Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an

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club based in

Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...

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. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in

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(in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seasons) and 28 times in

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 ...

, where it will play during the 2021–22 season, having earned promotion from

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 ...

the season before. The first team from

to reach Serie A, Ternana enjoys a local rivalry with

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. Ternana plays its home matches at the

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History

Serie A

Foundation

The club was founded in 1925 as Terni F.B.C after the merger between ''Terni Football Club'' and ''Unione Sportiva Ternana'', reaching the II Division in 1926 and the I Division (nowadays known as

) just a year later.

From Serie C to Serie B

The club, however, folded in due to financial difficulties, being refounded in 1929 as Unione Fascista Ternana (a denomination that was common during the Italian fascist regime). Folding again in 1933, the club returned to footballing action in 1935 under the name Polisportiva Mario Umberto Borzacchini, after a racing car driver and a native of Terni who had died at the 1933 Monza Grand Prix. In 1938 the new club reached promotion to

, missing a second consecutive promotion the following year. In 1946, after the World War II, football restarted in Italy and Ternana played in the

, missing promotion for two consecutive years, and being relegated to Serie C in 1949 and

IV Serie 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 ...

in 1950. A third relegation, this time to

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 ...

, came in 1953, and was followed by two years in the regional division for Ternana before returning to IV Serie in 1955. The club returned to

in 1964, and

in 1968, the latter under coach Corrado Viciani.

1970s–1993: From Serie A to bankruptcy

In 1972, Ternana finally won Serie B and reached Serie A for their first time, again with Viciani as coach. However, the club did not prove to be ready for Serie A, as they were promptly relegated in their debut appearance in the top flight, managing only three wins in 30 matches. In 1974, again in Serie B, Ternana managed to reach one of the three top spots, winning their second promotion to Serie A; this was, however, followed by yet another sad relegation. In the following years, despite a number of noted head coaches such as

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and

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, Ternana did not manage to return in the top flight, and instead were relegated to Serie C in 1980, despite a prestigious run in the 1979–80 Coppa Italia, where Ternana reached the semi-finals, being then eliminated 3–1 on aggregate by

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. During the 1980s Ternana played between

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 ...

, before going bankrupt on 12 December 1987. Managed by an official liquidator, Ternana ended the season and escaped relegation. The club, bought in the summer of 1988 by a consortium headed by Gaspare Gambino, won promotion to Serie C in 1988–89 after winning the penalty shootout in a playoff against

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. Successively, Ternana won Serie C1 in 1992 and marked their return to Serie B. The promotion was, however, followed by financial troubles that prevented new signings. At the end of the season, which the team finished in the last position, Ternana went officially bankrupt.

1993–1998: From the refoundation to Serie B

On the summer 1993 the club was refounded as Ternana Calcio and was being forced to begin again from

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 ...

. In their first Serie D campaign, Ternana missed promotion, ending in third place behind

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and local rivals Narnese. This was followed by another unsuccessful attempt, as Ternana lost promotion to Viterbese; despite this, the club was later readmitted to Serie C2 to fill a league vacancy (''ripescaggio''). In 1996–97 and 1997–98, with a new president and

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as head coach, Ternana won two consecutive promotions, thus returning to Serie B.

1998–present: From Serie B to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and back

Ternana played Serie B from 1998 until 2006. In

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missed a promotion in Serie A finishing 4 points behind

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. In 2006 they were relegated to Serie C1 (since the season 2008–09

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). In the season 2010–11 the club was relegated to

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after losing the play-out, but it was later readmitted to

on 4 August 2011 to fill vacancies. In the following season 2011–12 it was promoted from

. Back in Serie B, Ternana has avoided relegation as well as play-outs for 6 consecutive seasons. In June 2017, the ownership of the club passed to the

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(owner of the

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). When the club was bought by Unicusano, thus adding the name of the private university to the club. The word "Unicusano" was also added to the crest in 2017–18 season, but was removed in May 2018. Ternana was relegated from Serie B on 12 May 2018.

Colors and badge

The team's colours are red and green. It is the only Italian professional team with a red and green combination.

Supporters

The

ultra adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park. '' ...

supporters of Ternana Calcio are called "The Freak Brothers". Like many Italians ultras, they are linked with the political left."Terni, addio a Rambo: capo storico dei Freak Brothers ultras della Ternana,"
'' Il Messaggero'' (31 March 2018).

Squad

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

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(1930) * Guido Gianfardoni (1939–41) *

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(1970–71) *

(1976–77) *

(1978–79) *

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(1980–81) * Lauro Toneatto (1985–86) *

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* Serie A champion: 1965/66, 1973/74. * Coppa delle Alpi winner: 1971. 1946 births 2018 deaths Italian me ...

(1986–88) *

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(1988–90) * Angelo Orazi (1990–91) * Roberto Clagluna (1991–92) * Franco Liguori (1992–93) *

(1993–94) * Leonardo Acori (1994–95) * Massimo Silva (1995–96) *

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(1996) *

(1996–98) *

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(1998) *

(1998–99) * Vincenzo Guerini (1998–00) *

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(1999–00) *

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(2000–01) *

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(2001–02) *

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(2002–04) *

(2004) * Corrado Verdelli (2004) *

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(2004) *

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(2005–06) *

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(2010) *

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(2010–11) * Bruno Giordano (2011) * Domenico Toscano (2011–13) *

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(2013–15) * Domenico Toscano (2015) *

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(2015–2016) * Cristian Panucci (2016) *

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(2016–2017) * Carmine Gautieri (2017) *

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(2017) * Sandro Pochesci (2017–2018) * Ferruccio Mariani (2018) *

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(2018–2019) * Alessandro Calori (2019) * Fabio Gallo (2019–2020) *

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(2020–present)

Honours

: Winners: 1971–72 *

: Winners: 1967–68, 1991–92, 2011–12.

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, *

: Winners: 1996–97, * Supercoppa di Serie C : Winners:

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Bibliography

References

External links

Official website
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