The club was founded in 1919[citation needed] and refounded in 2008 with the name S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924.

bankrupted; anew company S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 acquired the sports title by using the Article 52 of N.O.I.F.

Virtus Lanciano gained national news in end-2013 after the club, now headed by Marco Baroni, surprised the whole country by leading the league table undefeated, against all odds, by the end of October.

[2] The first team was excluded altogether from the Italian football league pyramid.

[3] After Virtus Lanciano was withdrew from the Italian football pyramid, another club, A.S.D.