Avezzano Calcio
{{short description|Italian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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|clubname = Avezzano Calcio
|image = Avezzano Calcio logo 2024.png
|fullname = Avezzano Calcio S.S.D.
|nickname = {{lang|it|Marsicani}} (The Marsicans), {{lang|it|Lupetti}} (The Wolf Cubs), {{lang|it|Biancoverdi}} (Tha White and Green)
|founded = {{start date and age|df=y|1919}} as Forza e Coraggio Avezzano F.C.
1932 (refounded)
1985 (refounded)
1998 (refounded)
2009 (refounded)
|ground = Stadio dei Marsi-Sandro Cimarra
|capacity = 3,692
|chairman =
|manager = Andrea Pecorelli{{cite web|url=https://www.ilcentro.it/l-aquila/pecorelli-nuovo-presidente-dell-avezzano-1.3122684|title=Pecorelli nuovo presidente dell'Avezzano|author=Plinio Olivotto|date=10 May 2023|access-date=10 April 2025|language=it}}
|coach = Mirko Pagliarini{{Cite web|url=https://www.terremarsicane.it/cambio-in-panchina-allavezzano-calcio-pochesci-si-dimette-ritorna-pagliarini/|title=Cambio in panchina all'Avezzano Calcio: Pochesci si dimette, ritorna Pagliarini|author=Maria Tortora|date=31 December 2024|access-date=10 April 2025|language=it}}
|league = {{Italian football updater|Avezzano}}
|season = {{Italian football updater|Avezzano2}}
|position = {{Italian football updater|Avezzano3}}
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Avezzano Calcio A.S.D., commonly known as Avezzano ({{IPA|it|a.vetˈt͡sa.no|pron}}), is an Italian football club based in Avezzano, Umbria, who compete in {{Italian football updater|Avezzano}}, the fourth tier of the Italian football league system.
History
The club was founded in 1919 and refounded in 1998 and 2009. In 1996–1997 it played in Serie C1, the highest level reached by the team.
= Nuova Avezzano =
Following financial problems, in 2009 Nuova Avezzano Calcio tried to merge with the newly promoted to Serie C2 A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco. When the merging was denied by the Lega Calcio Serie C, the club folded and sold its sport rights to A.S.D. Luco Canistro.
In 2010/2011 Pescina, that is playing in Avezzano's pitch since his field is ineligible for Lega Pro, will be anyway renamed into Avezzano Valle del Giovenco.{{clarify|date=December 2024}}
= The refoundation =
In 2009 the club was refounded as A.S.D. Avezzano Foce Nuova that in the season 2010–11 was promoted to Promozione Abruzzo.{{cite web |url=http://ilcentro.gelocal.it/laquila/cronaca/2011/05/08/news/festa-per-l-avezzano-foce-nuova-dopo-la-vittoria-del-campionato-4140088 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131012001232/http://ilcentro.gelocal.it/laquila/cronaca/2011/05/08/news/festa-per-l-avezzano-foce-nuova-dopo-la-vittoria-del-campionato-4140088 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2013 |title=Avezzano in festa per la Promozione |publisher=Il Centro |access-date=16 January 2016 }} In the summer 2011 it was renamed with the current name. The team plays in the serie D.{{cite web |url=http://www.marsicalive.it/?p=91831 |title=Avezzano promossa in Serie D |publisher=Marsica Live |access-date= 16 January 2016}}
Colors and badge
File:Avezzano Calcio logo 2015.png
The historic crest of Avezzano Calcio is a simple Gothic-style shield, vertically divided into white and green halves, topped with the club’s name "Avezzano" in uppercase letters. From 1990 to 1998, starting with the Mauro Gentile era, the club used a redesigned logo featuring stylized green initials "A" and "C" placed at the center of the white shield. In 1997, under the presidency of Vincenzo Angeloni, the italian wolf, a symbol of the club, was replaced by the Marsican brown bear, shown upright and facing forward within the white and green badge.{{Cite book|title=Avezzano, una nuova forza scende in campo|author=AA.VV.|year=1997}}
From 2000 to 2007, the crest of the rebranded Nuova Avezzano Calcio featured a football in the center of the badge, with the profile of a wolf’s head at the base. In 2011, a new design by Roberto Falco introduced a snarling, stylized white wolf set against a green background symbolizing the Fucino plain.{{Cite web|url=http://asdavezzanocalcio.com/2012/10/oltre-settantamila-visitatori.html?m=1|title=OLTRE SETTANTAMILA VISITATORI|date=October 2012|access-date=10 April 2025|language=it}} The Gothic shield also depicted the peaks of Mount Velino, with the club’s name "Avezzano Calcio" written in uppercase above.
In 2023, the club unveiled a new circular crest in white and green, bordered in gold. At the center sits a stylized, front-facing wolf’s head, topped by the words "Avezzano Calcio" in block letters and the initials "AZ"—a nod to the Marsica region’s push for autonomy. The foundation year, 1919, is inscribed at the bottom.
Honours
- Coppa Italia Dilettanti
- Champions: 1986–87 (as Avezzano Calcio)
Notable players
;Player with 100 appearances
- {{Flagicon|Italy}} Alessandro Del Grosso
;Italy internationals
- {{Flagicon|Italy}} Giuseppe Pancaro
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.avezzanocalcio1919.it/ Avezzano Calcio]
{{Serie D teamlist}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Football clubs in Italy
Category:Association football clubs established in 1919
Category:1919 establishments in Italy
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