A.S.D. Calcio Club Vittoria 2020 is an Italian association football club, based in Vittoria, Sicily.

History

The club was founded in 1968. After years as an amateur club, Vittoria were first promoted to

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

in 1978, being relegated back to

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only two years later. The club went bankrupt in 1994 and was refounded as ''A.S. Vittoria'', resuming from

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and returning to Serie D in 1997. In 2003, under the guidance of head coach

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and with the new denomination of ''F.C. Vittoria'', they returned to

as Serie D playoff winners to fill a league vacancy. A second consecutive promotion to

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

followed in 2004 with

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as manager, again after winning the league playoffs. The club's stay in the Italian third division however lasted only one season, as they were relegated back to Serie C2 the following year. A number of financial problems then led the club to a disastrous season in 2005–06 and a second consecutive relegation, then followed by exclusion from the Italian football system, being replaced by Junior Vittoria as the top club in the city. The club played and won

Prima Categoria The Prima Categoria is a level of football in Italy. It is the seventh level (since 2014–15) in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within t ...

in 2006–07 season, being therefore promoted to

. Junior Vittoria merged with P.D. Comiso soon after, forming A.C.D. Città di Vittoria and playing in

for the 2007–08 season. This new club did not however have any success, and was excluded itself in 2015, after being relegated to Promozione, due to financial struggles. More attempts to restart the club in 2015 and 2017 followed with little success as well. In 2020, ''Club Calcio Vittoria'' was founded and admitted to Promozione.

Colours and badge

Vittoria's official colours are red and white.

References

Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Sicily Vittoria, Sicily Association football clubs established in 1968 Serie C clubs 1968 establishments in Italy A.C.D. Città di Vittoria {{Sicily-stub