Associazione Calcio Reggiana
City: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Colours: garnet with blue or garnet trousers
period: 1919-1960
Current position: Italian Championship Serie C1 Group A 2003-2004.
The Reggiana Calcio is the sole Italian Soccer Society which owns her
Stadium: the Stadio Giglio opened on 1995 April, 15th in substitution of
the old field, the Mirabello. It has 29.546 seats.
1919 September. 25th. Birth of Reggiana AC.
First official match: Spal Ferrara - Reggiana 3-3 (friendly). It began
its history, with a black shirt, in the Promozione emiliana.
1919-20 third in the Preliminary Group of Promozione Emilia with 8 pts.
Admitted to the 1st Division.
1920-21 I Division Emilia
4th in Group A with 4 pts.
1921-22 I Division Emilia
4th in Group B FIGC Tournament with 5 pts. Relegated.
1922-23 II Division Emilia
4th with 17 pts. Now the shirt is garnet.
1923-24 II Division
second with 22 pts. Earned 11 pts. in the II Division Final Round winning
the playoff. Promoted to I Division.
1924-25 I Division Northern League
8th in Group A with 20 pts.
1925-26 I Division Northern League
9th in Group B with 17 pts. Relegated to the new I Division (2nd level).
1926-27 I Division
first in Group C with 28 pts. Admitted to the Final Round were was third
with 5 punti after Novara (Champion of I Division) and Pro Patria.
Promoted to Divisione Nazionale.
1927-28 Divisione Nazionale
11th in the Group A with 8 pts. Relegated and afterwards readmitted.
1928-29 Divisione Nazionale
15th in Group B 13 pts. Relegated to Serie B.
1929-30 Serie B
16th with 23 pts. Relegated to the I Division (now third level).
1930-31 I Division
Group B, second with 35 pts. Admitted to the Final Round.
Final Group B 4th with 3 pts.
1931-32 I Division
Group B 4th with 31 pts.
1932-33 I Division
Group E second with 30 pts.
1933-34 I Division
Group D first with 38 pts. Admitted to the Final Round.
Final Group D 4th with 4 pts.
1934-35 I Division
Group E first with 38 pts. Admitted to the Final Round.
Final Group A first with 8 pts. Lost the Playoff with Robur Siena
in Pistoia by 7-0.
1935-36 Serie C
Group B second with 45 pts.
1936-37 Serie C
Group B 5th with 32 pts.
1937-38 Serie C
Group B third with 39 pts.
1938-39 Serie C
Group B first with 37 pts. Admitted to the Final Round.
Final Group A third with 5 pts. The garnet shirt substituted by
a strange garnet-blue vertical striped one.
1939-40 Serie C
Group B first with 46 pts. Admitted to the Final Round.
Final Group A first with 9 pts. Promoted to Serie B.
1940-41 Serie B
9th with 33 pts.
1941-42 Serie B
16th with 25 pts. Relegated to Serie C
1942-43 Serie C
Group G second with 27 pts.
1943-44 Alta Italia Tournament
Mixed Group C Emilia second with 11 pts.
Retired from the playoff Vs, AC Carpi.
1944-45 No matches. Wartime stop.
1945-46 Northern League Championship Series B and C
Mixed Group C first with 29 pts. Admitted to the Final Round.
Final Group: 4th with 9 pts. Admitted to Serie B. Returns the garnet shirt.
1946-47 Serie B
Group B 13th with 39 pts.
1947-48 Serie B
Group B 5th with 39 pts.
1948-49 Serie B
16th with 39 pts.
1949-50 Serie B
17th with 37 pts.
1950-51 Serie B
13th with 40 pts.
1951-52 Serie B
19th with 24 pts. Relegated to Serie C
1952-53 Serie C
18th with 11 pts (20 penalty points for illicit behaviour). Relegated
to IV Serie.
1953-54 IV Serie
Group C third with 36 pts.
1954-55 IV Serie
Group C 7th with 36 pts.
1955-56 IV Serie
Group C first with 54 pts. Admitted to the Playoffs. In the Final Group
earned 9 pts. being promoted to Serie C
1956-57 Serie C
4th with 38 pts.
1957-58 Serie C
first with 43 pts. Promoted to Serie B.
1958-59 Serie B
4th with 43 pts.
1959-60 Serie B
5th with 39 pts. Is the time of the Italy's Centennial. Since the first
Italian National Flag (the green-white-red Tricolore) was issued in Reggio
Emilia in 1860, the team adopted a white shirt with two large Vs on chest,
one green and the other red with white space between them.
1960-61 Serie B
4th with 43 pts.
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