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| Full name | Ternana CalcioS.p.A. | |||
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| Nicknames | I Rossoverdi (The Red and Greens) Le Fere ("The Beasts" inUmbrian) | |||
| Founded | 1925; 100 years ago (1925) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Libero Liberati | |||
| Capacity | 22,000 | |||
| Owner | N21Holding | |||
| Chairman | Claudia Rizzo | |||
| Manager | Fabio Liverani | |||
| League | Serie C Group B | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie C Group B, 2nd of 20 | |||
| Website | ternanacalcio.com | |||
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Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to asTernana, is anItalian football club based inTerni,Umbria and currently compete in theSerie C.
The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played inSerie A (in the1972–73 and1974–75 seasons) and 28 times inSerie B.
The first team fromUmbria to reach Serie A, Ternana enjoys a local rivalry withPerugia. Ternana plays its home matches at theStadio Libero Liberati.
The club was founded in 1925 asTerni F.B.C after the merger betweenTerni Football Club andUnione Sportiva Ternana, reaching the II Division in 1926 and the I Division (nowadays known asSerie B) just a year later.
The club, however, folded in due to financial difficulties, being refounded in 1929 as Unione Fascista Ternana (a denomination that was common during the Italian fascist regime). Folding again in 1933, the club returned to footballing action in 1935 under the name PolisportivaMario Umberto Borzacchini, after a racing car driver and a native of Terni who had died at the1933 Monza Grand Prix. In 1938 the new club reached promotion toSerie C, missing a second consecutive promotion the following year.
In 1946, after the World War II, football restarted in Italy and Ternana played in theSerie B, missing promotion for two consecutive years, and being relegated to Serie C in 1949 andIV Serie in 1950. A third relegation, this time toPromozione, came in 1953, and was followed by two years in the regional division for Ternana before returning to IV Serie in 1955. The club returned toSerie C in 1964, andSerie B in 1968, the latter under coachCorrado Viciani.
In 1972, Ternana finally won Serie B and reached Serie A for their first time, again with Viciani as coach. However, the club did not prove to be ready for Serie A, as they were promptly relegated in their debut appearance in the top flight, managing only three wins in 30 matches. In 1974, again in Serie B, Ternana managed to reach one of the three top spots, winning their second promotion to Serie A; this was, however, followed by yet another sad relegation. In the following years, despite a number of noted head coaches such asEdmondo Fabbri,Cesare Maldini andRenzo Ulivieri, Ternana did not manage to return in the top flight, and instead were relegated to Serie C in 1980, despite a prestigious run in the1979–80 Coppa Italia, where Ternana reached the semi-finals, being then eliminated 3–1 on aggregate byRoma.
During the 1980s Ternana played betweenSerie C1 andSerie C2, before going bankrupt on 12 December 1987. Managed by an official liquidator, Ternana ended the season and escaped relegation. The club, bought in the summer of 1988 by a consortium headed by Gaspare Gambino, won promotion to Serie C in 1988–89 after winning the penalty shootout in a playoff againstChieti. Successively, Ternana won Serie C1 in 1992 and marked their return to Serie B. The promotion was, however, followed by financial troubles that prevented new signings. At the end of the season, which the team finished in the last position, Ternana went officially bankrupt.
On the summer 1993 the club was refounded asTernana Calcio and was being forced to begin again fromSerie D. In their first Serie D campaign, Ternana missed promotion, ending in third place behindTeramo and local rivalsNarnese. This was followed by another unsuccessful attempt, as Ternana lost promotion toViterbese; despite this, the club was later readmitted to Serie C2 to fill a league vacancy (ripescaggio).In 1996–97 and 1997–98, with a new president andLuigi Delneri as head coach, Ternana won two consecutive promotions, thus returning to Serie B.
Ternana played Serie B from 1998 until 2006. In2004 missed a promotion in Serie A finishing 4 points behindFiorentina.
In 2006 they were relegated to Serie C1 (since the season 2008–09Lega Pro Prima Divisione).
In the season 2010–11 the club was relegated toLega Pro Seconda Divisione after losing the play-out, but it was later readmitted toLega Pro Prima Divisione on 4 August 2011 to fill vacancies.[1]
In the following season2011–12 it was promoted fromLega Pro Prima Divisione toSerie B.
Back in Serie B, Ternana has avoided relegation as well as play-outs for 6 consecutive seasons.
In June 2017, the ownership of the club passed to theStefano Bandecchi[citation needed] (owner of theUniversità degli Studi Niccolò Cusano). When the club was bought byUnicusano, thus adding the name of the private university to the club. The word "Unicusano" was also added to the crest in 2017–18 season, but was removed in May 2018.[2]
Ternana was relegated from Serie B on 12 May 2018[3] and returned to Serie B after a three-year purgatory.[4] In their last season in Serie C, Ternana dominated the (Southern) group C, finishing 22 points ahead Catanzaro.[5]
The team's colours are red and green. It is the only Italian professional team with a red and green combination.
Theultra supporters of Ternana Calcio are called "TheFreak Brothers". Like many Italians ultras, they are linked with the political left.[6]
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