L'Aquila 1927 is an Italian association football club located in

L'Aquila L'Aquila ( ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of the Province of L'Aquila and the Abruzzo region in Italy. , it has a population of 69,902. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the A ...

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. They currently play in the

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History

Existence of football clubs in L'Aquila can be traced back to 1915, when an amateur club called Football Club L'Aquila, then unregistered to the

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, already existed; in 1926, this club began using red and blue as their official colors. In 1927, a new club called Società Sportiva Città dell'Aquila was founded, but lasted only a few years. In September 1931, Associazione Sportiva L'Aquila was founded as local fascist sports organizations starting playing in the locally organized ''Seconda Divisione''. After two promotions, L'Aquila spent its first season in the second-tier

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. In 1936, a train accident on the

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near Contigliano,

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seriously injured several of the team's players and left head coach Attilio Buratti dead. Later, the club later did not manage to escape relegation and its Serie B tenure ended after three seasons. In December 1937, L'Aquila played a

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game against

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and lost by a three-goal margin, 4–1. The club spent a total of five consecutive seasons in third-tier

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before they were dismissed from play during

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. In 1943, the club was refounded as Sportiva L'Aquila 1944 playing in Serie C three more seasons from 1945 to 1948. After spending several seasons in the lower tiered leagues, the club was readmitted to

in 1958, where it spent a decade after being relegated to

in 1969. The club won promotion to

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in 1979, though again, they were relegated to amateur football status in 1982. In 1993, the club was readmitted to Serie C2 to fill a league vacancy, but the club fell through a year later due to

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. In 1994, Associazione Sportiva L'Aquila was founded and admitted to

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, and then became Vis L'Aquila in 1995 after a merger with Serie D squad Paganica Calcio. In 1998, the club won promotion to Serie C2, and reached

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in 2000 after winning a

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against

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. In 2004, the club was relegated back to Serie C2, only to fall through once again and readmitted to Eccellenza under their current name. Following the

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, the club was promoted to Serie D under deliberation of the

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after it was realized the club was unable to complete the remaining two games left in the season with the club sitting at the top of the division. In the 2009–10 season, the club was promoted from Serie D to the

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. Another promotion, this time to

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, came through playoffs in 2012–13; this was followed by an impressive fifth place and subsequent qualification promotion playoff (then lost to

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). In the summer 2015 it was penalized of a single point for sporting fraud. After another bankruptcy, another club was created in 2018.

Players

Notable former players

''For all former players with a Wikipedia article, see :L'Aquila 1927 players'' ''This list of former players includes those who received international caps, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.'' *

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(1935–1936) * Jehad Muntasser (2001–2002) * Giovanni Rosati (1979–1981) * Kenneth Zeigbo (2001–2002)

Notable former managers

Ottavio Barbieri Ottavio Barbieri (; 30 April 1899 – 28 December 1949) was an football in Italy, Italian association football midfielder and manager. He won campionato Alta Italia 1944 (Champion of Italy de facto). Club career Originally from Genoa, as a play ...

(1933–1934) * András Kuttik (1936–1937) * Giovanni Degni (1954–1955) * János Nehadoma (1957–1958) * Dino Bovoli (1963–1964) * Renato Benaglia (1972–1973) * Sergio Petrelli (1978–1979) *

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(1991–1992) * Bruno Nobili (1993–1994, 1995–1996) *

Paolo Stringara Paolo Stringara (born 22 September 1962) is an Italian football coach and a former professional player, He is currently assistant coach of South Korea. Playing career Stringara started his career in the youth ranks of Inter Milan, then making hi ...

(2000–2001) * Bruno Giordano (2002–2003)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:LAquila Calcio Football clubs in Abruzzo L'Aquila Association football clubs established in 1927 Serie B clubs Serie C clubs Serie D clubs 1927 establishments in Italy Phoenix clubs (association football)