A.S.D. Lanciano Calcio 1920


Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Lanciano Calcio 1920 is an Italian association football club, based in Lanciano, Abruzzo. It last played in Serie B in 2015–16 as Virtus Lanciano, and is currently playing in the amateur Eccellenza league of Italy.

History

The club was founded in 1919 and refounded in 2008 with the current name. That year S.S. Lanciano S.r.l. bankrupted; a new company S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 acquired the sports title by using the Article 52 of N.O.I.F..
In the season 2011–12 it was promoted to Serie B for the first time under the guidance of Carmine Gautieri, who also led the team to its debut season in the second tier, ended in a safe mid-table position.
Virtus Lanciano gained national news in end-2013 after the club, now headed by Marco Baroni, surprised the whole country by leading the league table undefeated, against all odds, by the end of October.
The club ended the 2015–16 season with relegation, and successively renounced to register for the new Lega Pro season due to financial and administrative issues. The club was excluded altogether from the Italian football league pyramid.
A new club, A.S.D. Lanciano Calcio 1920, was therefore founded on 2017, starting from Prima Categoria.

Colors and badge

The team's official colors are red and black.

Notable former players

Managers