University students played a fundamental role in introducing football to Bologna, from the first matches played by “those four madmen running after a ball” on Prati di Caprara (Caprara fields) to the founding and successes of the Bologna FC team. On this page, you can view the English translations of the display panels from the Campus di Calcio exhibition.
- The origins of football in Italy and Bologna
- When the Rossoblù were born
- Benito Álvarez Buylla y Lozana
- Gaetano “Nino” Berti
- Vittorio Puntoni
- Aldo Gradi
- Pietro Bignardi
- Antonio Bernabeu y Yeste
- Natalio Rivas Ruiz
- Enrico Guardigli
- Italo Zappoli
- Emilio Sala Rosa
- Ugo Fini
- Aldo Grazzi
- Mario Della Valle
- Giuseppe Della Valle
- Francesco Gianese
- Federico Rossi
- Gastone Martelli
- The first football pitches in Bologna
- The Littoriale sports complex
- Umberto Costanzini Archive
Exhibition is curated by the Historical Archives of Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
Collaborators: Lucia Giagnolini, Ilaria Maggiulli, Antonella Parmeggiani, Claudia Rosmini, Pier Paolo Zannoni.
Scientific committee: Marino Bartoletti, Gianluca Battacchi, Riccardo Brizzi, Carlo Caliceti, Carlo Felice Chiesa, Francesco Citti, Mirko Trasforini.
The documents are drawn from the student files preserved by the Historical Archives of Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
Images courtesy of: Bologna FC 1909, Reale Collegio di Spagna, Art and History Collections of the Carisbo Foundation.
Graphic design: Graphic Design Office for Communication, Communication Sector, Planning, Programming and Communication Area, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
With the patronage of: Bologna FC 1909, Reale Collegio di Spagna and Municipality of Bologna.
CAPTION
Bologna FC in the final match against Genoa for the Northern League title, which led to the subsequent victory of the first Italian championship (Scudetto) in the 1924-25 season with the victory over Alba Roma in the national final.