Founded on 15 February 1915, the club ended the
Italian Football Championship 1919–20 in second place, losing the final to
Internazionale. One year later, they were defeated in the semi-final by arch-rivals
Pisa. In 1933, the club moved to the current stadium, originally named after
Edda Ciano Mussolini, daughter of fascist dictator
Benito Mussolini. Livorno was one of the original Serie A teams. They played at top level during periods of 1929–31, 1933–35 and 1937–39. Successively, Livorno ended as Serie A runners-up in the
1942–43 season, finishing after
Torino. Livorno left Serie A in 1949 after seven consecutive seasons. They were relegated to
Serie C soon after (1951–52 season), making a return to Serie B in 1955 for a single season and again from 1964 to 1972. They were relegated to Serie C2 in 1982–83 and played again in the third level between 1984 and 1989. The club was then canceled in 1991, being forced to start from
Eccellenza; two consecutive promotions led the team back to
Serie C2. The club was promoted to
Serie C1 in 1997 and was acquired by
Aldo Spinelli two years later. Under the new property, Livorno returned to Serie B in 2001. Livorno was promoted to Serie A after finishing third in the
Serie B 2003–04, one of six clubs to be promoted that season. It had been 55 years since Livorno's last season in the top flight, and as a result of this, most were predicting an instant return to Serie B for the club. The first match in the major league was attended by
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, a Livorno citizen and team supporter in his childhood. There were spells of struggle during the season, but there were many more good performances shown, and Livorno finished a surprise and creditable ninth place in the league for the
Serie A 2004–05, also thanks to goals by striker
Cristiano Lucarelli, who won the Serie A top scorer award that season, outscoring even the likes of
Andriy Shevchenko and
Adriano. The
Serie A 2005–06 saw Livorno in sixth place after the first half of the season the team, being involved for qualification to the next
UEFA Cup. Shortly after,
Roberto Donadoni announced his resignation after having been criticized by club's chairman Aldo Spinelli. Donadoni was replaced by veteran coach
Carlo Mazzone, who was only able to save a UEFA Cup place due to the expulsion of three teams from Europe in the
Calciopoli scandal. Mazzone then saw his team suffer a run of seven straight defeats. In May 2006,
Daniele Arrigoni was appointed the new coach for the next season. In the
Serie A 2006–07 season, Livorno took part in the
UEFA Cup for the first time. The Tuscan side was drawn to face the Austrian team
SV Pasching in the first round, beating them comfortably 3–0 on aggregate. They thus qualified for the group stages being drawn in Group A, along with
Rangers,
Auxerre,
FK Partizan, and
Maccabi Haifa. After a home loss to Rangers (2–3) and two 1–1 draws against Partizan in
Belgrade (where
goalkeeper Marco Amelia scored in the 87th minute) and Maccabi (in Livorno), the Tuscan side gained a 1–0 victory over Auxerre in the last game played in France, thus earning a spot in the
Round of 32 of the competition. However, the Spanish team
Espanyol knocked out Livorno from the UEFA Cup by winning 4–1 on aggregate. After day 19 of the Serie A, Arrigoni was sacked by chairman Spinelli, but his position was kept due to the strong opposition by the team. His dismissal was, however, only delayed, as Arrigoni was eventually fired on 21 March 2007, and replaced by
Fernando Orsi, who managed to keep the team away from the relegation battle. For the
2007–08 campaign, Orsi was confirmed as head coach and a number of notable signings such as
Francesco Tavano,
Diego Tristan and
Vikash Dhorasoo were finalised, but also the transfer of Lucarelli to
Ukrainian club
Shakhtar Donetsk. The club, however, did not start well, making a mere two points in the first seven matches, and Orsi was sacked on 9 October and replaced by
Giancarlo Camolese. Despite showing some positive signals at the beginning, Livorno found himself again at the bottom of league table. On 28 April 2008, Camolese was fired as Orsi was re-appointed, but in the penultimate day of the season, the team could not avoid relegation, due to a 1–0 home defeat against
Torino. They finished last in the Serie A standings of the 2007–08 season. Thus, being relegated to Serie B. They finished Serie B as the third place team in 2008–09 season and returned to Serie A after winning promotion play-offs after defeating successively
Grosseto with a 4–3 aggregate score and
Brescia with a 5–2 aggregate score. However, this return was short-lived and one season later they relegated again to Serie B after finishing last. Livorno were promoted again after they beat
Empoli 2–1 on aggregate to get the Serie A promotion. In the 2019–20 season of Serie B, Livorno ended up last, leading them to be relegated to
Serie C. In the 2020–21 Serie C season, Livorno finished in last place with 29 points following a five-point deduction due to failure to pay player wages on time, and was relegated to
Serie D. However, due to the club's bankruptcy, they could not pay the admission fee for Serie D and disbanded. The club joined the
Eccellenza Toscana for the 2021-22 season under the new denomination of
Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915 and the ownership of former
Prato chairman Paolo Toccafondi. In the 2021-22 season, Livorno finished first in Group B of the Eccellenza Toscana, but were narrowly defeated in the national playoffs by
S.S.D. Pomezia Calcio. However, Livorno were later admitted back to Serie D in place of
Figline, who were barred from promotion after
throwing a game against Tau Calcio Altopascio which influenced the promotion tournament seeding. In their first Serie D season, Livorno finished 5th of 18 teams in Group E. They would marginally improve the next season by finishing 4th, before being the first Italian side to secure promotion from the 2024-25 season of Serie D, having clinched Group E four matches early. ==Coaching staff==