Atalanta Football Club
Nickname : Nerazzurri (Black-blues)
Founded : 1907
Ground : Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia
Capacity : 26,638
Atalanta B.C. (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, sometimes called Atalanta Bergamo) is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy. They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri. They play in blue-and-black vertically striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. The club stadium is the 26,638 seater Atleti Azzurri d’Italia. In Italy, Atalanta is even called Regina delle provinciali (queen of the provincial clubs) to mark the fact that the club is historically one of the best among non-metropolitan ones.
The club has had very few famous players. However, Atalanta has been proven to run a successful youth system, producing footballers like Roberto Donadoni (Italy national team coach from July 2006), Alessio Tacchinardi, Domenico Morfeo, Ivan Pelizzoli, and Samuele Dalla Bona who have quickly been grabbed by the bigger clubs. Other players who have graced the Atleti Azzurri d’Italia include Claudio Caniggia, Glenn Peter Strömberg, Paolo Montero, Christian Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi, Cristiano Lucarelli, Cristiano Doni, and, in the past, Stefano Angeleri, Adriano Bassetto, Angelo Domenghini, and Giuseppe Savoldi.
