The name refers to the Scaligeri or della Scala aristocratic family, who were rulers of Verona during the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
At that time, Chievo became tenants of Hellas at the Bentegodi, and began rising up the league ladder.
Once Chievo earned promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2000–01 season, their fans started calling the team i Mussi Volanti (The Flying Donkeys).
A 2014 story in the British football magazine Late Tackle remarked that "Hellas fans didn’t so much have their words rammed down their throat as forced through every orifice with a barge pole.
Updated 10 March 2018 Pecchia and Maran appeared also in the 2017–18 Coppa Italia Fourth Round match The following players have played for both Chievo and Verona: