Matera Calcio

U.S.D. Matera Calcio 2019 is an Italian association football club located in Matera, Basilicata. Refounded in 2019, they played professionally until 2018, after being excluded from Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.

Matera
Full nameUnione Sportiva Dilettantistica
Matera Calcio 2019
Founded2012
2019 (refounded)
GroundStadio XXI Settembre -
Franco Salerno,
Matera, Italy
Capacity7,490
LeaguePrima Categoria Basilicata B[1]

History

F.C. Matera
Main article: History of F.C. Matera

The history of Football Club Matera has covered 82 years of the football from the club based in Matera, Basilicata. It was a professional Italian football club, founded in 1930. Due to financial problems in the past, the club have previously folded twice.

Foundation

After the bankruptcy of old Matera, Serie D club Irsinese Matera, based in Irsina, in the Province of Matera,[2] relocated to Matera to become a spiritual successor, despite actual properties was yet to be acquired.

In the 2012–13 season, the first season back as a new franchise, Matera finished 3rd in Serie D/H The following season, Matera won promotion to the new Lega Pro as Girone H champions.

In the 2018–19 Serie C season they were excluded from the league after failing to attend 4 consecutive matches. The club was refounded in 2019 as U.S.D. Matera Calcio 2019 and resumed from Seconda Categoria.[3]

Colours and badge

The club's traditional home kit is blue with a white diagonal strip whilst the away kit is white with a blue diagonal strip.

Stadium

The club plays at the Stadio XXI Settembre-Franco Salerno, in Matera, which has a capacity of 7,490.

References
  1. "Matera Calcio 2019" (in Italian). Tuttocampo.
  2. "UFFICIALE: Nasce l'Asd Matera calcio – Notiziario del Calcio". Notiziariocalcio.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. "Calcio. Si presenta l'Usd Matera Calcio Matera 2019" (in Italian). TRM Network. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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