Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona (more commonly called ChievoVerona or simply Chievo) is an Italian professional football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo. The club is nicknamed alternatively gialloblu, Mussi volanti or Ceo, and shares its stadium with Hellas Verona which is the 42,160 seater Marcan...
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Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona (more commonly called ChievoVerona or simply Chievo) is an Italian professional football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo. The club is nicknamed alternatively gialloblu, Mussi volanti or Ceo, and shares its stadium with Hellas Verona which is the 42,160 seater Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium. Chievo slipped into the relegation zone on the final match day of 2006-2007 and was demoted to Serie B, but subsequently rebounded to clinch promotion back to the top-flight in their first year in the cadetteria.
The team was founded in 1929 by a small number of football fans from the small borough of Chievo, a Verona neighbourhood. Initially the club was not officially affiliated to the Italian Football Federation, but played under the denomination "Ond Chievo" imposed by the fascist regime several amateur tournament...
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