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Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional
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club named after and based in
Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...
, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in
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,
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, and owned by Paluani, a bakery product company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo. During its years as a professional club, Chievo shared the 38,402 seater Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium with its cross-town rivals
Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...
. In 2021, the club was excluded from professional football because of financial problems.


History


Early years

The team was founded in 1929 by a small number of football fans from
Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...
, a Verona . Initially the club was not officially affiliated to the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), but nonetheless played several amateur tournament and friendly matches under the denomination O.N.D. Chievo, a title imposed by the
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. The club's formal debut in an official league was on 8 November 1931. The team colours at the time were blue and white. Chievo disbanded in 1936, however, due to economic woes but returned to play in 1948 after World War II, being registered in the regional league of (Second Division). In 1957, the team moved to the field "Carlantonio Bottagisio", where they played until 1986. In 1959, after the restructuring of the football leagues, Chievo was admitted to play the
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(Second Category), a regional league placed next-to-
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in the Italian football pyramid. That year, Chievo changed its name to Cardi Chievo, after a new sponsor, and was quickly promoted to the
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, from which it experienced its first-ever relegation in 1962.


Series of promotions

In 1964, Luigi Campedelli, a businessman and owner of the Paluani company, was named new Chievo chairman. Under Campedelli's presidency, Chievo climbed through the entire Italian football pyramid, reaching the
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after the 1974–75 season. Under the name "Paluani Chievo", the team was promoted to
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2 in 1986. As a consequence of promotion, Chievo was forced to move to the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, the main venue in Verona; another promotion, to Serie C1, followed in 1989. In 1990, the team changed its name to its current one, "A.C. ChievoVerona." In 1992, President Luigi Campedelli, who had returned at the helm of the club two years before, died of a heart attack, and his son
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, aged just 23, became the new and youngest chairman of an Italian professional football club. Campedelli promoted
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to director of football and named
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as the new head coach. Under Malesani, the team astonishingly won the Serie C1 and was promoted to
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, where city rival
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was playing at the time. In 1997, after Malesani signed for
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was appointed the new head coach. The following season, with
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as the coach, saw the first dismissal of a coach during the presidency of Luca Campedelli, with Caso being fired and replaced with
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. It was during these years that the nickname ''"mussi volanti"'' ("flying donkeys") was born. It originated from supporters of their crosstown rivals Hellas, who would mock long-suffering Chievo supporters that Chievo will only be promoted if "donkeys could fly" (equivalent of the English language
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"if pigs could fly", denoting an impossible dream). In 2000–01,
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was signed as coach and led Chievo, by virtue of its third-place finish in Serie B, to promotion to
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, the first time in team history that it had reached the top tier of Italian football.


Mussi Volanti (2001–2007)

In 2001–02, Chievo's Serie A debut season, the team was most critics' choice for an instant return to Serie B. However, they became the surprise team in the league, playing often spectacular and entertaining football and even leading the league for six consecutive weeks. The club finally ended the season with a highly respectable fifth-place finish, qualifying the team to play in the
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. Chievo's impressive performance inspired a 2002 book about soccer economics titled "Fenomeno Chievo. Economia, costume, società" by Marco Vitale. In 2002–03, Chievo debuted at the European level but were eliminated in the first round by
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. The team finished the Serie A season in seventh place, again proving itself one of the better Serie A teams. The 2003–04 season, the last with Delneri at the helm, saw Chievo finish ninth. The 2004–05 season is remembered as one of the toughest ever in Chievo's history.
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, a Serie A novice from
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, was named coach, but after a strong start that brought Chievo to third behind Juventus and
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, the team slowly lost position in the league table. With three matches remaining in the season, Chievo was third-from-last, a position which would see it relegated to Serie B. As a last resort, Beretta was fired and
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, a former Chievo player, was appointed temporarily to replace him as coach. Morale improved, and two wins and a draw from the final three matches proved just enough to keep Chievo in Serie A. In 2005–06,
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of Treviso FBC was appointed as new coach. The team experienced a return to the successful Delneri era, both in style of play and results, which resulted in Chievo ending the season in seventh and gaining a berth in the UEFA Cup. However, because of the football scandal involving several top-class teams, all of which finished higher than Chievo in the 2005–06 season, the Flying Donkeys were awarded a place in the next Champions League preliminary phase. On 14 July 2006, the verdict in the scandal was made public. Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina, who had all originally qualified for the 2006–07 Champions League, and
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, who had originally qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, were all banned from
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competition for the 2006–07 season, although Milan were allowed to enter the Champions League after their appeal to the FIGC. Chievo took up a place in the third qualifying stage of the competition along with Milan and faced Bulgarian side
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. Chievo lost the first leg 2–0 in
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and managed a 2–2 home draw on the second leg and were eliminated by a 4–2 aggregate score with Levski advancing to the Champions League group stage. As a Champions League third round qualifying loser, Chievo was given a place in the UEFA Cup final qualifying round. On 25 August 2006, they were drawn to face Portuguese side
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. The first leg, played on 14 September in
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, ended in a 2–0 win for the Portuguese. The return match, played on 28 September in Verona, although won by Chievo 2–1, resulted in a 3–2 aggregate loss and the club's elimination from the competition. On 16 October 2006, following a 1–0 defeat against
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, head coach Giuseppe Pillon was fired, and replaced by Luigi Delneri, one of the original symbols of the ''miracle Chievo'', who had led the club to the Serie A in 2002. On 27 May 2007, the last match day of the 2006–07 Serie A season, Chievo was one of five teams in danger of falling into the last undecided relegation spot. Needing only a draw against Catania, a direct competitor in the relegation battle, Chievo lost 2–0 playing on a neutral field in
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. Wins by
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and
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condemned Chievo to Serie B for the 2007–08 season after six seasons in the top flight. Even as a relatively-successful Serie A team the club, which averages only 9,000 to 10,000 fans and is kept afloat mainly by money from television rights, does not have the same number of fan supporters as Hellas, the oldest team in Verona. The difference between the clubs' supporters' number was highlighted during local derby games played in season 2001–02 at the clubs' shared stadium when, for Chievo's "home" fixtures, the Chievo fans were located in the "away" end of the stadium (the area of the stadium Chievo's supporters for years claimed as "theirs", in fact the main supporters faction's name is "North Side", the side of the stadium usually assigned to away teams' supporters), while most of the rest of the stadium seats were assigned to Hellas supporters.


A year with the ''Cadetti'' (2007–08)

Chievo bounced back quickly from the disappointment of their relegation on the last matchday of 2006–07, going in search of an immediate promotion back to the top flight. After the expected departure of several top-quality players including
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,
Paolo Sammarco Paolo Sammarco (born 17 March 1983) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the caretaker head coach of Serie D club Ambrosiana. Club career Chievo A product of European giants A.C. Milan's youth syste ...
and Erjon Bogdani, the manager Delneri also parted ways with the club.
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replaced him and the captain,
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, gave way to
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at the end of the transfer window. A new squad was constructed, most notably including the arrivals of midfielders
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and
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, defender César and forward
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. This new incarnation of the ''gialloblu'' were crowned winter champions (along with Bologna), en route to a 41st matchday promotion after a 1–1 draw at
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left them four points clear of third-place Lecce with one match remaining. In addition to winning promotion, they were conferred with the Ali della Vittoria trophy on the final matchday of the season, their first league title of any kind in 14 years.


Back in Serie A (2008–2019)

In their first season back to the top flight, Chievo immediately struggled in the league resulting in the dismissal of Iachini in November and his replacement with former Parma boss
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. After Di Carlo's appointment, Chievo managed a remarkable resurgence that led the ''gialloblu'' out of the relegation zone after having collected just nine points from their first 17 matches. Highlight matches included a 3–0 defeat of Lazio (who then won the
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title) at the Stadio Olimpico, and a thrilling 3–3 draw away to Juventus in which captain and longtime Chievo striker Sergio Pellissier scored a late equaliser to complete his first career hat-trick. A series of hard-fought draws against top clubs
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and
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in the final stretch of the season solidified ''Ceo'''s position outside the drop zone and Serie A status was finally confirmed on matchday 37 with a home draw against Bologna. A largely unchanged line-up earned safety the following season with four matchdays to spare, and Chievo is therefore a part of the inaugural Lega Calcio Serie A in
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, their third consecutive season (and ninth season in the last ten years) in the top flight of Italian football.
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remained as coach of the club for the 2018–19 season after replacing Rolando Maran during the 2017–18 season. On 13 September, Chievo were deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting on exchanging players with
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. President Luca Campedelli was banned for three months as a result of the scheme. Chievo were officially relegated on 14 April 2019 after a 3–1 home loss to
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.


Serie B years and league exclusion (2019–2021)

In July 2021, Chievo was expelled from Serie B for the 2021–22 season for being unable to prove its financial viability due to outstanding tax payments. The club argued that there was an agreement in place during the COVID-19 pandemic that allowed them to spread the payments out over a longer period. However, after three unsuccessful appeals, the decision to bar Chievo Verona from registering to Serie B was upheld, with Cosenza taking their place in Serie B. Over the next month, former captain
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led the search for a new ownership group to allow a
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to compete in Serie D under the Chievo name. However, on 21 August, Pellissier announced in an Instagram post that no owners were found in time for the Serie D registration deadline. The original Chievo club has in the meantime appealed to the
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against its exclusion and is currently registered in no division, albeit still with the right to apply for a spot in an amateur league of
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in the following weeks. Campedelli eventually opted to keep the club alive as a youth team for the 2021–22 season, while Pellissier decided instead to found a new club himself, which was admitted to
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at the very bottom of the
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; the club, originally named FC Chievo 2021, was then renamed to
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following a legal warning from AC ChievoVerona. FC Clivense eventually won Group B of the
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Verona 2021–22, ending up promoted in
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. On 13 July 2022, FC Clivense registered for the 2022–23 season of
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, the 5th tier of Italian football, where they would eventually gain promotion in Serie D


Historical names

* 1929 – O.N.D. Chievo (''Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Chievo'') * 1936 – folded * 1948 – refounded as A.C. Chievo (''Associazione Calcio Chievo'') * 1960 – A.C. Cardi Chievo (''Associazione Calcio Cardi Chievo'') * 1975 – A.C. Chievo (''Associazione Calcio Chievo'') * 1981 – A.C. Paluani Chievo (''Associazione Calcio Paluani Chievo'') * 1986 – A.C. Chievo (''Associazione Calcio Chievo'') * 1990 – A.C. ChievoVerona (''Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona'')


Retired numbers

* 30 Jason Mayélé, left/right winger, 2001–2002 (posthumous) * 31
Sergio Pellissier Sergio Pellissier (, ; born 12 April 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently working as general director of Rovigo and player, owner and chairman of Eccellenza amateurs FC Clivense, a club he f ...
, left/right winger, 2000–2019 (retired in recognition of his career)


Notable players

Note: this list includes players that have reached international status. *
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* Amauri * Daniel Andersson * Simone Barone *
Andrea Barzagli Andrea Barzagli (; born 8 May 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. A four-time member of the Serie A Team of the Year, Barzagli is regarded as one of the best and most consistent defenders in Italian fo ...
* Erjon Bogdani *
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*
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*''See :AC ChievoVerona players'' for all notable Chievo players.


Coaches


Colours and badge

The club's original colours were blue and white and not the current blue and yellow. The club's historic nickname is ''Gialloblu'' (from the club colours of yellow and blue), although throughout Italian football, the Verona's team recognised in the past by most fans as ''Gialloblu'' are Hellas Verona, Chievo's main rivals. Local supporters often call the club simply ''Ceo'', which is Venetian for Chievo. The club is now sometimes referred to as the ''I Mussi Volanti'' ("The Flying Donkeys" in the Verona dialect of Venetian). "The Flying Donkeys" nickname was originally used by fans from crosstown rivals Hellas to mock Chievo. The two clubs first met in Serie B in the mid-1990s, with Hellas chanting ''Quando i mussi volara, il Ceo in Serie A'' – "Donkeys will fly before Chievo are in Serie A." However, once Chievo earned promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2000–01 Serie B season, Chievo fans started to call themselves "The Flying Donkeys". The current club crest represents Cangrande I della Scala, a medieval lord of Verona.


Stadium

Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy. It is also the home of Chievo Verona city rival Hellas.


Honours

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Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...
**Winners: 2007–08 * Serie C1 **Winners: 1993–94 (group A) * Serie C2 **Winners: 1988–89 (group B) *
Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...
**Winners: 1985–86 (group C)


In Europe


UEFA Champions League


UEFA Cup


References


External links


Official website
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