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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Fiumana | ||
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| Founded | 2 September 1926 | ||
| Dissolved | 25 April 1945, rebranded as S.C.F. Quarnero and later as HNK Rijeka | ||
| Ground | Stadio Comunale del Littorio | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
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Unione Sportiva Fiumana or U.S. Fiumana was an Italian football club based in the present-day Croatian city of Rijeka and the predecessor of HNK Rijeka.[1][2] The club was active between 1926 and 1945, at the time when the city was part of the Kingdom of Italy and was commonly referred to by its Italian name Fiume. The club's home was the present-day Stadion Kantrida, which was at the time called Stadio Comunale del Littorio.
During its existence the club competed in the Italian league system, spending most of the time in the second and third levels, finishing their last season as 4th in Group A of the 1942–43 Serie C. Between 1943 and 1946 the club continued to play under the Fiumana name and in 1946 its management decided to rebrand the side into S.C.F. Quarnero in order to be able to take part in the first Yugoslav championship.[3][4]
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