Unione Sportiva Follonica Gavorrano is an Italian association football club that represents the municipalities of

Follonica Follonica () is a town and ''comune'' (township) of province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, on the Gulf of Follonica (''Golfo di Follonica''), about northwest of the city of Grosseto. History It was founded in 1834 by Grand Duke L ...

and

Gavorrano Gavorrano is a mountain-side ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the western Italian region of Tuscany, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Florence and about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grosseto. Gav ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

, the latter is also the company headquarters. The club currently play 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 ...

, the fourth tier of Italian football.

History

The club was founded on 1930. In the season 2009–10 it was promoted 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 ...

. The club was relegated back to Serie D after the 2013-14 season after only avoiding a relegation in the previous campaign in order to fill vacancies in the division. The club subsequently earned promotion to Serie C as Group E champions of the 2016–17 Serie D season. In June 2019 the merger between the company of

and that of

was made official: the new team, heir of the Gavorrano sporting tradition takes the name of Follonica Gavorrano and is admitted in Serie D.

Colors and badge

The colors of the club are white, blue and red.

Famous presidents

Mario Matteini

On 9 March 2011 died Mario Matteini, the historic president who led the club from

Seconda Categoria The Seconda Categoria is a level of football in Italy. It is the 8th level (since 2014-15) in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Seconda Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the ...

, from 1999 to 2011.

Honours

Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Serie D (Italian for Serie D Italian Cup) is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie D in Italian football. The competition is held since the 1999–2000, when Serie D clubs split from Coppa Italia Dilettant ...

**Champions (1): 2021–22

References

External links

Official website
Serie C clubs Association football clubs established in 1930 Football clubs in Tuscany 1930 establishments in Italy Follonica Gavorrano {{Italy-footyclub-stub