AZ Picerno

AZ Picerno, or simply Picerno, is an Italian association football club, representing the town of Picerno, Province of Potenza, Basilicata. It is currently playing in Serie C.

Picerno

Full name	Polisportiva AZ Picerno s.r.l.[1]
Founded	1973[2]
Ground	Stadio Donato Curcio, Picerno, Italy
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Donato Curcio
Manager	Francesco Tomei
League	Serie C Group C
2023–24	Serie C Group C, 6th of 20
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1973, AZ Picerno mostly languished as an amateur club in the minor league of the Italian football system throughout its history.

The club turned its fortunes thanks to Donato Curcio, a local native who emigrated to the United States in the 1950s who first donated 1 million Euro for a new football stadium (named after him) in Picerno, and then starting investing directly into the club in the later years.^[3][4][5]

On 18 April 2019, Picerno mathematically ensured their first historical promotion to Serie C after a 0–0 draw with Taranto guaranteed them first place in the Round H of Serie D.^[6]

Due to restrictions to the local football stadium "Comunale Donato Curcio", which is unsuitable for professional league games, Picerno played its home games in the 2019–20 Serie C season at the Stadio Alfredo Viviani in neighbouring Potenza.^[7] The season ended with Picerno being immediately relegated back to Serie D.

After completing the 2020–21 Serie D season in second place, Picerno was readmitted to Serie C to fill a vacancy for the 2021–22 season.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2025^[8].

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  ITA Davide Merelli 2 DF  ITA Gabriele Pagliai 3 DF  ITA Manuel Nicoletti 4 DF  ITA Papa Mamadou Seck 8 MF  ITA Domenico Franco 9 FW  ITA Gabriele Bernardotto 10 MF  ITA Pasquale Maiorino 11 FW  ITA Emmanuele Esposito 13 DF  ITA Marco Manetta 15 DF  ITA Pietro Santi 18 DF  ESP Rubén García 19 FW  ITA Francesco Pio Petito

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ITA Emilio Volpicelli 22 GK  ITA Elia Summa 23 MF  TOG Malik Djibril 24 DF  ITA Federico Papini 25 MF  ITA Walter Guerra 28 DF  ITA Giuseppe Salvo 29 FW  ITA Filippo Palazzino (on loan from Ascoli) 30 MF  ARG Rodrigo De Ciancio 34 MF  ITA Sergio Maselli 77 MF  ITA Vittorio Graziani 99 MF  ITA Karim Cardoni

Out on loan

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 — GK  ITA Andrea Esposito (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Matteo Savarese (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2025) — MF  ITA Simone Cecere (at Nocerina until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ITA Mirko Colaci (at Notaresco until 30 June 2025) — FW  ITA Andrea Santarcangelo (at Cerignola until 30 June 2025)