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 in Tuscany, the latter is also the company headquarters. The club currently play in Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football.

History

The club was founded on 1930. In the season 2009–10 it was promoted from Serie D to

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 The 2016–17 Serie D was the sixty-ninth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system. A total of 162 teams, divided on geographical grounds into 9 gro ...

season. In June 2019 the merger between the company of

and that of Gavorrano 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

Mario Matteini, the historic president who led the club from Seconda Categoria to

from 1999 to 2011, died on 9 March 2011.

Honours

* Coppa Italia Serie D **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