US Salernitana 1919

Salernitana was born on 19 June 1919 in Salerno, the port city on the gulf of the same name, and spent its early years in white and sky blue stripes, colours that keep returning on the club’s away shirts. Maroon took over for good in 1943 and gave the fans the word that defines them: granata. On the crest, the city’s seahorse sits beside the eight pointed star of the follaro, the old coin minted in Salerno. A Serie B and Serie C club for most of its history, it has been wound up and refounded several times, most recently in 2011, starting again from Serie D. It made its Serie A debut in 1947/48 and returned in 2021, 23 seasons later. On matchday the Curva Sud Siberiano turns the Arechi into a sea of maroon, under the motto of 1919: Macte Animo, take courage.