Extreme Football Tourism: ITALY: US Reggina (1932-1934) / AS Reggina (1934-1935, 1944-1986) / SS Dominante Reggio Calabria (1937-1940) / Reggina Calcio (1986-2015) / HinterReggio Calcio (2012-2013) / ASD Reggio Calabria (2015-2016) / SSD Reggio Calabria (2016) / Urbs Reggina 1914 (2016-2019) / Reggina 1914 (2019-2023) / La Fenice Amaranto ASD (2023-2024) / AS Reggina 1914 ASD (2024-)

Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio di Calabria (AS Reggina 1914 ASD, formerly US Reggina / AS Reggina / SS Dominante Reggio Calabria / Reggina Calcio / HinterReggio Calcio / ASD Reggio Calabria / SSD Reggio Calabria / Urbs Reggina 1914 / Reggina 1914 / La Fenice Amaranto ASD)

Italy, region: Calabria

27 IV 2025 / AS Reggina 1914 ASD - ASD Castrumfavara 3-1 / Serie D Group I (= ITA level 4)

Timeline

1914 / Foundation of a football club in Reggio di Calabria, Unione Sportiva (US) Reggio Calabria, by a group of 61 local civil servants. The club is one of a group of local clubs such as Girardengo, Giovani Calciatori, Audace, Ausonia, and Garibaldi, which play each other in friendlies and tournaments, with all matches taking place on a makeshift pitch laid out on the so-called Campi Francesi in the hillsides to the east of the city-centre. At the time, none of the clubs in Reggio are members of the Italian Football Association (FIGC).
1922 / US Reggio Calabria changes its name to become Reggio Foot-Ball Club (FBC). The year 1922 also marks the start of the construction works on a new stadium for Reggio FBC in the docks of Reggio di Calabria.
1924 / Reggio FBC joins the Italian Football Association, being placed in Seconda Divisione, the second level of the Italian football pyramid, organised regionally at the time. Also in 1924, after two years of preparations, the new stadium in the docks of the city, which is given the name Lanterna Rossa (‘Red Lantern’), is inaugurated with a league match between Reggio FBC and US Peloro from Messina (2-3).
1925 / Champions in Seconda Divisione Lega Sud Group D, Reggio FBC goes on to qualify for the Lega Sud title, in which it bows out in the semis (with no further information available). In those days of regionally organised football in Italy, league football in the southern half of the country was on a much lower level than in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, to the point of Lega Sud title winners refusing promotion to Prima Divisione – which may in part have been down to economic reasons as well.
1926 / Due to an extension of Reggio di Calabria’s harbour, Reggio FBC’s new stadium, Lanterna Rossa, has to be abandoned.
1927 / Following the eviction of the club from its stadium, Reggio FBC ceases all activities. In the 1926-27 season, the club finished bottom of the table in the Seconda Divisione Sud Group D, resulting in relegation to the Terza Divisione. Stopping short from outright dissolution, the club remains a member of the Italian Football Association, but without developing any activity during the 1927-28 season.
1928 / Following one year of inactivity, Reggio FBC is re-established with a new name, Unione Sportiva (US) Reggina, as it passes into the hands of a new owner, Giuseppe Vilardi, who brings together the means to purchase a plot of land in the Sant’Anna neighbourhood, to the southeast of the city-centre, where a new pitch is laid out. The ground is inaugurated with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of SC Vomero on November 4th, 1928. For the 1928-29 season, US Reggina is placed in the Sicilian (!) sub-group of the Campionato Meridionale di Prima Divisione, the third level of the Italian football pyramid.
1929 / Coached by Hungarian József Wereb, US Reggina finishes in second-last place of the Sicilian sub-group of the Campionato Meridionale, thus dropping back into the Seconda Divisione (level 4) along with bottom club US Peloro.
1930 / Runners-up in Group A of the Southern Directory of the Second Division, 1 point behind champions USF Paganese, US Reggina goes on to earn promotion to Prima Divisione (level 3) following a successful round of play-offs, with US Trani and US Molfetta being the other clubs to accede to that level. Reggina’s successful coach is Attilio Buratti.
1932 / At the initiative of US Reggina’s chairman Giuseppe Vilardi, works are undertaken to build the club a new, much bigger stadium than the pitch in Sant’Anna – with a new ground being erected within a year at Via Galilei, to the south of the city-centre of Reggio di Calabria. It is unclear if the stadium’s layout was similar to what it looked like in the 1960s, with an athletics track surrounding the pitch and open terraces alongside the eastern and southern side of it – although it is certain that no stands were added at the ground’s northern end. In its original shape, the grandstand on the western side of the ground was without a roof. The stadium, with an estimated capacity of 12,000, is named after Michele Bianchi, a Calabrian fascist who had been one of the organisers of the so-called March on Rome in October 1922 which brought Mussolini to power. Being considered one of the Duce’s closest collaborators, Bianchi rose through the ranks of the party to become a cabinet minister under Mussolini, but he succumbed to tuberculosis barely a year in office at the age of 46. The Stadio Michele Bianchi – situated on the exact spot of the current Stadio Oreste Granillo – is inaugurated with a league match between US Reggina and SS Siracusa, which ends in a goalless draw.
1934 / As US Reggina becomes a multi-sports club, the board decides to change the name to become Associazione Sportiva (AS) Reggina.
1935 / Having finished in thirteenth place in the Prima Divisione Girone H, the third level of the Italian football pyramid, in the 1934-35 season, the club temporarily ceases its activities due to financial problems, withdrawing its membership of the Italian Football Association.
1937 / As AS Reggina is re-established with a new name, Società Sportiva (SS) Dominante Reggio Calabria, after two years of inactivity, the club is placed in the Prima Divisione, meanwhile the fourth level of the Italian football pyramid, for the 1937-38 season.
1938 / Champions in the Calabrian group of the Prima Divisione, SS Dominante Reggio Calabria wins promotion to Serie C, the third level of Italy’s football pyramid, along with numbers two and three, AS Juventus Siderno and US Palmese.
1939 / Finishing in second-last place in Serie C Group H, with only 2 points from two draws in 22 matches, SS Dominante Reggio Calabria drops back into Prima Divisione along with bottom club AC Lecce – with Lecce only having finished below Dominante due to that club having incurred a deduction of 27 (!) points due to various violations of Italian FA regulations.
1940 / Due to financial problems as well as the outbreak of World War II, SS Dominante Reggio Calabria withdraws from the Italian football pyramid, with no notable footballing activities taking place in Reggio di Calabria in the following four years.
1943 / As Southern Italy is liberated from the fascist yoke in 1943, the Stadio Michele Bianchi must have been renamed Stadio Comunale in this year at its latest. Several sources speak about the stadium undergoing several more name changes in the following five decades, but no definite information regarding the matter is available.
1944 / After four years of inactivity, SS Dominante Reggio Calabria is re-established, taking on the club name which had also been in force in 1934-35, Associazione Sportiva (AS) Reggina, with the driving force behind the restart having been a local nobleman, Andrea Giunta. The club’s first matches are against teams of Allied troops. For the 1944-45 season, which is not a pan-Italian affair due to the north of the country still being under nazi / fascist rule, AS Reggina is placed in the Prima Divisione Provinciale, the fourth level of Italy’s football pyramid.
1945 / Champions in Prima Divisione Group A with coach Ottavio Misefari, AS Reggina is barred from taking part in the subsequent round of promotion play-offs due to irregularities in handling the transfer of a player called Caridi. Subsequently, however, the punishment was suspended, with the club being admitted to Serie C on sporting merits.
1947 / Finishing in third place in Serie C’s Southern Group C, AS Reggina qualifies for a set of promotion play-offs against US Crotone and AC Messina, with the last-mentioned club winning the Serie B ticket – and Reggina thus missing out on an unprecedented promotion to Serie B.
1948 / Runners-up in Serie C’s Southern Group T, 1 point behind champions Club Calcio Catania, AS Reggina narrowly avoids being retrograded to the new fourth level of the Italian league pyramid, Promozione, with the number of Serie C groups being brought back to just four.
1952 / Finishing in second-last place in Serie C Group D with coach Pietro Piselli, AS Reggina is relegated to the new fourth level of the Italian football pyramid, IV Serie. The club had run into trouble in the early stages of the season, when one of their board members had made an attempt to bribe US Catanzaro player Ziletti during the away match against that club – with Reggina being given a 17-point deduction as a result.
1956 / Champions in IV Serie Group H, 6 points ahead of runners-up CRAL Cirio, AS Reggina wins promotion to Serie C. The successful coach is Oronzo Pugliese. The club goes on to have several relatively quiet seasons at the third ladder of Italian football.
1965 / Champions in Serie C Group C, 1 point ahead of runners-up AS Taranto, AS Reggina wins promotion to Serie B for the first time in club history. The successful coach is Tommaso Maestrelli. Also in or around 1965, the grandstand of the Stadio Comunale in Reggio di Calabria is equipped with a roof construction for the first time.
1966 / Finishing in fourth place in its first season in Serie B, AS Reggina only narrowly misses out on promotion to the top flight of the Italian football landscape, finishing just 1 point behind the club in third place, AC Mantova, which wins promotion to Serie A.
1968 / For the first time in club history, AS Reggina manages to reach the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia, Italy’s main cup tournament, in which the club loses its home tie at the Stadio Comunale against Bologna FC 2-3 – a score which is converted in a reglementary 0-2 defeat due to a pitch invasion by supporters, in which the referee is manhandled. The subsequent away match ends in a clear-cut 4-0 defeat.
1974 / Finishing in third-last place in Serie B, AS Reggina drops back into Serie C after nine years, alongside AS Bari and bottom club Calcio Catania. The relegation had been all the more tragic, given that Reggina had collected as many points as the three (!) clubs above them, AC Perugia, AC Reggiana, and Brindisi Sport, with goal difference being decisive. In the course of the season, AS Reggina had sacked coach Gianbattista Moschino as well as his successor Ettore Recagni, with the season being finished by caretaker duo Domenico Cataldo and Olmes Neri.
1983 / Finishing in sixteenth place in Serie C1 Group B with coach Rosario Sbano, who had taken over from Franco Scoglio in the course of the season, AS Reggina drops down into Serie C2, the fourth level of the Italian football pyramid, along with US Livorno, Paganese Calcio, and bottom club AC Nocerina.
1984 / Champions in Serie C2 Group D, 4 points ahead of runners-up AC Nocerina, AS Reggina manages an immediate return to Serie C1. The successful coach is Claudio Tobia.
1985 / Finishing in joint fourteenth place in Serie C1 Group B with SS Cavese, but with a slightly inferior goal difference (-1 vs. -5), AS Reggina, still coached by Claudio Tobia, drops back into Serie C2 after just one season, along with AS Francavilla, US Akragas, and bottom club AC Nocerina. Also in or around 1985, the north end of the Stadio Comunale in Reggio di Calabria, hitherto not having remained empty, is equipped with a relatively high terrace, which becomes the part of the stadium housing the most ardent supporters. Total capacity of the ground goes up from c. 12,000 to c. 15,000.
1986 / Runners-up in Serie C2 Girone D, 2 points behind champions AC Nocerina, AS Reggina wins promotion back to Serie C1 at the first opportunity. The successful coach is Giuseppe Caramanno. That summer, AS Reggina goes bankrupt and is saved from disappearing altogether as a group of local entrepreneurs around new chairman Lillo Foti takes over the club. Due to the bankruptcy, an obligatory name change is effectuated, with the club taking on the name Reggina Calcio.
1988 / Finishing in third place in Serie C1 Group B with coach Nevio Scala, Reggina Calcio qualifies for a promotion play-off against the number three club in Group A, ACG Virescit Boccaleone, with the play-off in Perugia’s Stadio Renato Curi being attended by no fewer than 20,000 Reggina fans. Going on to win the encounter 2-0 (goals by Giuseppe Bagnato and Tarcisio Catanese), Reggina Calcio goes on to win promotion to Serie B alongside the top two clubs in Serie C1 Group B, Polisportiva Licata and Cosenza Calcio 1914, both of which had gathered 2 more points in the regular season than the club from Reggio di Calabria.
1989 / Finishing in fifth place in its first season back in Serie B after fourteen years, Reggina Calcio qualifies for a promotion play-off against US Cremonese, played at Stadio Adriatico in Pescara, with the club from Cremona winning the penalty shoot-out (0-0 A.E.T.). As such, Reggina Calcio, supported on the day by a fan following of no fewer than 23,000, misses out on promotion to Serie A. Following the 1988-89 season, coach Nevio Scala leaves the club, signing a deal with Parma AC, with which he has an extremely successful seven-year spell before moving on to clubs such as Borussia Dortmund, Beşiktaş JK, and FK Spartak Moskva.
1991 / Finishing in third-last place in Serie B with coach Aldo Cerantola, Reggina Calcio suffers relegation to Serie C1 along with Salernitana Sport, US Triestina Calcio, and bottom club Barletta Calcio Sport.
1994 / Runners-up in Serie C1 Group B, 7 points behind champions AC Perugia, Reggina Calcio qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the semis by AC Juventus Stabia (5-4 aggr. A.E.T.). Also in 1994, first plans are drawn up for a thorough renovation of the Stadio Comunale in Reggio di Calabria, with a local architect, Nino Romeo, being charged with the job to design a completely new stadium on the same location. In the early stages of the project, Romeo is assisted in the organisational part of his assignment by Oreste Granillo, president of AS Reggina between 1960 and 1977.
1995 / Runaway champions in Serie C1 Group B, 10 points ahead of runners-up US Avellino, Reggina Calcio manages an immediate return to Serie B. The successful coach is Giuliano Zoratti.
1997 / Works on the complete reconstruction of the Stadio Comunale in Reggio di Calabria get underway, with the South Curve being the first to be knocked down and replaced by a new, much larger uncovered all-seater stand, which becomes the new home of the club’s most ardent supporters. Also in 1971, former club president Oreste Granillo, who had been involved in the building project from the outset in 1995, passes away at the age of 71.
1998 / Following the construction of the new Curva Sud, the North and East Stands are knocked down and replaced by two uncovered all-seater stands, which have the exact same height as the new Curva Sud.
1999 / Finishing in fourth place in Serie B, Reggina Calcio wins promotion to Serie A for the first time in club history, along with the three clubs ahead of them, Hellas Verona FC, Torino Calcio, and US Lecce. The decisive points are obtained in a 2-1 away win against Torino Calcio at the Stadio delle Alpi in Turin (att 60,000, Reggio goals by Francesco Cozza & Tonino Martino). The successful coach is Bruno Bolchi, who had replaced Elio Gustinetti in the course of the season. For the new season, Reggina Calcio signs a one-year loan deal with Internazionale FC involving the arrival of a young midfielder by the name of Andrea Pirlo. Reggina Calcio’s first Serie A match, away against Juventus FC at Stadio delle Alpi in Turin, ends in a respectable 1-1 draw. Also in 1999, with the removal of the athletics track and the construction of a completely new grandstand being the last phase of the building works, the new Stadio Comunale is given a new name, Stadio Oreste Granillo – with the club thus honouring its emblematic former president. The new stadium, with a total capacity of just over 27,500, is inaugurated with the league match between Reggina and AC Fiorentina (2-2).
2000 / In its first-ever Serie A season, Reggina Calcio manages a respectable eleventh place. After one year with the club (28 matches, 6 goals), midfielder Andrea Pirlo moves back to Internazionale FC, going on to become one of the best footballers of his generation, being part of the Italian squad which won the 2006 World Cup in Germany and gathering a total of 116 caps (2002-2015). As one of his replacements, Reggina Calcio signs Chilean international midfielder Jorge Vargas from CD Universidad Católica. Also in 2000, the Italian national team plays its first-ever international game in Reggio di Calabria, a friendly match against Portugal (2-0, goals by Mauro Iuliano & Francesco Totti) in the run-up to the 2000 European Championships, with some 25,000 spectators attending the match.
2001 / Finishing in joint fourteenth place in Serie A with Hellas Verona FC, Reggina Calcio, coached by Franco Colomba, plays a tie-breaker against that club, with Reggina drawing the short straw (2-2 aggr. & defeat on away goals). As such, the club drops back into Serie B after two seasons, along with Vicenza Calcio, SSC Napoli, and bottom club AS Bari.
2002 / Finishing in third place in Serie B, Reggina Calcio manages an immediate return to the top flight of Italian football, along with champions Como Calcio as well as Modena FC and Empoli FC. The successful Reggina coach is Franco Colomba. In the summer of 2002, Reggina Calcio manages some spectacular international signings, notably Paraguayan midfielder Carlos Paredes from FC Porto, who had taken part on behalf of his country in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and Japanese international midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura from Yokohama F-Marinos.
2003 / Finishing in joint fourteenth place in Serie A with Atalanta BC, Reggina Calcio meets the club from Bergamo in a tie-breaker, going on to win the encounter 2-1 (aggr.) and thus narrowly saving its skin. In October 2003, Italy plays its second-ever international match in Reggio di Calabria, with the Stadio Oreste Granillo seeing the home side defeat Azerbaijan handsomely (4-0, two goals by Filippo Inzaghi & one each by Christian Vieri and Mauro di Vaio) in a Euro qualifier, attended by 22,100 spectators.
2004 / Czech defender Martin Jiránek, who had joined Reggina Calcio from FC Slovan Liberec in 2001, is called up for his country’s squad in the 2004 European Championships in Portugal, following which he leaves Reggina to play for FK Spartak Moskva.
2005 / In the best-ever season in club history, Reggina Calcio manages a tenth place in Serie A with coach Walter Mazzarri. That same year, Reggina midfielder Giandomenico Mesto is the first (and so far only-ever) player of the club to be called up for the Italian national squad. Mesto, who had won a place in Reggina’s first team after a spell at the club’s youth academy, had previously already represented his country’s U23 side at the Olympic Games in Athens, winning a bronze medal. He went on to play in Reggio di Calabria for nine years, eventually signing a contract with Udinese Calcio in 2007. Mesto did not manage more than three caps for Italy and missed out on a call-up for the Italian squad which went on to win the 2006 World Cup. Also in 2005, after three seasons at Reggina, Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura signs for Celtic FC. Nakamura would represent his country in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, collecting a total of 98 caps between 2000 and 2010.
2006 / After supporters’ misconduct in the derby game between Reggina Calcio and FC Messina Peloro, Reggina has to play its final league game of the season against Juventus FC away from its own Stadio Oreste Granillo. With Bari’s Stadio San Nicola being chosen as the replacement venue, Juve goes on to win the match (0-2) as well as the Italian title, only to see the trophy being taken away weeks later due to the so-called Calciopoli bribery scandal, which sees the club from Turin being punished with relegation to Serie B. In this affair, Reggina chairman Lillo Foti also turns out to have behaved illegitimately, having obtained illicit advantages through the control of referee designations. As a result, Reggina Calcio is punished with a deduction of 17 points for the 2006-07 season, a number later reduced to 11. Undeterred, Foti remains at the helm of the club, luring Real Madrid CF to Reggio di Calabria for a pre-season friendly on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of his presidency (0-1, goal by Raúl). In the summer of 2006, after four seasons with the club as well as a third World Cup with Paraguay, Carlos Paredes leaves Reggina Calcio to sign a deal with Sporting Clube de Portugal.
2007 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Serie A, 1 point ahead of the drop zone, Reggina Calcio saves its skin by virtue of a 2-0 home win over AC Milan on the last day of the season. The club, which owes a lot to its prolific striking duo Rolando Bianchi (18 goals) and Nicola Amoruso (17), would have finished in eighth place without the 11-point deduction incurred in the Calciopoli scandal. In the summer of 2007, after eight seasons with Reggina, Chilean midfielder Jorge Vargas leaves the club for a deal at Empoli FC. One of the players replacing him in Reggina’s 2007-08 squad is midfielder Édgar Bareto, who signs from Dutch side NEC. Bareto is a Paraguayan international who represented his country in the 2006 World Cup.
2008 / Various renovation works are carried out at Stadio Oreste Granillo, involving the grandstand being equipped with new seats and the addition of various electronic scoreboards.
2009 / Coached by Nevio Orlandini, Reggina Calcio finishes in second-last position in Serie A, thus dropping back into Serie B after seven seasons, along with Torino FC and bottom club US Lecce. In the summer of 2009, Paraguayan midfielder Édgar Bareto leaves Reggina after two seasons following a deal with Atalanta BC.
2010 / Chilean midfielder Carlos Carmona, purchased by Reggina from O’Higgins FC in 2008, is called up for his country’s squad in the 2010 World Cup. Following that tournament, Carmona leaves the club for Atalanta BC.
2011 / Finishing in sixth place in Serie B, Reggina Calcio qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the semis by Novara Calcio (2-2 aggr., Novara progressing on the back of a better league finish).
2012 / A renovation of the outside of the grandstand at Stadio Oreste Granillo is undertaken, with the works being only partially finished due to financial difficulties. Also in 2012, HinterReggio Calcio, a non-league club from Ravagnese, a suburb of Reggio di Calabria, wins the title in Serie D Group I, 1 point ahead of runners-up Nuova Cosenza Calcio, thus acceding to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, the fourth level of Italy's football pyramid. Because HinterReggio's own ground, the Stadio Comunale Rione Ravagnese does not meet league regulations, the club is allowed to move into Stadio Oreste Granillo as groundsharers with Reggina Calcio.
2013 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Group B, HinterReggio Calcio goes on to suffer defeat in a relegation play-off against US Gavorrano, resulting in the club dropping back to Serie D, the fifth level of the football pyramid. No longer constrained to meet regulations concerning the dimensions and safety of its home ground, the club relinquishes Stadio Oreste Granillo after one season, moving back to its own Stadio Comunale Rione Ravagnese, where it spends the last two years of its existence - eventually ceasing all activities in 2015 after an existence of barely nine years.
2014 / Coached by the caretaker duo Franco Gagliardi and Diego Zanin, who had taken over after three subsequent sackings of other coaches, Reggina Calcio finishes in second-last place in Serie B, thus dropping back into Lega Pro (level 3) along with Novara Calcio, Calcio Padova, and bottom club SS Juve Stabia.
2015 / Finishing in nineteenth place in Lega Pro Group C, Reggina Calcio only narrowly avoids a second relegation in a row, winning a relegation play-off against derby rivals ACR Messina (2-0 aggr.). However, pressed down by a debt of nearly 20 million euros, Reggina Calcio withdraws from regular league football for the new season, remaining dormant for the time being. Meanwhile, an amateur club is founded to take its place, Associazione Sportiva Dilettante (ASD) Reggio Calabria, which is placed in Serie D for the 2015-16 by the Italian Football Association.
2016 / Finishing in fourth place in Serie D Group I with former player Francesco Cozza as coach, ASD Reggio Calabria qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in the semis against USD Cavese 1919 (2-1). Subsequently, however, the club is placed in Serie C due to extra promotion places turning out to be available. In March 2016, ASD Reggio Calabria changes its name to become Società Sportiva Dilettantistica (SSD) Reggio Calabria, only to come up with a new name change mere months later, starting the 2016-17 season as Urbs Reggina 1914 – this following an agreement with Lillo Foti, owner of the dormant Reggina Calcio, which allowed the phoenix club the use of the adjective Reggina. In effect, this heralded the definitive end of Reggina Calcio.
2019 / Finishing in seventh place in Serie C Group C – Serie C being the new name for Lega Pro since 2017 – in spite of a deduction of 4 points, Urbs Reggina 1914 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club edges past SS Monopoli 1966 in R1 (1-1 & Reggina progressing on the back of a better league finish), only to be knocked out by Calcio Catania in R2 (4-1). That same summer, Urbs Reggina 1914 abbreviates its name, which from then on is simply Reggina 1914. In spite of missing out on promotion to Serie B, the club brings its stadium in order to comply with new regulations for that divisions, with new chairs with backrests being added to the East Stand. Due to the fact that these chairs are larger than their backless predecessors, total capacity of Stadio Oreste Granillo goes down from 27,500 to 26,343. In the following year, the seats at both short ends of the ground are replaced as well, with capacity dropping to 22,868 as a result.
2020 / In the 2019-20 season, broken off in March 2020 due to the first COVID lockdown, Reggina 1914 finds itself in first place in Serie C Group C with 30 of 38 matches played, 9 points ahead of closest followers SSC Bari. On that basis, the club is placed in Serie B for the new season. The successful coach is Domenico Toscano. In the summer of 2020, the club completes the signing of Northern-Irish striker Kyle Lafferty of Sunderland FC, who had taken part in the 2016 European Championships with his country.
2021 / After managing just 9 matches (1 goal) for Reggina 1914 in the 2020-21 season, Kyle Lafferty leaves the club to sign a deal with Kilmarnock FC.
2022 / Filippo Inzaghi, former striker of AC Milan and the Italian national team (part of his country’s winning squad in the 2006 World Cup & goalscorer in Italy’s 2003 encounter with Azerbaijan at Stadio Oreste Granillo), joins Reggina 1914 as coach after a spell with Brescia Calcio.
2023 / Finishing in seventh place in Serie B, Reggina 1914 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by FC Südtirol (1-0). After one season, coach Filippo Inzaghi leaves the club for US Salernitana 1919. In the summer of 2023, Reggina 1914 is excluded from taking part in league football for the new season due to not solving its debts with the Italian Football Association in time. As a result, the club folds, ceasing all activities, thus leaving room to a new phoenix club, La Fenice Amaranto Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica (ASD), generally being referred to as LFA Reggio Calabria, which is allowed to start the 2023-24 season in Serie D.
2024 / Finishing in fourth place in Serie D Group I, La Fenice Amaranto ASD qualifies for the promotion play-offs, knocking out US Vibonese Calcio in the semis (0-1), only to be pegged by Siracusa Calcio in the final (2-1) – with not even Siracusa winning promotion due to no additional Serie C places turning out to be available for the new season. In the summer of 2024, La Fenice Amaranto ASD changes its name to become Associazione Sportiva (AS) Reggina 1914 Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica (ASD).
2025 / Runners-up in Serie D Girone D, 1 point behind champions Siracusa Calcio 1924, AS Reggina 1914 ASD qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out US Vibonese in the semis (2-0), going on to edge past Scafatese Calcio 1922 in the final (1-0 A.E.T.). However, due to no extra promotion places turning out to be available, the club misses out on promotion to Serie C.