Calcio Lecco 1912

On 22 December 1912, on the idea of board member Vico Signorelli, Società Canottieri Lecco (founded on 27 September 1895 at the Caffè del Teatro Sociale) set up its own football section. The club colors were blue and light blue, taken from the historic Canottieri uniform.{{Cite book |last=Borghese |first=Annalisa |title=Il territorio lariano e i suoi comuni |publisher=Editoriale del Drago |year=1992 |volume=25 |location=Milan |pages=391 |language=it |chapter=Il territorio lariano dalla preistoria ai nostri giorni – L'Ottocento}} The first headquarters was set up in Francesco Nullo street.{{Cite web |title=Storia e vicissitudini della Calcio Lecco 1912 |url=https://www.leccochannelnews.it/team/calcio-lecco-1912-storia/ |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=leccochannelnews.it |date=30 August 2017 |language=it}}

On 13 April 1913, the Blucelesti (noted in some documents as "Canottieri Lecco Football Club") played their first match in a 4–1 defeat to Milan. They then participated in local friendlies and tournaments, coached by Achille Todeschini. Canottieri Lecco's debut in a FIGC-sanctioned tournament took place in the {{Ill|1920–21 Promozione|it|Promozione 1920-1921}} season: they played their first game on 5 December 1920, beating Olona 6–2 away from home. Canottieri were close to promotion to Serie A; however, after a 0–0 draw against Como-based {{Ill|Esperia FC|lt=Esperia|it|Esperia Football Club}} meant that Lecco remained in Promozione.{{Cite web |title=I primi calci |url=http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405013057/http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap1.htm |archive-date=5 April 2004 |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=aclecco.it |language=it}}

A year later, in 1922, Eugenio Ceppi was elected president of Canottieri, who put his own land to build a new sports field (which eventually became the Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi). The inauguration was celebrated on 15 October.{{Cite web |title=Nasce il "Cantarelli" |url=http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040210131639/http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap2.htm |archive-date=10 February 2004 |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=aclecco.it |language=it}} In the following decade, the Blucelesti had fluctuating performances. In 1926, after finishing runners-up in the league, they were admitted to the Prima Divisione via repechange, remaining there for three years.{{Cite web |title=Il primo decennio |url=http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040210131639/http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap3.htm |archive-date=10 February 2004 |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=aclecco.it |language=it}}

On 22 July 1931, after forming a provisional commission made up of the lawyer Vittorio Rigoli, the accountant Achille Gilardenghi, the engineer Nino Todeschini and the surveyor Giovanni Lanfritto, Canottieri (at the same time as the death of Eugenio Ceppi) decided to abandon the football sector due to the high economic efforts required (ITL 50,000). To avoid the dissolution of the team, a group of members formed Associazione Calcio Lecco, with Professor Gennaro Pensa as the first president and Mario Ceppi (son of the late Eugenio) as a leading member of the board. The first decision of the independent club was a drastic cost cut: the technical director Achille Todeschini (former player) liquidated almost all players not based in Lecco, replacing them with local players.{{Cite web |title=Nasce l'A.C. Lecco |url=http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap4.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040209154737/http://www.aclecco.it/storia/cap4.htm |archive-date=9 February 2004 |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=aclecco.it |language=it}}

On 9 June 2017, Paolo Di Nunno purchased the club at auction, which became Calcio Lecco 1912.{{Cite web |date=9 June 2017 |title=Calcio Lecco, Paolo Di Nunno è il nuovo proprietario |url=http://www.lecconotizie.com/attualita/calcio-lecco-paolo-di-nunno-e-il-nuovo-proprietario-388675/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710090144/http://www.lecconotizie.com/attualita/calcio-lecco-paolo-di-nunno-e-il-nuovo-proprietario-388675/ |archive-date=10 July 2017 |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=lecconotizie.com |language=it}} During the 2022–23 Serie C season, Lecco finished in third place and qualified to the national round of the promotion play-offs. After defeating Ancona, Pordenone and Cesena, Lecco qualified to the final against Foggia, who they beat 5–2 on aggregate thanks to three goals by Franco Lepore. They were thus promoted to the Serie B for the first time in 50 years.{{Cite web |date=18 June 2023 |title=Il Lecco corona il suo sogno: torna in Serie B dopo 50 anni |url=https://www.goal.com/it/liste/lecco-in-serie-b-dopo-50-anni-da-quanto-foggia-finale-playoff/blt7af4672036c776f4 |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=Goal.com Italia |language=it}}

{{updated|14 February 2025}}{{Cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/italy/calcio-lecco-1912/2538/|title=Lecco squad|access-date=22 September 2022}}

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{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Samuele Giovanni Oliva}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Luca Marrone}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=Djavan Anderson}}

{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Davide Grassini}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Enrico Di Gesù}}

{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=SEN|name=Fallou Sene|other={{small|on loan from Fiorentina}}}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=HAI|pos=MF|name=Christopher Attys|other={{small|on loan from Triestina}}}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Alessandro Galeandro}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SEN|pos=GK|name=Amadou Fall}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Matteo Battistini}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Luca Stanga}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Manuel Ferrini}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=TUR|pos=MF|name=Teoman Gündüz|other={{small|on loan from Triestina}}}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=Julian Kristoffersen}}

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{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Niccolò Zanellato}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=Joaquin Domingo Dalmasso}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Francesco Ceola}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=CRO|pos=FW|name=Leon Šipoš}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Marco Frigerio}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Andrea Marino|other={{small|on loan from Trapani}}}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Franco Lepore}}

{{Fs player|no=37|nat=AUT|pos=MF|name=Manuel Martić}}

{{Fs player|no=39|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Giacomo Cavallini|other={{small|on loan from Reggiana}}}}

{{Fs player|no=70|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Flavio Di Dio|other={{small|on loan from Juve Stabia}}}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ECU|pos=MF|name=Alejandro Mendoza}}

{{Fs player|no=80|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Marwane Kritta}}

{{Fs player|no=90|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Doudou Mangni}}

{{Fs player|no=99|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Vincenzo Polito|other={{small|on loan from SPAL}}}}

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{{Fs player|no= |nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Carlo Ilari|other={{small|at Ravenna until 30 June 2025}}}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Nicolò Buso|other={{small|at Catanzaro until 30 June 2025}}}}

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{{Fs player|no= |nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Mattia Tordini|other={{small|at Messina until 30 June 2025}}}}

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