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2 unusual facts about Empoli


Giordano d'Anglano

Meeting with the leaders of the allied towns of Arezzo and Pisa at Empoli, Jordan was convinced by Farinata degli Uberti not to attack Florence itself, Siena's chief enemy and a centre of Guelph power.

Lloyd Sam

In 1998, Sam was asked to attend a trial at Italian side Empoli, with his older brother Andrew.


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2002–03 Empoli F.C. season

Empoli's kit was manufactured by Italian sports retailer Erreà and sponsored by Sammontana.

Andrea Corsali

Two of Corsali’s letters from the 'east Indies' were published in Florence in 1518, and again in Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Delle navigationi et viaggi (Venice, 1550), along with accounts by other travelers and merchants such as Giovanni da Empoli (1483-1518).

Francesco Lodi

Despite his form, Empoli opted to keep the player at the Latium-based club, where Lodi would continue his form.

On 31 January 2011, Empoli bought Lodi's contract outright from Frosinone, and then immediately sold him on a co-ownership deal to Catania Calcio for the remainder of the 2010–11 season, for €680,000 in 2½ year contract.

Leopolda railway

Pontedera was reached on 19 October 1845 (19.4 km), Empoli on 21 June 1847 (km 26.8) and the following year on 10 June 1848, the entire 97 km long line was opened to traffic from Livorno San Marco station to Leopolda station, just outside Florence’s city walls at Porta al Prato.

The Leopolda railway (Italian: Ferrovia Leopolda) is a line built in the 1840s connecting the Tuscan cities of Florence, Pisa and Livorno via Empoli.

Luca Antonini

Prior to the start of the 2007–08 season, Milan reclaimed Antonini and sent him to Empoli for €1 million, along with his future teammate Ignazio Abate (the 50% valued €0.9 million), in a new co-ownership deal.

Matteo Vitaioli

Born in Fiorentino, San Marino, Vitaioli has represented three clubs on a permanent basis: San Marino Calcio, F.C. Fiorentino and Sammaurese, and has played for four clubs on loan: Empoli (although he failed to make a single league appearance in the second half of 2005–06 Serie A), ASD Cagliese, Real Montecchio and P.D. Castellarano.

Valdarno chicken

It was in the past extensively raised in the lower part of the valley between Florence and the Tyrrhenian Sea and in the plains surrounding Pisa, in the areas of comuni such as Cerreto Guidi, Pontedera, Empoli, Poggibonsi and San Miniato.


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