The club was founded in 1926. Paganese also took part in the
Anglo-Italian Cup in 1978, achieving a single victory and three defeats. The club won
Serie D/H in 2005–2006 and have thus won promotion to
Serie C2 for the 2006–2007 season. A second consecutive promotion in the
Serie C2 competition of
2006–07, after defeating
SPAL and
Reggiana in the playoffs, gave Paganese the right to play in
Serie C1 in the
2007–08 season, their first appearance in the division since 1979. At the end of the
2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club was relegated to
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In the
2011–12 of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, the club was immediately promoted to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione, beating
Chieti 2–0 in the first round of final play-off followed by 0–0 in the return. ==Current squad==