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| Full name | Football Club Lumezzanesrl | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Lume | ||
| Founded | 1946 2018 (refounded) | ||
| Ground | Stadio Tullio Saleri | ||
| Capacity | 4,150 | ||
| Chairman | Andrea Caracciolo | ||
| Manager | Arnaldo Franzini | ||
| League | Serie C Group A | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie C Group A, 9th of 20 | ||
| Website | www | ||
F.C. Lumezzane, commonly known just asLumezzane, is anItalian association football club based inLumezzane, Lombardy. The club currently competes inSerie C, the third tier of Italian football.
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Lumezzane was founded in 1946.[1][non-primary source needed]
The club was promoted toSerie C2 in 1993. Since the promotion, the club remained in the divisionsSerie C1 (Lega Pro Prima Divisione) andSerie C2 (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione) from 1993 to 2014.[2] The club also participated in2014–15 Lega Pro season, the first unifiedLega Pro/Serie C division since 1978.
In the regular season of2007–08 Serie C2, Lumezzane finished fourth in the Group A and qualified for the promotional playoffs. The team defeated third-placedRodengo Saiano in the semi-finals, 2–1 on aggregate. In the finals, it defeated fifth-placedMezzocorona because it was the higher classified team after the pair ended in a 0–0 aggregate tie, thus winning promotion to the now-calledLega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season.
On 26 November 2009, Lumezzane caused an upset in the2009–10 Coppa Italia, beatingAtalanta B.C. (a Serie A team) 3–1 away from home.[3]
A.C. Lumezzane relegated to Serie D in 2017. The club finished as the 15th of2017–18 Serie D Group B, which relegated again. In June 2018, the club folded.
At the same time, another club, Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica ValgobbiaZanano, was renamed to Football Club Lumezzane V.G.Z. Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica, claiming as an heir of A.C. Lumezzane.[4] V.G.Z. is the acronym of ValgobbiaZanano.[5] The new club also acquired the logo and some assets of A.C. Lumezzane.[6]
ValgobbiaZanano was a football club that finished as the regular season runner-up of Group D ofPromozione Lombardy in2017–18 season [it].[7] However, the club was the losing side in the promotion play-offs. A.C. ValgobbiaZanano was a merger of "A.C. Valgobbia", a team from Lumezzane and "A.C. Zanano Comisport", a team from Zananofrazione ofSarezzo circa 2003.[8] The prefix of the club was changed to A.S.D. from A.C. in some time later.Val Gobbia [it] itself is a valley of the Lumezzane area.
In2018–19 season [it], the new Lumezzane won the promotional playoffs of Group D, thus entered the final stage of the playoffs which compete with other winners from other groups,[9] for the spot to promote toEccellenza Lombardy in 2019–20 season. Lumezzane, however, lost toSant'Angelo [it] in aggregate in the first round of the inter-groups playoffs.[10] In the season 2019–20 Lumezzane competed in Eccellenza, the fifth tier of Italian football.
In 2021, the club's name was changed toF.C. Lumezzane S.S.D., thus severing every reference to ValgobbiaZanano. Lumezzane won promotion to Serie D in 2022 and a second consecutive promotion the following year, thus marking the club's return to professionalism after six years of amateur football.[11]
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Michele Pini (2006/07–12, 2014–15) - Made over 100 league appearancesMario Balotelli (2006–07) - Champions League and Serie A winner ofInter Milan and Premier League and FA Cup winner ofManchester City, he graduated from Lumezzane academy and grew up nearby in Concesio.Cristian Brocchi (1997–98) - Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia winner ofAC Milan, he made 30 appearances for Lumezzane on loan during his third professional season.The colours of the team are red and blue.[12]
A.C. Lumezzane used a logo that resembled the crest of thecomune ofLumezzane. F.C. Lumezzane also used a similar design, with the inclusion of the VGZ design from 2018.
