Union Clodiense Chioggia SSD

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Union Clodiense Chioggia
Full nameUnion Clodiense Chioggia
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica s.r.l.
Founded1971 (Union Clodia Sottomarina)
2011 (merger with Sottomarina Lido)
GroundStadio Aldo e Dino Ballarin,
Chioggia, Italy
Capacity3,622
ChairmanIvano Boscolo Bielo
ManagerAntonio Andreucci
LeagueSerie D Group C
2022–23Serie D Group C, 2nd of 18

Union Clodiense Chioggia Società Sportiva Dilettantistica, commonly known as Union Clodiense Chioggia, is an Italian association football club located in Chioggia, Veneto. It plays in Serie D Group C.

History[edit]

Early years[edit]

Logo of A.C. Chioggia Sottomarina

The first incarnation of the current club was founded in 1971 as Union Clodia Sottomarina, when two teams from Chioggia, U.S. Sottomarina Lido (founded in 1959 and based in the frazione of Sottomarina) and Clodia, were merged.[1]

After many years in Serie C, the team was relegated to lower divisions in 1977.

In 1989, the club changed its name to S.S.C. Chioggia Sottomarina and, in 1995, to A.C. Chioggia Sottomarina. Three years later, it was promoted from Eccellenza Veneto to Serie D.

In the summer of 2011, the club did not apply to participate in the 2011-12 Serie D due to financial issues. It successively merged with Eccellenza Veneto rival crosstown club Sottomarina Lido to become A.S.D. Clodiense, winning promotion back to Serie D one year later.[2]

In the summer of 2012, it was renamed Union Clodiense and adopted its current denomination in 2019.

In 2024, Union Clodiense Chioggia were crowned Serie D Group C champions, thus winning promotion to Serie C.[3]

Colors and badge[edit]

Its colours are all-dark red, in reference to the Grande Torino, where two players born in Chioggia, brothers Aldo and Dino Ballarin, played.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ultras Union Clodia Sottomarina Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in Italian) History of Clodiense Calcio Archived 12 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Chioggia torna nel calcio che conta dopo 48 anni, l'Union Clodiense è promossa in serie C" (in Italian). VeneziaToday. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

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