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Lecco
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Full name Calcio Lecco 1912 S.p.A.
Nickname(s) I Blucelesti (The Navy and Sky Blues)
Founded 1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Ground Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi
Ground Capacity 5,508
Owner Paolo Di Nunno
Chairman Cristian Di Nunno
Manager Francesco Baldini
League Serie C Group A
2018–19 Serie D Group A, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Third colours

Calcio Lecco, or simply Lecco, is a football team based in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. Founded in 1912, the club plays in Serie C Group A.

Lecco has played in three Serie A tournaments (the last of which in the 1966–67 season) and twelve in Serie B. The club won one Coppa Italia Semiprofessionisti domestically, and one Anglo-Italian Cup internationally.

History

Early history (1912–1931)

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. The first headquarters was set up in Francesco Nullo street.

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 1920–21 Promozione [it] 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 Esperia [it] meant that Lecco remained in Promozione.

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. 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.

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.

Di Nunno presidency (2017–present)

On 9 June 2017, Paolo Di Nunno purchased the club at auction, which became Calcio Lecco 1912. 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.

Players

Current squad


No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Jacopo Furlan
2 Croatia DF Vedran Celjak
3 Italy DF Samuele Giovanni Oliva
4 Italy DF Luca Marrone
6 Italy MF Salvatore Dore (on loan from Cremonese)
7 Turkey MF Teoman Gündüz (on loan from Triestina)
8 Italy MF Enrico Di Gesù
10 Italy FW Daniele Rocco
11 Italy FW Alessandro Galeandro
12 Senegal GK Amadou Fall
13 Italy DF Matteo Battistini
14 Italy DF Luca Stanga
17 Poland FW Jan Żuberek (on loan from Inter Milan)
19 Italy FW Doudou Mangni
No. Position Player
20 Italy MF Carlo Ilari
21 Italy FW Mattia Tordini
22 Argentina GK Joaquin Domingo Dalmasso
23 Italy MF Francesco Ceola
25 Croatia FW Leon Šipoš
26 Italy MF Marco Frigerio
27 France DF Corentin Louakima
32 Italy DF Franco Lepore
33 Italy MF Andrea Beghetto (on loan from Pisa)
77 Ecuador MF Alejandro Mendoza
80 Italy DF Marwane Kritta
90 Italy GK Gregory Constant
96 Italy MF Giorgio Galli
Moldova MF Artur Ioniță

Out on loan

No. Position Player
Italy FW Nicolò Buso (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2025)

Honours

League

  • Serie C (Level 3)
    • Winners (1): 1971–72 (group A)
  • Serie D (Level 4)
    • Winners (2): 1949–50, 2018–19 (group A)
  • Eccellenza (Level 5)
    • Winners (1): 2002–03 (group B)

Cups

  • Coppa Italia Semiprofessionisti
    • Winners (1): 1976–77
  • Anglo-Italian Cup
    • Winners (1): 1977

Affiliated clubs

  • England Bath City

See also

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