AS Lucchese Libertas
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| Full name | Associazione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas 1905 |
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| Nickname(s) | Rossoneri (Red-Blacks) |
| Founded | 1905 2008 (refounded) 2011 (refounded as F.C. Lucca 2011) |
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Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca, Italy |
| Capacity | 7,386 |
| Chairman | Giovanni Lopez |
| Manager | Giuseppe Galderisi |
| League | Lega Pro/B |
| 2015–16 | Lega Pro/B, 13th |
Associazione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas 1905, or simply Lucchese, is an Italian football club, based in Lucca, Tuscany that currently plays in Lega Pro. The club was founded in 1905, having last been in Serie A in 1952.
The club was founded on 25 May 1905, giving the town of Lucca its first football team. Originally named Lucca Football Club the club was founded by the Vittorio brothers and Guido Mensini. The first large achievement by the club was winning the Goblet of the King during the 1919/20 season, not long after the tournaments foundation. The same season Lucca won the Regional cup of Tuscany.
In 1924 the club merged with another local team and changed its name to Unione Sportiva Lucchese-Libertas. During the 1920s, notable players at the club included Ernesto Bonino and Giovanni Moscardini.
The 1930s saw the club been promoted to Serie B, and then in 1936, Lucchese won promotion to Serie A the top league in Italy, they stayed there for three seasons. The club were relegated to Serie B as World War II started. Prior to the war players such as Egri Erbstein, Aldo Olivieri and Antonio Perduca were fan's favorites. Lucchese promoted again to Serie A in 1947 and stayed there for 5 seasons.
In 1984 it changed its name to A.S. Lucchese Libertas.
The club spent also several seasons in Serie B (last 1998–99) and Serie C1, being also coached by Luigi Simoni, UEFA Cup-winning coach with Inter Milan.
In 2008 the club folded due to financial issues and was admitted in the Italian bottom division Terza Categoria before being declared bankrupt in December 2008.
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