Verona

Club Information

Club History

Hellas Verona were founded in 1903 in the beautiful northern Italian city of Verona, famous as the setting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The club achieved one of the greatest upsets in football history by winning the Serie A title in 1984-85 under Osvaldo Bagnoli, with a team that included Hans-Peter Briegel and Preben Elkjaer. It remains the only Scudetto in the club's history and one of the most iconic underdog stories in European football.

Trophy Cabinet

• Serie A: 1 (1985)
• Serie B: 3

Did You Know?

• Verona's 1985 Serie A title win is one of the greatest underdog stories in football history
• The city is famous as the setting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
• Danish striker Preben Elkjaer was the star of the 1985 title-winning team
• Verona have been relegated and promoted numerous times showing remarkable resilience
• The Bentegodi holds nearly 40,000 fans making it large for a club of Verona's stature
• Luca Toni won the European Golden Shoe while playing for Fiorentina but started at Verona
• The club shares the city with Chievo Verona though Chievo have recently dissolved