Rugby Colorno is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Italian domestic league Top10. They are based in Colorno (Province of Parma), in Emilia-Romagna. They were founded in 1975.
History
Rugby Colorno was founded in 1975 as an Under-19 team, by Paolo Pavesi, to participate in the Italian Junior Championships. They were a group of young beginners inexperienced in the area, the pitch borrowed from the parish, with open air changing rooms and using buses to travel to matches. They won promotion to the Top12 in the 2018-19 season.
For the 2019–20 season, fly-half Leonardo Mantelli is a permit player for Zebre in the Pro14.
Anthem The club's official anthem, "Non sarai mai solo" by the DJ and composer Hunterwolf and the songwriter Jacopo Mack Rosa has been released in late 2021. The song also features the mezzosoprano Carling Chiu and the video is directed by Danilo Barozzi.
Current squad
The Colorno squad for the 2025–26 season is:
Colorno squad Props Davide Ascari Valerio Cordi Immanuel Filice Ulises Garziera Valerio Lamon Leonel Moreno Federico Pavesi Matias Galliano*
Hookers Nicolò Nisica Christian Sangiorgi
Locks Marco Butturini Tomas Eschoyez Mateo Roldan*Back row Lorenzo Cannata Santiago Ruiz Antoine Koffi Tommaso Mugnaini Miloud Popescu
Scrum-halves Michele Artusio Lorenzo Casilio Octavio Gelos
Fly-halves Matteo Avitabile Mattia CantoniCentres Ignacio Ceballos* Bautista Mengoni Poasa Waqanibau
Wings Aramis Corona Filippo Bozzoni
Fullbacks Sebastian Visinia (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality. Players and their allocated positions from the Colorno website.
Chronicle Chronicle of the Rugby Colorno 1974/75 · Foundation of Colorno Rugby 1975/76 · Youth activities 1976/77 · Serie D 1977/78 · Serie D(promotion in serie C) 1978/79 · Serie C 1979/80 · Serie C 1980/81 · Serie C2 1981/82 · Serie C2 1982/83 · Serie C2(promotion in serie C1) 1983/84 · Serie C1 1984/85 · Serie C1 1985/86 · Serie C1 1986/87 · Serie C1 1987/88 · Serie C1 1988/89 · Serie C1 1989/90 · Serie C1 1990/91 · Serie C1(demotion in serie C2) 1991/92 · Serie C2 1992/93 · Serie C2 1993/94 · Serie C2 1994/95 · Serie C2 1995/96 · Serie C2 1996/97 · Serie C2 1997/98 · Serie C2(promotion in serie C1) 1998/99 · Serie C1 1999/2000 · Serie C1(demotion in serie C2) 2000/01 · Serie C2(promotion in serie C1) 2001/02 · Serie C1(repechage in serie B) 2002/03 · Serie B(demotion in serie C1 and repechage in serie B) 2003/04 · Serie B(promotion in serie A) 2004/05 · Serie A(defeat promotion semi-finals) 2005/06 · Serie A 2006/07 · Serie A 2007/08 · Serie A1 2008/09 · Serie A1 2009/10 · Serie A1 2010 · Confluence into the GranDucato Parma Rugby 2010/11 · Serie B 2011/12 · Serie B(promotion in serie A2) 2012/13 · Serie A2(promotion in serie A1) 2013/14 · Serie A1 2014/15 · Serie A 2015/16 · Serie A 2016/17 · Serie A 2018/19 · Serie A(promotion in Top12) 2019/20 · Championship cancelled 2020/21 · Top10 2021/22 · Top10 2022/23 · Top10(defeat semi-finals play-off)
Club partnerships
Rugby Colorno is in partnership with Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers. The partnership helps to drive development of rugby across the world along with building sustainable links between players, partners and communities.
Former players
The following players have previously represented Rugby Colorno:
Failaga Afamasaga Aldo Birchall Giulio Bisegni Alessandro Castagnoli Daniele Di Giulio Oliviero Fabiani Filippo Frati Alessio Galante Massimo Giovanelli Carl Manu Samuele Pace Jacopo Sarto Federico Zani Dorin Tică
References
External links Official website Official Twitter