Football Club Rieti, commonly known as FC Rieti or simply Rieti, was an Italian association football club, based in

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, Lazio. The club last competed in

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, the fourth tier of Italian football, playing home matches at the Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno. Formed in 1936, the team took the current name in 1996. Its main achievement has been the promotion to

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

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in 1946.

History

The club was founded in 1936 as Supertessile Rieti and refounded in 1948 as S.S. Rieti and 1996 with the current name. In the seasons 1946–47 and 1947–48 it played in

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. In the seasons 2005–06 and 2006–07 it played in

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. In May 2018, under the presidency of Riccardo Curci, the team was promoted to

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, 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 ...

. Curci had been looking for buyers since then; at first Greek businessman Manthos Poulinakis bought the team, but some months later withdrew and sold it back to Curci. After being relegated back to Serie D, Rieti started suffering a number of financial issues, which ultimately led to the club voluntarily withdrawing from the league in July 2022.

Colors and badge

Colors

The team's colors are

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(Italian: ''amaranto'') and

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(Italian: ''celeste'').

Badge

Coat of arms

In 1989, when the team changed its name to SC Rieti, the crest consisted of a white shield, divided into four by amaranth-blue lines, where four crenellated portals appeared. In 1996, when the club changed its name to ''FC Rieti'' , the crest became simply the city crest accompanied by the words "Football Club Rieti". The crest was modified by inserting the city shield in an oval with an amaranth-blue striped background, with the "FC R" above the city shield and the year of the re-foundation "1996" below it. In 2005, FC Rieti promoted to

, the year "1996" was replaced with "2005" to memorial the promotion. File:Rieti-Stemma.svg, The city's coat of arms, used as the team's logo around the 1990s

Stadium

Since its foundation, Rieti played their home matches in the Fulvio Iacoboni Stadium for 60 years. In the 90s, the old stadium was replaced by a newer, the Centro d'Italia-Manlio Scopigno stadium.

Honours

* Regional Coppa Italia Lazio: **Winners 1: 2011–12

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in Lazio Association football clubs established in 1936 Serie B clubs Serie C clubs Serie D clubs Rieti 1936 establishments in Italy Football clubs in Italy Phoenix clubs (association football) {{Italy-footyclub-stub