FM2010 - Official Parma F.C. Thread

Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, that are competing in the 2009-10 Serie A season. The club plays its home matches in the 27,906 seat Stadio Ennio Tardini. Nicknames include Ducali (The Duchy Men), Crociati (Crusaders) and Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues).

Parma debuted in Serie A in 1990 and would quickly establish themselves as a top-flight team in Italian football from then on. The team became one of the top Italian teams in the 1990s and early 2000s, especially in the domestic and European Cup competitions, having been crowned UEFA Cup champions. Following the Parmalat scandal in late 2003, which caused the owning company to collapse, Parma has lately experienced a troubled period, having been under controlled administration until January 2007 as well as having to fight to avoid relegation.

Fullname: Parma Football Club

Nickname(s): Ducali (The Duchy Men), Crociati (Crusaders) and Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues)

Ground: Ennio Tardini, Parma(Emilia-Romagna), Italy (Capacity: 27,906)

Chairman: Tommaso Ghirardi

Head Coach: Francesco Guidolin

Year founded: July 27, 1913 (AC Parma) 2005 (Parma FC)

Reputation: National

Chairman status: Loves the club

Fierce Rivals: Juventus, Bologna, Reggiana, Cremonese, Genoa, Modena, Vicenza

Finances: Secure

Transfer Budget: Avoid Regelation €3.5M

Balance: €9,027M

Estimated Value: €34M (Loan Debt: €35M)

Continental competition: None

Media Prediction: 15th

Squad Personality: Loyal

Caption: Stefano Morrone

Stadium Capacity: 27 906 all-seater

Training Facilities: Top training facilities

Youth Facilities: Good youth facilities + Youth Academy

The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Football Club: it was named so in honour of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born in the province of Parma. By December of the same year, the club had changed its name to Parma Football Club.

Parma began playing league football during the 1919-20 season. In their first season, they ended up second in the qualifying matches for the Emilian Championship. They achieved their first promotion from their regional league during the 1924-25 season, moving them from the second to the first division. A few short seasons later, during 1928-29, they won the first division and were promoted, becoming founding members of Serie B.

Parma FC is characterized by having two different colour kits. Originally, the club wore yellow and blue shirts in honour of the city flag, but white shirts with a black cross on the chest were soon introduced referring to Juventus' colours.

After decades in lower divisions, Parma was promoted to Serie A in 1990. Parma immediately fought for major trophies, in many situations against Juventus: the rivalry rapidly led to the abolition of white and black shirts, and the club wore yellow and navy blue hooped shirts. Parma were quite successful during this time (winning the UEFA Cup) and had a lot of high key players at the club, thus the shirts have become synonymous with Parma even though they have reverted back to their traditional colours after Parmalat's collapse.

Actually, both the two combination of colours are used.

The early years of the 1930s were spent by the club in Serie B and around this time they changed the club name to A.S. Parma. In 1932, Parma were relegated and became founding members of Serie C, where they spent the rest of the decade.

After a long decade of trying to gain promotion back into Serie B, they achieved it in the 1941-42 season. Italian football was postponed due to World War II but after it was continued, Parma played another three seasons in Serie B before being relegated once more in 1948-49. Then, they spent another five seasons in Serie C where they ended up in second place on two occasions before gaining promotion once again in 1953-54.

Following this promotion, one of the most successful periods in the club's history began: in 1954-55, they ended up ninth (a record for the club at the time). A notable star during this period was Ivo Cocconi who broke the club's appearance record, playing 308 times. Parma made their debut on the European stage during the 1960-61 season, defeating Swiss side AC Bellinzona in the Coppa delle Alpi. The club's form dropped, however, and they were once again relegated to Serie C in the 1964-65 season finishing last.

By the end of the 1960s, Parma were in Serie D, falling into relative turmoil by the club's standards; they changed their name on numerous occasions until finally settling for Associazione Calcio Parma in 1967-68. In the summer of 1969, another local club, AC Parmense, was merged with Parma to form one team.

The club crept back into professional football with promotion back to Serie B during the 1972-73 season, spending three solid seasons in the league and finishing as high as 5th (which set a new club record). However, relegation soon returned to the club and they stayed in Serie C until their eventual promotion under Cesare Maldini in 1978-79. They beat Triestina in a play-off match, thanks to two goals from a young Carlo Ancelotti.

Previous Parma AC logo

However, they only lasted a season in Serie B and began the 1980s back down in Serie C. They came back up as champions in 1984 but were once again relegated, yo-yoing between the leagues. They returned to B under Arrigo Sacchi for the 1986-87 season and remained there for the rest of the 1980s. After making an impression at Parma, Sacchi was scouted by AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, who brought him to become the new Rossoneri coach.

Nevio Scala stepped into Sacchi's place as the new manager of Parma. Scala brought the club into the top flight for the first time in the club's history, on 27 May 1990. Parma beat their old rivals Reggiana 2-0 at home to secure it, thanks to goals from Marco Osio and Alessandro Melli. Their first ever game in Serie A was a 2-1 defeat at home to Turin giants Juventus. Their first Serie A victory came 15 days later, against Diego Maradona's Napoli; the game ended 1-0.

Promotion team 1989-90

1. Giacomo Zunico

2. Cornelio Donati

3. Enzo Gambaro

4. Lorenzo Minotti

5. Luigi Apolloni

6. Massimo Susic

7. Alessandro Melli

8. Tarcisio Catanese

9. Marco Osio

10. Fausto Pizzi

11. Maurizio Ganz

The promotion attracted many foreign talents to the club; this achievement was paid for by the multinational dairy concern Parmalat controlled by the Tanzi family, who had become the club's new sponsor in addition to buying a 45% stake. A new era for Parma had begun, described by fans as the club's "Golden Period".

Parma ended ther first ever season in Serie A in sixth place, which meant they qualified for the UEFA Cup. However, the 1991-92 season saw Parma exit from the UEFA Cup to CSKA Sofia. Domestically, the club was having more success, securing the Italian Cup with a 2-0 victory against Juventus. An Italian player at the club, Alberto Di Chiara, was called up to the national side.

Parma's first international throphy was won in 1992-93 where they won the Cup Winners' Cup, beating Royal Antwerp 3-1 at Wembley Stadium in England on 12 May 1993. The following season, the club were successful in the European Super Cup; winning an all Italian final 2-0 over AC Milan. The same season, however, they lost the Cup Winners' Cup 1-0 in the final against Arsenal. The 1994–95 season saw perhaps their greatest achievement to date, when they beat Italian rivals Juventus in the UEFA Cup Final.

Success in cup football and high league finishes in the early 1990s attracted other stars, with the likes of Tomas Brolin, Hristo Stoichkov, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla, Dino Baggio, Hernán Crespo, Enrico Chiesa, and Diego Fuser joining the club. Scala jumped ship in 1996 and was replaced by Carlo Ancelotti. He took the club to its best ever league finish in 1997, second place and only one point behind the champions Juventus.

Parma were unable to put their form into effect within the Champions League, however; they also only followed up their league position with a 6th place. Under Alberto Malesani in 1998-99, the team won the Coppa Italia against Fiorentina. He also took the club to their second UEFA Cup final victory, this time they beat Olympique de Marseille 3-0, with goals from Crespo, Vanoli and Chiesa.

Parma started off the 1999-2000 season well, winning the Italian Super Cup, but they were knocked out of the Champions League early and ended the season in fourth place, level with Internazionale but lost the play-off 3-1.

Arrigo Sacchi returned to the club as manager in January 2001, but the former Italy coach soon stepped down due to ill-health. Renzo Ulivieri took over and took the side to fourth in the league once more and another Champions League qualification although they lost the Coppa Italia finals to Fiorentina.

2001–02

At the end of the season, Parma sold Gianluigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram, Sérgio Conceição, and Márcio Amoroso; signed Sébastien Frey, Matteo Ferrari, Martin Djetou, Aimo Diana, Marco Marchionni, Hidetoshi Nakata, and Emiliano Bonazzoli as replacement.

Another manager change came for the 2001-02 season as Pietro Carmignani took Parma to another Coppa Italia triumph. They beat Juventus 1-0 at home before losing 2-1 in Turin; they won the trophy via the away goals rule, this was Parma's third time winning the Italian Cup.

2002–03

Again, the winning players were turned for cash: Fabio Cannavaro was sold to Internazionale, Marco Di Vaio to Juventus, and Johan Micoud to Werder Bremen. In exchange, players such as Daniele Bonera, Matteo Brighi, Mark Bresciano, Adriano, Adrian Mutu, and Alberto Gilardino were signed. Moreover, Matías Almeyda was swapped for Vratislav Greško as well as Luigi Sartor for Sebastiano Siviglia.

2003–04

In the Summer 2003, Adrian Mutu left for Chelsea for a fee of £15.8 million, while Aimo Diana left for Sampdoria; Stephen Appiah for Juventus; and Sabri Lamouchi was swapped for Domenico Morfeo.

Although the team's sponsor Parmalat was facing financial scandal during the season, Parma finished 5th.

2004–05

Once again, players left for other teams: Hidetoshi Nakata for Fiorentina, Simone Barone for Palermo, Matteo Ferrari for Roma, while Cesare Bovo, Alessandro Potenza, and Alessandro Budel were loaned from Roma, Internazionale, and AC Milan, respectively. Also added to the young talent squad were Fábio Simplício and Vince Grella.

Silvio Baldini was appointed as coach, but later Carmignani was in charge again.

Parma played a fair 2004–05 season, led by team stars such as Sébastien Frey, Alberto Gilardino, Andrea Pisanu, Marco Marchionni, Domenico Morfeo, and Mark Bresciano, and were able to avoid relegation in advance of four matches to the end of the championship. They reached the semi-final of UEFA Cup in 2004-05.

2005–06

Capital problems came to a head in the 2005-06 season: In the transfer market, Frey and Gilardino were sold, but Parma was only able to acquire (through loan) Cristiano Lupatelli and Bernardo Corradi as replacement. The team also announced it was to be bought in 2005 by former Real Madrid chairman Lorenzo Sanz, and was reincorporated at that time as Parma Football Club. However, successively Sanz renounced to conclude the bid. Mario Beretta was appointed as new coach. Despite all their troubles, Parma finished mid-table and later qualified for the UEFA Cup due to the 2006 Italian football scandal.

2006–07

Annual sale of Parma turned to Daniele Bonera, Mark Bresciano, and Fábio Simplício. With the cash, Igor Budan, Andrea Gasbarroni, and Vitali Kutuzov were signed.

On 24 January 2007, Tommaso Ghirardi was announced as new owner of Parma FC, following a public auction sale.[1] Ghirardi, a 31-year-old entrepreneur and owner of Serie C2 club AC Carpenedolo, also became chairman of Parma FC, ending three years of state-controlled management. On 12 February, second-last placed Parma fired head coach Pioli and replaced him with Claudio Ranieri who, against overwhelming odds, managed to avoid relegation to Serie B on the final day of the season.[2]

2007–08

In the 2007–08 season, Parma again battled with relegation, presenting three different head coaches (Domenico Di Carlo, Héctor Cúper, and caretaker Andrea Manzo) during the whole season, but were ultimately unable to preserve their Serie A status, losing 2–0 at home to champions Internazionale on the final day of the season, consigning them to Serie B football next season.

Reginaldo and Cristiano Lucarelli were the only major transfer, along with the loan move of Corradi.

2008-09

Selling youngster Daniele Dessena and Luca Cigarini became cash flow of Parma. Milan youngster Luca Antonelli and wonderkid Alberto Paloschi were also bought. Andrea Gasbarroni was exchanged with Julio César de León.

With a 2-2 draw on 16 May 2009, Parma were automatically promoted back to Serie A with two games left to play. Parma finished the season in second place 4 points behind Bari.

2009-10

The return season in Serie A Parma stared in good form with 8 wins in first 16 matches. As a result, this placed them high 4th in Serie A before Christmas. Since christmas 2009 parma has not won a game and fell to 13th place with 30 points. In late January, Hernan Crespo returned to Parma (the club which made him a household name in italy) after 10 years, signing from Genoa.

Italy

* Carlo Ancelotti (1977-1979)

* Luigi Apolloni (1987-1999)

* Dino Baggio (1994-2000)

* Marco Ballotta (1991-1994)

* Simone Barone (1997-2004)

* Antonio Benarrivo (1991-2004)

* Nicola Berti (1982-1985)

* Daniele Bonera (2002-2006)

* Luca Bucci (1986-1990, 1993-1997 & 2005-2008)

* Gianluigi Buffon (1995-2001)

* Fabio Cannavaro (1995-2002)

* Enrico Chiesa (1996-1999)

* Luca Cigarini (2005-2008)

* Massimo Crippa (1993-1998)

* Daniele Dessena (2004-2008)

* Alberto Di Chiara (1991-1996)

* Marco Di Vaio (1999-2002)

* Stefano Fiore (1996-1997)

* Diego Fuser (1998-2001)

* Andrea Gasbarroni (2007-2008)

* Alberto Gilardino (2002-2005)

* Filippo Inzaghi (1995-1996)

* Marco Marchionni (2001-2006)

* Alessandro Melli (1985-1994 & 1995-1997)

* Lorenzo Minotti (1987-1996)

* Domenico Morfeo (2003-2008)

* Roberto Mussi (1984-1987 & 1994-1999)

* Marco Osio (1987-1993)

* Christian Panucci (2009-2010)

* Gabriele Pin (1983-1985 & 1992-1996)

* Giuseppe Rossi (2007)

* Gianfranco Zola (1993-1996)

* Daniele Zoratto (1988-1995)

Argentina

* Matías Almeyda (2000-2002)

* Abel Balbo (1998-1999)

* Hernán Crespo (1996-2000)

* Ariel Ortega (1999-2000)

* Roberto Néstor Sensini (1993-1999 & 2000-2002)

* Juan Sebastián Verón (1998-1999)

* Luciano Galletti (1999)

Australia

* Mark Bresciano (2002-2006)

* Vince Grella (2002-2007)

Belarus

* Sergei Gurenko (2001-2002)

Belgium

* Georges Grün (1990-1994)

* Johan Walem (1999-2000)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Zlatan Muslimović (2005-2006)

Bulgaria

* Hristo Stoichkov (1995-1996)

Brazil

* Adaílton (1997-1998)

* Adriano (2002-2004)

* Márcio Amoroso (1999-2001)

* Júnior (1999-2005)

* Fábio Simplício (2004-2006)

* Cláudio Taffarel (1990-1993 & 2001-2002)

Cameroon

* Patrick Mboma (1999-2001)

Colombia

* Faustino Asprilla (1992-1996 & 1998-1999)

Croatia

* Igor Budan (2006-2008)

* Mario Stanić (1996-2000)

France

* Alain Boghossian (1998-2003)

* Sébastien Frey (2001-2005)

* Sabri Lamouchi (2000-2003)

* Johan Micoud (2000-2002)

* Lilian Thuram (1996-2001)

* Ousmane Dabo (1999-2000)

Ghana

* Stephen Appiah (2000-2003)

Japan

* Hidetoshi Nakata (2001-2004)

Kenya

* McDonald Mariga (2008-2010)

Portugal

* Sérgio Conceição (2000-2001)

* Fernando Couto (1994-1996 & 2005-2008)

* Paulo Sousa (2000)

Romania

* Adrian Mutu (2002-2003)

* Ianis Zicu (2004-2005)

San Marino

* Marco Macina (1984-1985)

Senegal

* Ferdinand Coly (2005-2008)

Serbia

* Savo Milošević (2000-2001)

Sweden

* Tomas Brolin (1990-1995 & 1997)

* Jesper Blomqvist (1997-1998)

Turkey

* Hakan Şükür (2002)

1 GK Nicola Pavarini

3 DF Luca Antonelli

4 MF Stefano Morrone (captain)

5 DF Cristian Zaccardo

6 DF Alessandro Lucarelli

7 DF Paolo Castellini

8 MF Francesco Lunardini

9 FW Davide Lanzafame (on loan from Palermo)

10 FW Blerim Džemaili (on loan from Torino)

11 MF Luis Jiménez (on loan from Inter)

14 MF Daniele Galloppa

15 DF Hernán Paolo Dellafiore (on loan from Palermo)

16 MF Pietro Baccolo

19 DF Damiano Zenoni

20 FW Jonathan Biabiany

22 GK Stefano Russo

24 DF Massimo Paci

26 DF Mohamed Lamine Traoré

43 FW Alberto Paloschi (co-owned by Milan)

77 FW Hernán Crespo

80 MF Francesco Valiani

83 GK Antonio Mirante (on loan from Sampdoria)

86 FW Valeri Bojinov (on loan from Manchester City)

77 FW Riccardo Pasi

Out on loan

FW Cristiano Lucarelli (at Livorno)

FW Julio César de León (at Turin)

FW Daniele Vantaggiato (at Padova)

FW Daniele Paponi (at Perugia)

MF Marco Rossi (at Sampdoria)

MF Alessio Manzoni (at Brescia)

MF Manuel Coppola (at Turin)

MF Matteo Mandorlini (at Viareggio)

MF Filippo Savi (at Carpenedolo)

DF Alberto Galuppo (at Cremonese)

Star Player

This guy will bang in goals for you, he is young, great finisher, fast and i recomanded to play him as potcher.

Alongside Alberto Paloschi there are Cristian Zaccardo, Stefano Morrone and Hernán Crespo who will be important players for your team!

Goalkeepers

The biggest problem for Parma squad, both goalkeepers isnt great but will do his job well for first season. You can try to sign Vincent Enyeama who will be decent first choise for your squad and he's very cheap. The other option is Guillermo Ochoa, and i would personally go for him.

Right/Left Backs

Cristian Zaccardo is my first choice at right back. He is more of a right back but I find he performs well at wing back on a support role.

Paolo Castellini is the best player for your left defending side for your squad.He's age 30 and he well do a decent job for your first season.

Centre Backs

Alessandro Lucarelli, Christian Panucci, Massimo Paci and Hernán Paolo Dellafiore will do a decent job in your defence. My first choise in defence would be Dellafiore & Lucarelli but u will definitely need to upgrade your DC's and buy some younger players. Otamendi would be great addition for your squad.

Defensive/Central midfielders

Stefano Morrone, Blerim Džemaili, Daniele Galloppa are only DMC/MC you will have in the first season. Morrone is the strongest player for this possition and he is playing alongside Galloppa in my team. Džemaili is a good cover

Attacking midfielders

Luis Jiménez is only natural AMC in your team and he's set up a lot's of goal for your strikers. The biggest problem here is that there is NO cover.It is imperative that this position needs to be improved!

Wingers

Francesco Valiani, Davide Lanzafame and Jonathan Biabiany are the only wingers u will have so this position needs to be improved. Valiani is the weakest player on this positiion but good enough and will provide decent cover. This is very thin area of the squad, so i suggest to bring some new faces couse u will not have any backup.

Strikers

Paloschi - This guy has all the right stats to be a top class poacher but u need to buyout him from Milan.He needs to improve his dribbling, first touch and balance to be top class.

Crespo, even though he isn't getting any younger he is very good player. He will score goals for you for atleast another season.

Valeri Bojinov would be a good cover for this 2 players.

Very good OP, I can't believe there wasn't a Parma thread sooner.

Thx mate!

Recommended Signings, Tactic & Conclusion will be updated tonight!

Nice OP .

But do they not have any wingers?

think im gonna start a game with Parma tomorow jst wondering how much cash they have to spend?

I've got a save going with them on the 10.1 or 10.2 patch (can't remember which) and loving it.

My all Italian strikeforce of Paloschi, Zigoni and Destro are amazing. I've got Mariga as a midfield destroyer and Galloppa as deep lying playmaker, working really well.

I took control of Parma in the second season, they had just been relegated to Serie B. I ran away with the Serie B title and am back in Serie A in the third season.

Doing really well back up in Serie A again, key win below:

I'm really pleased that Rivas and Destro scored against their old club, Rivas has been particularly immense for me

This is the league so far..

My only loss came on the first day of the season against Cagliari.

-TV-

My beloved Parma ( Family grew up here )!

Enjoying a good challenge with this save.

Sitting 5th in Jan season 1, 4 points off top & 2 points off CL place ( going better than expected ).

Not much money in the pot to start but signed most players on 48 months to stretch the finances & sold some fringe players.

My team -

Gk - Vilar ( Quality GK, will look to consigli for future )/Mirante

Dr - Zaccardo ( Solid )/Capelli

Dl - Emanuelson ( Retrained as LB & doing well )/Panucci ( Need backup, possibly Dodo in summer )

Dc - Otamendi ( Enough said ) Non EU player/ Just signed Bochetti

Dc - Coda ( Monster CB, wins every header.

Dmc - Mariga/Maduro ( Both soild but a lot of yellow cards )

Mc - Gallopa ( Solid mc/playmaker ) Need backup

Mc - Badelj ( Bargain & serie A young player of the year ) need back up

Fc - Maicon ( Explosive forward & great finishing ) Lanzafame ( Loan )

Fc - G Fernandez ( Free transfer/Quality)/Crespo/Paloschi

Fc - A Hernandez ( Developing well )/ Biabiany ( Loan )

Lots of players on Loan who will leave in Summer.

Will try to out bid co-own clubs in Summer for Paloschi & Gallopa.

Ins -

Vilar - 1.6

Emanuelson - 4.5

Mariga - 850k ( Was Co-owned by inter )

Coda - 3.9

Otamendi - 2.7

Maduro - 1.6

Badelj - 1.6

Maicon - 6.75 ( Young forward )

G Fernandez - Free

Capelli - 1.6

A Hernandez - 7.5

Bochetti - 8.75 ( Jan )

Outs -

Morrone - 2.5

Paci - 1.4

Lucarelli - 1.6

Castellini - 1.2

Bojinov ( Terminated Loan )

Jimenez ( Terminated Loan - Let Badelj flourish/ high wages )

Ins arranged for Summer 2010 -

Adriano ( Free ) The main FC I need.

Burdisso ( Free )

Briand ( free )

Fiorillo ( 40k )

League so far - P15, W8, D6, L1.

Was 13 unbeaten in league & didnt concede for 6 games.

Just lost to Fiorentina away.

Tryimg to keep an italian core with a South Ameriacn influence.

So far so good.

Any thoughts on improvements etc.........???

I like your transfer dealings

What patch are you on?

Mariga and Galloppa have been great as MC's for me (ball winning and deep lying playmaker respectively), with Coquelin in the DMC role. Zigoni/Paloschi/Destro have been my all italian strikeforce that have propelled me to the top of the league.

Worth taking a look at Helan, Albertazzi, Darnel Situ, Felipe Mattioni, Fontanello for the back line.

I like your transfer dealings

What patch are you on?

Mariga and Galloppa have been great as MC's for me (ball winning and deep lying playmaker respectively), with Coquelin in the DMC role. Zigoni/Paloschi/Destro have been my all italian strikeforce that have propelled me to the top of the league.

Worth taking a look at Helan, Albertazzi, Darnel Situ, Felipe Mattioni, Fontanello for the back line.

Cheer Tony,

What season are you in?

Im on 10.3. Season 1.

I tried to arrange deals for Destro & Zigoni but niether were interested.

Hopefully if I can maintain my form I can secure a Euro spot. Long session ahead tonight.

Will look at the youngsters you have listed later on tonight.

Any thoughts on Adriano? Not bad on a free with only 30k wages. It says he needs to reside in Itlay to get a euro passport, so will he count as one of my non EU players next season or will the transfer cancel?

How has Paloschi been performing? Using him as a sub at the mo as I dont think he's ready yet! Being tutored by Crespo.

I think he will count as one of the non-EU transfers unfortunately, but I may be wrong.

I started my save on 10.1 I think and took control of Parma at the end of the first season because they had been relegated. Had to have a bit of a clear of old, well-paid players and bring in some promising youth to fill their boots. I play Paloschi as a poacher and he has been doing well, second only to Destro who I play in the middle of a threesome up front, set as Deep Lying Forward [support]. Got promoted from Serie B at first attempt and first season back in the Serie A I am flying high! Buchtmann from Liverpool has done well at left back too

Starting my annual Parma game tonight.

Looking to play similar to the way they did when they were Italy's second team. Veron, Chiesa, Crespo, Thuram, Cannavaro etc.

3-5-2 with wingbacks and a veron type player floating an creating. Should be decent in midfield already and up top. Defence might need work and keeper.