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{{short description|Italian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
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|image    = Virtus Entella logo.svg
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|fullname = Virtus Entella [[Società a responsabilità limitata|S.r.l.]]
|founded  = {{start date and age|1914|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/italy/acd-virtus-entella/12109/ | title=Italy - ACD Virtus Entella - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway }}</ref> (as ''F.B.C. Entella'')
|nickname = ''I Biancocelesti'' (The White and Sky Blues)<br />''I Diavoli Neri'' (The Black Devils)
|ground   = [[Stadio Comunale (Chiavari)|Stadio Enrico Sannazzari]]
|capacity  = 5,535
|chairman = [[Antonio Gozzi]]
|manager  = [[Fabio Gallo]]
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|position = {{Italian football updater|VirtusEntella3}}
|current  = 2024–25 Virtus Entella season
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'''Virtus Entella''', commonly referred to as '''Entella''', is an Italian professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Chiavari]], [[Liguria]]. 
Founded in 1914, the club currently competes in the {{Italian football updater|VirtusEntella}}.

==History==
===1914: Foundation===
The club was founded in 1914 as '''Foot-Ball Club Entella'''. It took its name from the river [[Entella (river)|Entella]], flowing between [[Chiavari]] and [[Lavagna]].<ref>{{cite web |url=  http://www.ilciriaco.it/sport/calcio/item/3902-i-diavoli-neri-nell-inferno-del-comunale-per-l-entella-%C3%A8-la-prima-in-serie-b.html    |title= I Diavoli Neri nell'inferno del Comunale: per l'Entella è la prima in Serie B | author=  Aldo Pio Feoli |date= 2014-11-29|website= www.ilciriaco.it  | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

===2001: Bankruptcy===
Foot-Ball Club Entella went [[Bankruptcy|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.<ref>http://www.entella.it/prima-squadra/1195-ripescaggio-ufficiale-il-presidente-gozzi-grazie-chiavari.html{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They completed the 2012–13 season in style, taking part to the promotion playoff, where they were defeated by [[U.S. Lecce|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 [[U.S. Cremonese|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 Serie B|2014–15 season]] they got relegated once again, in the relegation playoffs as they lost to [[Modena F.C.|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 Serie B|2017–18 season]] and lost a relegation playoff to [[Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898|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 Serie C|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 C.F.C.|Genoa]] on penalties during the process. That season they won the Serie C and thus earned promotion to the [[2019–20 Serie B|Serie B]].

==Current squad==
{{updated|3 March 2025}}.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/italy/acd-virtus-entella/12109/|title=Virtus Entella squad|access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
{{fs start}}
{{fs player | no=1  | nat= ITA | pos= GK | name= [[Andrea Paroni]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}} 
{{Fs player | no=2  | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= [[Alessandro Garattoni]]}}
{{fs player | no=5  | nat= MDA | pos= DF | name= [[Andrei Motoc]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Athens Kallithea]]}}}}
{{fs player | no=6  | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= [[Andrea Tiritiello]]}}
{{fs player | no=8  | nat= SWE | pos= MF | name= [[Nermin Karić]]|other={{small|on loan from [[FC Trapani 1905|Trapani]]}}}}
{{Fs player | no=9  | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= [[Davide Castelli]]}}
{{fs player | no=10 | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Matteo Casarotto}}
{{fs player | no=11 | nat= SEN | pos= FW | name= [[Maguette Fall]]}}
{{fs player | no=14 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= [[Andrea Corbari]]}}
{{fs player | no=15 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= [[Ivan Marconi]]}}
{{fs player | no=17 | nat= LUX | pos= FW | name= Adulai Djabi Embalo}}
{{fs player | no=21 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Jacopo Lipani}}
{{fs player | no=22 | nat= ITA | pos= GK | name= Federico Del Frate}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player | no=23 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= [[Luca Parodi]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{fs player | no=24 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Andrea Franzoni}}
{{Fs player | no=26 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Stefano Di Mario}}
{{fs player | no=27 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Antonio Boccadamo}}
{{Fs player | no=36 | nat= SEN | pos= FW | name= Alioune Thioune}}
{{Fs player | no=40 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Gabriele Costa}}
{{fs player | no=43 | nat= ALB | pos= MF | name= [[Angelo Ndrecka]]}}
{{fs player | no=47 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= [[Giovanni Di Noia]]}}
{{fs player | no=70 | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= [[Davide Bariti]]}}
{{fs player | no=77 | nat= ESP | pos= FW | name= [[Bernat Guiu]]}}
{{fs player | no=90 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Denis Portanova}}
{{fs player | no=99 | nat= LTU | pos= GK | name= Ovidijus Šiaulys}}
{{fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= GK | name= Filippo Vandelli}}
{{fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= [[Federico Bonini]]|other={{small|at [[US Catanzaro|Catanzaro]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Filippo Saiani|other={{small|at [[Virtus Verona]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Ernesto Matteazzi|other={{small|at [[Empoli FC Youth Sector|Empoli U19]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Marco Piredda|other={{small|at Ligorna until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= [[Giacomo Tomaselli]]|other={{small|at [[Feralpisalò]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Emanuele Banfi|other={{small|at [[USD Lavagnese 1919|Lavagnese]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{fs player | no=   | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Samuele Vianni|other={{small|at [[Sangiuliano City]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs end}}

==Honours==
*'''[[Serie C1]]'''
**'''Winner''': [[2013-14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione|2013-14]], [[2018-19 Serie C|2018-19]], [[2024-25 Serie C|2024-25]]
*'''[[Serie D]]'''
**'''Winner''': [[1959-60 Serie D|1959-60]], [[1963-64 Serie D|1963-64]], [[1984-85 Serie D|1984-85]],

==Notable former players==
{{famous|date=December 2018}}
* [[Image:Flag of Albania.svg|20px|Albanian]] [[Naser Aliji]]
* [[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentino]] [[Nicolas Cinalli]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Cristiano Bacci]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Manlio Bacigalupo]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Gianpaolo Castorina]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Francesco Conti (footballer)|Francesco Conti]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Gino Ferrer Callegari]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Rosario Di Vincenzo]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Matteo Matteazzi]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Simone Pasticcio]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Silvano Raggio Garibaldi]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Luciano Spalletti]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Giuliano Taccola]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[Stefano Vavoli]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italiano]] [[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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/levante/2015/03/20/AR40d9rD-indietro_chiedero_arresto.shtml | title=Gozzi dopo l'arresto: «Chiederò se devo fare passi indietro» | date=20 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Affaire-Kubla-Gozzi-Totale-estraneit-Marted-dimissioni-da-Federacciai-76587675-662c-43ae-b534-4609ee7261a8.html | title=Affaire Kubla, Gozzi: "Totale estraneità. Martedì dimissioni da Federacciai" }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.federacciai.it/Pdf/CodiceEtico.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011448/http://www.federacciai.it/Pdf/CodiceEtico.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/levante/2015/03/24/ARtotbuD-presidenza_comitato_federacciai.shtml | title=Il Comitato di presidenza di Federacciai: «A Gozzi piena fiducia» | date=11 May 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
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