ASD Celano Calcio (known as Celano F.C. Olimpia until the 2010–11 season and Celano F.C. Marsica until the 2018–19 season) is an Italian association football from

Celano Celano is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of L'Aquila, central Italy, east of Rome by rail. Geography Celano rises on the top of a hill in the territory of Marsica, below the mountain range of Sirente. It faces the valley of Fucino, on ...

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. Currently they play in

Eccellenza Abruzzo Eccellenza Abruzzo is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Abruzzo, Italy. It is competed amongst 18 teams and the winner is promoted to Serie D (usually to Girone F). The clubs that finishes between the second and the fifth plac ...

History

The club was founded in 1974 as Celano Football Club Olimpia, registering for

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in 1978 following the demise of the previous Celanesi team, Cliternum. In the

2005–06 Serie D The 2005–06 Serie D was the fifty-eighth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. List of teams Girone A Girone B Girone C Giro ...

, Celano finished second in their group and won their regional playoffs beating

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1–0. In the national playoffs, where all nine winners of the regional playoffs were placed into three groups of three teams, they made it to the final being defeated 5–2 by

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. Due to teams being excluded from

2006–07 Serie C2 The 2006–07 Serie C2 was the football (soccer) league season of Italian Serie C2 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007 and the playoff phase. Once the regul ...

, Celano were administratively promoted, finishing 14th where they beat Pro Vasto in the relegation playoffs to keep their place in Serie C2. They had previously spent 4 seasons in Serie C2 between 1987–88 and 1990–91.

Relegation from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione to Promozione

In the 2012–13 season, they played in

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after finishing bottom of their

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the previous season. In 2014–15, Celano finished bottom

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and were relegated to

. The following season, Celano suffered another relegation to

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's lo ...

and a new company was founded in place of the old one.

Merger with Pro Celano and return to Promozione

At the end of the 2017–18 Promozione season, Celano F.C. Marsica merged with

Prima Categoria The Prima Categoria is a level of football in Italy. It is the seventh level (since 2014–15) in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within ...

side, Pro Celano, to create a new company called ASD Celano Calcio. This side played in Prima Categoria Abruzzo Girone A for the 2018–19 season, winning promotion at the end of the season via the playoffs beating New Club Villa Mattoni 6–5 on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate (2–2, 2–2). They will therefore play in Promozione Abruzzo in 2019–20.

Promotion from Promozione

In the 2022-23 season, Celano Calcio finished joint top with San Benedetto Venere. A playoff was held between the two teams to determine who would finish as league champions. Celano won 2-1 after extra time securing a return to Eccellenza for the first time in 7 years.

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