Calcio Lecco 1912
Encyclopedia
Calcio Lecco 1912 is an Italian football
club, based in Lecco
, Lombardy
.
Lecco currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, having last been in Serie A
in 1967.
The team's colors are blue and dark blue.
It played 3 seasons (1960–1962, 1966–1967) in Serie A
and 10 seasons (1956–1960, 1962–1966, 1967–1968, 1972–1973) in Serie B
.
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
club, based in Lecco
Lecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
, Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
.
Lecco currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, having last been in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
in 1967.
The team's colors are blue and dark blue.
History
The club was founded in 1912.It played 3 seasons (1960–1962, 1966–1967) in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
and 10 seasons (1956–1960, 1962–1966, 1967–1968, 1972–1973) in Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
.
Current squad
Out on loanHonours
- Serie CSerie CThe Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
:- Winners (1): 1971–72
- Promozione InterregionaleSerie DSerie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
:- Winners (1): 1949–50
- EccellenzaEccellenzaEccellenza is the sixth level of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Aosta Valley which share 2 divisions...
:- Winners (1): 2002–03
- Trofeo Comitato Regionale LombardiaEccellenza LombardyEccellenza Lombardy is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lombardy, Italy. It is competed amongst 54 teams, in three different groups . The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D...
:- Winners (1): 2003
- Coppa Italia Semiprofessionisti:
- Winners (1): 1976–77
- Anglo-Italian CupAnglo-Italian CupThe Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973...
:- Winners (1): 1977