Counting since their first Serie A game, September 8, 1985. Held reigning champions Verona 2–2 at the Bentegodi in their 1985 debut, then finished bottom anyway; ninth place in 1989 — with a young Antonio Conte in midfield — is still the ceiling.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Salentini have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first Serie A game.
They have never even reached the title race.
That's 41 Serie A seasons of waiting.
Since then: the Berlin Wall fell, YouTube launched, and ChatGPT launched.
7 U.S. presidencies have started.
Gianluigi Donnarumma wouldn't be born for another 14 years.