Aurora Pro Patria 1919

The club was founded in 1919.

The club has played in Serie A fourteen times mostly during the first half of the 20th century, the last time being in 1955–56.

In 1995 the club, then officially named Pro Patria et Libertate, was disqualified from Serie D.

The Gallaratese of Gallarate was admitted to Serie C2, in order to keep the historical brand alive, it changed its name to Pro Patria Gallaratese G.B. (G.B. being for Gallarate and Busto Arsizio, respectively): the club is considered the direct heir of Pro Patria et Libertate.

The club played in the fourth tier until 2002, when the club won promotion to Serie C1 via the playoffs. In 2008 the club was relegated to Serie C2 after losing in the playoffs to Hellas Verona by 2–1 on aggregate, but was later readmitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione to fill a vacancy.

On June 2008, a club takeover was completed and ambitious plans for a return to Serie B were unveiled. However, impressive performances in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2008–09 were accompanied by financial troubles, which led to the club being declared insolvent by the local magistrate in April 2009 due to excessive financial debts. The club's president was later arrested and has to stand trial on charges related to the bankruptcy.[2] The drive to Serie B came to nothing for the team in a most bitter way; badly losing the home return match of their playoff final against Padova, who played with 10 men after an early sending off.

On 27 June 2009 Aurora Pro Patria 1919, owned by the Tesoro family, construction businessmen from Apulia, acquired the sports title from the liquidator of the old company.[3]

In the season 2009–10 it was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In the 2012–13 season it was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In the 2014–15 season it was relegated to Serie D, but it was readmitted to Lega Pro to fill vacancies. A second consecutive relegation to Serie D however brought the club down to the amateur levels of Italian football.

On 3 January 2013, the club was hosting A.C. Milan in a friendly, when a small group of people aimed chants at A.C. Milan players, including M'Baye Niang, Urby Emanuelson, Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng. Boateng reacted angrily, kicking the ball into the stands, before the Milan players walked off the field, causing the game to be abandoned.[4] The final verdict on the incident, however, stated that the punishment handed down was not in reference to racism allegations.[5] Pro Patria was forced to play one game behind closed doors because of this incident.[6]

As of 29 January 2020[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Paolo Tornaghi 3 DF Andrea Boffelli (on loan from Atalanta) 4 DF Matteo Battistini 5 DF Ivo Molnar 6 DF Luca Palesi (on loan from Monza) 7 MF Alex Pedone 8 MF Tommaso Brignoli 9 FW Ferdinando Mastroianni 10 FW Giuseppe Le Noci 11 FW Sean Parker 12 GK Giulio Mangano 13 FW Aristidi Kolaj (on loan from Sassuolo) 14 MF Luca Bertoni

No. Position Player 15 MF Leonardo Galli 16 MF Giovanni Fietta 17 DF Giorgio Spizzichino 18 FW Edoardo Defendi 19 DF Manuel Lombardoni 20 DF Niccolò Cottarelli 21 DF Riccardo Colombo 22 GK Matteo Angelina (on loan from Novara) 23 MF Filippo Ghioldi 24 MF Stefano Molinari 25 FW Davide Ferri 26 DF Andrea Masetti (on loan from Arezzo)