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U.S. Folgore Caratese A.S.D. is an Italian association football club, based in
The club was founded in 2011 after the merger of U.S. Folgore Verano (founded in 1951 and playing in
Official Website
Football clubs in Lombardy Association football clubs established in 2011 2011 establishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub
Carate Brianza
Carate Brianza is a ''comune'' in the province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region of Lombardy. The city lies at an elevation ranging from above sea level, on the Lambro river.
History
The history of Carate Brianza dates back to the Ston ...
which 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 ...
group A.
History
The club was founded in 2011 after the merger of U.S. Folgore Verano (founded in 1951 and playing in Eccellenza
The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.Official ...
) and U.S. Caratese (founded in 1908 and playing 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 ...
). The most notable former player of ''Caratese'' has been Moreno Torricelli
Moreno Torricelli (; born 23 January 1970) is an Italian association football, football manager and former Defender (association football), defender, who usually played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back on the right flank ...
.
Folgore Caratese was formerly a satellite team of Novara Calcio
Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont.
The club was founded in 2021 by the Novara, City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional s ...
. The club serves as a training side for Novara's young talents.
Folgore Caratese has been chaired since 2023, and formerly from 2016 to 2022, by journalist Michele Criscitiello, who is also editor-in-chief and co-owner of sports TV channel Sportitalia
Sportitalia is an Italian terrestrial and satellite television channel owned by Italian Sport Communication, specialized in sports broadcasting 24 hours a day. Sports broadcast include soccer, basketball, tennis, cycling, volley, motoristic spo ...
, the latter serving also as the official club sponsor during the period.
Colors and badge
The team's colors are blue with white border.Stadium
It plays at the Stadio XXV Aprile inCarate Brianza
Carate Brianza is a ''comune'' in the province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region of Lombardy. The city lies at an elevation ranging from above sea level, on the Lambro river.
History
The history of Carate Brianza dates back to the Ston ...
, which has a capacity of 3,000.
References
External links
*Official Website
Football clubs in Lombardy Association football clubs established in 2011 2011 establishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub