AC Monza
| Full name | Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A. | |||
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| Ground | Stadio Brianteo | |||
| Capacity | 17,102 | |||
| Owner(s) | Beckett Layne Ventures (80%) Fininvest (20%) | |||
| President | Lauren Crampsie | |||
| Head coach | Paolo Bianco | |||
| League | Serie B | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A, 20th of 20 (relegated) | |||
| Website | acmonza.com | |||
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Associazione Calcio Monza (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmontsa] ⓘ), commonly referred to as Monza, is a professional football club based in Monza, Lombardy, Italy. The team plays in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football, following relegation from Serie A in the 2024–25 season.
Founded in 1912 as Monza FBC, the club spent much of its history in the lower divisions, narrowly missing promotion to the Serie A on several occasions in the 1970s. Monza faced financial difficulties in the early 21st century, resulting in bankruptcy in 2004 and 2015. After being acquired by Silvio Berlusconi in 2018, the club returned to the Serie B in 2020 after a 19-year absence and secured its first-ever promotion to Serie A in 2022. Before that, Monza held the record for most Serie B seasons (40) without a top-flight appearance.
Monza have won the Coppa Italia Serie C a record four times, the Serie C championship four times, and an Anglo-Italian Cup. The club originally wore blue and white, but adopted their current red and white colours in 1932; as a result, the team are nicknamed i biancorossi (the white and reds). Since 1988, Monza have played home matches at the Stadio Brianteo. The club's main rivals include Como, Pro Sesto and Pisa.