Calcio Foggia 1920

Foggia Calcio & U.S. Foggia

Foundation and early years

The club was founded in 1920 as Foggia Calcio. The club spent its early history playing football in the lower leagues, winning a championship in the dilettanti in 1933. In 1957–58, a merger took place between Foggia Calcio and Foggia Incedit, forming Unione Sportiva Foggia as the club is today. In 1961–62, the team was taken over by President Domenico Rosa Rosa, a wood industrialist, and coach Oronzo Pugliese, who quickly led them to promotion to Serie B.

Reaching Serie A

History was made in the 1963–64 season, when Rosa Rosa and Oronzo Pugliese's Foggia reached Serie A for the first time. From 1964–65, Foggia managed to compete in three consecutive seasons in the top flight. On 31 January 1965, still under the guidance of coach Pugliese, Foggia recorded a historic 3–2 victory against Inter, who were at the time led by manager Helenio Herrera. The season was crowned by the national call-ups of Micelli and Nocera who played for Italy against Wales. Italy won 4–1 and Nocera managed to get on the scoresheet. At the end of the season, Pugliese left to take charge of Roma. Pugliese was replaced by Egizio Rubino, and Foggia, although with more difficulty compared to the previous season, managed to survive the drop again. The following year, however, Foggia was relegated. It was a forgettable championship, after 10 matches Foggia had collected only three points and scored just 24 goals. Rubino…

Foggia have had many managers and trainers throughout the history of the club, in some seasons more than one manager was in charge. Here is a chronological list of them from 1923 onwards.

Serie B Winners: 1990–91 Serie C Winners: 1932–33, 1959–60, 1961–62, 2016–17 Serie C2 Winners: 2002–2003 Serie D Winners: 2019–2020 Coppa Italia Serie C Winners: 2006–07, 2015–16 Supercoppa di Serie C Winners: 2017