
Parma manager and legend Alessandro Melli has called the club zombie-like given its current financial uncertainty.

Alessandro Lucarelli (L), Raffaele Palladino (C) and Zouhair Feddal of Parma look dejected at the end of a 1-0 home loss to AC Chievo Verona on February 11. The players have not been paid all season.

Parma fans display a giant banner during a home match against AC Chievo Verona at Stadio Ennio Tardini on February 11, 2015

Former Parma goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon celebrates victory in the 1999 Coppa Italia Cup Final match against Fiorentina. Buffon went on to win the World Cup with Italy in 2006 and is considered one of the greatest goalkeepers in history.

The 1999 Parma team celebrates its UEFA Cup victory over Olympic Marseille in Moscow.

Gianfranco Zola in action for once-proud Parma in November, 1995. Zola won the UEFA Cup with the club that year and the UEFA Super Cup in 1993.