S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 is an Italian association football club, based in

Lanciano Lanciano (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Langiàne ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,304 inhabitants as of 2011. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Eucharistic ...

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. It last played in Serie B in 2015–16 as Virtus Lanciano. Virtus Lanciano now competes in youth football only.

History

The club was founded in 1919 and refounded in 2008 with the name S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924. That year S.S. Lanciano S.r.l. bankrupted; a new company S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 acquired the sports title by using the

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In the season 2011–12 it was promoted to Serie B for the first time under the guidance of

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, 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 first team was excluded altogether from the Italian football league pyramid. As of 2020–21 season, Virtus Lanciano still runs their youth teams, and have derbies with the illegitimate successor, Lanciano 1920.

Illegitimate phoenix club

After Virtus Lanciano was withdrew from the Italian football pyramid, another club, A.S.D. Marcianese, renamed itself as A.S.D. Lanciano Calcio 1920. That club claimed as a phoenix club of Virtus Lanciano. That club promoted from Prima Categoria to

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and then Eccellenza Abruzzo in 2019.

Colors and badge

The team's official colors are red and black.

Notable former players

* Alessio Cragno (2016)

Managers

* Fabrizio Castori (1998–99), (2000–03) *

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(2004–05) * Francesco Monaco (2005–06) *

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(2008–09) * Dino Pagliari (2009–10) *

(2010–11) *

(2011–13) * Marco Baroni (2013–14) *

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References

Football clubs in Abruzzo Association football clubs established in 1924 Serie B clubs Serie C clubs Serie D clubs Eccellenza Promozione Phoenix clubs (association football) 1924 establishments in Italy Companies based in the Province of Chieti {{Italy-footyclub-stub