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| Full name | Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona SSDARL | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Gialloblu (The Yellow and Blues) I Mussi Volanti ("The Flying Donkeys" in Venetian) Céo ("Chievo" in Venetian) Squadra della Diga (Dam Team) Clivensi | |||
| Founded | 6 September 1929 1948 (refounded) 10 May 2024 (refounded) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Comunale, Sona[1] | |||
| Capacity | 500 | |||
| President | Sergio Pellissier | |||
| Head coach | Alessandro Pontarollo | |||
| League | Serie D Group B | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie D Group B, 9th of 20 (as FC Clivense) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo [ˈkjeːvo], is an Italian football club named after and representing Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto. It is owned since 2024 by the team's former captain Sergio Pellissier, representing a group of almost 800 stakeholders created through a crowdfunding program, first case in the Italian football. The team plays in the Serie D, the fourth level of Italian football.
The club was founded in 1929 and refounded two times during its history in 1948 and 2024. It is the only football team coming from the lowest level of Italian football succeeding in climbing the whole amateur and professional pyramid until reaching Serie A for the first time in 2001-2002 and European competitions the year after. It currently plays in Comunale stadium in Sona.[2]
During its years as a professional club, Chievo shared the 38,402 seater Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium with its cross-town rivals Hellas Verona.
- ^ "ChievoVerona, il grande ritorno sarà al comunale di Sona". Larena.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Comunale Di Sona - stadio - Soccer Wiki: per i tifosi, dai tifosi". Soccer Wiki (in Italian). 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2024.