Unione Sportiva Arzanese is an Italian association football club located in

Arzano Arzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 9 km north of Naples. Arzano borders the following municipalities: Casandrino, Casavatore, Casoria, Frattamaggiore, Grumo ...

, 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 ...

History

Early years

The team was founded in 1924 as Unione Sportiva Arzanese in the town of

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At the end of the twenties participate in 1ª Categoria del Comitato U.L.I.C. di Napoli Nord.
The first real championship team raced was after the end of World War II.
The President in 1945 was Russo. In a memorable 1947–48 Prima Divisione championship with the resounding victory against Isernia (10–1) with four goals from Barbato. Of that training was also part of the late Sabatino De Rosa to which the council decided to dedicate the name to the stadium on the outskirts of the city of

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. The Arzanese has participated in eight

championships, won the championship of Prima categoria in 1973–74,

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 ...

in 1979–80 and in 1986–87,

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 ...

in 1995–96 and finally that of Serie D 2010–2011. The youth sector is full of talented players over the last decade. In 2010 Arzanese was declared "Regional Champion" by beating 2–1 Gladiator in the final. Second success after the historic victory in 2000 against Ariano Irpino.

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

It was promoted in the 2010–11 season from

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 ...

. In its first year in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Arzanese finished in ninth place, and the next season it finished in tenth.

Colors and badge

The colours of the team are white and blue.

References

External links

Official homepage
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