Latina Calcio 1932, commonly referred to as Latina, is an

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club based in

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. They currently play in the .

History

The club was founded in 1932 as ''Unione Sportiva Latina Calcio'' and subsequently re-established several times until 2009, when it attained the name U.S. Latina Calcio. The team reached the

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for the first time in 29 years, after being promoted from the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group C in the 2010–11 season. In 2013, they were promoted to Serie B. On 21 April 2013, the club won its first trophy, the

2012–13 Coppa Italia Lega Pro The 2012–13 Coppa Italia Lega Pro was the 41st edition of the competition that involving teams from Lega Pro in Italian football. Format and Seeding Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows: * Group phase: the 42 clubs that n ...

, after defeating

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in the finals. Their first Serie B season ended up in third place and eventually losing in the play-off final against

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. At the end of the 2016–17 Serie B season, the club was declared bankrupt after failing to find a new buyer, with debts of over 6 million euros, meaning a new incarnation of Latina would have to begin from the amateur leagues. The club was refounded as Latina Calcio 1932 and competed in

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for the 2017–18 season.

Colours and badge

The team's colours are black and blue. AS Latina logo.png, Logo of predecessor A.S. Latina U.S. Latina Calcio logo.svg, Logo of predecessor U.S. Latina Calcio

Current squad

Managers

* Francisco Lojacono (1972–73) *

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(1976–79) * Giorgio Puia (1983–84) * Andrea Agostinelli (1994–95) * Stefano Di Chiara (1994–95) * Roberto Rambaudi (2004) *

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(2012–13) *

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(2013–14) *

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(2014) *

(2014–15) *

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(2015) *

Mario Somma Mario Somma (born 17 September 1963) is an Italian football manager. Career Player Somma, who was born in Latina, Lazio, started his career with Genoa and then spent his later years mostly at the Serie C1 and Serie C2 level, playing for seve ...

(2015–16) * Carmine Gautieri (2016) * Vincenzo Vivarini (2016–17) * Andrea Chiappini (2017–18) * Carlo Pascucci (2017–18) * Carmine Parlato (2018–19) * Raffaele Di Napoli (2018–19) * Agenore Maurizi (2019–20) * Raffaele Scudieri (2020–21 (1-21)) * Salvatore Ciullo (2020-21 (22-25)) * Raffaele Scudieri (2020-21 (26-)) * Daniele Di Donato (2021- )

Honours

Coppa Italia Serie C Coppa Italia Serie C ( it, Serie C Italian Cup), formerly named Coppa Italia Lega Pro, is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie C in Italian football first held in 1972. Format There are a total of six rounds in the ...

:Winners: 2012–13 * Lega Pro Seconda Divisione :Winners: 2010–11 (group C)

References

External links

Official site
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