Union Clodiense Chioggia FC

Italian football club

Football club

Union Clodiense Chioggia

Full name

Union Clodiense Chioggia
Football Club srl^[1]

Founded

1971 (Union Clodia Sottomarina)
2011 (merger with Sottomarina Lido)

Ground

Stadio Aldo e Dino Ballarin,
Chioggia, Italy

Capacity

3,622

Chairman

Ivano Boscolo Bielo

Manager

Antonio Andreucci

League

Serie C Group A

2023–24

Serie D Group C, 1st of 18 (promoted)

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Union Clodiense Chioggia Football Club, commonly known as Union Clodiense Chioggia, is an Italian association football club located in Chioggia, Veneto. It plays in Serie C Group A.

History

Early years

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 29 July 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Manuel Gasparini
3	DF	ITA	Andrea Pozzi
4	DF	ITA	Andrea Munaretto (Captain)
5	DF	ITA	Matteo Salvi
6	MF	ITA	Jacopo Nelli
7	FW	ITA	Mattia Morello
8	FW	ITA	Filippo Serena
9	FW	ITA	Francesco Verde
10	MF	ITA	Matteo Gasperi
11	MF	ITA	Matteo Manfredonia
13	DF	ITA	Lukas Sinn
14	MF	ITA	Kevin Biondi
15	FW	ITA	Sebastiano Scarpa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ITA	Giulio Pellizzari
17	FW	ITA	Alessandro Orfei (on loan from SPAL)
18	FW	KOS	Ismet Sinani
19	FW	ITA	Thomas Scapin
21	DF	ITA	Andrea Bonetto
22	GK	ITA	Thomas Agosti
24	DF	ITA	Riccardo Nessi
25	MF	ITA	Luca Maniero
27	DF	ITA	Simone Barsi
32	DF	ITA	Alberto Lattanzio
41	GK	SVN	Rok Brzan
90	FW	ITA	Vincenzo Vitale
99	MF	ITA	Denis Manu

Colors and badge

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

^ "UNION CLODIENSE CHIOGGIA FC S.R.L." (in Italian). Registro Imprese. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ Ultras Union Clodia Sottomarina Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Italian) History of Clodiense Calcio Archived 12 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ "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.