Viareggio Group Preview 2009 as Under 20’s Sydney Tigers represent Australia in Italy

The squad disembarked in Rome on Sunday morning where they ventured to some of the worlds most glorious sights, in the Vatican, Trevi fountain, Spanish Steps and the Colosseum before visiting the Stadio Olimpico to witness the Seria A clash between A.C Milan and Roman club Lazio.
The touring party then moved on to Viareggio where they are now based
Viareggio, a small sea-side tourist destination on the Tuscan coast is the setting for arguably the worlds biggest club youth tournament, a tournament that hosts the likes of A.C Milan, Roma, Juventus, Inter Milan, Queens Park Rangers, Spartak Moscow of Russia and Club Nacional of Uruguay.
The opening match of the tournament will feature current cup holders Inter against first-time cup entrants Queens Park Rangers, in front of over 10,000 spectators.
Joseph Piazza previews Tigers’ tough Group (A) assignment that includes current tournament cup holders, Inter, Coca-Cola Championship heavyweights, Queens Park Rangers, and Serie A side Palermo.
INTER MILAN                          
President: Massimo Moratti
Founded: 1908
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Famous Players: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Javier Zanetti, Roberto Baggio
Youth Coach: Vincenzo Esposito
Primavera Squad 2008/2009:
ANDREA BAVENA, VID BELEC, LUCA STOCCHI, LUCA CALDIROLA, CHRISTIAN DAMINUTA,GIULIO DONATI, ANTONIO ESPOSITO, STEFANO GIACOMELLI, JEAN EBILA, ANDREA MEI, MICHELE RIGIONE, JACOPO FORTUNATO, RENE KRHIN, JOEL CHUKWUMA-OBI,DAVIDE SANTON, LUCA TREMOLADA, RENAN WAGNER, SAMUELE BERETTA, RICCARDO BOCALON, MATTIA DESTRO, ALBERTO GERBO, AIMAN NAPOLI, SULAIMAN SESAY FULLAH
History
The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as Football Club Internazionale Milano, following a split from the Milan Cricket and Football Club (43 members). A group of Italians and Swiss were unhappy about the domination of Italians in the AC Milan team, and broke away from them, leading to the creation of Internazionale.
From the beginning, the club was open to foreign players and thus lived up to its founding name. The club won its very first Scudetto (championship) in 1910 and its second in 1920.
Inter Milan have never been relegated from the Italian top flight in their entire history, which dates back all the way to 1908; a fact Nerazzurri fans hold in high regard. By comparison, city rivals AC Milan have been relegated twice, despite winning one more scudetto. As of 2007, following Juventus’ relegation to Serie B for the 2006-07 season following the “Calciopoli” scandal Inter is the only Italian club that holds this honour, and its century in the top flight (counting the upcoming season) is one of the longest unbroken runs of any club in the world.
PALERMO
President: Maurizio Zamperini
Founded: 1900
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Famous Players: Fabio Grosso, Luca Toni, Mark Bresciano
Youth Coach: Rosario Pergolizi
Primavera Squad 2008/2009:
G.INGRASSIA, M.MARZIANI, A.ADAMO, G.CORSINO, R.COSTANTINO, G.LO MONACO, B.MONFORT, S.ROMEO, A.SIRAGUSA, D.CARIOTO, D.CONTI, G.DAVI, D.SPINA, S.TEMPERINO, L.TINNIRELLO, A.TRANCHINA, G.ZAPPALA, M.GIOVIO, G.MISURACA, G.PALMITERI, F.PITTARESSI, D.TESTA
History
Unione Sportiva Citt? di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A.
Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club existed under various names before finally assuming the current denomination in 1987. Following its return to Serie A in 2004, the club became one of the most prominent in Italy. It has obtained a UEFA Cup place in each of the past three seasons, narrowly missing UEFA Champions League qualification in 2007.
The official team colours are pink and black, giving rise to the nickname Rosanero; another less common nickname is Aquile, referring to the eagle present in both the official club logo and the coat of arms of the city of Palermo.
US Citt? di Palermo plays its home games at Stadio Renzo Barbera, formerly known as La Favorita; as of 2007 the stadium has a capacity of 36,871 people. It was originally built in 1932, but was renovated in the late 1980s and served as a venue for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
QUEENS PARK RANGERS
President: Flavio Briatore
Founded: 1882
Stadium: Loftus Road
Famous Players: Gerry Francis, Terry Venables, Les Ferdinand
Youth Coach:

Primavera Squad 2008/2009:
BILLY COYNE, LEE BROWN, DANNY MAGUIRE, CHRIS ARTHUR, ROMONE ROSE, CHRIS GOODCHILD, HARRY SMART, JOSH FORD, REECE CROWTHER, ANGELO BALANTA, MUSA RAZZAQ, CYRUS SYLVAN-VANTERPOOL, MICHAEL WRIGHT
History
Queens Park Rangers Football Club (also known as QPR, The Rs or The Hoops) are an English professional football club, based in Shepherd’s Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, West London.
They play in the Football League Championship, and their honours include winning the League Cup in 1967, and being runners up in the old First Division in 1975-1976 and FA Cup in 1982.
Queens Park Rangers were founded in 1882, and their traditional colours are blue and white.
The club has changed locations regularly since its foundation, from their original home in Queens Park to their current location in Loftus Road. Queens Park have a large fanbase, who hold a string of long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these are Chelsea, Brentford, and Fulham, with whom they regularly contest the West London derby.
In 2007 the club announced that they had been bought by wealthy Formula 1 businessmen Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone, making QPR one of the richest football clubs in Britain, some saying on par with the riches of Chelsea and Manchester City.
Aussie Reece Crowther is also on the youth-team books at QPR.
SYDNEY TIGERS
President: Tony Raciti
Founded: 1954
Stadium: Lambert Park
Famous Players: Peter Wilson, Tim Cahill, Ante Covic
Youth Coach: Barry Walker
Primavera Squad 2009:
Michael Rutherford, Adrian Maruzza, Frank Riggio, Matthew Baloglow, Costa Andricopoulos, Daniel Ramirez, Kevin Oliveira, Tom Taylor, Liam McConaghy, Jason Trifiro, Callum McGrouther, Matthew Costantini, Andrew Casali, Sebastien Collard, James O?Rourke, Osman Kose, Davide Talone, David Campo, Nedjet Sahin, Sasa Macura, Adriano Varnier, Sasa Macura, Trent Pagnozzi
History
The Sydney Tigers F.C. was first established in 1954. The club has recently celebrated its 50^th anniversary in 2004 and is one of the pioneer clubs who was first to establish soccer (now known as football) in Australia.

The club?s honours include :
?         Ampol Cup Winners 1966, 1971, 1974
?         Federation Cup Winners 1962, 1967
?         Sydney Champions 1964, 1966, 1967, 1975
?         Australian Cup Winners 1966
?         Australia Cup Finalists 1964, 1965, 1967, 1976
?         NSW Grand Final Winners 1964, 1965, 1967, 1976
?         National Cup Winners 1982, 1988
?         National Soccer League Champions 1987
?         NSL Youth League NSW Champions 1981, 1989
?         NSW Premier League Champions 2003
?         Johnny Warren Cup winners 2007