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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Fiumana | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2 September 1926; 98 years ago (1926-09-02) | ||
| Dissolved | 25 April 1945; 79 years ago (1945-04-25), rebranded asS.C.F. Quarnero and later as HNK Rijeka | ||
| Ground | Stadio Comunale del Littorio | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
Unione Sportiva Fiumana orU.S. Fiumana was anItalian football club based in the present-dayCroatian city ofRijeka and the predecessor ofHNK Rijeka.[1][2] The club was active between 1926 and 1945, at the time when the city was part of theKingdom of Italy and was commonly referred to by its Italian nameFiume. The club's home was the present-dayStadion Kantrida, which was at the time calledStadio Comunale del Littorio.
During its existence the club competed in the Italian league system, spending most of the time in the second and third levels, finishing their last season as 4th in Group A of the1942–43 Serie C. Between 1943 and 1946 the club continued to play under the Fiumana name and in 1946 its management decided to rebrand the side intoS.C.F. Quarnero in order to be able to take part in the first Yugoslav championship.[3][4]
The club was founded in 1926 asUnione Sportiva Fiumana after the forced merger ofGloria Fiume intoOlympia Fiume operated by the fascist authorities in line with the reorganisation of Italian football clubs occurred with the publishing of the Viareggio charter. Fiumana played in the First Division (Prima divisione), which was the second level of theItalian Football Championship, and reached the National Division (Divisione Nazionale), the first level of Italian football in 1928. The same year it also won the prestigious Federal Cup that substituted the Coppa Italia in those years. After 1929, it competed inSerie B in the 1929–1930 and 1941–1942 seasons.
