In 2005 Treviso have been promoted to Serie A for the first time in the club's history, although this was due to a certain amount of luck. After finishing 5th in Serie B. Treviso were only awarded a place in the top division after rivals Genoa and Torino were dumped due to varying irregularities.

The origins of football in the northern town of Treviso go back to 1896, with Foot Ball Club Treviso being founded officially in 1909. A few stutters and a rebirth as sky-blue-and-white-wearing Treviso Foot Ball Club later, the team began its slow progress through friendly matches, local tournaments and the acquisition of a stadium to the middle divisions of Italian football. The club has no illustrious past or trophies, but decades spent playing in Serie B, C and below. Treviso spent most of the eighties as a PLC, which led to a financial crisis before the club was re-established in 1993. This wasn't the end of the rocky times, but in 1997 Treviso finally returned to Serie B after 42 years. The team made a famous anti-racism protest in 2001, when all 11 players took to the pitch with faces painted black in solidarity with one of their teammates who had suffered abuse from fans.

Team colours: sky blue and white stripes

Known as: i biancocelesti (sky-blue-and-whites - like Lazio)

Official website: www.fbctreviso.it/.

Stadium

Stadio Omobono Tenni
Via Ugo Foscolo 3
31100 Treviso
Capacity: 9,435

The stadium is close to the centre of Treviso, and approximately 3 kilometres from the railway station. It can be reached by bus number 7.

Match Tickets

Last year, tickets for Treviso home matches were available through www.bestticket.it. There is a ticket office (biglietteria), at the stadium (closed lunchtimes). On matchdays ticket kiosks open an hour and a half before kick-off.

Treviso Travel and Tourism

Treviso is a convenient destination for UK travellers, thanks to budget flights from Ryanair (their Venice flights use Treviso Airport). Treviso is in the Veneto region of Italy, and is Venice's lesser-known little cousin. The town has its own network of canals, and visitors rave about their leafy, peaceful beauty. Although half the town was bombed in the Second World War there are still plenty of attractive historical buildings to admire, including the Romanesque Duomo, the churches of San Nicolò and San Francesco, defensive ramparts and gates. As well as the obvious destinations of Venice (16 miles away) and Verona, the area around Treviso has many other sites of interest, such as the province of UNESCO-listed Vicenza with its famous villas by Palladio.

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