For long-time Pisa followers, the return to the highest flight will immediate welcome reminiscences of their final spell in Serie A.

That was again in 1990, once they obtained promoted to the Italian prime flight with some spectacular names on their books.

These included the present Atletico Madrid supervisor Diego Simeone, and his Argentina compatriot Jose Chamot, who would go on to play for Lazio, Atletico and Milan.

Success was achieved due to the backing of Romeo Anconetani, the membership’s widespread and charismatic president on the time.

Below him, Pisa went from Serie C to Serie A and reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia in 1987, the place they have been overwhelmed by Diego Maradona’s Napoli.

Anconetani was additionally deeply superstitious and earlier than each dwelling sport he would carry out an uncommon ritual.

“He would scatter kilos and kilos of coarse salt across the pitch to beat back unhealthy luck,” Pisa-based sports activities journalist Andrea Martino advised BBC Sport.

“He typically adopted the matches with the fingers of each palms crossed, whereas he compelled his gamers to repeat gestures and actions if they’d been carried out for the primary time throughout a victory.”

He might have briefly thought his superstitious actions had paid off as at one level Pisa sat atop Serie A, however a poor run of kind led to relegation.

The monetary value of happening was important and simply three years later, they have been again in Serie C and declared bankrupt.

A long time within the doldrums adopted, with extra monetary troubles that led to them being expelled from the Italian soccer league in 2009, however from their lowest level would start their rise – albeit gradual – again to Serie A.