Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Ischia Calcio (formerly ''Societa Sportiva Ischia Isolaverde'', better known simply as Ischia) is an amateur Italian association football club located in

Ischia Ischia ( , , ) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about from Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures approximately east to west ...

, Campania. It 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

Ischia 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 ...

from 1983 to 1987, and then

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 ...

until 1990, when Ischia were relegated to Serie C2. Ischia returned to Serie C1 the next year and played in the third-highest-ranked Italian division until 1998 when the club was excluded by the federation due to financial troubles.

Scudetto Dilettanti 2012–13 and back into professionalism

In 2012–13, Ischia was promoted to

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 ...

and won also the Scudetto Dilettanti under the guidance of head coach

Salvatore Campilongo Salvatore "Sasà" Campilongo (born 1 August 1961) is an Italian football manager and a former striker. He is currently managing Lamezia Terme in the Serie D league. Playing career Born in Naples, Campilongo started his career with Juve Stabia ...

. The club's first season back into professionalism was more troublesome as head coach Campilongo was sacked during the season and replaced with Antonio Porta, who led the club to a respectable seventh place and a spot in the inaugural season of the unified

Lega Pro 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 ...

league, the new third tier of Italian football. After the end of the season, chairman Raffaele Carlino (a national clothing entrepreneur) relinquished his role on the board, remaining only as the main club sponsor, and former Napoli goalkeeper and Ischia local Giuseppe Taglialatela was named as the new chairman.

Honours

: :* Scudetto Dilettanti: Winners 1: 2012–13 :*Winners (1): 2012–13 Football clubs in Campania Ischia Serie C clubs 1922 establishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub