FOUNDED
1892 as a Sports Club.
1903 as a Football Club.
2010 reformed as US Vercelli Calcio
GROUND CAPACITY
5,500
LAST SEASON IN THE TOP FLIGHT
1934/35
MAJOR HONOURS
Champions of Italy - 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1921 and 1922
BRIEF HISTORY
"Le Bianche Casacche" (The White Shirts) have won more Italian Championships than Lazio, Napoli and Roma albeit their last one was in 1922 before the Serie A was formed in 1929. The advent of professionalism and the rise of clubs from bigger cities of Milan and Turin saw a decline in their fortunes. In 1948 they were relegated from Serie B and they have played as far down as Serie B. In 2010 the original club were not allowed to compete in the league due to financial problems so folded - AS PRO BELVEDERE VERCELLI has been founded in 2006 as a merger of the AS TRINO CALCIO and PGS PRO BELVEDERE changed it's name to US VERCELLI CALCIO for the 10/11 season and then later acquired the trademarks and honours of the original club to carry on its heritage and history in the Italian game.
The club are currently in sixth place of Group A of Serie C so have a real chance of qualifying for the promotion play-offs.
The City of Vercelli is in-between Milan and Turin in Northern Italy and has a population of around 46,000.
SOCIETA SPORTIVA CALCIO BARI (SSC BARI)
FOUNDED
1908
REFOUNDATIONS
1924
1928
2018
GROUND CAPACITY
58,270
LAST SEASON IN THE TOP FLIGHT
2010/11
MAJOR HONOURS
NONE
BRIEF HISTORY
I think you could write about fourteen books on the history of football in the Southern Italian City of Bari there has been so many twists, turns, reformations and financial problems since the original club was formed in 1908. Many people in England will remember them signing David Platt in 1991 for £5.5 million which was a British Record for a number of years tied with Trevor Steven (Rangers to Marseille - August 91) and Paul Gascoigne (Tottenham Hotspur to Lazio - June 92) - It was beaten when Andy Cole went from Newcastle United to Manchester United in for £7m in January 1995.
After relegation from the top flight in 2011 the club stayed in Serie B until 2018 when they were excluded due to financial problems - the club were re-founded as SSC Bari in Serie D for the 18/19 season with film producer Aurelio De Laurentis through his company Filmauro becoming the owner. Filmauro are also the owner of Napoli who themselves had had to re-establish in 2004 in Serie C.
SSC Bari were champions of Serie D Group I and currently play in Serie C.
ASSOCIAZIONI CALCIO RIUNITE MESSINA (ACR MESSINA)
FOUNDED
1900
REFOUNDATIONS
1947
1993
1994
1997
2009
2014
2017
GROUND CAPACITY
37,895
LAST SEASON IN THE TOP FLIGHT
2007/08
MAJOR HONOURS
NONE
BRIEF HISTORY
Messina last played in Serie A in the 06/07 season and finished as high as 7th in the 04/05 campaign. After one season in the second tier in 07/08 season the club re-started in Serie D - The club was declared bankrupt by the Court of Messina in November 2008 and has since swopped ownership a number of times and in July 2017 failed to submit a surety for playing in Serie C so a successor club to the then 'Associazoni Calcio Ruunite Messina 1947 ' was formed to compete in Serie D.
The club are not to be confused with FC Messina who also play in Serie D and were formed in 1969.
CESENA FC
FOUNDED
1900
REFOUNDATIONS
1947
1993
1994
1997
2009
2014
2017
GROUND CAPACITY
37,895
LAST SEASON IN THE TOP FLIGHT
2007/08
MAJOR HONOURS
NONE
BRIEF HISTORY
The original AC Cesena who had played in Serie A were bankrupted and folded in 2018. A phoenix club were formed 'ASD Romagna Centro Cesena and in 2019 renamed Cesena FC. The old club's last season in the top flight was in 14/15. The new club currently play in Serie C Group B. They played in the 76/77 UEFA Cup where they lost in the first round to German club Magdeburg.
PALERMO FC
FOUNDED
1900
REFOUNDATIONS
1907
1920
1941
1987
2019
GROUND CAPACITY
36,365
MAJOR HONOURS
COPPA ITALIA RUNNER'S UP 1974, 1979, 2011
BRIEF HISTORY
Another Italian club to suffer from financial difficulties in recent times. Palermo were a regular fixture in the top flight during the 2000s - They achieved three fifth placed finishes and in the 05/06 UEFA Cup lost to Schalke 04 in the round of 16.
The club were excluded from Serie B in 2019 due to financial irregularities and re-founded in Serie D. They are currently in Serie C Group C.
US AVELLINO 1912
FOUNDED
1912
REFOUNDATIONS
2009
2018
GROUND CAPACITY
26,308
BRIEF HISTORY
Lupi (The Wolves) spent ten years in Serie A between 1978 and 1988. There best placed finish was in 86/87 when they finished 8th - they were relegated the season after and have never returned since.
The club has had to to be reformed twice in 2009 and 2018 due to financial problems and currently place in Serie C.
CALCIO FOGGIA 1920 SSD
FOUNDED
1920
REFOUNDATIONS
2004
2012
2019
CAPACITY
25,085
MAJOUR HONOURS
NONE
BRIEF HISTORY
Spent some seasons in the 60s and 70s in the top flight with its glory years being in the 1990s under coach Zdenek Zemen when Rossoneri from 91/92 they finished 9th, 12th, 9th and 16th when they were relegated in 94/95. As with many clubs they have been reformed due to financial problems - three times since 2000. They currently play in Serie C.
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