USD Novese

Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Novese is an Italian football club from Novi Ligure, Piedmont which plays in the Promozione. The club is best known for winning the 1921–22 Italian Football Championship.

Novese
Full nameAssociazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Novese
Founded1919
GroundStadio Costante Girardengo,[1]
Novi Ligure
Capacity3,500[1]
ChairmanArturo Frattoni
ManagerMattia Greco
LeaguePrima Categoria

Novese is the only Italian football team that has won a scudetto without playing a single season in Serie A or Serie B.

History

Novese was founded in 1919 and entered Italian football history by winning the F.I.G.C. 1921–22 Italian Football Championship, a season when there were two cocurrent national leagues in Italian football: the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and the breakaway Confederazione Calcistica Italiana (CCI), who organised the 1921–22 Prima Divisione, which included the major clubs of Northern Italy at the time.[2][3]

Colors and badge

The team colors are white and light blue.

Honours

Domestic competitions
Winners (1): 1921–22

Regional competitions
Winners (2): 1920–21, 1953–54
Winners (2): 1941–42, 1951–52
Winners (2): 1997–98, 2003–04
  • Coppa Italia Dilettanti Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta
Winners (1): 2006–07
  • Supercoppa Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta
Winners (1): 2003–04

See also

References
  1. "Lo stadio". Site.NoveseCalcio.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. "La storia". Site.NoveseCalcio.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. Nolan, Kevin. "Calcios failed Pozzo project". These Football Times. Retrieved 19 September 2015.


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