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FC Naples is a professional planned American soccer club based in the Naples, Florida. The club plans to begin play in 2025, as part of USL League One. Their home stadium will be Paradise Coast Sports Complex.

Currently, FC Naples' only supporters' group is the 239 Ultras.

History
FC Naples is the first fully professional soccer club to be based in Naples, building upon the previous long-standing presence of semi-professional sides in the area, including current NPSL club Naples United FC, with whom they share their stadium.

The club's official name, crest, and branding were revealed on June 15, 2024.

Stadium
Built in 2020, Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium serves as the club's current home, and holds up to 5,000 spectators. The field surface is synthetic turf.

Identity
On February, 19, 2024, the FC Naples announced a fan outreach initiative in which it would seek input on club branding from local residents.

The club badge itself is meant to be representative of Naples as a whole, and its defining relationship with the sea. Itself in the shape of a lightning whelk, it is adorned in gold with of shapes of a boat keel at its bottom and an art deco shell crown pattern at its top. The 'A' in the 'FC Naples' wordmark it stylized in the shape of pier pilings.

The club's signature shade of deep blue is representative of the waters along which the city of Naples is located. The club has not yet announced a kit supplier or primary front of shirt sponsor.