Alma Juventus Fano 1906, commonly known as Fano, is an Italian association football club located in

Fano Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by popula ...

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. The club currently plays 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.

History

The club was founded in 1906 as Società Ginnastica Alma Juventus Fano, named by a professor of Latin "Liceo Guido Nolfi" di Fano. The first team was called Fanum Fortunae and followed by Emilio Caiani of Milan who imported the not so famous football. On 13 May 1915, in Circolo di San Paterniano, the city's patron, was born Alma Juventus Football Club among young players. In 1925 the company raced the first regional championship of Marche, Terza Divisione. In 1930 was inaugurated the new stadium "Borgo Metauro" now entitled to a player who played in the series of Fano further, Raffaele Mancini. In 1935 it competed for the first time in

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 ...

, playing against famous teams such as Venezia, Vicenza, Rimini, Udinese, Treviso, Ancona, Mantova. That year, it also played a game against Milan. During the fascist, eagle with the beam was the symbol of the team. After World War II the beam was replaced with the coat of arms. Fano spend many years in

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

and

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 ...

, but didn't achieve 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 ...

. Some years Fano had been relegated to

. In the 2008–09 season Fano, which was playing in

, after have been leading the championship for many turns, in the last days was exceeded by Pro Vasto, and finished second in the league, a position that allowed it to play in the playoffs and to participate in the 2009–10

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

against Lumezzane. In the 2009–2010 season the company was repechage in the

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 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 ...

after the failure of some companies. The last three seasons in

Fano played in this category.

Colors and badge

The club's official color is

garnet Garnets () are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition. The different s ...

, a dark red color.

Home stadium

Stadio Raffaele Mancini, (1930–present)
Via Arturo Toscanini, 12,

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61032 The Raffaele Mancini stadium exists since 1930 and hasn't changed much since then. Only the main grandstand received cover and over 500 seats, while to remaining stands, one alongside and one at end-side, remain uncovered terracing. When opened, it was commonly known as Borgo Metauro, but later adapted the name of Stadio Raffaele Mancini, honoring a player that ended his career with the team.

Squad

Management

* Technical director –

Giovanni Mei Giovanni Mei (born 15 October 1953) is an Italian former football player and who now works as the technical director of Italian club Fano. Playing career Mei played as a central defender, often used as a full-back, spending his youth career ...

* Head coach – Marco Alessandrini * Goalkeeping coach –

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* Fitness coach –

Massimo Scardovi Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist * Massimo A ...

References

External links

Official homepage
Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in the Marche Association football clubs established in 1906 Serie C clubs 1906 establishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub