Calcio Padova, commonly referred to as Padova, is an Italian football club based in Padua, Veneto. Founded in 1910, Padova currently play in Serie C Group A, having last been in Serie A in 1996. The team's official colours are white and red.

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Full name	Calcio Padova SpA
Nickname(s)	I Biancoscudati (The White-Shielded) The Patavini (The Patavins)
Founded	29 January 1910; 114 years ago (1910-01-29) as ACP
Ground	Stadio Euganeo, Padua, Italy
Capacity	32,420 (often limited to 18,060)
Owner	Amber Capital LP
Chairman	Daniele Boscolo Meneguolo
Manager	Bruno Caneo
League	Serie C Group A
2022–23	Serie C Group A, 5th of 20
Website	Club website
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The team was refounded in 2014 after the sports title was awarded to Biancoscudati Padova for the 2014–15 Serie D season as a phoenix club. The previous holder of the title was in the process of liquidation after it was expelled from 2014–15 Lega Pro. The original Padova was renamed Football Padova in order to allow the new iteration of Padova to use the original name of the club, Calcio Padova in 2015.

In the 1940s, the team was coached by Béla Guttmann.^{[citation needed]} It is widely regarded that, Padova's golden days^[tone] were the late 1950s, when the team managed by Nereo Rocco, reached the heights^[tone] of third place in 1958 thanks to players such as; Kurt Hamrin.^{[citation needed]}, Sergio Brighenti and Aurelio Milani.^[tone] as Padova remained a force^[tone] in Serie A, before relegation in 1962.^{[citation needed]} The rest of the 1960s would see the club in Serie B before going into a serious decline ahead of a 1980s revival.^{[citation needed]}

The revival would see Padova return to Serie B in the early 1980s, and within a decade they would be serious^{[why?][vague][tone]} promotion contenders.^{[citation needed]} A play-off win over Cesena in 1994 saw the club return to Serie A after 32 years.^{[citation needed]} After a dire^{[why?][vague][tone]} start to the 1994–95 season, Padova looked like fulfilling most experts' predictions of a swift return to Serie B.^{[citation needed]} They nonetheless found their form in the second half of the year and when they recorded a 1–0 win away to Juventus, they were six points clear of the drop zone.^{[citation needed]} However, they eventually ended up contesting the relegation play-off against Genoa, due to a late Inter Milan goal assisted by a Rubén Sosa corner, which they won on penalties.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

There would be no such luck^[tone] the following year, as Padova were relegated, with further relegations in 1998 and 1999.^{[citation needed]} Since 2001, they have resided in Serie C1 and Lega Pro Prima Divisione.^{[citation needed]} The team returned in Serie B at the end of the 2008–2009 season.^{[citation needed]}

In total, Calcio Padova participated in 11 Prima Divisione/Divisione Nazionale championships between 1914–15 and 1928–29 (best place being 3rd in 1922–23) and 16 Serie A championships between 1929–30 and 1995–96 (best place being 3rd in 1957–58); in Coppa Italia, the best place was runner-up in 1967.^{[citation needed]} Padova won a Coppa Italia Serie C in 1980, and played also 34 Serie B championships (won in 1947–48) and 29 Serie C1/C2/Lega Pro Prima Divisione championships (won in 1936–37, 1980–81 and 2000–01). Padova finished runner-up the Anglo-Italian Cup of 1983.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2013–14 Serie B season, Padova were relegated after finishing 20th, and on 15 July 2014, the team did not sign up to the 2014–15 Lega Pro championship.^{[citation needed]} In April 2015, the company was put into liquidation.^[1]

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• Serie B
  • Winners: 1947–48 (group B)^{[citation needed]}
• Serie C
  • Winners: 1936–37 (group C),^{[citation needed]} 2017–18 (group B)^{[citation needed]}
• Serie C2
  • Winners: 1980–81 (group B),^{[citation needed]} 2000–01 (group A)^{[citation needed]}
• Serie D
  • Winners: 2014–15 (group C)^{[citation needed]}
• Coppa Italia Serie C
  • Winners: 1979–80,^{[citation needed]} 2021–22^{[citation needed]}
• Supercoppa di Serie C
  • Winners: 2018^{[citation needed]}