San Marino Academy (women)

San Marino Academy, or simply San Marino, is a football club based in the City of San Marino, San Marino, who play in the Italian football league system. The women's team made their debut in the Serie A, the top division of Italian women's football, in 2020–21.

San Marino Academy
Full nameSan Marino Academy
Nickname(s)[Le] Titane (The Titans)
Short nameSan Marino
Founded2004 (2004)
GroundStadio di Acquaviva
Capacity2,000
OwnerSan Marino Football Federation
ChairmanMarco Tura
ManagerAlain Conte
LeagueSerie B
2022–23Serie B, 10th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Established in 2004, it is managed by the San Marino Football Federation and is the main representative of San Marino in women's football, as the country currently does not have a national championship or a national team.

In men's football, activity was limited to youth teams until 2023, playing in the Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio from the 2023–24 season.

History

Women's football in San Marino began between the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, with the activity of two teams: Dogana and Cosmos, both from Serravalle, who enrolled their teams in the Italian women's championships.[1] However, after less than a decade, both ended their activity in women's football due to the significant reduction of female footballers, who mainly "emigrated" to nearby clubs in Emilia-Romagna.[1]

In the 2000s the San Marino Football Federation set itself the goal of enrolling a women's team in the Italian regional championships.[1] In the 2004–05 season, the team of the "Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio" (San Marino Football Federation) began in the Serie D Emilia-Romagna, led by coach Pier Domenico Cardelli.[1]

In 2006–07, the youth sector was formed, with the formation of an under-13 team.[1] In the same season, Maurizio Eraldo Reggini acquired the role of head coach of the first team, after having been assistant coach in the previous season.[1] The 2007–08 season saw San Marino win the Serie D with 25 wins, two draws and one defeat in the league, obtaining promotion to the Serie C and also reaching the final of the Emilia Cup.[1] In the first season in C, the San Marino Football Federation was unable to stay in the division; they were relegated to the Serie D, before returning to the Serie C having won the 2009–10 Emilia Cup.[1]

In 2013, with the team still in Serie C, Mirco Balacich was appointed head coach. In his third season (2015-2016) he won the double (Serie C and Coppa Emilia), and the team were promoted for the first time to the Serie B.[1] At the same time a Primavera team (under-19) was formed.[1]

In the 2016–17 Serie B, the team finished in seventh place in group B, with Balacich replaced after 10 days by Fabio Baschetti.[1] In the summer of 2017, the San Marino Football Federation decided to create the San Marino Academy, a project launched to manage the youth and women's activity of San Marinese football.[2] In 2017–18, the team finished in fifth place under the new format, and were relegated to the Serie C.

In the summer of 2018, Alain Conte became coach.[3] With him San Marino Academy won group C of the Serie C,[4] and were promoted to the Serie B, which became a single group, defeating Riozzese 2–0 in the promotion play-offs.[5] In 2019–20, they were in third place, behind Lazio, before the championship was suspended by the Italian Football Federation at the beginning of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] On 25 June, San Marino were promoted to the Serie A for the first time, finishing in second place in the "corrected" ranking, based on a corrective coefficient.[7] San Marino finished their first Serie A season in 11th place, and were relegated back to the Serie B.[8]

Players

Current squad
As of 14 September 2022[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK San Marino SMR Giulia Zaghini
2 DF San Marino SMR Alice Zaghini
3 DF Italy ITA Giulia Montalti
4 MF Italy ITA Ylenia Deidda
5 DF Italy ITA Aurora De Sanctis
6 DF Italy ITA Nicole Micciarelli
7 FW Italy ITA Giulia Baldini
8 MF Italy ITA Ilenia Rossi
9 FW San Marino SMR Yesica Menin (captain)
10 MF San Marino SMR Simona Innocenti
11 FW Italy ITA Alison Rigaglia
12 GK Italy ITA Gloria Ciccioli
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Italy ITA Azzurra Principi
14 MF Italy ITA Viola Brambilla
15 DF Italy ITA Alessia Venturini
18 DF Italy ITA Francesca Larocca
19 FW Italy ITA Greta Di Luzio
20 DF Italy ITA Martina Piazza
21 FW Italy ITA Martina Bianchi
23 MF Italy ITA Nausica Costantini
24 GK Italy ITA Francesca Montanari
28 MF San Marino SMR Eleonora Cecchini
45 MF Italy ITA Raffaella Barbieri
99 DF Italy ITA Alessandra Piergallini

Managerial history

Below is a list of San Marino Academy from 2004 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years
Pier Domenico Cardelli San Marino 2004–2006
Maurizio Eraldo Reggini San Marino 2006–2010
Andrea Tentoni Italy 2010–2012
Mirco Balacich Italy 2012–2016
Mirco Balacich
Fabio Baschetti		 Italy 2016–2017
Fabio Baschetti Italy 2017–2018
Alain Conte Italy 2018–present

Honours
  • Serie C
    • Winners (2): 2015–16 (Emilia-Romagna), 2018–19 (Group C)
  • Serie D
    • Winners (1): 2007–08 (Emilia-Romagna)
  • Coppa Emilia
    • Winners (2): 2009–10, 2015–16

See also

References
  1. "Calcio Femminile". FSGC (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. Andrea Zoppis (5 August 2017). "É nata la San Marino Academy". FSGC (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. Andrea Zoppis (11 July 2018). "Femminile, prima squadra: presentato il nuovo tecnico Alain Conte". FSGC (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. media (14 April 2019). "Femminile, Serie C: Titane ufficialmente ai play-off". FSGC (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. Rtv, San Marino (8 May 2019). "Storica promozione in serie B per la San Marino Academy che batte 2-0 la Riozzese nello spareggio". San Marino Rtv (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. FIGC (20 May 2020). "La Serie B si ferma, la A crede ancora nella ripartenza. Nei prossimi giorni la decisione definitiva". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. "Femminile, ora è ufficiale: le Titane sono in Serie A". FSGC (in Italian). 25 June 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. Femminile, Federazione Sammarinese Calcio (24 May 2021). "San Marino Academy dal finale amaro: 2-1 per la Fiorentina e retrocessione in Serie B". Calcio femminile italiano (in Italian). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  9. "Prima Squadra Femminile". San Marino Football Federation (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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