Full name | Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio S.r.l. | ||
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Nickname(s) | I Neroverdi (The Black and Greens) The Watermelon Peel | ||
Founded | 1920 | ||
Ground | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore | ||
Capacity | 21,584[1] | ||
Owner | Mapei | ||
Chairman | Carlo Rossi[2] | ||
Head coach | Fabio Grosso | ||
League | Serie B | ||
2023–24 | Serie A, 19th of 20 (relegated) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, commonly referred to as Sassuolo (Italian pronunciation: [sasˈswɔːlo]), is an Italian professional football club based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.[3] Their colours are black and green, hence the nickname Neroverdi (literally "black and greens", in Italian).
Sassuolo participated in Serie A from the 2013–14 season until their relegation in the 2023–24 season, joining a select group of teams to have played in Serie A without belonging to a provincial capital city, such as Savoia (Torre Annunziata), Empoli, Legnano, Pro Patria (Busto Arsizio), Carpi, and Casale.[4][5]