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| Full name | Celano Calcio Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Marsicani, Biancoazzurri (white-blues) | ||
| Founded | 1974 | ||
| Ground | Stadio Fabio Piccone, Celano,Italy | ||
| Capacity | 3,200 | ||
| Chairman | Mario Moscarella | ||
| Manager | Fabio Iodice | ||
| League | Eccellenza Abruzzo | ||
| 2023-24 | Eccellenza Abruzzo, 8th | ||
ASD Celano Calcio (known asCelano F.C. Olimpia until the 2010–11 season andCelano F.C. Marsica until the 2018–19 season)[1] is anItalian association football fromCelano,Abruzzo. Currently they play inEccellenza Abruzzo.
The club was founded in 1974 as Celano Football Club Olimpia, registering forTerza Categoria in 1978 following the demise of the previous Celanesi team, Cliternum.
In the2005–06 Serie D, Celano finished second in their group and won their regional playoffs beatingTolentino 1–0. In the national playoffs, where all nine winners of the regional playoffs were placed into three groups of three teams, they made it to the final being defeated 5–2 byMonopoli. Due to teams being excluded from2006–07 Serie C2, Celano were administratively promoted, finishing 14th where they beatPro Vasto in the relegation playoffs to keep their place in Serie C2. They had previously spent 4 seasons in Serie C2 between 1987–88 and 1990–91.
In the 2012–13 season, they played inSerie D after finishing bottom of theirgroup the previous season. In 2014–15, Celano finished bottomagain and were relegated toEccellenza Abruzzo. The following season, Celano suffered another relegation toPromozione and a new company was founded in place of the old one.
At the end of the 2017–18 Promozione season, Celano F.C. Marsica merged withPrima Categoria side, Pro Celano, to create a new company called ASD Celano Calcio. This side played in Prima Categoria Abruzzo Girone A for the 2018–19 season, winning promotion at the end of the season via the playoffs beating New Club Villa Mattoni 6–5 on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate (2–2, 2–2).[2] They will therefore play in Promozione Abruzzo in 2019–20.
In the 2022-23 season, Celano Calcio finished joint top with San Benedetto Venere. A playoff was held between the two teams to determine who would finish as league champions. Celano won 2-1 after extra time securing a return to Eccellenza for the first time in 7 years.
