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Messina Transfers
NEWS
Sergio Floccari
from Rimini Calcio
Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 12/11/1981
Birth Place: Vibo Valentia (Italia)
2006 Transfer NEWS:
Christian Rigano'
from Empoli
Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 05/25/1974
Birth Place: Lipari (ME, Italia)
Mitsuo Ogasawara
from Kashima Antlers
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 04/05/1979
Birth Place: Iwate (Japan)
Nicolas Andres Cordova
from Ascoli
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 02/09/1979
Birth Place: Santiago del Cile (Chile)
Mark Iuliano
from Sampdoria
Position: Defender
Date of Birth: 08/12/1973
Birth Place: Cosenza (Italia)
Daniele De Vezze
from Genoa
Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 01/09/1980
Birth Place: Roma (Italia)
Salvatore Masiello
from Udinese
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 01/31/1982
Birth Place: Napoli (Italia)
E A Reyes Alvarez
from Roma
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 01/18/1980
Birth Place: Puerto Cortez (Honduras)
Antonio Ghomsi
from Perugia
Position: Defender
Date of Birth: 04/22/1987
Birth Place: Bandjoun Khoun (Cameroon)
Angelo Rea
from Cesena
Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 06/16/1982
Birth Place: Pomigliano d'Arco (NA, Italia)
2007 Transfer NEWS:
Gabriele Paoletti
from Udinese
Position: GK
Date of Birth: 04/11/1978
Birth Place: Rome (IT)
Vincemt Candela
from Siena
Position: Defender
Date of Birth: 10/24/1973
Birth Place: Bedarieux (France)
Andrea Giallombardo
from Livorno
Position: Defender
Date of Birth: 08/19/1980
Birth Place: Rome (Italia)
Roberto D'Aversa
from Siena
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 08/12/1975
Birth Place: Stuttgart (Germany)
Manolo Pestrin
from Cesena
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 10/30/1978
Birth Place: Roma (Italia)
Ibrahima Bakayoko
from Livorno
Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 12/31/1976
Birth Place: Seguela
(Ivory Coast)
Messina NEWS
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A Sour Season Comes to a Close!
Final Match 28 May 2007
The run is over for FC Messina in Serie A! FC Messina has been relegated to Serie B as we have known for weeks now, along with Ascoli and Chievo. Inter takes the Serie A Scudetto, AS Roma takes home the Coppa Italia and AC Milan conquers Europe with the 2-1 win over Liverpool for Champions League title in Athens.
The Giallorossi suffered a very weak season with numerous coaches changing hands of leadership over the team and early injuries to such players as Riganò early in the season chipped away at the teams chances of surviving the Italian Serie A another season. Trade talks are already in motion with talks of Riganò possibly making a move to AS Roma and as we already know, Zoro is heading for Portugal to Benifica. Other players are in the talks as well, however, it looks like our Giallorossi at FC Messina will be in the market for the up coming season as well to make the move back in to the Top Flight from Serie B next season with some new talent to be added to the roster. The biggest news, however, is from FC Messina President Franza who has put the FC Messina franchise up for sale at a price of circa 250 Million Euros, so we can expect many changes to the team over the summer.
Watch for all the upcoming changes here at FCMessina.us over the summer as well as all the pre-season matches as always. To all of our loyal FCMessina.us fans, a very special thanks for following the action with us and we hope to see you soon!!
Article by: Antonio Maltempi
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Farewell to Re Artù
26 July 2007
Messina says farewell to Arturo Di Napoli who signed with Salernitana, Di Napoli was with our Sicilians from 2003 and helped us reach the top flight from Serie B to A. Di Napoli signed a contract with the Lombard squad of Salernitana, for three years and our former striker has already reached his new squad companions who are in training in Roccaporena.
Also regarding changes to our Messina squad another transfer was carried out for Center Fielder Flavio Lazzari from Udinese who has joined our Giallorossi in summer training camp. The football player was signed on with a temporary contract giving Messina the rights of sharing (trading) the player with other clubs.
Article by: Antonio Maltempi
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Friendly Match
08 Aug 2007
FC Messina
2
FC Igea Virtus
1
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Messina Relegated To Serie D
The Sicilian side will have to start all over again from the amateur league of Serie D...
02 August 2008 - The Biancoscudati were disappointing both on and off the pitch last term. After a relatively good start to the campaign last season, Messina finished in mid-table and attendances were low. No investors were willing to come forward after the Franza family (who own the club) were unable to cover all of the accumulated debt and it became official that the club would be excluded from Serie B on July 14, 2008.
However, Messina's financial collapse has worsened as the club could not even come up with the funds to secure a place in Serie C2, and they will now start from Serie D.
The team has been home to some well-known Italian players in the past like Salvatore Schillaci, Igor Protti and Nicola Amoruso. Now, all current players have been made redundant under the rules of the Italian Football Federation.
Messina were in Serie A as recently as 2007, finishing in last position, and were in Serie D as recently as the '93-'94 season when they also failed to meet the requirements necessary to play in Serie C.