The club was founded in 1927 as
U.S. Francavilla, and changed its name into
S.S. Francavilla in 1946. At the end of the 1970s, after two years in
Serie D, the team reached the
Serie C1, the
third highest football division of
Italy. Francavilla played in C1 (the current
Lega Pro) for 7 seasons, from
1980 to
1990. In 1984 it won the
Anglo-Italian Cup, during the
Semi-professional era, defeating
Fisher Athletic and
Teramo. After a decade in professional football, the club was relegated in the regional leagues, such as
Eccellenza and
Promozione. Starting from the
2001–02 season, the team has always played in
Eccellenza Abruzzo. == Colors and badge ==