Early history The club was founded as
Associazione Calcio Benevento in 1929, their original home was the
Meomartini which was built by Ciccio Minocchia. After working their way up the country's lower divisions during their early years, Benevento reached
Prima Divisione, Italy's third highest professional league at the time, in the 1934–35 season. They finished above clubs such as
Reggina during the club's first season within the league. Although they did not win promotion to
Serie B, the team did remain in the third tier of Italian football for the 1935–36 season, re-organized to a smaller 64-team league renamed
Serie C.
21st century The club
F.C. Sporting Benevento S.r.l. folded in 2005. At the same time
Benevento Calcio S.p.A. was founded, using the same stadium and playing kit. In the
2007–08 Serie C2 regular season the team finished first in Girone C, winning direct promotion to the now called
Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season. In the 2008–09 season, Benevento's first season in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, they finished in 2nd place. This meant Benevento would be in a two-legged play-off. They won their first two-legged play-off, but lost to
Crotone 1–0 (2–1) on aggregate in the final.
Gaetano Auteri was appointed as the head manager for the
2015–16 season. In this season, Benevento won its league and reached
Serie B for the first time in its history. The mathematical certainty arrived on 30 April 2016, after defeating
Lecce 3–0. On 8 June 2017, they were promoted to
Serie A, for the first time in their history, after defeating
Carpi in the
Serie B play-offs 1–0 on aggregate, remarkably winning promotion in their inaugural season in Serie B. The club struggled in its top-flight debut in the
2017-18 season as Benevento set a record for the worst start to a season in any of
Europe's top five leagues by losing their first 14 Serie A matches. This streak ended on 3 December 2017, with a 95th-minute equalising header from goalkeeper
Alberto Brignoli for a 2–2 home draw against
A.C. Milan. Benevento's time in Serie A lasted
one season and they were relegated after a last-place finish, although there was a clear uptick in form after their dismal opening to the campaign, ultimately winning six of their last 23 games. On 22 June 2019, Benevento hired
Filippo Inzaghi as their new manager. In June 2020, with seven matches still left in the league season, the club won promotion back to the first-division of Italian football following an impressive Serie B campaign. Benevento's
second season in Serie A was unsuccessful, ending with another relegation, but the club was much more competitive, especially in the first half of the season. By the campaign's midway point, Benevento was 10th in Serie A, having won six matches and experienced a run of only one loss in eight matches, appearing well-set for a mid-table finish. However, a dramatic downturn in form from January until the end of the campaign, scoring only 16 goals and winning just one of the final 22 matches in that time, meant that the club again fell back into Serie B for the
2021–22 season. The match they won was a 1–0 away victory on 21 March against
Juventus, with the reverse fixture finishing in a draw. Benevento eventually finished in 18th place, with four points fewer than
Torino in the final non-relegation position. In the following season's
Serie B, the team finished the regular season in 7th place, gaining access to the promotion play-offs by overcoming
Ascoli. They were later eliminated by
Pisa in the semifinals. The team declined during the
2022–23 campaign. The team spent most of the season at the bottom of the table, and on the penultimate matchday, relegation to
Serie C was confirmed and the team ultimately finished last in the Serie B table. ==Colours and badge==