Virtus Entella

Virtus Entella, commonly referred to as Entella, is an Italian professional football club based in Chiavari, Liguria. Founded in 1914, the club currently competes in the Serie B.

Virtus Entella

Full name	Virtus Entella S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Biancocelesti (The White and Sky Blues) I Diavoli Neri (The Black Devils)
Founded	1914; 111 years ago (1914)[1] (as F.B.C. Entella)
Ground	Stadio Enrico Sannazzari
Capacity	5,535
Chairman	Antonio Gozzi
Manager	Andrea Chiappella
League	Serie B
2024–25	Serie C Group B, 1st of 20 (promoted)
Website	entella.it
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

1914: Foundation

The club was founded in 1914 as Foot-Ball Club Entella. It took its name from the river Entella, flowing between Chiavari and Lavagna.^[2]

2001: Bankruptcy

Foot-Ball Club Entella went bankrupt in 2001.

2002: Refoundation

It was refounded in 2002 as Unione Sportiva Valle Sturla Entella. In the summer of 2010 it was renamed Virtus Entella, after it had been admitted in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In summer 2012, Virtus Entella was promoted, for the first time, to Lega Pro Prima Divisione by repechage to fill the vacancies created.^[3] They completed the 2012–13 season in style, taking part to the promotion playoff, where they were defeated by Lecce in the semi-finals.

In the 2013–14 season, Virtus Entella took part in Girone A of the Italian third tier, and topped the league for most of the season. On 4 May 2014, a 2–1 away win at Cremonese in the final day of the season ensured Virtus Entella the league championship title and a spot in the 2014–15 Serie B, in what will be the club's first appearance ever in the Italian second tier.

2014: Serie B Period

The team was promoted in Serie B for the first time in history in 2014. In the 2014–15 season they got relegated once again, in the relegation playoffs as they lost to Modena. But after the relegation of Calcio Catania to Lega Pro for sporting fraud it was readmitted to Serie B. Virtus Entella finished 19th at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season and lost a relegation playoff to Ascoli by virtue of being the lower ranked team after the two-legged tie finished 0–0 on aggregate.

2018: Return to Serie C

The team returned to the Italian third tier, now named Serie C for the 2018-19 season. During the season, they also achieved a surprise qualification to the round of 16 of the 2018–19 Coppa Italia, defeating Genoa on penalties during the process. That season they won the Serie C and thus earned promotion to the Serie B.

Current squad

As of 8 August 2025.^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Simone Colombi 2 DF  ITA Luigi Palomba 4 MF  ITA Marco Nichetti 5 MF  ITA Jacopo Lipani 6 DF  ITA Andrea Tiritiello 7 MF  ITA Davide Bariti 8 MF  SWE Nermin Karić 9 FW  ITA Davide Castelli 10 FW  ITA Matteo Casarotto 11 FW  ESP Bernat Guiu 15 DF  ITA Ivan Marconi 20 FW  ITA Tommaso Fumagalli (on loan from Como) 21 FW  ITA Flavio Russo (on loan from Sassuolo) 22 GK  ITA Federico Del Frate 23 DF  ITA Luca Parodi (captain) 24 MF  ITA Andrea Franzoni 25 MF  ITA Ernesto Matteazzi 26 DF  ITA Stefano Di Mario

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  ITA Marco Dalla Vecchia (on loan from Torino) 36 FW  SEN Alioune Thioune 43 MF  ALB Angelo Ndrecka 50 MF  LBY Umberto Ghio 55 DF  ITA Matteo Langella 77 DF  ITA Antonio Boccadamo 90 DF  ITA Denis Portanova 94 DF  ITA Francesco Mezzoni 99 GK  LTU Ovidijus Šiaulys — GK  ITA Ruben Rinaldini — DF  ITA Matteo Langella — DF  ITA Filippo Saiani — FW  ITA Emanuele Banfi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Gabriele Costa (at Gubbio until 30 June 2026) — MF  ITA Mattia Valori (at Scandicci until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SEN Maguette Fall (at Monopoli until 30 June 2026)

Honours

• Serie C1
  • Winner: 2013-14, 2018-19, 2024-25
• Serie D
  • Winner: 1959-60, 1963-64, 1984-85,

Notable former players

• Naser Aliji
• Nicolas Cinalli
• Cristiano Bacci
• Manlio Bacigalupo
• Gianpaolo Castorina
• Francesco Conti
• Gino Ferrer Callegari
• Rosario Di Vincenzo
• Matteo Matteazzi
• Simone Pasticcio
• Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
• Luciano Spalletti
• Giuliano Taccola
• Stefano Vavoli
• Nicolò Zaniolo

Presidents and managers

Antonio Gozzi has been the President of the Virtus Entella since 2007. He was arrested and released in March 2015.^[5][6][7][8]