S.S.D. Casarano Calcio is an Italian association football club located in

Casarano Casarano (Salentino: ) is a town and sixth most populous ''comune'' in the Italian province of Lecce, in the Apulia region of South-East Italy. The town's economy is mostly agriculture-based, with olive oil being the main product. The Church of San ...

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. It currently plays in Serie D Apulia.

History

The club was founded in 1927 playing also 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 ...

for 20 seasons. In the season 2001–2002

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, the world famous Argentina striker, was the head coach of S.S.D. Casarano Calcio. The club was refounded in 2006 as A.S.D. Virtus Casarano, but in summer 2012 it does not join in Serie D, due to bankruptcy. Immediately after on 24 July 2012, the club was again refounded by Eugenio Filograna as S.S.D. Casarano Calcio and was relocated in Promozione Apulia.

Colors and badge

Its colors are red-azure.

Honours and records

* Coppa Italia Serie C1: **Champions – 1984–85 *

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 ...

: **Champions – 1987–88 *

Coppa Italia Dilettanti The Coppa Italia Dilettanti (Italian language, Italian for: Italian Amateurs Cup) is an annual knock-out competition for teams from the fifth and sixth levels of Football in Italy, Italian football: the Eccellenza and the Promozione. All ties exce ...

: **Champions – 2008–09, 2018–19

Youth Team honours

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**Champions – 1996–1997 Points record for professionistic championships (With 2 point awarded for win) in the 1987–88

Championship. Casarano and Calcio Varese are the only clubs to have won at least one Coppa Italia Serie C and one Coppa Italia Dilettanti.

References

External links

Official homepage
Football clubs in Apulia Serie C clubs Association football clubs established in 1927 1927 establishments in Italy Coppa Italia Serie C winning clubs {{Italy-footyclub-stub