One of the first teams of Calcio Lecco 1912 Reading time 2 minutes
December 22, 1913, Lecco: for every football fan (and otherwise) of our city, this date, on balance a historical falsehood, represents the start of a love that has continued unabated for 110 years. The convention then made its way, one year after another, leaving us with 1912 as a historical date and imprinted on the logo dominated by the Eagle with the ball in its claws.
In the rooms of Rowers, in fact, upon proposal of Vico Signorelli the signature was placed on the historic deed of foundation of the football section at the historic rowing club; the office was opened in via Francesco Nullowhile the first field, “Primavera”was that of via Ponchielli (today via Leonardo da Vinci, ed.).
Football in Italy was still far from being an established reality, it was more of a post-work fun or an efficient physical activity to keep canoeists in shape even during the colder months.
111 years later il football it has become the most attractive sport in the Belpaese and they have also been collected on the lake shore 3 Serie A championships11 Serie B, a semi-professional Italian Cup and an Anglo-Italian Trophy, two cups of which traces have also been lost since time immemorial.
The stadium “Rigamonti-Ceppi” And, since 15 October 1922the home of the blue-and-blue eagle, a place where hundreds of fans continue to gather every other Sunday to watch home matches. There are also hundreds of battles played in all categories on a legendary terrain for all of us, who began to love these colours, this shirt, this logo and this Temple just after we began to savor the emotions that this wonderful sport manages to convey.
The money and the hardships (read frequent relegations, bankruptcy in 2002 and Joseph Cala, just to name three) have put the affection for the Lecco footballrelegated for a long time in a Serie D which, in terms of reality and ambitions, could not and should not coincide with those of those who hold the reins in via Don Pozzi. The 2018/2019 season returned the Blucelesti to the dimension of professionalismwhile the 2022/2023 year culminated with the sensational and highly anticipated promotion in Serie B.
December 22, 1913 – December 22, 2024: the Eagle continues to fly.
Read the history of Calcio Lecco 1912
2024-12-22 05:42:00