Virtus Entella
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| Full name | Virtus Entella S.r.l. |
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| NicknameTemplate:Pluralize from text | I Biancocelesti (The White and Sky Blues) I Diavoli Neri (The Black Devils) |
| Founded | 1914[1] (as F.B.C. Entella) |
| Ground | Stadio Enrico Sannazzari |
| Capacity | 5,535 |
| Chairman | Antonio Gozzi |
| Manager | Andrea Chiappella |
| League | Template:Italian football updater |
| Template:Italian football updater | Template:Italian football updater |
| Website | entella.it |
Virtus Entella, commonly referred to as Entella, is an Italian professional football club based in Chiavari, Liguria. Founded in 1914, the club currently competes in the Template:Italian football updater.
History
1914: Foundation
The club was founded in 1914 as Foot-Ball Club Entella. It took its name from the river Entella, flowing between Chiavari and Lavagna.[2]
2001: Bankruptcy
Foot-Ball Club Entella went bankrupt in 2001.
2002: Refoundation
It was refounded in 2002 as Unione Sportiva Valle Sturla Entella. In the summer of 2010 it was renamed Virtus Entella, after it had been admitted in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In summer 2012, Virtus Entella was promoted, for the first time, to Lega Pro Prima Divisione by repechage to fill the vacancies created.[3] They completed the 2012–13 season in style, taking part to the promotion playoff, where they were defeated by Lecce in the semi-finals.
In the 2013–14 season, Virtus Entella took part in Girone A of the Italian third tier, and topped the league for most of the season. On 4 May 2014, a 2–1 away win at Cremonese in the final day of the season ensured Virtus Entella the league championship title and a spot in the 2014–15 Serie B, in what will be the club's first appearance ever in the Italian second tier.
2014: Serie B Period
The team was promoted in Serie B for the first time in history in 2014. In the 2014–15 season they got relegated once again, in the relegation playoffs as they lost to Modena. But after the relegation of Calcio Catania to Lega Pro for sporting fraud it was readmitted to Serie B. Virtus Entella finished 19th at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season and lost a relegation playoff to Ascoli by virtue of being the lower ranked team after the two-legged tie finished 0–0 on aggregate.
2018: Return to Serie C
The team returned to the Italian third tier, now named Serie C for the 2018-19 season. During the season, they also achieved a surprise qualification to the round of 16 of the 2018–19 Coppa Italia, defeating Genoa on penalties during the process. That season they won the Serie C and thus earned promotion to the Serie B.
Current squad
- As of 2 February 2026[4]
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Out on loan
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Coaching staff
As of 7 September 2025[5]
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Andrea Chiappella |
| Assistant coach | Template:Flagicon Raul Bertarelli |
| Technical assistant | Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Bianchi Template:Flagicon Igor Graziani Template:Flagicon Michele Russo |
| Match analyst | Template:Flagicon Francesco Perrone |
| Athletic trainer | Template:Flagicon Massimiliano Botto |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Sergio Porcù |
| Rehab coach | Template:Flagicon Jacopo Reffi |
Honours
League
Cups
- Supercoppa di Serie C
- Winner: 2025
Notable former players
- Albanian Naser Aliji
- Argentino Nicolas Cinalli
- Italiano Cristiano Bacci
- Italiano Manlio Bacigalupo
- Italiano Gianpaolo Castorina
- Italiano Francesco Conti
- Italiano Gino Ferrer Callegari
- Italiano Rosario Di Vincenzo
- Italiano Matteo Matteazzi
- Italiano Simone Pasticcio
- Italiano Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
- Italiano Luciano Spalletti
- Italiano Giuliano Taccola
- Italiano Stefano Vavoli
- Italiano Nicolò Zaniolo
Presidents and managers
Antonio Gozzi has been the President of the Virtus Entella since 2007. He was arrested and released in March 2015.[6][7][8][9]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Italy - ACD Virtus Entella - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Aldo Pio Feoli (29 November 2014). "I Diavoli Neri nell'inferno del Comunale: per l'Entella è la prima in Serie B". www.ilciriaco.it. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ http://www.entella.it/prima-squadra/1195-ripescaggio-ufficiale-il-presidente-gozzi-grazie-chiavari.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Prima Squadra". entella.it. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Staff tecnico". entella.it (in italiano). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gozzi dopo l'arresto: «Chiederò se devo fare passi indietro»". 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Affaire Kubla, Gozzi: "Totale estraneità. Martedì dimissioni da Federacciai"".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Il Comitato di presidenza di Federacciai: «A Gozzi piena fiducia»". 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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