Mirco Omiccioli, from Fano, born in 1967, has spent the last twenty years coaching between Serie D and Eccellenza Marche and therefore has a profound knowledge of local football. He spent the last two seasons in Urbania, taking the team from Promotion to Excellence last year and finishing 10th at the end of this season. A success that goes hand in hand with the one achieved in 2008/09 when Omiccioli took Bikkemberg Fossombrone to Serie D, where the following year he finished third and then spent, again in D, three years with Recanatese. He always led Fano in D in two separate championships, while Eccellenza also did it with Atletico Alma before his passing.
Naturally he knows what type of championship Alma Juventus Fano will face next season. “The Excellence of the Marche – says the 56-year-old Fano coach – is of an important level, there are renowned teams that, apart from Civitanovese which was promoted, Fano will also find again next year like Maceratese, Sangiustese, ‘Osimana, Castelfidardo who are making the national playoffs. Not to mention the surprises like Montefano and Chiesanuova. I can say that the last teams in Serie D would struggle against the top teams of Eccellenza.
There is also the explanation, of course. “The championship is beautiful, exciting, due to the presence of important players who have played on important stages. In Urbania this year I had Christian Mangiarotti, a striker who played in C with Pavia, – continues Mirco Omiccioli – Montegranaro had Montegranaro as a center forward Guido Marilungo who wore the blue Under 21 shirt (7 matches, 2 goals) and played in Serie A with Sampdoria, Atalanta, Cesena and Empoli and as a midfielder the Argentine Fernando Tissone who played in Serie A in Italy and Spain and also played the Champion League and UEFA, Monturano had Massimo Loviso in Serie A with Bologna and Livorno. This is to say that you are faced with players of an excellent technical level.” Omiccioli, after two seasons in Urbania he left on good terms. “We had become too good friends – he says – and this is not good in football; I am leaving a president who has been in office for two years and who intends to do things well and seriously”, so now Omiccioli is looking around. He would like D, where he has gained experience, but also the next Eccellenza tournament.
What season will Fano face? “Let’s say straight away – states Mirco Omiccioli – that there will be clubs with ample economic resources, such as Maceratese, Sangiustese, Montegranaro who will want to aim for the high ranking and climb higher, also to make up for the disappointments they have just suffered from the square. Therefore Fano will have to re-establish oneself and start from the head, that is, from society”.
Silvano Clappis
