Associazione Calcio Porto Torres (commonly referred as A.C. Porto Torres, Porto Torres or Porto Torres calcio) is an Italian association football club located in

Porto Torres Porto Torres ( sdc, Posthudorra, sc, Portu Turre) is a comune and a city of the Province of Sassari in north-west of Sardinia, Italy. Founded during the 1st century BC as ''Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis'', it was the first Roman colony of the ...

, Sardinia. The club currently plays regional football in the second division of Sardinia's

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's lo ...

, the 6th tier of

Italian football Football ( it, calcio ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Bra ...

. His home ground is the town's municipal stadium located in the "Cittadella dello sport" area (the same area is also known as "Stadio comunale", "Campo sportivo comunale" or "Nuovo stadio"). The A.C. Porto Torres is the main football club of the town. A.C. Porto Torres must not be confused with A.S.D. Torres, another football association located in the town of

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

History

The club was founded in 1960 in Porto Torres,a small town in the

Gulf of Asinara The Gulf of Asinara is a sea sector included between the Asinara Island, Cape Falcone and the town of Castelsardo, in northern Sardinia, Italy. The communes facing its coast include also Stintino, Porto Torres, Sassari, Sorso, Valledoria and ...

.The club competed in the Serie D from 2010 to 2014. In 2010 the has celebrated his 50th anniversary.

Colors and badge

Its colors are red and blue.

Notable former players

Michele Fini Michele Fini (born 14 June 1974 in Sorso, Province of Sassari) is an Italian football coach and former midfielder. Playing career Fini started his career at Sardinian clubs. In summer 1995 he was signed by Ancona. In January 1998 he was signed b ...

* Alessandro Frau *

Salvatore Pinna Salvatore Pinna (born 23 August 1975) is an Italian goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preve ...

References

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