Novara Calcio is an Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. Novara made their debut in the Italian league on 3 November 1912 and nowadays hold their home games at the Stadio Silvio Piola in Novara, Piedmont which seats up to 10,106 spectators. The team played in Serie C1, later becoming Lega Pro Prima Divisione, until the historic promotion of the 2009–10 season where the club returned to Serie B after 33 years. In June 12 2011, Novara remarkably secured its promotion to Serie A after an absence of 55 years, by defeating Padova in the play-off final.