AC ChievoVerona

Chievo
Full nameAssociazione Calcio ChievoVerona SSDARL
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
Founded6 September 1929; 95 years ago (6 September 1929)
1948; 76 years ago (1948) (refounded)
10 May 2024; 6 months ago (10 May 2024) (refounded)
GroundStadio Aldo Olivieri, Verona
Capacity500
PresidentSergio Pellissier
Head coachRiccardo Allegretti
LeagueSerie D Group B
2023–24Serie D Group B, 9th of 20 (as FC Clivense)
Websitefcclivense.it
Current season
The progress of Chievo in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30). Only seasons in the top four tiers appear in the graph.

Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkjɛːvo], locally [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.[1]

During its years as a professional club, Chievo shared the 38,402 seater Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium with its cross-town rivals Hellas Verona.

  1. ^ "Comunale Di Sona - stadio - Soccer Wiki: per i tifosi, dai tifosi". Soccer Wiki (in Italian). 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2024.