A.C. Maceratese
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Fulgor Maceratese 1922 (formerly Associazione Calcio Maceratese) is an Italian football
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...

 club located in Macerata
Macerata
Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...

 in the Marche
Marche
The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...

 region. It currently plays in Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 but in the past played in the Italian Football Championship
Italian Football Championship
The Italian Football Championship was the most senior football championship in Italy from the 1897/1898 season to the 1921/1922 season. In that last season, a concurrent championship, the Prima Divisione, was played by the richest clubs, which wanted to improve their income with a more elitarian...

 (1925–1926
Italian Football Championship 1925-26
The winner was Juventus F.C..-Pre-League qualifications:A.C. Legnano, A.C. Mantova, U.S. Novese and F.C. Como were enlisted to participate in the qualification round, but Novese and Como retired, letting Legnano and Mantova to maintain their places in the Italian First...

), in Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 and many years in Serie C
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...

.

The club was founded in 1922 after the merger of the four main teams in the city: Helvia Recina, Macerata, Robur Macerata and Virtus Macerata. In 2009 the club went bankrupt and was refounded with the current denomination.

Its colors are white and red.

Notable players

Valerio Alesi
Valerio Alesi
Valerio Alesi is a former professional soccer player.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1984 Alesi became the first Canadian-born player to play in the Serie A of the Italian football league system, as a member of Ascoli Calcio. After several seasons with Ascoli, he joined lower division side...

 Bruno Nobili
Bruno Nobili
Bruno Nobili is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.His father was Renato Nobili and his mother Silvana Bertazzi. He has 4 brothers and 1 sister...

 Gaetano Vastola
Gaetano Vastola
Gaetano Vastola is an Italian football player, who plays as defender for S.S. Lanciano.-Career:In the past he played with Scafatese, Giugliano, Narnese, Maceratese, Salernitana, U.S. Avellino, Ascoli Calcio 1898 and Gallipoli Calcio.-References:...

 Federico Tafani
Federico Tafani
Federico Tafani is an Italian footballer. He plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Italian Serie C2 team San Marino Calcio.-External links:...

 Stefano Colantuono
Stefano Colantuono
Stefano Colantuono is an Italian football manager, currently in charge as head coach of Atalanta.-Playing career:...

 Andy Selva
Andy Selva
Andy Selva is an Italian-born Sanmarinese professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Fidene and the San Marino national team.-Club career:...

 Borislav Cvetković
Borislav Cvetkovic
Borislav "Boro" Cvetković is a Croatian Serb football manager and former player....

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