Ternana Calcio

The club was founded in 1925 as Terni F.B.C after the merger between Terni Football Club and Unione Sportiva Ternana, reaching the II Division in 1926 and the I Division (nowadays known as Serie B) just a year later.

1969–70 Ternana

The club, however, folded in due to financial difficulties, being refounded in 1929 as Unione Fascista Ternana (a denomination that was common during the Italian fascist regime). Folding again in 1933, the club returned to footballing action in 1935 under the name Polisportiva Mario Umberto Borzacchini, after a racing car driver and a native of Terni who had died at the 1933 Monza Grand Prix. In 1938 the new club reached promotion to Serie C, missing a second consecutive promotion the following year.

In 1946, after the World War II, football restarted in Italy and Ternana played in the Serie B, missing promotion for two consecutive years, and being relegated to Serie C in 1949 and IV Serie in 1950. A third relegation, this time to Promozione, came in 1953, and was followed by two years in the regional division for Ternana before returning to IV Serie in 1955. The club returned to Serie C in 1964, and Serie B in 1968, the latter under coach Corrado Viciani.

1972–73 Ternana, at its first Serie A season.

In 1972, Ternana finally won Serie B and reached Serie A for their first time, again with Viciani as coach. However, the club did not prove to be ready for Serie A, as they were promptly relegated in their debut appearance in the top flight, managing only three wins in 30 matches. In 1974, again in Serie B, Ternana managed to reach one of the three top spots, winning their second promotion to Serie A; this was, however, followed by yet another sad relegation. In the following years, despite a number of noted head coaches such as Edmondo Fabbri, Cesare Maldini and Renzo Ulivieri, Ternana did not manage to return in the top flight, and instead were relegated to Serie C in 1980, despite a prestigious run in the 1979–80 Coppa Italia, where Ternana reached the semi-finals, being then eliminated 3–1 on aggregate by Roma.

During the 1980s Ternana played between Serie C1 and Serie C2, before going bankrupt on 12 December 1987. Managed by an official liquidator, Ternana ended the season and escaped relegation. The club, bought in the summer of 1988 by a consortium headed by Gaspare Gambino, won promotion to Serie C in 1988–89 after winning the penalty shootout in a playoff against Chieti. Successively, Ternana won Serie C1 in 1992 and marked their return to Serie B. The promotion was, however, followed by financial troubles that prevented new signings. At the end of the season, which the team finished in the last position, Ternana went officially bankrupt.

On the summer 1993 the club was refounded as Ternana Calcio and was being forced to begin again from Serie D. In their first Serie D campaign, Ternana missed promotion, ending in third place behind Teramo and local rivals Narnese. This was followed by another unsuccessful attempt, as Ternana lost promotion to Viterbese; despite this, the club was later readmitted to Serie C2 to fill a league vacancy (ripescaggio). In 1996–97 and 1997–98, with a new president and Luigi Delneri as head coach, Ternana won two consecutive promotions, thus returning to Serie B.

Ternana played Serie B from 1998 until 2006. In 2004 missed a promotion in Serie A finishing 4 points behind Fiorentina.

In 2006 they were relegated to Serie C1 (since the season 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione).

In the season 2010–11 the club was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after losing the play-out, but it was later readmitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione on 4 August 2011 to fill vacancies.[1]

In the following season 2011–12 it was promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione to Serie B.

Back in Serie B, Ternana has avoided relegation as well as play-outs for 6 consecutive seasons.

In June 2017, the ownership of the club passed to the Stefano Bandecchi (owner of the Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano). When the club was bought by Unicusano, thus adding the name of the private university to the club. The word "Unicusano" was also added to the crest in 2017–18 season, but was removed in May 2018.[2]

Ternana was relegated from Serie B on 12 May 2018.[3]

As of 25 January 2023[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Antony Iannarilli 2 MF  SEN Mamadou Coulibaly (on loan from Salernitana) 3 GK  ITA Angelo Casadei 4 DF  DEN Frederik Sørensen 5 MF  ITA Antonio Palumbo 6 DF  ITA Federico Mazzarani 7 MF  ITA Gabriele Capanni 8 MF  ITA Mattia Proietti 9 FW  ITA Alfredo Donnarumma 10 FW  URU César Falletti 12 GK  LTU Titas Krapikas 13 DF  ITA Valerio Mantovani (on loan from Salernitana) 14 MF  ITA Francesco Di Tacchio 17 FW  ITA Andrea Favilli (on loan from Genoa) 18 FW  ITA Gabriele Onesti

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  ITA Marco Capuano 20 MF  ITA Fabrizio Paghera 21 FW  ITA Anthony Partipilo 22 GK  ITA Alessandro Morlupo 23 DF  FRA Salim Diakite 24 DF  ITA Luca Ghiringhelli 25 MF  ITA Marino Defendi (captain) 26 DF  CRO Luka Bogdan (on loan from Salernitana) 27 DF  SEN Mame Ass Ndir 29 MF  ITA Francesco Cassata (on loan from Genoa) 33 GK  ITA Tommaso Vitali 34 MF  ITA Davide Agazzi 87 DF  ITA Bruno Martella 91 DF  ITA Niccolò Corrado

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SVN Matija Boben (at Pescara until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Alessandro Celli (at Südtirol until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Luca Mercorella (at Barletta until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Filippo Damian (at Trento until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Federico Furlan (at Latina until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Guido Marilungo (at Renacanatese until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Matteo Ortolani (at Chiasso until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Alexis Ferrante (at Cesena until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Stefano Pettinari (at Benevento until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Pietro Rovaglia (at Montevarchi until 30 June 2023)