US Pianese

Pianese
Full nameUnione Sportiva Pianese SrL
Nickname(s)Bianconeri (the white and blacks), Zebrette (little zebras), Amiatesi or Amiatini (guys from mount Amiata)
Founded1930
GroundStadio Comunale, Piancastagnaio
Stadio Carlo Zecchini, Grosseto[1]
Capacity2,500
ChairmanMaurizio Sani
ManagerAlessandro Formisano
LeagueSerie C Group B
2024–25Serie C Group B, 8th of 20
Websitehttps://uspianese.it/

Unione Sportiva Pianese is an Italian football club from Piancastagnaio, Tuscany. They play in Serie C, following promotion from the Serie D in 2024.

History

The club was founded in 1930. They won their first promotion to Serie D in 2009–10, and successively their first league title in the top amateur league of Italy in 2018–19, thus ensuring themselves the right to play Serie C.

From 2006 to 2019, in compliance with Italian rules regarding amateur clubs, U.S. Pianese changed its name in U.S. Pianese A.S.D.

In February 2020, Pianese became the first professional football club to report a case of a player, King Udoh tested COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Current squad

As of 19 August 2025[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Emiliano Filippis (on loan from Empoli)
8 MF Italy ITA Luca Simeoni
10 MF Italy ITA Federico Mastropietro
11 FW Italy ITA Leonardo Bellini
12 GK Italy ITA Tommaso Bertini (on loan from Atalanta)
13 DF Italy ITA Luca Ercolani
16 DF Italy ITA Francesco Chesti
19 DF Italy ITA Christian Sussi
20 MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Vigiani
21 MF Italy ITA Manuel Tirelli
22 GK Italy ITA Andrea Zambuto
23 DF Italy ITA Tommaso Chiavarino
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Italy ITA Luigi Spinosa
27 MF Italy ITA Marco Bertini
30 MF Italy ITA Francesco Proietto
47 MF North Macedonia MKD Adis Jasharovski
56 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Masetti
57 GK Italy ITA Filippo Porciatti
70 MF Italy ITA Matteo Nicastro
71 FW Albania ALB Kleidi Xhani
77 DF Ghana GHA Claudio Martey
DF Italy ITA Wisdom Amey (on loan from Bologna)
MF Guinea GUI Mamadou Pathe Balde
MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Peli
FW Canada CAN Easton Ongaro (on loan from Trapani)

References

  1. ^ PIANESE, CONSEGNATA TUTTA LA DOCUMENTAZIONE NECESSARIA PER L'UTILIZZO DELLO STADIO DI GROSSETOuspianeseasd.it (in Italian), 17 June 2019
  2. ^ CHERUBINI, MASSIMO (26 February 2022). "Fu il primo calciatore al mondo contagiato dal covid: "Giorni da incubo, non li dimentico" - Cronaca". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Pianese squad". Soccerway.