Virtus Entella

Virtus Entella Srl is an Italian football club based in Chiavari, a city in the Liguria region. The club was founded in 1914 and plays its home matches at the Stadio Comunale. Currently plays Virtus Entella in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione, the third Italian league.

History

Today's club Virtus Entella was founded in 1914 under the name of FBC Entella. The name of the association here is based on the river Entella, its mouth near Chiavari, which in turn is the hometown of the club is located. However, the club retained his name when acquired in 1914 not long in 1919 was followed by the renaming of Pro -Chiavari, which nevertheless remained until 1935 before we thus AC Entella called. Over the years, the name of the club changed relatively often, since 2010, he carries only the current name Virtus Entella Srl.

Around the year 2010 around also the foundation for the successful development of the society has been placed in recent years. Previously presented Virtus Entella represent a club, which was for many years among them as in the lowlands of Excellency, the highest amateur class of Italian football, and the game classes. In 1988, it was previously the last time in Serie C2, as then, the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione today was to be the fourth highest Italian football league represented. Even the mediocre club was quite a long time, but this experience has been for half a century back. From 1935 to 1972 played Entella - although with long-term interruptions including between temporal slippage in the regional football - in the then still single track series C. After the descent from the series C range in 1988, then followed but also accompanied with a sporty failure of financial problems, the eventually led to the bankruptcy of the club in 2001.

A year later, in 2002, the club was re-founded and was named SGS Entella, but this also changed again soon. Since 2010, it now goes by the name Virtus Entella Srl. After the re we went back steadily upwards with the football in Chiavari. Launched in amateur, 2008 succeeded in promotion to Serie D and two years later the rise in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione the. For the second year in this league was Virtus Entella 2011/12 Fifth of Girona A, was able to prevail in the Promotion Playoffs against AS Casale, but lost in the final to AC Cuneo. But due to various Lizenzentzüge the club promotion to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione was still, the third highest Italian football league allows. There Virtus Entella occupied as promoted a surprising fifth place in the Girona A, thereby being entitled to participate in the play-offs for promotion to Serie B, and there meets the U.S. Lecce in the semifinals. After a 1-1 draw was achieved in the home game, Virtus Entella defeated at the Stadio Via del Mare to Lecce but with 1:2 and retired. The U.S. Lecce, however, reached the final and lost there against Carpi FC.

Achievements

  • Excellenza Liguria: 5x ( 1932/33, 1955 /56, 1996/97, 1998/99, 2007/ 08)
  • Coppa Italia Dilettanti: 1x (2000/ 01)
  • Campionato Juniores Nazionali: 1x (2009 /10)
  • Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti: 1x (2010 /11)

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