Football Club Rieti, commonly known as FC Rieti or simply Rieti, was an Italian association football club, based in

Rieti Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina re ...

, Lazio. The club last competed in

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 ...

, the fourth tier of Italian football, playing home matches at the

Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno The Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno is a football stadium in Rieti, Italy. It is the home stadium of F.C. Rieti and has a seating capacity of 10,163. Built by Rieti's municipal government, it entered into operation in 1991 and was ult ...

. Formed in 1936, the team took the current name in 1996. Its main achievement has been the promotion to

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, 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 ...

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in 1946.

History

The club was founded in 1936 as Supertessile Rieti and refounded in 1948 as S.S. Rieti and 1996 with the current name. In the seasons 1946–47 and 1947–48 it played in

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. In the seasons 2005–06 and 2006–07 it played in

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

. In May 2018, under the presidency of Riccardo Curci, the team was promoted to

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

. Curci had been looking for buyers since then; at first Greek businessman Manthos Poulinakis bought the team, but some months later withdrew and sold it back to Curci. After being relegated back to Serie D, Rieti started suffering a number of financial issues, which ultimately led to the club voluntarily withdrawing from the league in July 2022.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are

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(Italian: ''amaranto'') and

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(Italian: ''celeste'').

Honours

* Regional Coppa Italia Lazio: **Winners 1: 2011–12

References

External links

Official website
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