Renato Curi Angolana, is an Italian association football club located in

Città Sant'Angelo Città Sant'Angelo () is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. History The origins of Città Sant'Angelo are uncertain and have always been a basis for historical discussion, beginning with the Vestini, an ancient Sabi ...

Abruzzo Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...

. It currently plays in

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Ao ...

History

The club was founded in 1998 after the merger of ''Renato Curi'', same name of a footballer of

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

who suddenly died in 1977 during a league match against

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

(founded in 1978 in

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

playing in

Eccellenza Abruzzo Eccellenza Abruzzo is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Abruzzo, Italy. It is competed amongst 18 teams and the winner is promoted to Serie D (usually to Girone F). The clubs that finishes between the second and the fifth pla ...

) and ''Angolana'' (founded in 1948 in

playing in Promozione Abruzzo). In the 2004-2005 season, they were promoted to

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 ...

from

. In the 2013-2014 season, the club returned to Eccellenza from Serie D.

Colors and badge

Its colors are

black Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...

and

blue Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when obs ...

Famous players

Massimo Oddo Massimo Oddo (; born 14 June 1976) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who played as a full-back. He was most recently in charge as the head coach of Serie C club Padova. Oddo played for several Italian clubs throug ...

* Fabio Grosso * Ernesto Terra * Raffaele Biancolino * Andrea D'Agostino * Alessandro Del Grosso *

Matteo Ciofani Matteo Ciofani (born 26 February 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for club Triestina. Club career Born in Avezzano, Abruzzo, Ciofani started his professional career at local side Pescara. Ciofani made his Serie B debut ...

* Marco Capuano *

Alessandro Iacobucci Alessandro Iacobucci (born 3 June 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Vicenza. Biography Youth career Born in Pescara, Abruzzo, Iacobucci started his career at home province club Renato Curi Angolana (located at C ...

* Carlo Luisi

References

External links

Official homepage
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