150-625: Carlo Ancelotti Cavaliere OMRI , Ufficiale OSI ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo antʃeˈlɔtti] ; born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Real Madrid . Nicknamed "Carletto" in Italy and "Don Carlo" in Spain, he is regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time. Ancelotti is the most successful manager in UEFA Champions League history , having won
300-529: A 4–3–3 formation to great effect, in which Argentine winger Ángel Di María particularly excelled as a left-sided central midfielder, and played a key role in the club's successes. On 16 April 2014, Ancelotti won his first major trophy as Real Madrid manager after they defeated Barcelona 2–1 in the Copa del Rey final held at the Mestalla Stadium . On 29 April, Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich in
450-420: A Supercoppa Italiana under manager Arrigo Sacchi . During this time, Milan, under the financial backing of club president Silvio Berlusconi , featured players such as Paolo Maldini , Franco Baresi , Mauro Tassotti and Alessandro Costacurta as defenders; Frank Rijkaard , Ruud Gullit and Roberto Donadoni as midfielders; and Marco van Basten upfront. One of Ancelotti's most memorable moments with Milan
600-467: A credit card fraud ring, imperilling the already precarious situation as the club was plunged further into debt. On 19 March 2015, the club was declared bankrupt with a total liabilities of €218 million (including unpaid wages of €63 million). On 22 April 2015, the intermediate holding company of Parma, Eventi Sportivi SpA, was also declared bankruptcy by the Tribunal of Parma. The club
750-548: A 1–3 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium . On 5 January 2011, Chelsea suffered a shock 0–1 defeat at struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers , leaving them fifth in the league and in real danger of missing out on a Champions League place for the first time since 2002. This result led to Ancelotti ruling out Chelsea's chances of retaining the title, insisting that he did not fear that he would be dismissed. After this match, however, Chelsea's form began to improve. First with
900-402: A 2–0 win over Alessandria in the promotion play-off final. On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved a third promotion in three seasons, becoming the first Italian football club to achieve this, having finished the 2017–18 Serie B season second behind champions Empoli and level on points with Frosinone , but achieving automatic promotion due to a better head-to-head record, thus making a comeback to
1050-636: A 2–1 comeback win that saw David Luiz net his first goal for Chelsea, which was followed by a 3–1 win away to Blackpool . Chelsea were later defeated by Manchester United at home and away (aggregate of 1–3) in the Champions League quarter-finals . Following their defeat in the Champions League, Chelsea made a remarkable comeback in the league, defeating Wigan 1–0 at home, West Brom 3–1 away, Birmingham City 3–1, West Ham United 3–0 and Tottenham 2–1 at home. Chelsea, who at one point were fifth and 15 points behind leaders Manchester United, vaulted into
1200-649: A 2–1 win at the Olympic Stadium in Athens in the 2007 Champions League final , leading to Ancelotti's second Champions League trophy as Milan coach and his fourth title overall, having also won it twice as a Milan player in 1989 and 1990. During the 2006–07 season, Milan also finished fourth in Serie A, and lost out to eventual champions Roma in the Coppa Italia semi-final. The next season , Ancelotti also won
1350-623: A 7–0 thrashing of Ipswich Town in the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge, and then a 2–0 victory over Blackburn, followed by emphatic away wins against Bolton Wanderers and Sunderland, putting them in fourth position in the league, though still ten points behind leaders Manchester United. On 31 January 2011, Chelsea signed Liverpool striker Fernando Torres for a then-British record fee of £50 million, and Benfica defender David Luiz for £22 million. Chelsea lost 0–1 to Liverpool at Stamford Bridge but beat league leaders Manchester United on 1 March in
1500-586: A black cross. Parma began playing league football during the 1919–20 season after the end of World War I . Construction of a stadium, the Stadio Ennio Tardini , began two years later. Parma became a founder member of Serie B after finishing as runners-up in the Prima Divisione in the 1928–29 season . The club would remain in Serie B for three years before being relegated and changing its name to Associazione Sportiva Parma in 1930. In
1650-539: A contract until 2024. On 19 September 2021, Ancelotti reached the milestone of 800 league matches with clubs from the top five European leagues . On the domestic front, he delivered two trophies out of a possible three, winning La Liga and the Supercopa de España . Thus, Ancelotti won all six available top trophies at Madrid, in addition to becoming the first manager to win all of Europe's top five leagues. Real Madrid's 5–4 aggregate win over defending champions Chelsea in
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#17327869385191800-519: A first–round elimination in the Champions League , and finishing runner-up in Serie A yet again, to Roma, and he was dismissed by Juventus. Ancelotti's dismissal was announced by Juventus at half-time in the final league game of the season at home against Atalanta , on 17 June 2001, even though they were still within a chance of winning the title; Juventus won the match 2–1, although the result
1950-415: A free-kick by defender Alex . Chelsea's next defeat of the season came against Liverpool at Anfield on 7 November 2010, where they lost 0–2 with both goals coming from Fernando Torres . A week later, Chelsea suffered their second Premier League defeat in three matches with a remarkable 0–3 home defeat to Sunderland . In their following five league games, they lost two and drew three games, culminating in
2100-517: A game played in foggy conditions in 1984 that ended in the Parma fans congratulating those of Empoli on its win when the full-time whistle was blown without the Azzurri fans' knowledge. Perhaps a more current bond is felt towards the fans of Sampdoria . In 1991, the club was bought by multinational Italian dairy and food corporation Parmalat . This was the platform for success on the pitch but
2250-608: A holding company owning 100% of the club's shares of €20 million nominal value. Eventi Sportivi Srl (later S.p.A.), at first had a share capital of just €3 million, with Banca Monte Parma , owned 10% of the shares as minority. By 21 January 2009, Ghirardi's ownership of Eventi Sportivi was 75% with Banca Monte Parma holding 10% and Marco Ferrari, former vice-president Diego Penocchio and Penocchio's company Brixia Incipit each owning 5%. In July 2011, Ghirardi sold to both Alberto Rossi and Alberto Volpi 5% each of Eventi Sportivi. On 29 February 2014, Energy T.I. Group bought 10% of
2400-449: A mentor to the young midfielder Giuseppe Giannini , as Roma won the Coppa Italia , but once again narrowly missed out on the league title during the 1985–86 Serie A season, finishing in second place behind Juventus. From 1987 until 1992, Ancelotti played for Milan, and was a key part of the squad that won the Serie A title in 1988 , consecutive European Cups in 1989 and 1990 , two European Super Cups , two Intercontinental Cups and
2550-490: A place in the club's history because he was the coach that led them to the Décima . "However at this club the demands are huge and we need a new impulse in order to win trophies and be at our best," he added. After leaving Madrid, Ancelotti held talks about a return to Milan, which he rejected, saying: "It was hard to say no to such a beloved club to me, but I need some rest. I wish them the best". He stated that he wanted to take
2700-504: A pre–season win against SV Lippstadt . His first match at Allianz Arena was a 1–0 pre–season win over his predecessor Guardiola's Manchester City. Bayern participated in the International Champions Cup . In the first match, Bayern lost to Milan in a shootout. In the second match, Bayern defeated Inter Milan. In the final match, Bayern lost to Real Madrid. On 14 August 2016, Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in
2850-560: A quarter-final clash against Ancelotti's former team Real Madrid. They also lost 3–2 to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals. On 5 August 2017, Ancelotti started the 2017–18 season with Bayern Munich by retaining the DFL-Supercup , beating out Borussia Dortmund 5–4 on penalties , following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes; this was the sixth time that Bayern had managed to win the title. However, on 28 September 2017, Ancelotti
3000-579: A subsidiary of being liquidated Parma AC SpA) and the 2004–05 season saw Parma plummet to its lowest finish in Serie A ;– despite a second consecutive 23-goal haul from Gilardino, who was then sold for €25 million – as managers came and went. Parma ended the following season , its first without European competition since 1991, in tenth, but returned in 2006 after the Calciopoli scandal . On 24 January 2007, Tommaso Ghirardi bought
3150-545: A three-man midfield which featured Andrea Pirlo as a creative playmaker, supported by hard-working defensive midfielders Gennaro Gattuso and Massimo Ambrosini . Milan received an eight-point deduction during the 2006–07 Serie A season for their role in the Calciopoli scandal, which virtually put the team out of the title race, and instead led Ancelotti to focus on winning the Champions League . On 23 May 2007, Milan avenged their defeat to Liverpool two years earlier with
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#17327869385193300-486: A three-year contract. He was introduced at a press conference at the Santiago Bernabéu , where it was also announced that Zinedine Zidane and Paul Clement would be his assistant coaches. Shortly following his arrival, Real Madrid confirmed the signing of Isco for a fee of €24 million, which was followed by the signing of Asier Illarramendi for €32 million. Argentinean striker Gonzalo Higuaín left
3450-520: A total of eight wins, five draws and six losses in the league in his first season with the Blues, as Everton finished in 12th place. During the close-season, Ancelotti signed his former players James Rodríguez and Allan , along with Ben Godfrey , Abdoulaye Doucouré , Niels Nkounkou and loanee Robin Olsen . Everton started the 2020–21 season with seven consecutive wins in all competitions, and Ancelotti
3600-442: A year in Serie B, finishing third from bottom and succumbing to relegation as a consequence. Arrigo Sacchi did, however, manage to return the club to Serie B in 1986 after a single season in the third tier. The side enjoyed good success that season in missing out on promotion to Italy's top tier by just three points and eliminating A.C. Milan from the Coppa Italia , a result that convinced owner Silvio Berlusconi to hire Sacchi as
3750-402: A year off and undergo an operation for his spinal stenosis . He later relocated to Vancouver , Canada. On 20 December 2015, Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed that Ancelotti would replace Pep Guardiola as manager for the 2016–17 season , signing a three-year contract. His contract started on 1 July 2016. His first training session was on 11 July 2016, and his first match was
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4050-449: Is considered a great rival of Parma largely due to their recent duels, which include Parma's 1995 UEFA Cup victory , its first and third Coppa Italia triumphs, Supercoppa Italiana defeats in 1995 and 2002 , and its 1995 domestic cup final defeat to The Old Lady . These six matches comprise nearly half of the fourteen major finals Parma has participated in. Ironically, Parma's colours have their origins in those Juventus wears, and
4200-639: The Derby dell'Emilia with Bologna . Bologna and Parma are Emilia-Romagna 's two most decorated clubs, winning the region's only domestic titles: 7 Serie A titles and 5 Coppe Italia . Two other local derbies are the Derby dei Ducati , which is contested with neighbours Modena , and the Derby del Ducato , which is played against Piacenza . Despite their relative obscurity, Lombardian side Cremonese and Tuscan outfit Carrarese , to Parma's north and south, respectively, are both seen as rivals too. Juventus
4350-650: The Scudetto with an Italian record of 82 points. In 2007, he won his second Champions League with Milan. Ancelotti was awarded the Serie A Coach of the Year twice. He resigned from Milan after the 2008–09 season and was the club’s longest-serving manager. In 2009, Ancelotti became the manager of Chelsea and won the domestic double of the Premier League and the FA Cup in his first season. In 2011, he became
4500-726: The 1935–36 season , Parma became a founding member of Serie C , where the club stayed until winning promotion back to Serie B in 1943 . Italian football was then brought to a halt as the Second World War intensified, although the team did make an appearance in the Campianto Alta Italia in 1944. Following the restart of organised football, Parma spent three years in Serie B, then split into two regional divisions, before again being relegated in 1948–49 to Serie C. The side would spend another five seasons in Serie C before an eleven-year spell in Serie B that included
4650-495: The 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup against the Netherlands , which ended in a 1–1 draw. He was very likely to be capped for the 1982 World Cup campaign , but a dramatic knee injury forced him away for several months, as Italy went on to win the tournament without him. He was a part of Italy's World Cup squad in the 1986 World Cup , where he did not make a single appearance, however, as both he and Paolo Rossi struggled during
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4800-497: The 1996–97 season under Ancelotti, which guaranteed them a place in the next edition of the UEFA Champions League . The following season , the club had agreed to sign another Italian creative forward, Roberto Baggio , but Ancelotti impeded the transfer as he once again did not feel that a player like Baggio would fit into his tactical plans. Ancelotti later stated that he regretted this decision, stating that at
4950-488: The 1996–97 season . The club has won three Coppa Italia , one Supercoppa Italiana , two UEFA Cups , one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007. The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and refounded in
5100-541: The 2001–02 season, Ancelotti led Milan to qualify for the Champions League once again, as the team managed a fourth-place finish in Serie A, and also reached semi-finals of the UEFA Cup , their best ever finish in the competition, losing out to Borussia Dortmund , and also suffered a semi-final elimination in the Coppa Italia to Juventus. The following season , Ancelotti – who was heavily criticised by club owner Silvio Berlusconi due to his supposedly defensive tactics –
5250-413: The 2003 Supercoppa Italiana , and to Boca Juniors in the 2003 Intercontinental Cup . They were also knocked out by Deportivo de La Coruña in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League . Under Ancelotti's reign, Milan won the 2004 Supercoppa Italiana , and were also back-to-back Serie A runners-up to Juventus in 2004–05 and 2005–06 (both scudetti were later wiped from the record books of Juventus due to
5400-411: The 2007 UEFA Super Cup , as well as the club's first ever FIFA Club World Cup in 2007 , becoming the first manager to do so with a European side. After finishing the league in fifth place, Milan missed out on Champions League qualification, and also suffered round of 16 eliminations in the Champions League and Coppa Italia (to Arsenal and Catania respectively). In Ancelotti's final season at
5550-515: The 2010 FA Community Shield in August, Ancelotti led Chelsea to the top of the table on the first weekend of the season thanks to a 6–0 rout of newly promoted West Bromwich Albion . Chelsea followed up this result with another 6–0 win, this time over Wigan, while Stoke City were beaten 2–0 in the next match. Chelsea had a good start to the season, winning their first five matches. Chelsea then lost 3–4 against Newcastle United on 23 September 2010 in
5700-559: The 2014 UEFA Super Cup . In the last four months of 2014, his team set a Spanish record of 22 consecutive victories in all competitions that began on 16 September and culminated with Real Madrid's first FIFA Club World Cup title in December 2014, finishing the year with four trophies. On 1 December 2014, Ancelotti was nominated as one of the three finalists for the 2014 FIFA World Coach of the Year Award . On 19 January 2015, Ancelotti
5850-509: The 2016 DFL-Supercup . This was his first trophy as Bayern's manager. On 26 August 2016, in his Bundesliga debut, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 6–0. In addition to defeating Borussia Dortmund, Carl Zeiss Jena and Werder Bremen, they defeated Schalke 04 , Rostov , Ingolstadt 04 , Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV to win his first eight matches as head coach, before losing to Atlético Madrid. They continued their winless streak against FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt , before beating PSV . After
6000-431: The 2023–24 season. Parma Football Club was originally founded in December 1913, while the current society dates back to 2015. The team has been playing its home matches at the 27,906-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini , often referred to as simply Il Tardini , since 1923. Financed by Calisto Tanzi , the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish as runners-up in
6150-486: The Champions League semi-finals 5–1 on aggregate, but beat Osasuna 2–1 to win the 2022–23 Copa del Rey . In the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, a 4–0 away defeat against Manchester City on 7 May, Ancelotti overtook Ferguson as the manager with the most appearances as a manager in the Champions League (191). Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of
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6300-460: The Champions League semi-finals, and only reached the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia . After the departure of striker Andriy Shevchenko at the beginning of the 2006–07 season , Ancelotti was forced to redesign Milan's line-up once again, devising a 4–3–2–1 system that would later be known as his "Christmas Tree" formation . Milan's line-up used Inzaghi as a lone striker, supported by attacking midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Kaká, in front of
6450-563: The Coppa delle Alpi , but relegation to Serie C followed in 1964–65 season . Parma spent just one season in Serie C before a second successive relegation, this time to Serie D , in 1966. The club was in turmoil and was ordered into liquidation by the Court of Parma in 1968, changing its name to Parma Football Club that year. In 1969, another local team, Associazione Calcio Parmense, won promotion to Serie D . On 1 January 1970, A.C. Parmense adopted
6600-560: The Coupe de France quarter-finals. The club were eliminated from the Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Europa League prior to Ancelotti's appointment. During Ancelotti's first full season at the club, PSG entered the winter break at the top of the Ligue 1 table, ahead of Lyon and Marseille on goal difference. They clinched the Ligue 1 title on 12 May 2013, with two matches to spare. The club reached
6750-574: The DW Stadium away to Wigan Athletic on 26 September, losing 1–3. They were eliminated from the League Cup on 2 December, reaching the quarter-finals stage, after a penalty shootout defeat to Blackburn Rovers after a 3–3 draw at Ewood Park . In the Champions League, Ancelotti returned to the San Siro for the first time since his departure from Milan, when his team faced Inter Milan, who
6900-533: The European Super Cup , overcoming Milan 2–1 on aggregate, but lost the Cup Winners' Cup final 1–0 to Arsenal . Scala's final success with Parma was in another two-legged final against Juventus: Dino Baggio scored twice to give Parma a 2–1 aggregate win , but Juventus exacted revenge in the Coppa Italia final. Replaced by Carlo Ancelotti , Scala departed in 1996 and was a popular coach for
7050-671: The FIFA Club World Cup three times and has won the UEFA Super Cup five times, a record for a manager. Ancelotti played as a midfielder and began his career with Italian club Parma , helping the club get promoted to Serie B in the 1978-79 season. He moved to Roma the following season, where he won a Serie A title and four Coppa Italia titles. He then played for the late 1980s Milan team and won many titles, including two Scudetti and two European Cups. At international level, he had 26 appearances and one goal for
7200-494: The Intertoto Cup with the club by beating Rennes 4–2 on aggregate, although Juventus suffered a round of 16 elimination in the UEFA Cup , and lost the league title to Lazio by a single point on the final match-day of the season; this was after surrendering a five-point lead with three games remaining, which drew strong criticism from the board of directors. The following season , Ancelotti went trophyless, suffering
7350-593: The Italy national team . He represented Italy at two FIFA World Cups and at the UEFA Euro 1988 , finishing in third place at the 1990 World Cup and being a semi-finalist at the Euro tournament. As a manager, Ancelotti worked for Reggiana , Parma, and Juventus between 1995 and 2001. He then joined Milan in 2001 and went on to win both the 2002–03 Champions League and 2002–03 Coppa Italia . The following season, he won
7500-744: The Miguel Muñoz Trophy in 2014–15 for the best manager in La Liga, Ancelotti was dismissed from Real Madrid in May 2015. He became the manager of Bayern Munich in 2016 and won the Bundesliga title in his first season. Following stints at Napoli and Everton between 2018 and 2021, he returned to Real Madrid in the summer of 2021, where he won two La Liga–Champions League doubles in 2022 and 2024. Ancelotti began his career in 1974 with Parma . He made his professional debut in Serie C during
7650-539: The Premier League title , beating Manchester United by one point and setting scoring records. The team finished the campaign with 103 goals, becoming the first team in the Premier League to score more than 100 goals in a season, and the first in the English top flight since Tottenham Hotspur in the 1962–63 season . Chelsea secured the title with an 8–0 victory over Wigan at Stamford Bridge. Ancelotti also became
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#17327869385197800-519: The Serie D , but secured a record three straight promotions to return to the top flight in 2018. The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Foot Ball Club in honour of the centenary of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi , who was born in the province of Parma . It adopted yellow and blue as its colours. In December of the same year, Parma Foot Ball Club was formed from many of the original club's players and began wearing white shirts emblazoned with
7950-727: The Via Emilia , the Eridania refinery and the Ferraguti factory, but it was sold, so the club returned to the Piazza d'Armi before transferring to the Tre Pioppi , the first fenced-off pitch in the city. Parma moved into the Stadio Ennio Tardini in 1923 and remains there today, although the stadium saw drastic change from the vision of Ennio Tardini , under whose auspices the stadium was to be built, but who died before completion of
8100-568: The away goals rule and the UEFA Cup against Marseille at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a 3–0 victory before 1999 Supercoppa Italiana victory over league champions Milan followed in August 1999. In 2000, Hernán Crespo was sold to Lazio for a world record transfer fee and Malesani departed. Under replacement Renzo Ulivieri , the club lost the Coppa Italia final to Fiorentina. Under Pietro Carmignani in 2002, Parma won
8250-494: The final 4–1 after extra time. Ancelotti became only the second manager after Liverpool's Bob Paisley to win the competition on three occasions, and the first man to win the Champions League/European Cup twice as a player and three times as a manager to this day. On 12 August, Ancelotti started the new season by winning another European trophy, leading Real Madrid to a 2–0 victory over Sevilla in
8400-413: The 1950s with blue shirts and blue and yellow striped shirts. The cross shirts were restored and worn until bankruptcy in 1968, when white shirts with off-centre blue and yellow vertical bands were worn, but the cross returned from 1970 until 1983 when a yellow and blue-sleeved white shirt was introduced and used for 8 years. After decades in the lower divisions, Parma was promoted to Serie A in 1990, where
8550-515: The 1976–77 season, at the age of 18. Under manager Cesare Maldini , he was often deployed as an attacking midfielder or as a second striker , due to his eye for goal. Ancelotti excelled in these roles and helped Parma to a second place in the Serie C1 girone A during the 1978–79 season, which qualified the team for the Serie B play-offs. In the decisive match in Vicenza, against Triestina , with
8700-404: The 1999 Supercoppa Italiana. The re-founded club, S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 , was formed in July 2015, taking its name from the year of foundation of the predecessor club and securing a place in the 2015–16 Serie D under article 52 of N.O.I.F. as the representative of Parma. Ex-head coach Nevio Scala was appointed as president and former player Luigi Apolloni was chosen as head coach. In
8850-500: The 5-point deduction expunged. In the club's first season back in Serie A , they managed to achieve a 14th placed finish on the table, three points above the relegation zone. For the 2019–20 Serie A season, Parma finished in 11th place with 49 points. Dejan Kulusevski , playing for Parma on loan from Atalanta, won the Best Young Player in Serie A award. Ahead of the 2020–21 Serie A season, manager Roberto D'Aversa
9000-462: The Champions League quarter-finals saw him become the first manager to reach the Champions League semi-finals in four different decades (the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s). In the Champions League final against Liverpool, Ancelotti's record fifth in the competition, a lone Vinícius goal sealed the 14th European Cup for Los Blancos , and Ancelotti's second in charge. Real also claimed their fourth ever European double . With this win, Ancelotti became
9150-549: The Europa League for the first time since 2007 was barred due to the late payment of income tax on salaries, not qualifying for a UEFA license, for which the club would also be docked points during the 2014–15 Serie A season. Financial troubles precipitated a succession of ownership changes and the club's eventual bankruptcy in March 2015 with total liabilities of €218 million, including €63m unpaid salaries. The club
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#17327869385199300-650: The European Cup against KV Mechelen , which forced him to miss the semi-finals, although he was able to return in time to help Milan defend their title against Benfica in the final , held in Vienna . Following Sacchi's departure, he won a second Serie A title under his replacement Fabio Capello during the 1991–92 Serie A season, as Milan won the title undefeated, but persistent knee injuries and competition from youngster Demetrio Albertini limited his playing time, and eventually forced him into premature retirement at
9450-658: The Italian Republic ( Italian : Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana ) is the most senior Italian order of merit . It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic , Luigi Einaudi . The highest-ranking honour of the Republic, it is awarded for "merit acquired by the nation" in the fields of literature, the arts, economy, public service, and social, philanthropic and humanitarian activities and for long and conspicuous service in civilian and military careers. The post-nominal letters for
9600-425: The Italy national team under his former Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi between 1992 and 1995, and reaching the 1994 World Cup final , Ancelotti began his managerial career with Serie B side Reggiana in 1995–96 season , where he immediately aided the team in achieving promotion to Serie A; he left after the 1995–96 Serie B season, finishing with a record of 17 wins, fourteen draws and ten losses in his only season with
9750-581: The League Cup. They then went on to lose against Manchester City in the Premier League 0–1 after a cleverly-taken strike by City captain Carlos Tevez . Chelsea made a good start in Europe by beating MŠK Žilina and Marseille 4–1 and 2–0, respectively, in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League . Chelsea then defeated fourth-placed Arsenal 2–0 on 3 October 2010, courtesy of a goal from Didier Drogba and
9900-508: The achievement of ninth position in 1954–55 , a club record at that time. This was an era in which the club's players generally held down other jobs or were still in education and when the town's amateur rugby union and volleyball sides, Rugby Parma F.C. 1931 and Ferrovieri Parma , proved more popular among the more privileged. Parma made its debut in European competition during the 1960–61 season, defeating Swiss side AC Bellinzona in
10050-497: The addition of Brazilian attacking midfielder Kaká , and Ancelotti's formidable four-man back-line of Cafu , Costacurta, Alessandro Nesta and Maldini, Milan took home the UEFA Super Cup in 2003 over Porto , followed by the Scudetto in 2004 with an Italian record of 82 points from 34 games, while Shevchenko finished the season as the league's top-scorer. The Rossoneri , however, suffered penalty-shootout defeats to Juventus in
10200-468: The bench, and one was left to watch the match from the stands. On 23 May 2018, Ancelotti was appointed as head coach of Napoli, signing a three-year contract, replacing Maurizio Sarri in the role. On 19 August, he made his return to the Serie A, winning his first match as manager with a 2–1 away victory over Lazio. Napoli suffered a first round elimination in the Champions League , the first time since 2000 that Ancelotti failed to advance from this stage of
10350-598: The city's traditional colours, which date back to 1545 when the Duchy of Parma was established, but white shirts with a black cross on the chest were introduced after the First World War , drawing inspiration from Juventus ' colours, following a name change. White continued to be worn as the main colour of the home kits for much of the remainder of the century, although often complemented with yellow, blue or both, rather than black. The club did, however, experiment in
10500-423: The club eventually succumbed to administration in 2004 due to Parmalat's massive bankruptcy with debts of $ 20 billion and fraudulent activity at Parmalat worth over €10 billion and a €167 million net loss by the club in 2003. On 24 January 2007, engineering entrepreneur Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club after three years of administration for $ 39 million and incorporated Eventi Sportivi as
10650-494: The club for €40 million to Napoli . This, along with the sale of Mesut Özil to Arsenal, paved the way for Gareth Bale 's signing from Tottenham Hotspur for then-world record fee of £86 million (€105M). In Ancelotti's first league game in charge, on 18 August 2013, Real Madrid started the season by winning 2–1 at home against Real Betis . Ancelotti eventually deviated from the 4–2–3–1 formation that had been deployed by his predecessor José Mourinho, switching instead to
10800-464: The club in 2015 retained 30% of the club, while the remaining 10% remained in the hands of fans through Parma Partecipazione Calcistiche. At the end of October 2018 the local Nuovo Inizio group regained control of the club reacquiring 60% of the shares, with the Chinese partners forced to downsize to 30% in light of alleged lack of diligence in meeting their obligations, while 10% remained unchanged in
10950-468: The club out of administration and became the owner and president of the club. Manager Claudio Ranieri helped the team avoid relegation to Serie B on the final day of the 2006–07 season following his February appointment. However, under a succession of managers, Parma's battle with relegation the following year was not successful, consigning the club to Serie B after 18 years in the top flight. Francesco Guidolin won promotion back to Serie A at
11100-412: The club sold more season tickets in 2015 when playing in Serie D than the previous year in Serie A following bankruptcy. In Northeast Italy , the team is the fifth best supported, behind Inter Milan , Juventus , Milan and Bologna , the first three of which are not based in that region. They are represented by three main groups: il Centro di Coordinamento dei Parma Club (which represents most of
11250-476: The club's first season, it sold over 9,000 season tickets, more than doubling the Serie D record. Parma achieved promotion from Serie D into professional football league Lega Pro with three games to spare following a 2–1 win against Delta Rovigo , ending the season in first place with 94 points from 38 games, and an unbeaten run of 28 victories and 10 draws. Parma ended the 2016–17 Lega Pro season in second place of Group B, but were promoted to Serie B after
11400-401: The club's involvement in the Calciopoli scandal). During the 2004–05 season , Ancelotti also led Milan to the 2005 Champions League final , where they lost out to Liverpool 2–3 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in normal time. In the Coppa Italia , the team was unable to get past the quarter finals. The following season , Milan once again faced disappointment as they lost out to Barcelona in
11550-662: The club's most important players, in a team which featured Brazilian midfielders Falcão and Toninho Cerezo , as well as Italian footballers Roberto Pruzzo , Bruno Conti , Agostino Di Bartolomei and Pietro Vierchowod , winning consecutive Coppa Italia titles in his first two seasons with the club. During his eight seasons in Rome, he won the Coppa Italia a total of four times (1980, 1981, 1984 and 1986). After struggling with knee injuries, and managing second and third-place league finishes in 1981 and 1982 , Ancelotti helped lead
11700-462: The club, Milan managed a third-place finish in Serie A behind Juventus and cross-city rivals Inter, sealing a place in the next season's Champions League, while they were eliminated in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup , and the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia . After previously denying rumours that he would be leaving the club, on 31 May 2009 Ancelotti announced his resignation from Milan – less than an hour after their 2–0 victory over Fiorentina in
11850-462: The club, implementing a rigorous Sacchi-inspired 4–4–2 formation , and initially deploying creative forward Gianfranco Zola out of position on the left wing in order to accommodate Hristo Stoichkov up-front, although both players were later eventually sold by the club after lack of playing time, due to struggling to perform in this system. With the new attacking partnership of Enrico Chiesa and Hernán Crespo , Parma finished second in Serie A during
12000-410: The club. Ancelotti joined Parma the following season, a team which had recently enjoyed several years of domestic and European success under the previous manager Nevio Scala , and which contained several promising young players, including future Italy stars Gianluigi Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro . Ancelotti made his debut in the Coppa Italia in a 3–1 loss to Pescara . Ancelotti made several changes at
12150-467: The competition. Napoli eventually finished the 2018–19 Serie A season in second place, twelve points behind champions Juventus, and reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League , losing out to Arsenal . On 10 December 2019, Ancelotti was dismissed, despite a 4–0 home win against Genk in their final 2019–20 UEFA Champions League match of the group stage that ensured Napoli's advancement to
12300-423: The core philosophy of Italian club ownership and formed Parma Partecipazioni Calcistiche SrL to act as a vehicle for fan ownership, so issued a further €89,286 of shares to that company. Fans therefore own approximately 25% of the club at a cost of €500 per share . In June 2017, Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang 's Desports group acquired a 60% majority stake in the club. The seven local businessman who launched
12450-423: The division. A return to Serie B did not materialise until the end of the 1970s and the club again lasted only one season in the second division of Italian football. Under the management of Cesare Maldini , Parma once again returned to Serie B after winning its division in 1984 with victory on the final day over Sanremo ; Juventus -bound Stefano Pioli scored the only goal of the game. The Ducali again only spent
12600-411: The end of the season, at the age of 33. He played the final match of his career with the club in a 4–0 home win over Hellas Verona on 17 May 1992, in which he came off the bench in the final 20 minutes of the game and scored two goals, and was given an ovation by the fans. Under manager Enzo Bearzot , Ancelotti made his Italy national team debut and scored his first and only goal on 6 January 1981 in
12750-591: The fanbase), l'Associazione Petitot and the club's ultras , Boys Parma , which was established on 3 August 1977 by young fans wanting to split from the Centro di Coordinamento and to encourage meetings with opposition fans. The Boys Parma occupy the northern end of the home stadium, La Curva Nord , directly opposite to where the away fans sit in the south stand. In 2008, the Curva Nord was renamed in honour of Boys Parma 1977 member Matteo Bagnaresi, who died when he
12900-487: The final match of the season. In total, Ancelotti led Milan for 423 games; only Nereo Rocco has been in charge of the club for more matches. On 1 June 2009, Ancelotti succeeded interim manager Guus Hiddink when he was confirmed as the new Chelsea manager after agreeing to a three-year contract, and formally assumed his duties on 1 July. Ancelotti became the club's fourth permanent manager in 21 months, following José Mourinho , Avram Grant and Luiz Felipe Scolari . He
13050-483: The first Italian manager to win the Premier League and only the fifth manager overall in the League's 18 seasons. On 15 May 2010, Ancelotti led Chelsea to its first ever domestic double by defeating Portsmouth 1–0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley ; this was Chelsea's third FA Cup in four years, equalling the record set by Arsenal between 2002 and 2005. The following season , after having lost to Manchester United in
13200-543: The first attempt with a second-place finish and led the side to eighth on its return to Serie A in 2009–10 , narrowly missing out on qualification for the UEFA Europa League before leaving for Udinese . In May 2010, Guidolin swapped jobs with Pasquale Marino , who was sacked by Ghirardi in April 2011 when Parma was caught in another relegation dogfight. Under Marino's replacement, Franco Colomba , Parma escaped
13350-418: The first manager in history to win four Champions League titles. Ancelotti placed second in the 2022 Best FIFA Men's Coach award, behind winner Lionel Scaloni . At the start of the 2022–23 season , Ancelotti guided his club to a UEFA Super Cup victory, his eighth trophy at Madrid. On 2 November 2022, he broke Ferguson's record for most victories in the Champions League, after a 5–1 win over Celtic in
13500-468: The first round, which was his 103rd victory in the competition; the result also allowed Real Madrid to top their group and advance to the round of 16. On 11 February 2023, Ancelotti guided them to a fifth FIFA Club World Cup trophy, as Real Madrid beat Al Hilal 5–3 in the final. Real Madrid finished the season second to Barcelona in La Liga , and were also defeated by eventual champions Manchester City in
13650-501: The first time a rank higher than Knight. The minimum age requirement is normally 35. The Knight Grand Cross with Collar is awarded only to heads of state . Parma Calcio 1913 Parma Calcio 1913 ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈparma] ) is an Italian professional football club based in Parma , Emilia-Romagna , which competes in the Serie A , the top tier of Italian league system , following promotion from Serie B in
13800-559: The forwards in the team's starting line-up. Juventus reached the semi-finals of the Champions League during the 1998–99 season , losing out to eventual champions Manchester United , but finished in seventh place in Serie A , failing to qualify for the Champions League the following season and also losing out to Udinese on aggregate in the UEFA Cup play-offs, meaning they qualified for the Intertoto Cup . Ancelotti's first full season at Juventus began promisingly, as he immediately won
13950-535: The liberty of the citizens) encircling the head of Italia turrita on the reverse. The six degrees with corresponding ribbons are as follows (with numbers to 2 June 2020): The order is bestowed by decree of the President of the Italian Republic , as head of the orders of knighthood, on the recommendation of the President of the Council of Ministers . Except in exceptional circumstances, no one can be awarded for
14100-468: The manager of Paris Saint-Germain ; the following season , he won them their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years and was awarded joint Ligue 1 Manager of the Year . Following his success in France, Ancelotti became the manager of Real Madrid. In his first season, he led Real Madrid to their tenth Champions League title and a Copa del Rey title. Despite winning more trophies with the club and being awarded
14250-411: The meniscus of his right knee, however, prevented him from taking part in the tournament, where Italy ultimately managed a fourth-place finish. Ancelotti later went on to play in the 1990 World Cup on home soil under Vicini at the age of 31, although an injury in the first group match against Austria once again limited his appearances in the competition to just three, and kept him on the sidelines until
14400-443: The name change from Parma A.C. to Parma F.C., but the logo otherwise remained the same, encompassing the city colours of yellow and blue and the club's traditional black cross set on a white background, and has not changed much in years, although it was dramatically overhauled to feature a prancing bull for one season in 2000–01 before it was criticised and discontinued in favour of the old badge. A new badge with broadly similar features
14550-479: The new manager of the Rossoneri . Sacchi's replacement, Zdeněk Zeman , was fired after just seven matches and replaced by Giampieri Vitali, who secured two consecutive mid-table finishes. Nevio Scala was appointed as head coach in 1989. Scala's Parma secured a historic promotion in 1990 to Serie A with a 2–0 Derby dell'Enza win over Reggiana . Investment from parent company Parmalat helped to improve
14700-437: The number was Gabriele Giroli for the 2002–03 season. Parma's club anthem is Il grido di battaglia , which means "The Battle Cry". Parma maintains rivalries with regional and national clubs; some of these are keenly fought local derbies . Derby dell'Enza opponents Reggiana are the club's bitterest rivals. The ill-feeling with Reggiana comes from a traditional city rivalry between Parma and Reggio Emilia . Parma contests
14850-711: The order are OMRI . The order effectively replaced national orders such as the Civil Order of Savoy (1831), the Order of the Crown of Italy (1868), the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1572) and the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1362). Investiture takes place twice a year – on 2 June, the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic , and on 27 December, the anniversary of
15000-413: The present (with the exception of the 2015–16 season in Serie D , where league rules required that the number be assigned to a substitute), Curva Nord of the Stadio Ennio Tardini , as a sign of recognition towards the fans who sit in the Curva Nord, considered the 12th man on the pitch. Owner Parma has had numerous chairmen over the course of its history; here is a complete list of them: Below
15150-570: The promulgation of the Italian Constitution . However, those awards on Presidential motu proprio , related to termination of service or granted to foreigners, may be made at any time. The badge, modified in 2001, bears the inscription Al Merito della Repubblica encircling the national coat of arms on the obverse and the Latin Patriæ Unitati (for the union of the country) and Civium Libertati (for
15300-511: The public company Partecipazioni Calcistiche. On 9 November Parma Calcio held a shareholders' Meeting to appoint a new board of directors, at the end of which Pietro Pizzarotti, at the time vice-president, was appointed the new president of the club. In 2020, Parma were purchased by the Krause Group, owners of American-based convenience store chain Kum & Go . Since 2013 the main sponsor
15450-470: The quarter-finals of the Champions League , where they lost to Barcelona on the away goals rule (3–3 on aggregate), the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France and the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue . On 19 May 2013, Ancelotti asked to leave the club, in order to join Real Madrid. On 25 June 2013, Ancelotti became the manager of Real Madrid, replacing the departing José Mourinho, and signing
15600-478: The refounded Parma Calcio 1913 acquired the centre from the administrator of Eventi Sportivi S.p.A., the parent company of Parma F.C., and the former owner of the centre, for about €3 million. The supporters of Parma are seen as placid fans. Traditionally, they have been seen as fans who enjoy the spectacle of football and are less partisan, although they have been more characterised by impatience of late. The supporters were praised for their loyalty after
15750-476: The retirement of the shirt number worn by club's captain Alessandro Lucarelli after his retirement announcement. Lucarelli holds the record for league appearances for the club and stayed with the club from its 2015 relegation from Serie A to Serie D following bankruptcy and through its three straight promotions back to Serie A between 2015 and 2018. 12 – From the 2002–03 season until
15900-430: The round of 16; the club were in joint–seventh place in Serie A , alongside Parma, at the time, and had not won a league game in seven matches. The decision came after a summit with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis that had followed the match that was originally scheduled for 11 December. On 21 December 2019, Ancelotti was appointed as manager of Everton on a four-and-a-half-year contract. His first match in charge
16050-408: The score tied at 1–1, he scored two goals, which gave Parma a 3–1 victory and sealed their place in Serie B the following season. After attracting strong interest from Inter Milan , in mid-1979 Ancelotti transferred to Roma , and made his Serie A debut in a 0–0 draw against AC Milan on 16 September. Under manager Nils Liedholm , he was deployed as a winger or central midfielder and became one of
16200-454: The season (including the UCL quarter-finals), and lost 3–2 on aggregate to Juventus in the Champions League semi-finals. On 25 May 2015, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez announced that the club's board had taken "a very difficult decision" to relieve Ancelotti of his duties with immediate effect. Pérez stated that Ancelotti had won the hearts of both the board and fans, and would always have
16350-439: The season. They had finished the 2010–11 Premier League in second place. He reportedly received a severance payment of £6 million from Chelsea. Ancelotti finished with a record of 67 wins, 20 draws and 22 losses in 109 matches. Ancelotti's win percentage at Chelsea was (as of May 2016) the third-highest in Premier League history, behind only José Mourinho and Alex Ferguson . On 30 December 2011, with Paris Saint-Germain at
16500-408: The second position the league, just three points behind them with three games left of the season. On 8 May, Chelsea lost 1–2 against Manchester United at Old Trafford to stay second in the league, now six points behind the leaders with just two more games to play. Ancelotti was dismissed less than two hours after a 0–1 away defeat against Everton on 22 May 2011, Chelsea's last Premier League match of
16650-620: The semi-finals of the Champions League by an aggregate score of 5–0 (1–0 in Madrid and 0–4 in Munich ), with Los Blancos reaching their first final since they last won the competition in 2002 . Madrid finished third in the La Liga , accumulating 87 points in total (level with Barcelona, losing out on the second place on a tie-breaker, and three behind champions Atlético Madrid ). On 24 May, Real Madrid won their tenth Champions League trophy, after defeating recently crowned rivals Atlético Madrid in
16800-521: The shares in the club from Eventi Sportivi. On 19 December 2014 and as a result of a ruling which barred the club from a first European campaign under Tommaso Ghirardi , Ghirardi sold his 66.55% controlling stake in Eventi Sportivi to Dastraso Holding Ltd, a company based in Cyprus and controlled by Rezart Taçi for €1, at which point the club was $ 200 million in debt. The club became
16950-443: The side immediately became a major force in the battle for major trophies, on many notable occasions in direct opposition to Juventus, who would become fierce rivals of Parma's. This rivalry and the influence of Parmalat led to the demotion of the white shirts to the away kit, so the side wore yellow and blue hooped shirts at home for six seasons between 1998 and 2004, and navy blue shirts often worn as third choice in this period. This
17100-501: The sporting licence of the liquidated club which had been formed in 1913. This meant that it had the right to use the Crociata shirts, the badge and the city's name. This brought about a change of luck in both financial and sporting terms, as the side was crowned Serie D champions and spent three years in Serie C before promotion to Serie B ; however, it was a short stay. The team was relegated back to Serie C in its second season in
17250-425: The switch from white and black to a yellow and blue home kit in the late 1990s took place in order to distance and distinguish Parma from Juventus. Parma maintain keenly fought rivalries with Vicenza and Genoa . In Italy, it is common for clubs to be twinned in an arrangement called gemellaggi . This is a practice uncommon elsewhere. Parma enjoy amicable relations with Empoli in an arrangement that dates back to
17400-404: The team for next season 's UEFA Cup . In February 1999, Ancelotti was appointed manager of Juventus , where he both succeeded and preceded Marcello Lippi , who returned to the club when Ancelotti left. With Juventus, Ancelotti became less rigorous with the team's formation, abandoning his favoured 4–4–2 in order to accommodate French playmaker Zinedine Zidane in his preferred free role behind
17550-640: The team to win the Italian championship in 1983 , the club's second league title in their history. In the following season , Ancelotti helped Roma to win another Coppa Italia title and reach the European Cup final in 1984, although he missed the final through injury, as Roma were defeated by Liverpool on penalties at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. He was named the team's captain in 1985 under new club manager Sven-Göran Eriksson , and served as
17700-408: The team's back-line as a deep-lying playmaker in a 4–3–1–2 or 4–1–2–1–2 formation. At the same time, Filippo Inzaghi and Andriy Shevchenko proved to be dominant and dynamic strikers, who were prolific in front of goal. Milan won the 2003 Champions League final , beating Juventus 3–2 on penalties at Old Trafford , and also won the 2003 Coppa Italia Final over Roma. The following season, with
17850-521: The team's fitness tests, due to the altitude of the region, and were replaced in the starting line-up by Fernando De Napoli and Giuseppe Galderisi , respectively. Under new Italy manager Azeglio Vicini , he was also a key member of the Italy squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 1988 , and was also set to represent his nation at the Summer Olympics in Seoul that summer. An injury to
18000-465: The team's fortunes and the club made its debut in UEFA competition in 1991. Scala led the club to its first four major honours. The first of these was the Coppa Italia in 1991–92 , beating Juventus 2–1 over two legs. The following year came the first international triumph in a 3–1 victory in the Cup Winners' Cup over Belgian side Antwerp at Wembley . The next season, the side was successful in
18150-534: The tempo of play after winning back the ball; he was also the mentor and predecessor of Demetrio Albertini and Andrea Pirlo when he was a playmaker at Milan. Despite his abilities, his playing time was cut short by several injuries, which forced him into retirement in 1992 at the age of 33. Ancelotti undertook his coaching studies at Coverciano , where he penned a research article entitled "Il Futuro del Calcio: Più Dinamicità" (English: "The Future of Football: More Dynamism"). After serving as an assistant manager with
18300-524: The third Coppa Italia trophy against Juventus (but would slip to defeat in the 2002 Supercoppa Italiana ) and finished outside the top six for the first time since promotion in 1990. This success earned it a tag as one of the "Seven Sisters". In April 2004, the club was declared insolvent following the financial meltdown of Parmalat and the club remained in special administration for three years. The club re-formed as Parma Football Club SpA in June 2004 (as
18450-477: The third Serie A club to become foreign-owned as a result and Albanian Emir Kodra was installed as president. In February 2015, Taci sold his stake to Giampietro Manenti for the price he bought it, €1, less than two months after buying it, at which point salaries at the financially stricken club had not been paid since the previous summer. With Parma bottom of Serie A, Manenti was arrested in March 2015 on allegations of money laundering and his involvement in
18600-471: The third-place final against England , in which he returned to help Italy to a 2–1 win. Ancelotti made a total of 26 performances for the Italy national side, and announced his retirement from international football in 1991, making his final Italy appearance under Arrigo Sacchi. Ancelotti was a midfielder known for his leadership and creativity; he was regarded as one of the best Italian midfielders of his generation. Although he lacked pace and physicality, he
18750-402: The threat of relegation with two games to spare. In January 2012, Colomba was replaced by Roberto Donadoni following a winless run that culminated in a 5–0 loss to Inter Milan and the new coach led the team to eighth position in a Serie A club record seven-match winning run. In 2014, Donadoni guided Parma to sixth in Serie A and a third consecutive top ten finish, but a return to Europe in
18900-428: The time he believed that the 4–4–2 was the ideal formation for success, and that offensive playmakers were not compatible with this system. After suffering a first round elimination in the 1997–98 Champions League, and a semi–final appearance in the Coppa Italia, Ancelotti was only able to guide Parma to a sixth-place finish in Serie A during the 1997–98 season, and was dismissed at the end of the season, despite qualifying
19050-461: The top flight for the next season in 2018–19 Serie A just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D. On 23 July 2018, Parma were handed a 5 point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaio "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of Spezia ( Filippo De Col and Claudio Terzi ) during the 2017–18 season, a match Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion. On 9 August, Parma had
19200-701: The top of the Ligue 1 with three points down to Montpellier , Ancelotti was appointed as the new manager of the club on the same day as their previous manager, Antoine Kombouaré , was released from his contract. On 21 March 2012, Ancelotti experienced his first defeat in charge of PSG as the club fell to a 1–3 defeat at the hands of Lyon in a Coupe de France quarter-final match. Ten days later, PSG suffered their first Ligue 1 defeat under Ancelotti when they lost 1–2 away to Nancy . PSG ended up as runners-up in Ligue 1 in Ancelotti's first season in charge, three points behind winners Montpellier. He also took PSG to
19350-437: The trophies he won and because the team played attractive football in the tradition of the club. Ancelotti overhauled the team and guided it to a record second place in 1997 . Parma consequently made its debut in the UEFA Champions League the following year. Alberto Malesani was installed as coach in 1998 and the club completed a rare cup double in his first season, winning the Coppa Italia final against Fiorentina on
19500-501: The trophy a record five times, and two more as a player. He is also the only manager to take part in six Champions League finals. As a player, he won two European Cups with AC Milan in 1989 and 1990, making him one of seven people to have won the European Cup/Champions League as both a player and a manager. Ancelotti is also the only manager to win league titles in all of Europe's top five leagues . He has won
19650-598: The venue. Much of the renovation took place after the club's first promotion to Serie A at the start of the 1990s. Since 1996, the first team has trained and played friendly matches at the Centro Sportivo di Collecchio in Collecchio , which is located 15 kilometres to the south-west of the stadium. Parma's youth teams also play their home matches in the same complex. Until 2015, younger youth teams trained at Campi Stuard but now train at Collechio. In 2018,
19800-403: The win against Eindhoven, Bayern went on a three match winless streak. Bayern drew against 1899 Hoffenheim and lost against Borussia Dortmund and Rostov, before defeating Bayer Leverkusen . On 29 April, Ancelotti led Bayern to their fifth consecutive Bundesliga title and their 27th overall, following a 6–0 away win over VfL Wolfsburg . However, Bayern were eliminated in the Champions League in
19950-457: Was a 1–0 home victory over Burnley on 26 December. On 1 March 2020, Ancelotti was sent off after the full-time whistle, following an on-pitch conversation with the referee Chris Kavanagh , who had ruled out a would-be late match-winning goal against Manchester United, due to an offside that was determined by VAR . He was charged with misconduct by the FA the following day. Ancelotti went on to record
20100-426: Was a talented, hardworking, and tenacious player who had excellent technical ability, tactical intelligence, vision, and passing range; his most notable skill being his powerful and accurate shooting from outside the box. A versatile midfielder, he was capable playing several midfield positions. He often played as a deep-lying playmaker , as a central midfielder , or as a defensive midfielder , which allowed him to set
20250-611: Was a time of great success for the club, thus the shirts became synonymous with Parma, often still called the Gialloblù (Yellow and Blues) today, despite a recent reversion to the traditional white shirts emblazoned with a cross caused by parent company Parmalat's collapse and the clubs subsequent re-foundation as Parma Football Club. Yellow and blue were Parma's traditional change colours, used in various combinations from 2004 to 2015, such as vertical stripes, hoops, crosses or as solid colour designs. Parma's logo changed in 2005 to reflect
20400-466: Was able to adopt a creative play in Milan while making several changes to the team's squad. He made Dida , still maligned for his 2000–01 Champions League howler against Leeds United , his new starting goalkeeper barely a month into the season, while converting budding attacking midfielder Andrea Pirlo to a defensive midfielder, playing him behind the number 10 (either Rui Costa or Rivaldo ) in front of
20550-470: Was allowed to finish the season but finished bottom of the league in 20th place. Administrators Angelo Anedda and Alberto Guiotto were forced to put some trophies to sell in an auction in a desperate attempt to raise money to cover the debt. These included: three Coppa Italia won in 1992, 1999 and 2002, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup from 1993, the 1994 UEFA Super Cup, two UEFA Cup of 1995 and 1999 and
20700-481: Was also the third Italian to manage Chelsea, after Gianluca Vialli and Claudio Ranieri . On 9 August 2009, Ancelotti won his first trophy as Chelsea manager, the Community Shield , beating Manchester United on penalties, following a 2–2 draw. His first Premier League game in charge of the Blues ended in a 2–1 home victory over Hull City on 15 August. Chelsea lost their first match under Ancelotti at
20850-454: Was at the time coached by ex-Chelsea manager José Mourinho, at the Round of 16 stage . Ancelotti and Mourinho had a tense relationship from the previous season, as managers of Milan and Inter respectively. Chelsea was eliminated from the Champions League on 16 March 2010 after a 1–3 aggregate loss to Inter, having lost 1–2 away and 0–1 at Stamford Bridge . On 9 May 2010, Ancelotti led Chelsea to
21000-617: Was dismissed as manager of Bayern Munich, following a 3–0 away loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the club's second group match of the 2017–18 Champions League the night before. After the Paris Saint-Germain match, reports surfaced that Ancelotti had lost the dressing room. It was reported that five senior players wanted Ancelotti out as manager, which Bayern's president Uli Hoeneß later confirmed. Questions were also raised about Ancelotti's tactical setup and team selection against Paris Saint-Germain, when he left several key players on
21150-538: Was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame and on 20 January 2015, he won the IFFHS 2014 Award as The World's Best Club Coach. Real Madrid finished the 2014–15 season in second place with 92 points, two off treble-winning Barcelona, and scoring a record 118 goals in the process. They were eliminated in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey by Atlético Madrid, whom they faced eight times throughout
21300-432: Was introduced for the 2014–15 season following the use of a commemorative centenary badge for the 2013–14 campaign. The newly formed club in 2015 adopted a new logo before acquiring the rights to a number of legacy items for €250,000 a year later. Parma initially had no permanent home and used the Piazza d'Armi , where two wooden posts constituted the frame of each goal. In December 1914, the club began to use land between
21450-570: Was named September's Premier League Manager of the Month . After a drop in form, a resumption of good results saw Everton end 2020 in fourth place, but knocked out of the EFL Cup, losing 2–0 to Manchester United in the quarter-final. Results for the remainder of the season were mixed, and Everton finished the season in 10th place. On 1 June 2021, Ancelotti resigned from his position at Everton to rejoin Real Madrid, following Zidane's resignation, signing
21600-451: Was not enough to prevent them from finishing behind Roma in the league. Ancelotti finished his tenure with Juventus with a record of 63 wins, 33 draws and 18 losses. Ancelotti was appointed Milan manager on 5 November 2001, after Fatih Terim was dismissed due to poor results. He was inheriting another recently trophyless team in Milan, as the Rossoneri had floundered domestically and in Europe since their last Scudetto victory in 1999. In
21750-597: Was owned by the company, as well as Centro Sportivo di Collecchio which was owned by its holding company Eventi Sportivi, were under auction after the bankruptcy. The phoenix club S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.L. was incorporated in 2015 under the ownership of Nuovo Inizio SrL with share capital of €250,000. Nuovo Inizio was owned by a number of backers including representatives of Parmalat and local businessmen Guido Barilla (co-owner of Barilla Group ), Paolo Pizzarotti (president of Impresa Pizzarotti ), Mauro Del Rio and Giampaolo Dallara . The new owners sought to overhaul
21900-472: Was run over on the way to the Tardini by a coach which was carrying the opposition Juventus fans. In a not uncommon practice, the number 12 shirt has been reserved for the Parma fans, meaning no player is registered to play with that number on his kit for the club. The implication is that the supporters, particularly those of the famous Curva Nord, are the twelfth man . The last player to be registered with
22050-436: Was sacked on 23 August 2020 and replaced by Fabio Liverani . Liverani would only last until 7 January 2021, himself being replaced by his predecessor D'Aversa. Parma finished the season in bottom place, managing just three wins from 38 games and were relegated to Serie B. In September 2020, Parma was purchased by American Kyle Krause. Enzo Maresca was appointed as the new head coach for the 2021–22 Serie B season. Maresca
22200-422: Was sacked on 23 November 2021 and replaced by Giuseppe Iachini the same day. Parma finished the season in 12th place. Argentinian attacher Franco Vázquez was the joint second highest scorer in the league with 14 goals. Fabio Pecchia took over as coach for the 2022–23 Serie B season. Parma was promoted to Serie A in the following season. Originally, the club wore blue and blue chequered shirts in honour of
22350-433: Was then declared legally bankrupt on 22 June 2015 after no new investors willing to refurbish €22.6 million debt in order to trigger Comma 3 of Article 52 of N.O.I.F. to allow the club to remain in Serie B. Other debts of the club were either waived by the footballers or settled by the administrator. New investor was not required to repay the subordinated debt and bank debt of the old company. The medals of Parma, which
22500-407: Was when he received a pass from Ruud Gullit, dribbled around two Real Madrid players and netted a powerful long-range shot during the Rossoneri's 5–0 thrashing of Real Madrid in the 1989 European Cup semi-finals . He went on to play all 90 minutes in Milan's 4–0 win over Steaua București in the final . The following season, Ancelotti suffered an injury to his left knee in the quarter-finals of
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