About AC ChievoVerona

AC ChievoVerona was an Italian football club from Chievo, a small district of Verona, founded in 1929. For most of its history it was an amateur neighbourhood team, playing in the regional leagues under various names. Its rise began in the 1980s and 1990s, when the club, backed by the Paluani bakery company, climbed through the lower divisions and reached Serie B in 1994. Chievo shared the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi with its city rival Hellas Verona.

In 2001 Chievo won promotion to Serie A for the first time, and its debut season became one of the great fairy tales of Italian football: the "Flying Donkeys" led the table in the autumn and finished fifth, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The club established itself as a regular top-flight side for almost two decades, and in 2006 it reached the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League after the Calciopoli scandal reshaped the final Serie A standings.

After relegation in 2019, the club ran into serious financial difficulties. In 2021 it was excluded from Serie B over unpaid tax debts and ceased its professional activity. A new club claiming its heritage later restarted from the amateur leagues, but the original AC ChievoVerona remains remembered as one of the most remarkable small-club success stories in Italian football.