Raffaele Sibilio

Striker - Novara
19 Feb 2027
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Marked for Raffaele Sibilio

14 Edition

The Novara Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match31 Oct 2026

Novara see off Arzignano

Three points for Novara, 2‑0 the final word against Arzignano in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Ninety minutes of Christian Donadio at his very best

Marked 8.41. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Novara.

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

85% of the income goes out in wages at Novara

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Paolo Farina kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Filippo Lorenzini gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Novara take the armband off Andrea Valdesi

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Andrea Moretti dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Market2 Nov 2026

Still no ink between Novara and Alessandro Citi

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Novara, another week without a signature from Alessandro Citi.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Raffaele Sibilio has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Novara will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Novara Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match23 Sep 2026

Raffaele Sibilio sends Novara through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Raffaele Sibilio obliged against Sorrento. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Novara.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

No sign of nerves from Raffaele Sibilio at 20 — 7.64

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Raffaele Sibilio did not need any: 7.64, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad28 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Novara

Omar Khailoti and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces28 Sep 2026

Novara supporters have found a favourite in Marco Romano

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Marco Romano has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Christian Donadio was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Andrea Moretti

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Marco Da Graca was the difference for Novara

Marked 7.67. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Squad28 Sep 2026

5 new faces, and Novara are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Match26 Sep 2026

Honours even between Novara and Ospitaletto

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief