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| Full name | Football Club Rieti | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | Gli Amarantocelesti(The Claret and Sky Blue) | |||
| Founded | 1936; 90 years ago (1936) 1948 (re-founded) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno, Rieti, Italy | |||
| Capacity | 9,980 | |||
| Owner | Riccardo Curci | |||
| Chairman | Riccardo Curci | |||
| Coach | Bruno Caneo | |||
| League | Promozione Lazio Group B | |||
| 2022–23 | Prima Categoria Lazio Group B, 2nd of 15 (promoted) | |||
| Website | http://www.rieticalcio.it/ | |||
Football Club Rieti, commonly known asFC Rieti or simplyRieti, is anItalian association football club, based inRieti, Lazio. The club compete inEccellenza, the fifth tier of Italian football, playing home matches at theStadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno.
Formed in 1936, the team took the current name in 1996. Its main achievement has been the promotion toSerie B ofSouthern Italy in 1946.
The club was founded in 1936 asSupertessile Rieti and refounded in 1948 asS.S. Rieti and 1996 with the current name.
In the seasons 1946–47 and 1947–48 it played inSerie BSouth.
In the seasons 2005–06 and 2006–07 it played inSerie C2.
In May 2018, under the presidency of Riccardo Curci, the team was promoted toSerie C. Curci had been looking for buyers since then; at first Greek businessman Manthos Poulinakis bought the team, but some months later withdrew and sold it back to Curci.
After being relegated back to Serie D, Rieti started suffering a number of financial issues, which ultimately led to the club voluntarily withdrawing from the league in July 2022.[1]
The team's colors areamaranth (Italian:amaranto) andsky blue (Italian:celeste).
In 1989, when the team changed its name to SC Rieti, the crest consisted of a white shield, divided into four by amaranth-blue lines, where four crenellated portals appeared.[2]
In 1996, when the club changed its name toFC Rieti , the crest became simply the city crest accompanied by the words "Football Club Rieti".[3] The crest was modified by inserting the city shield in an oval with an amaranth-blue striped background, with the "FC R" above the city shield and the year of the re-foundation "1996" below it.[2] In 2005, FC Rieti promoted toSerie C2, the year "1996" was replaced with "2005" to memorial the promotion.
Since its foundation, Rieti played their home matches in theFulvio Iacoboni Stadium for 60 years.[3]
In the 90s, the old stadium was replaced by a newer, theCentro d'Italia-Manlio Scopigno stadium.[3]
