AC ChievoVerona
Professional Italian football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, and owned by Paluani, a bakery product company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo. During its years as a professional club, Chievo shared the 38,402 seater Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium with its cross-town rivals Hellas Verona.
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Full name | Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona S.r.l. | |||
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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; 94 years ago (6 September 1929) 10 May 2024; 2 months ago (10 May 2024) (refounded) | |||
Ground | Phoenix Arena, San Martino Buon Albergo[1] | |||
Capacity | 1,100 | |||
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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In 2021, the club was excluded from professional football because of financial problems.[2][3] It restarted its activities in 2024, after FC Clivense's owner and former Chievo star Sergio Pellissier acquired the original ChievoVerona rights and renamed his club accordingly.