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| Full name | Rende Calcio 1968 | |||
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| Nickname | Biancorossi (Redandwhite) | |||
| Founded | 1968 (Rende Calcio) 2007 (S.S. Rende) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Marco Lorenzon, Rende,Italy | |||
| Capacity | 5,000 | |||
| Chairman | Fabio Coscarella | |||
| Manager | Pino Rigoli | |||
| League | Eccellenza Calabria Group A | |||
| Website | https://www.rendecalcio.it/ | |||
Rende Calcio 1968 S.r.l.[1] is anItalian football club, based inRende, Calabria, currently playing inSerie D, the fourth highest football division in Italy.
The club was founded in 1968 with the nameSesso Rende and renamed asRende Calcio. The club's first coach was the late Mario Portone, who afterward became the mayor of the Calabrian city, and won promotion toSerie C2 for their first time in 1978, and then evenSerie C1 one year later. Rende played a consecutive five Serie C1 seasons before being relegated back to Serie C2 in 1984, andSerie D in 1987. In 1992 the club relegated again, this time toEccellenza Calabria, and returned to Serie D only in 1997.
Rende were relegated to Eccellenza again in 2000, but two consecutive promotions from 2003 to 2005 led the club back into professionalism, spending a total two seasons intoSerie C2, and also playing in theCoppa Italia, losing 4–0 toLazio in a one-legged round in Rome.
In July 2007 the club moved toCosenza and changed its name toFortitudo Cosenza, taking the place of local clubA.S. Cosenza Calcio, that was facing financial problem. The owner of the club also changed fromFranco Chiappetta toDamiano Paletta in March 2007.[2]
The club was refounded in 2007 switching the denomination of the minor local clubSanto Stefano toSocietà Sportiva Rende.[citation needed]
The club wonPrima Categoria in 2008 andPromozione in 2009.
In the season 2012–13 the team was promoted fromEccellenza Calabria toSerie D to fill the vacancies created.
In the season 2016–17 the team played inSerie D and placed second in the football pitch. It also won the playoff final againstCavese for 2–1 at the Marco Lorenzon Stadium inRende.
For this reason, the team was kicked off inSerie C 2017–2018.
The team's colors are red and white.
