Paganese Calcio 1926 is an Italian association 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 from Pagani

Pagani, Italy

Pagani is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, administratively part of the Province of Salerno. It had 34,775 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2004.-Overview:...

, Campania.
It currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

History

The club was founded in 1926.

Paganese also took part in the Anglo-Italian Cup

Anglo-Italian Cup

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 in 1978, achieving a single victory and three defeats.

The club won Serie D/H

Serie D

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 in 2005–2006 and have thus won promotion to Serie C2

Serie C2

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...

 for the 2006–2007 season. A second consecutive promotion in the Serie C2

Serie C2

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 competition of 2006–07

Serie C2 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie C2 was the football league season of Italian Serie C2 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007 and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over, teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff...

, after defeating SPAL

Spal 1907

SPAL 1907 is an Italian football club, based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1907 as Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor and was refounded in 2005....

 and Reggiana

A.C. Reggiana 1919

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian association football club, based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and refounded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C., but it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005–06 season. The...

 in the playoffs, gave Paganese the right to play in Serie C1

Serie C1

Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....

 in the 2007–08 season

Serie C1 2007-08

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, their first appearance in the division since 1979.

At the end of the 2010-11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Current squad

External links

Official website