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| Founded | January 2024 |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| CEO | Roberto Moreno |
| League | USL League One |
| Website | Club website |
FC Naples is a professional planned American soccer club based in the Naples, Florida. The club plans to begin play in 2025, as part of USL League One.[1] Their home stadium will be Paradise Coast Sports Complex.
Currently, FC Naples' only supporters' group is the 239 Ultras.
History
[edit]FC Naples is the first fully professional soccer club to be based in Naples, building upon the previous long-standing presence of semi-professional sides in the area, including current NPSL club Naples United FC, with whom they share their stadium.[2]
The club's official name, crest, and branding were revealed on June 15, 2024.[3]
Stadium
[edit]Built in 2020, Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium serves as the club's current home, and holds up to 5,000 spectators.[4] The field surface is synthetic turf.
Identity
[edit]On February, 19, 2024, the FC Naples announced a fan outreach initiative in which it would seek input on club branding from local residents.[5]
The club badge itself is meant to be representative of Naples as a whole, and its defining relationship with the sea. Itself in the shape of a lightning whelk, it is adorned in gold with of shapes of a boat keel at its bottom and an art deco shell crown pattern at its top. The 'A' in the 'FC Naples' wordmark it stylized in the shape of pier pilings.[6]
The club's signature shade of deep blue is representative of the waters along which the city of Naples is located. The club has not yet announced a kit supplier or primary front of shirt sponsor.
References
[edit]- ^ "USL League One announces USL Naples as new expansion club for 2025". USL League One. January 17, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "ABOUT". FC Naples. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "FC Naples unveils crest, colors ahead of inaugural season". USL League One. June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "PARADISE COAST SPORTS COMPLEX". FC Naples. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "USL Naples seeks fan input into crest and brand". Lehigh Acres Citizen. February 19, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "OUR CREST". FC Naples. Retrieved June 16, 2024.