Neroverdi US Sassuolo Calcio
Italy · Founded: 1920
US Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian professional football club from Sassuolo, a small town in Emilia-Romagna known for its ceramics industry. It was founded in 1920 and refounded as US Sassuolo in 1974. The team plays in black and green, which gives it the nickname Neroverdi, and has its home at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in nearby Reggio Emilia.
Backed by the Mapei company and its owner Giorgio Squinzi, Sassuolo rose rapidly from the amateur leagues and reached Serie A for the first time in 2013. It soon became an established top-flight club known for attacking football and young Italian players.
Sassuolo's sixth place in 2015–16 took it into the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, its first European campaign. It knocked out Luzern and Red Star Belgrade in the qualifying rounds, but finished third in a group with Genk, Athletic Bilbao and Rapid Wien.