Editing Modena FC 2018 (section)

===Foundation and early years===
Modena Football Club was formed in on 5 April 1912 as the result of a merging between existing Modenese clubs, ''Football Club Audax Modena'' and ''l' Associazione Studentesca del Calcio Modena''.  The new colours were to be yellow and blue. Modena's first friendly match was played on 3 November 1912 in the Piazza d'Armi against [[Venezia F.C.|Venezia]].<ref>[http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/la_nascita_del_calcio_a_modena.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223144409/http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/la_nascita_del_calcio_a_modena.html|date=23 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/fondazione.htm|title=Modena Mania|publisher=Digilander.libero.it|access-date=4 October 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114622/http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/fondazione.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Modena first took part Italian football league in 1912–13, where they competed in the top division. These early years saw the purchase of Attilio Fresia, perhaps the greatest player in the club's history. During the period of the first world war, the team won the 1916 Coppa Federale.<ref>[http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/anni_10.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023220546/http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/anni_10.html|date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/anni10.htm|title=Modena Mania|publisher=Digilander.libero.it|access-date=4 October 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134459/http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/anni10.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1920–21, Modena lost 4–0 in the championship semi-finals to [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]]. In the years following, there was a period of disorganization in Italian football and Modena found itself at odds with the [[Italian Football Federation]] (FIGC) and moved to the CI Comitato Calcistico Italiano along with [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], Venezia, [[Torino F.C.|Torino]], [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] and others. In 1929–30, their first in [[Serie A]] (then a single round consisting of 18 teams), the club finished in 12th place with 30 points.<ref>[http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/anni_20.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023220551/http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/anni_20.html|date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/anni20.htm|title=Modena Mania|publisher=Digilander.libero.it|access-date=4 October 2014|archive-date=9 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509090955/http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/anni20.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1931–32 came the club's first relegation to [[Serie B]], where they remained until 1937. The 1936–37 season featured the inauguration of [[Stadio Alberto Braglia|Modena's new stadium]], dedicated to Cesare Marzari, a former ''gialloblu'' played killed in the war in Africa. During these years, the name was changed to '''Modena Calcio''' following directives of the regime aimed at eliminating all foreign words in the sports lexicon. In the 1937–38 season, there was a return to Serie A led by the Hungarian player/coach [[János Nehadoma]]. The following season, Modena escaped relegation by just one point. The 1939–40 campaign was the year when the numbers first appeared on the shirts of players, but at the end of the season, the yellow and blue were relegated to Serie B.<ref>[http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/anni_30.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023220556/http://www.modenafc.net/site/it-IT/Menu/Club/Storia/Storia/anni_30.html|date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/anni30.htm|title=F o r z a M o d e n a ! ! !|publisher=Digilander.libero.it|access-date=4 October 2014|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817054954/http://digilander.libero.it/Michberg/anni30.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>