S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 is an Italian association football club, based in Lanciano,

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. It last played in

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie 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 season. It had been ...

in 2015–16 as Virtus Lanciano. Virtus Lanciano now competes in youth football only.

History

The club was founded in 1919 and refounded in 2008 with the name S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924. That year S.S. Lanciano S.r.l. bankrupted; a new company S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 acquired the sports title by using the Article 52 of N.O.I.F. In the season 2011–12 it was promoted to

for the first time under the guidance of Carmine Gautieri, who also led the team to its debut season in the second tier, ended in a safe mid-table position. Virtus Lanciano gained national news in end-2013 after the club, now headed by

Marco Baroni Marco Baroni (born 11 September 1963) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a defender. He is current manager of Serie A club Lecce. Playing career Baroni started his career with Fiorentina, and reached his football ...

, surprised the whole country by leading the league table undefeated, against all odds, by the end of October. The club ended the 2015–16 season with relegation, and successively renounced to register for the new

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 ...

season due to financial and administrative issues. The first team was excluded altogether from the Italian football league pyramid. As of 2020–21 season, Virtus Lanciano still runs their youth teams, and have derbies with the illegitimate successor, Lanciano 1920.

Illegitimate phoenix club

After Virtus Lanciano was withdrew from the Italian football pyramid, another club, A.S.D. Marcianese, renamed itself as A.S.D. Lanciano Calcio 1920. That club claimed as a phoenix club of Virtus Lanciano. That club promoted from

Prima Categoria The Prima Categoria is a level of football in Italy. It is the seventh level (since 2014–15) in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within ...

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's lo ...

and then

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 ...

in 2019.

Colors and badge

The team's official colors are red and black.

Notable former players

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(2016)

Managers

Fabrizio Castori Fabrizio Castori (born 11 July 1954) is an Italian football coach. He is currently in charge of club Perugia. Career Castori was born in San Severino Marche, but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 ...

(1998–99), (2000–03) * Maurizio Pellegrino (2004–05) * Francesco Monaco (2005–06) * Andrea Camplone (2006–07) *

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(2007–08) *

Eusebio Di Francesco Eusebio Di Francesco (; born 8 September 1969) is an Italian manager, and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Di Francesco started his career with Tuscan teams Empoli and Lucchese. In 1995, he joined Piacenza ...

(2008–09) *

Dino Pagliari Dino Pagliari (born 27 January 1957) is an Italian professional former footballer and manager. Career Footballer As a footballer, he played several seasons in Serie A like his younger brother Giovanni. He played for Fiorentina in the late 1970 ...

(2009–10) * Andrea Camplone (2010–11) * Carmine Gautieri (2011–13) *

(2013–14) *

Roberto D'Aversa Roberto D'Aversa (born 12 August 1975) is an Italian association football, football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder and most recently . Playing career A A.C. Milan, Milan youth product, D'Aversa spent most of his playing ca ...

(2014–16) * Primo Maragliulo (2016)

References

Football clubs in Abruzzo Association football clubs established in 1924 Serie B clubs Serie C clubs Serie D clubs Eccellenza Promozione Phoenix clubs (association football) 1924 establishments in Italy Companies based in the Province of Chieti {{Italy-footyclub-stub