Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, team that are currently competing in the 2008–09 Serie B season. The club plays its home matches in the 27,906 seat Stadio Ennio Tardini. Nicknames include Ducali (The Duchy Men), Crociati (Crusaders) and Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues).
Parma debuted in Serie A in 1990 and would quickly establish themselves as a top-flight team in Italian football from then on. The team became one of the top Italian teams in the 1990s and early 2000s, especially in the domestic and European Cup competitions, having been crowned UEFA Cup champions. Following the Parmalat scandal in late 2003, which caused the owning company to collapse, Parma has lately experienced a troubled period, having been under controlled administration until January 2007 and forced to fight to avoid relegation.
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| Full name | Parma Football Club SpA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Ducali (Duchy), Gialloblu (Yellow-blues), Crociati (Crusaders) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | July 27, 1913 (AC Parma) 2005 (Parma FC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy (Capacity: 27,906) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Tommaso Ghirardi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Francesco Guidolin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Serie B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Serie A, 19th (relegated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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