The club was founded in 1913 as football section of sports club "Unione Sportiva Ravennate". In 1920, the club merged with "Audace Football Club", which was founded only one year earlier, in 1919. The same year the club joined the Italian Football Federation, being part of the Promozione league. Another merger in 1921 with "S.G. Forti per essere Liberi" brought the club to change its denomination to "Unione Sportiva Ravennate Forti per essere Liberi". The main sports club disbanded in 1928, with all its sports sections become separate entities; notably, the football one assuming the denomination of "Associazione Calcio Ravenna".