Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seasons) and 28 times in Serie B, where it will play during the 2021–22 season, having earned promotion from Serie C the season before. The first team from Umbria to reach Serie A, Ternana enjoys a local rivalry with Perugia. Ternana plays its home matches at the Stadio Libero Liberati.

History

Serie A

Foundation

The club was founded in 1925 as Terni F.B.C after the merger between ''Terni Football Club'' and ''Unione Sportiva Ternana'', reaching the II Division in 1926 and the I Division (nowadays known as Serie B) just a year later.

From Serie C to Serie B

The club, however, folded in due to financial difficulties, being refounded in 1929 as Unione Fascista Ternana (a denomination that was common during the Italian fascist regime). Folding again in 1933, the club returned to footballing action in 1935 under the name Polisportiva

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, after a racing car driver and a native of Terni who had died at the

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. In 1938 the new club reached promotion to Serie C, missing a second consecutive promotion the following year. In 1946, after the World War II, football restarted in Italy and Ternana played in the Serie B, missing promotion for two consecutive years, and being relegated to Serie C in 1949 and

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in 1950. A third relegation, this time 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 ...

, came in 1953, and was followed by two years in the regional division for Ternana before returning to IV Serie in 1955. The club returned to Serie C in 1964, and Serie B in 1968, the latter under coach

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1970s–1993: From Serie A to bankruptcy

In 1972, Ternana finally won Serie B and reached Serie A for their first time, again with Viciani as coach. However, the club did not prove to be ready for Serie A, as they were promptly relegated in their debut appearance in the top flight, managing only three wins in 30 matches. In 1974, again in Serie B, Ternana managed to reach one of the three top spots, winning their second promotion to Serie A; this was, however, followed by yet another sad relegation. In the following years, despite a number of noted head coaches such as Edmondo Fabbri,

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and Renzo Ulivieri, Ternana did not manage to return in the top flight, and instead were relegated to Serie C in 1980, despite a prestigious run in the

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, where Ternana reached the semi-finals, being then eliminated 3–1 on aggregate by

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. During the 1980s Ternana played between

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), 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 ...

and

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 ...

, before going bankrupt on 12 December 1987. Managed by an official liquidator, Ternana ended the season and escaped relegation. The club, bought in the summer of 1988 by a consortium headed by Gaspare Gambino, won promotion to Serie C in 1988–89 after winning the penalty shootout in a playoff against Chieti. Successively, Ternana won Serie C1 in 1992 and marked their return to Serie B. The promotion was, however, followed by financial troubles that prevented new signings. At the end of the season, which the team finished in the last position, Ternana went officially bankrupt.

1993–1998: From the refoundation to Serie B

On the summer 1993 the club was refounded as Ternana Calcio and was being forced to begin again from Serie D. In their first Serie D campaign, Ternana missed promotion, ending in third place behind Teramo and local rivals Narnese. This was followed by another unsuccessful attempt, as Ternana lost promotion to

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; despite this, the club was later readmitted to Serie C2 to fill a league vacancy (''ripescaggio''). In 1996–97 and 1997–98, with a new president and Luigi Delneri as head coach, Ternana won two consecutive promotions, thus returning to Serie B.

1998–present: From Serie B to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and back

Ternana played Serie B from 1998 until 2006. In

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missed a promotion in Serie A finishing 4 points behind Fiorentina. In 2006 they were relegated to Serie C1 (since the season 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione). In the season 2010–11 the club was relegated to

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after losing the play-out, but it was later readmitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione on 4 August 2011 to fill vacancies. In the following season 2011–12 it was promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione to Serie B. Back in Serie B, Ternana has avoided relegation as well as play-outs for 6 consecutive seasons. In June 2017, the ownership of the club passed to the Stefano Bandecchi (owner of the Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano). When the club was bought by Unicusano, thus adding the name of the private university to the club. The word "Unicusano" was also added to the crest in 2017–18 season, but was removed in May 2018. Ternana was relegated from Serie B on 12 May 2018.

Colors and badge

The team's colours are red and green. It is the only Italian professional team with a red and green combination.

Supporters

The ultra supporters of Ternana Calcio are called "The

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". Like many Italians ultras, they are linked with the political left."Terni, addio a Rambo: capo storico dei Freak Brothers ultras della Ternana,"
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'' (31 March 2018).

Squad

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

* Karl Harmer (1930) *

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(1939–41) *

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(1952–54), (1960–61), (1965–66) *

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(1969–70) * Luís Vinício (1970–71) *

(1976–77) * Renzo Ulivieri (1978–79) * Gian Piero Ghio (1980–81) *

Lauro Toneatto Lauro Toneatto (born 21 January 1933 in Udine, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, died 13 May 2010 in Siena CALCIO, SIENA: MORTO EX DIFENSORE E TECNICO TONEATTO', la Repubblica) was an Italian footballer and coach. Biography Lauro Toneatto played as a d ...

(1985–86) * Mario Facco (1986–88) *

Claudio Tobia Claudio is an Italian language, Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan language, Catalan and Occitan language, Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudia (gens), ...

(1988–90) * Angelo Orazi (1990–91) *

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(1991–92) *

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(1992–93) *

(1993–94) *

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(1994–95) *

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(1995–96) * Luciano Spinosi (1996) * Luigi Delneri (1996–98) * Antonello Cuccureddu (1998) * Luigi Delneri (1998–99) * Vincenzo Guerini (1998–00) * Tarcisio Burgnich (1999–00) * Andrea Agostinelli (2000–01) * Bruno Bolchi (2001–02) * Mario Beretta (2002–04) * Bruno Bolchi (2004) *

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(2004) * Giovanni Vavassori (2004) * Domenico Caso (2005–06) *

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(2010) * Fernando Orsi (2010–11) *

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(2011) *

Domenico Toscano Domenico Toscano (born 4 August 1971) is an Italian football coach and former midfielder, currently working as head coach of club Cesena. Playing career Raised in Reggina, in 1989, at the age of 18, he was sent on loan to Adelaide Nicastro, a C ...

(2011–13) * Attilio Tesser (2013–15) *

(2015) * Roberto Breda (2015–2016) *

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(2016) * Benito Carbone (2016–2017) *

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(2017) *

Fabio Liverani Fabio Liverani (; born 29 April 1976) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder, who was most recently in charge of Cagliari. He made 288 Serie A appearances across 12 seasons, representing Perugia, Lazio, Fiorentina and Palermo. He ...

(2017) *

Sandro Pochesci Sandro Pochesci (born 9 October 1963) is an Italian football coach and former player, last in charge of Serie C club Juve Stabia. Career After a career as a player cut almost entirely spent in the amateur leagues, he started his coaching career ...

(2017–2018) *

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(2018) *

Luigi De Canio Luigi De Canio (born 26 September 1957) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a full-back. Career Player De Canio, a full back, played mostly with Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams, his lone season in Serie B being 1979– ...

(2018–2019) *

Alessandro Calori Alessandro Calori (born 29 August 1966) is an Italian association football, football coach and former player, last in charge as head coach of Ternana Calcio, Ternana. As a defender (association football), defender, he is mostly remembered for his ...

(2019) *

Fabio Gallo Fabio Gallo (born 11 September 1970) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently head coach of Serie C club Foggia. Playing career Between 1988 and 2007, Gallo played for Inter, Oltrepò Cal ...

(2019–2020) * Cristiano Lucarelli (2020–present)

Honours

* Serie B : Winners: 1971–72 *

: Winners: 1967–68, 1991–92, 2011–12.

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: Winners:

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Bibliography

References

External links

Official website
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