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| Full name | S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Frentani | |||
| Founded | 1920 1941 (refounded) 1992 (refounded) 2008 (refounded) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Guido Biondi, Lanciano,Italy | |||
| Capacity | 5,639 | |||
| Website | http://www.virtuslanciano.it/ | |||
S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 is anItalian association football club, based inLanciano,Abruzzo. It last played inSerie B in 2015–16 asVirtus Lanciano. Virtus Lanciano now competes in youth football only.
The club was founded in 1919[citation needed] and refounded in 2008 with the nameS.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924. That yearS.S. Lanciano S.r.l. bankrupted; anew companyS.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 acquired the sports title by using theArticle 52 of N.O.I.F.[1]
In the season 2011–12 it was promoted toSerie B for the first time under the guidance ofCarmine Gautieri, who also led the team to its debut season in the second tier, and ended in a safe mid-table position.
Virtus Lanciano gained national news in end-2013 after the club, now headed byMarco Baroni, surprised the whole country by leading the league table undefeated, against all odds, by the end of October.
The club ended the 2015–16 season with relegation, and successively renounced to register for the newLega Pro season due to financial and administrative issues.[2] The first team was excluded altogether from the Italian football league pyramid.
As of 2020–21 season, Virtus Lanciano still runs their youth teams, and have derbies with the illegitimate successor,Lanciano 1920.[3]
After Virtus Lanciano was withdrew from the Italian football pyramid, another club, A.S.D. Marcianese, renamed itself as A.S.D. Lanciano Calcio 1920.[4] That club claimed as a Phoenix club of Virtus Lanciano.
That club promoted fromPrima Categoria toPromozione and thenEccellenza Abruzzo in 2019.
The team's official colors are red and black.
Alessio Cragno (2016)Fabrizio Castori (1998–99), (2000–03)Maurizio Pellegrino (2004–05)Francesco Monaco (2005–06)Andrea Camplone (2006–07)Francesco Moriero (2007–08)Eusebio Di Francesco (2008–09)Dino Pagliari (2009–10)Andrea Camplone (2010–11)Carmine Gautieri (2011–13)Marco Baroni (2013–14)Roberto D'Aversa (2014–16)Primo Maragliulo (2016)
