Paganese Calcio 1926 is an Italian association football club from Pagani, Campania. It currently plays in

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega P ...

History

The club was founded in 1926. Paganese also took part in the

Anglo-Italian Cup The Anglo-Italian Cup ( it, Coppa Anglo-Italiana, also known as the Anglo-Italian Inter-League Clubs Competition and from 1976 to 1986 as the Alitalia Challenge Cup, Talbot Challenge Cup or Gigi Peronace Memorial) is a defunct European football c ...

in 1978, achieving a single victory and three defeats. The club won Serie D/H in 2005–2006 and have thus won promotion to

Serie C2 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 ...

for the 2006–2007 season. A second consecutive promotion in the

competition of 2006–07, after defeating SPAL and Reggiana in the playoffs, gave Paganese the right to play in

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

in the 2007–08 season, their first appearance in the division since 1979. At the end of the 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club was relegated 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 ...

. In the 2011–12 of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, the club was immediately promoted to

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 197 ...

, beating

Chieti Chieti (, ; , nap, label= Abruzzese, Chjïétë, ; gr, Θεάτη, Theátē; lat, Theate, ) is a city and '' comune'' (municipality) in Central Italy, east by northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo regi ...

2–0 in the first round of final play-off followed by 0–0 in the return.

Current squad

Out on loan

Former players

Vincent Taua Vincent Taua (born 1 November 1978) is a New Caledonian footballer who plays as a attacker for Campli. Besides France, he has played in Italy. Career Taua started his career with French fifth tier side Bastia B. In 2001, Taua signed for Cave ...

External links

Official website
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