The club is nicknamed la dea the nerazzurri and the orobici founded in 1907 by swiss students in the gym of the liceo classico atalanta play in blue and black vertically striped shirts black shorts. Atalanta bergamasca calcio commonly referred to as atalanta is an italian football club based in bergamo lombardy the club plays in serie a having gained promotion from serie b in 2010 11. Atalanta continued their dream debut champions league campaign on wednesday with a 4 1 win over valencia in an entertaining last 16 first leg meeting at san siro.
The square in front of the gewiss stadium in bergamo is deserted. This includes atalanta whose champions league match is widely thought to have been a major driver of the outbreak in bergamo. 19 2020 file photo spectators sit in the stands during the champions league round of 16 first leg soccer match between atalanta and valencia at the san siro stadium in milan italy.
File in this wednesday feb. The season is coach gian piero gasperini s fourth at the club following the 4th 7th and 3rd place. The 2019 20 season is atalanta bergamasca calcio s ninth consecutive season in serie a the top flight of italian football the club is competing in serie a the coppa italia and for the first time ever following their third place finish the previous season in the uefa champions league.
S ome 40 000 atalanta fans will be at the san siro to see their team go up against valencia but why do they play their champions league games more than 60 kilometres away from their home stadium. After winning the first leg atalanta advanced to the champions league quarterfinals following another victory in the second leg on march 10 which was played in an empty mestalla stadium in. Spain s health minister.
Valencia and atalanta s champions league last 16 second leg on 10 march is set to be played in an empty stadium in an attempt to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Milan finally agreed to atalanta s request to use their stadium this week with the champions league debutants unable to host matches at their ground as it does not meet uefa requirements. La dea s home stadium stadio atleti azzurri d italia is currently being renovated in order to meet uefa standards and will not be ready in time for the competition.
Despite disapproval from ac milan and inter fans atalanta will play their champions league matches at the san siro this season.
