S.S.D. Casarano Calcio is an Italian association football club located in

Casarano Casarano (Salentino: ) is a town and sixth most populous ''comune'' in the Italian province of Lecce, in the Apulia region of South-East Italy. The town's economy is mostly agriculture-based, with olive oil being the main product. The Church of S ...

Apulia Apulia ( ), also known by its Italian language, Italian name Puglia (), is a Regions of Italy, region of Italy, located in the Southern Italy, southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Ot ...

. It currently plays in

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 ...

History

The club was founded in 1927, playing also in

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 ...

for 20 seasons. The club's best results occurred in the 1990s under the guidance of sporting director

Pantaleo Corvino Pantaleo Corvino (born 12 December 1949) is an Italian director of football, currently working for Lecce. Career After his father's death, he was forced to interrupt his career as a player and became non-commissioned officer. His early career in ...

, and was also the debut team of a 16-year old

Fabrizio Miccoli Fabrizio Miccoli (; born on 27 June 1979) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He scored 103 goals in 259 matches in Serie A across nine seasons, representing ...

. In the 2001–2002 season,

Mario Kempes Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi (, ; born 15 July 1954) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker or Attacking Midfielder, attacking midfielder. A prolific g ...

, the world-famous Argentine striker, briefly served as head coach for the club. The club was refounded in 2006 as A.S.D. Virtus Casarano, but in summer 2012 it does not join in Serie D, due to bankruptcy. Immediately after on 24 July 2012, the club was again refounded by Eugenio Filograna as S.S.D. Casarano Calcio and was relocated in Promozione Apulia.

Colors and badge

Its colours are red-azure.

Honours and records

* Coppa Italia Serie C1: **Champions – 1984–85 *

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

: **Champions – 1987–88 *

Coppa Italia Dilettanti The Coppa Italia Dilettanti (Italian for: Italian Amateurs Cup) is an annual knock-out competition for teams from the fifth and sixth levels of Italian football: the Eccellenza and the Promozione. All ties except for the final, which is held at t ...

: **Champions – 2008–09, 2018–19

Youth Team honours

Campionato nazionale Dante Berretti Campionato Primavera 3, formerly Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti (or simply ''Campionato Berretti''), is an Italian football competition played by youth teams (under 19) organized by the Lega Pro, and mainly composed by Serie C clubs but also ...

**Champions – 1996–1997 Points record for professional championships (With 2 points awarded for the win) in the 1987–88

Championship. Casarano and Calcio Varese are the only clubs to have won at least one Coppa Italia Serie C and one Coppa Italia Dilettanti.

References

External links

* Football clubs in Apulia Serie C clubs Association football clubs established in 1927 1927 establishments in Italy Coppa Italia Serie C winning clubs {{Italy-footyclub-stub