US Pianese

Pianese
Full nameUnione Sportiva Pianese srl
NicknamesBianconeri (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
ManagerAndrea Zanchetta
LeagueSerie C Group B
2025–26Serie C Group B, 6th 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 Italy's top amateur league in 2018–19, thus ensuring themselves the right to play in Serie C.

From 2006 to 2019, in compliance with Italian rules regarding amateur clubs, U.S. Pianese changed its name to 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 29 August 2026[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  ITA Gianluca Astaldi (on loan from Parma)
4 MF  ITA Tommaso Casalino (on loan from Sampdoria)
5 MF  ITA Lorenzo Peli
7 MF  ITA Matteo Colombo
10 FW  ITA Simone Ianesi
11 FW  ITA Leonardo Bellini
12 GK  ITA Andrea Zambuto
13 DF  ITA Luca Ercolani
14 FW  ITA Gabriele Negri (on loan from Sassuolo)
15 DF  ITA Matteo Gorelli
16 DF  ITA Francesco Chesti
17 FW  ALB Kleidi Xhani
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  ITA Gabriele Morelli
20 MF  ITA Lorenzo Vigiani
21 MF  ITA Manuel Tirelli
22 GK  ITA Michele Pezzolato (on loan from Modena)
23 DF  ITA Nicola Pintus (on loan from Cagliari)
27 MF  ITA Marco Bertini
29 FW  ITA Luca Fabrizi
30 MF  ITA Francesco Proietto
56 DF  ITA Lorenzo Masetti
77 DF  GHA Claudio Martey
99 FW  ITA Carlo Maria Testa

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
— MF  GUI Mamadou Balde (at Club Milano until 30 June 2027)

References

  1. ↑ PIANESE, CONSEGNATA TUTTA LA DOCUMENTAZIONE NECESSARIA PER L'UTILIZZO DELLO STADIO DI GROSSETO[link removed] – uspianeseasd.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.