retrocessione nerazzurra . Di Santo . Filippo . SuperNews . news.superscommesse.it . 2 June 2020 . it . 22 July 2021.
  21. News: Atalanta, caccia al mister spunta il nome di Mandorlini . L'Eco di Bergamo . 4 June 2003 . it . 22 July 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722202911/https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Sport/atalanta-caccia-al-mister-spunta-il-nome-di-mandorlini_15975_11/ . 22 July 2021.
  22. Web site: UFFICIALE: Mandorlini all'Atalanta . 10 June 2003 . tuttomercatoweb.com . it . 22 July 2021.
  23. Web site: Il filo di Atalanta-Roma: Stefano Colantuono . vocegiallorossa.it . 21 November 2014 . Mercanti . Marco . it . 22 December 2020.
  24. Web site: 7 January 2010 . Lite con i tifosi, Antonio Conte lascia l'Atalanta . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210513030306/https://www.romagnaoggi.it/sport/lite-con-i-tifosi-antonio-conte-lascia-l_atalanta.html . 13 May 2021.
  25. Web site: Long read: The rows, rage and relegation that made Antonio Conte a winner . FourFourTwo . 12 May 2017 . 24 July 2021.
  26. Web site: 11 January 2010 . Lino Mutti allenatore dell'Atalanta . L'Eco di Bergamo . it.
  27. Web site: Comunicato Atalanta B.C. . 4 March 2015 . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150306164619/http://www.atalanta.it/site/paginalive/comunicati-dal-club/Stagione-2014-2015/2015-03/04-03-Comunicato-Atalanta-B.C..html . 6 March 2015.
  28. News: L'Atalanta ha scelto: Gasperini è il nuovo allenatore. Percassi: "Un maestro di calcio" . la Repubblica . 14 June 2016 . it . 23 July 2021.
  29. News: Europa League final: Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten run ended 3-0 by Atalanta . Graham . Dunbar . Associated Press . 22 May 2024 . 22 May 2024.
  30. Web site: Soccer – Atalanta clinch Champions League spot with Genoa win . . 15 May 2021 . 4 August 2021.
  31. News: Atalanta, Gasperini: "C'è delusione, partita decisa dagli episodi . Sportmediaset . 19 May 2021 . it . 4 August 2021.
  32. News: Euro 2021: Atalanta: From a provincial yo-yo club to dominating Euro 2020 . . Clancy . Conor . 29 June 2021 . 9 July 2021.
  33. Web site: Europa League Atalanta 0–2 RB Lepizig (1–3 agg): End of the road for La Dea . Football Italia . 14 April 2022 . Campanale . Susy . 22 June 2022.

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