The Rise and Fall of Palermo: How Did It Happen?

Ten years ago, US Palermo finished 5th in Serie A, narrowly missing out on Champions League qualification, playing a vibrant brand of attacking football with talent like Javier Pastore, Edinson Cavani, and Fabrizio Miccoli. In the space of a decade, the Rosanero have gone from rivalling the likes of Inter Milan and Juventus, to playing amateur football in Italy's fourth tier, Serie D. It's a remarkable decline, and in this short documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at the causes and factors that contributed to both Palermo's rise and decline between 2002 and 2019. *My apologies for referring to Delio Rossi as Delio Rosso throughout.