Atletico Piombino is an Italian association football club located in

Piombino Piombino is an Italian town and ''comune'' of about 35,000 inhabitants in the province of Livorno (Tuscany). It lies on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma. Ove ...

, Tuscany. It currently plays in

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and A ...

. Its colors are light blue and black.

History

The club was founded in 1921 as U.S. Piombino Calcio and spent three seasons in

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

in which it defeated more famous teams such as A.S.Roma and

Calcio Catania Catania S.S.D., commonly known as Catania, is an Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in . Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the club boasts 17 appearances in the ...

. The side disbanded in 1996 and was refounded as A.S. Piombino. It changed its denomination to the current one in 2004, but from the fans it's called as only "il Piombino".History of Atletico Piombino
Piombino actually play in Eccellenza Toscana, the fifth level of Italian football.

References

External links

Atletico Piombino official website
Atletico Piombino Football clubs in Tuscany Association football clubs established in 1921 Serie B clubs Atletico Piombino {{Italy-footyclub-stub