USD Novese

Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Novese is an Italian football club from Novi Ligure, Piedmont which plays in the Promozione. The club is best known for winning the 1921–22 Italian Football Championship.

Novese

Full name	Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Novese
Founded	1919
Ground	Stadio Costante Girardengo,[1] Novi Ligure
Capacity	3,500[1]
Chairman	Arturo Frattoni
Manager	Mattia Greco
League	Prima Categoria
Home colours Away colours

Novese is the only Italian football team that has won a scudetto without playing a single season in Serie A or Serie B.

History

Novese was founded in 1919 and entered Italian football history by winning the F.I.G.C. 1921–22 Italian Football Championship, a season when there were two cocurrent national leagues in Italian football: the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and the breakaway Confederazione Calcistica Italiana (CCI), who organised the 1921–22 Prima Divisione, which included the major clubs of Northern Italy at the time.^[2][3]

Colors and badge

The team colors are white and light blue.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Italian Football Championship

Winners (1): 1921–22

Regional competitions

• Promozione

Winners (2): 1920–21, 1953–54

• Prima Divisione

Winners (2): 1941–42, 1951–52

• Eccellenza Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta

Winners (2): 1997–98, 2003–04

• Coppa Italia Dilettanti Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta

Winners (1): 2006–07

• Supercoppa Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta

Winners (1): 2003–04

See also

• Association football league system in Italy