Ternana

Serie A Women

Ternana Women, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian professional women's football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie A. The club was founded in 2020.

Signature Fun Facts

What makes Ternana what it is.

When Cintia suffered racist abuse during a youth match at 14, her Sporting teammates immediately surrounded and comforted her, before continuing the match with ten players in solidarity with her.

She was the only girl not only in her school team but in the entire boys’ league. After matches, Paloma had to shower first while all of her teammates waited outside the changing room.

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Quirky facts from the Ternana squad.

Her football dream was partly inspired by Francesco Totti. As a little girl, Chiara was watching a Roma match with her father when a Totti goal made her ask whether girls could play and score goals too.

A lucky phone call with her grandmother became Lucia’s special pre-match ritual. Before scoring her first Serie A goal, a dramatic 92nd-minute winner against Inter, her grandmother wished her luck, and they later agreed to repeat the call before future matches.

Katja has one of the most unique off-pitch hobbies in football: sewing, with Italian media even noting that she takes her sewing machine with her.

Chiara started playing football at the age of six and spent her early years as the only girl in a boys’ team, learning to answer doubts and stereotypes through her performances on the pitch.