Carpi FC 1909 — snapshot around the 2016/17 season (coach: Fabrizio Castori)

• Club: Carpi FC 1909, based in Carpi (Province of Modena), Emilia‑Romagna, Italy. Nicknamed “i Biancorossi” (the red‑and‑whites).
• Stadium: Stadio Sandro Cabassi (the club’s small municipal ground in Carpi).
• Recent league context (around 2016/17):
  • Carpi achieved a historic promotion to Serie A for the 2015/16 season (their first-ever top‑flight appearance) after a successful 2014/15 campaign.
  • They were relegated after the 2015/16 Serie A season and competed in Serie B in 2016/17, aiming to return to the top flight.
• Fabrizio Castori — role and reputation:
  • Fabrizio Castori is the coach most associated with Carpi’s rise: he led the side to promotion to Serie A in 2014/15 and is regarded as the architect of that period of success.
  • Castori is known for organizing compact, disciplined teams with effective counter‑attacking play and strong set‑piece work. His management style suited smaller clubs pushing above their expected level.
• Notable points from that era:
  • The promotion to Serie A was a landmark achievement for a small provincial club like Carpi.
  • After the 2015/16 top‑flight experience, the club refocused in Serie B (2016/17) with ambitions to compete for promotion while managing the financial and squad challenges common to recently relegated clubs.

Summary: Around the 2016/17 season Carpi was a small, ambitious Italian club that had just experienced its first taste of Serie A (2015/16) after promotion under Fabrizio Castori. The club spent 2016/17 in Serie B, with Castori widely recognized as the coach who engineered Carpi’s rise and a defining figure in that period.