Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Chieti Calcio Football Club 1922, commonly known as Chieti, is an Italian association football club, based in

Chieti Chieti (, ; , , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Southern Italy, east of Rome. It is the capital of the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo, Abruzzo region. In Italian, the adjectival form is ''teatino'' and inhabitants of Chieti ar ...

, Abruzzo. It competes in the

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

, the fourth tier of Italian football.

History

Foundation

Chieti was founded in 1922 as Calcio Chieti, with capital of 50 cents. The idea originated from Nicola De Cesare and friends in

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. The team started by playing teams in the central Civitella military. Existing club Sport Club Chieti was inactive for long periods, leading to the decision to start Chieti at meeting between the RISS, Novell, and Sport Cub Chieti. The first president was Carlo Massangioli. Chieti played the 2005/2006 season in

Serie C1/B Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

, finishing in last place and was therefore relegated to Serie C2. The team was then cancelled by the federation because of inadequate financing. Then restarted in 6Th tier of italiano football, returning in Serie C2 4 years later. After the cancellation of the Serie C2, got relegated to Serie D, where in 2016 got cancelled again. Restarted from fifth tier of itain football and then staying in Serie D and Eccellenza.

Second attempt

A.S.D. Chieti then asked to be admitted to play

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 ...

(7th level of Italian football), claiming

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Chieti gained promotion to

in 2008. Since 2010–11 season, S.S. Chieti Calcio plays in

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. In

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, the team played in the fourth tier, reaching the promotion playoffs, after securing a draw in the last matchday against Arzanese. Massimiliano Barbone, a defender scored the goal that enabled qualification to the playoffs.

Colours and badge

The team's colours are green and black. The choice of black and green Theatines dates to 1919, when the first soccer team representing the City had neither uniforms nor the money to buy them. Instead they found some in a crate from Venice. The pennant team was tweaked over the years. The club was once identified by a crest in the style of

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, then under the leadership of President Antonio Buccilli. They then adopted a pennant depicting two strips (one black and one green) crossing the words "DC 1922" i.e. Chieti Calcio 1922. In 2006, their rudimentary style was reinvented. The last change was made in the summer of 2008 when the previous emblem was added to one side of Achilles horse, the symbol of the city of Chieti.

Stadium

Stadio Guido Angelini was designed in 1969 and became operational in May 1970 with a Chieti-Milan friendly, with 11,000 spectators in attendance. Later the stadium was renamed Marrucino.

Notable players

Enrico Chiesa Enrico Chiesa (; born 29 December 1970) is an Italian football coach and former striker. Chiesa played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and performed regularly in Serie A for over a decade, winning titles with Sampdoria, Parma ...

Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Serie B club Sassuolo. After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Per ...

(Italian World Cup Winner, spent three seasons from 1998 to 2001) *

Fabio Quagliarella Fabio Quagliarella (; born 31 January 1983) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Throughout his career, Quagliarella played for eight different Italian clubs, winning three consecutive Serie A titles from the 2 ...

References

External links

Official Club Website
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