Эмполи / Empoli F.C.

Full name Empoli Football Club SpA

Nickname(s) Azzurri (the Blues)
Founded 1920
Ground Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli, Italy
Capacity 19,847
Chairman Fabrizio Corsi
Manager Luigi Cagni
League Serie A
2005-06 Serie A, 11th (8th)

Empoli F.C. is a football club based in Empoli, Tuscany, and formed in 1920, although its first official match was in 1921. The club has spent a large part of recent years bouncing between Italy's two top divisions. Most recently, Empoli was relegated from Serie A to Serie B in 2004, but secured promotion back to Serie A at the first opportunity, finishing first after the recoiling of Genoa at last position in Serie B, and this August it will start its 7th season in serie A, quite a record for a town of about 45,000 inhabitants, whose team founds its fortunes on its youth division, one of the most renowned in Italy.
The team's colors are blue and white; for the 2005-2006 season, home shirt for the team is completely blue, as well as shorts and socks; away shirt is instead completely white with a big blue strip on the front-left side of the shirt.