S.S. Verbania Calcio
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Full name | Società Sportiva Verbania Calcio | ||
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Nickname(s) | Biancocerchiati (White-ringed) | ||
Founded | 1959 2006 (refound) |
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Ground | Stadio Carlo Pedroli, Verbania, Italy |
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Capacity | 3,000 | ||
Chairman | Francesca Pangallo[1] | ||
Manager | Alessandro Oliva | ||
League | Serie D/A | ||
2012–13 | Serie D/A, 9th | ||
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Società Sportiva Verbania Calcio, shortened as Verbania, is an Italian association football club located in the town of Verbania, Piedmont. Currently it plays in Serie D.
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History
The club was founded in 1959 after the merging of Libertas Pallanza and Verbania Sportiva that was founded in 1947 and played the season, 1947-48, in Serie C, the third level of Italian football.
The new club spent the majority of its history in the semi-professional and regional levels of Italian Football, in Serie D and Eccellenza; but in the early period of its history, it played 7 seasons in Serie C (currently Lega Pro Prima Divisione), from 1966-67 to 1972-73.
In 2006 the sports title was transferred from A.S.D. Verbania Calcio to A.S.D. Amici del Verbania, which the former was liquidated.[2]
In the season 2011-12 it was promoted from Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley/A to Serie D.
Colors, badge and Stadium
The clubs colour is white ringed by a blue-yellow-red strip and the club's home ground is the Stadio Carlo Pedroli.[3]
Notable players
One of the clubs most notable players is Maltese striker, Carmel Busuttil, who played over 100 times for Malta, and scored 23 international goals.
Honours
- Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley:
- Winners 1: 2011-12
- Regional Coppa Italia Piedmont and Aosta Valley:
- Winners 1: 2011-12
Notes and references
- ↑ (Italian) Organizational chart of Verbania Calcio
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ (Italian) Stadium's infos at Verbania Calcio website
External links
- (Italian) Verbania Calcio official website
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- Articles with Italian-language external links
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- Football clubs in Italy
- Football clubs in Piedmont and Aosta Valley
- Verbania
- Association football clubs established in 1959
- Lega Pro Prima Divisione clubs
- 1959 establishments in Italy
- Italian football club stubs