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| Full name | Calcio Lecco 1912S.p.A. | |||
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| Nicknames | I Blucelesti (The Navy and Sky Blues) | |||
| Founded | 1912; 113 years ago (1912) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi | |||
| Capacity | 5,508 | |||
| Owner | Aniello Aliberti | |||
| Chairman | Aniello Aliberti | |||
| Manager | Federico Valente | |||
| League | Serie C Group A | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie C Group A, 13th of 20 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Calcio Lecco, or simplyLecco, is afootball team based inLecco,Lombardy, Italy. Founded in 1912, the club plays inSerie C Group A.
Lecco has played in threeSerie A tournaments (the last of which in the1966–67 season) and twelve inSerie B. The club won oneCoppa Italia Semiprofessionisti domestically, and oneAnglo-Italian Cup internationally.
On 22 December 1912, on the idea of board member Vico Signorelli, Società Canottieri Lecco (founded on 27 September 1895 at the Caffè del Teatro Sociale) set up its own football section. The club colors were blue and light blue, taken from the historic Canottieri uniform.[1] The first headquarters was set up in Francesco Nullo street.[2]
On 13 April 1913, theBlucelesti (noted in some documents as "Canottieri Lecco Football Club") played their first match in a 4–1 defeat toMilan. They then participated in local friendlies and tournaments, coached byAchille Todeschini. Canottieri Lecco's debut in aFIGC-sanctioned tournament took place in the1920–21 Promozione [it] season: they played their first game on 5 December 1920, beating Olona 6–2 away from home. Canottieri were close to promotion toSerie A; however, after a 0–0 draw againstComo-basedEsperia [it] meant that Lecco remained inPromozione.[3]
A year later, in 1922, Eugenio Ceppi was elected president of Canottieri, who put his own land to build a new sports field (which eventually became theStadio Rigamonti-Ceppi).[3] The inauguration was celebrated on 15 October.[4] In the following decade, theBlucelesti had fluctuating performances. In 1926, after finishing runners-up in the league, they were admitted to thePrima Divisione via repechange, remaining there for three years.[5]
On 22 July 1931, after forming a provisional commission made up of the lawyer Vittorio Rigoli, the accountant Achille Gilardenghi, the engineer Nino Todeschini and the surveyor Giovanni Lanfritto, Canottieri (at the same time as the death of Eugenio Ceppi) decided to abandon the football sector due to the high economic efforts required (ITL 50,000).[5] To avoid the dissolution of the team, a group of members formed Associazione Calcio Lecco, with Professor Gennaro Pensa as the first president and Mario Ceppi (son of the late Eugenio) as a leading member of the board. The first decision of the independent club was a drastic cost cut: the technical director Achille Todeschini (former player) liquidated almost all players not based in Lecco, replacing them with local players.[6]
On 9 June 2017, Paolo Di Nunno purchased the club at auction, which became Calcio Lecco 1912.[7] During the2022–23 Serie C season, Lecco finished in third place and qualified to the national round of the promotion play-offs. After defeatingAncona,Pordenone andCesena, Lecco qualified to the final againstFoggia, who they beat 5–2 on aggregate thanks to three goals byFranco Lepore. They were thus promoted to the Serie B for the first time in 50 years.[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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