Acqui Football Club is an Italian association football club, based in

Acqui Terme Acqui Terme (; pms, Àich ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is about south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'A ...

, Piedmont. Currently it 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 ...

History

Founded in 1911 on the initiative of three gymnastics clubs of the termale town (The Bagni, Arte et Marte and Acqui Club), the U.S. Acqui experienced its most successful period in the years following the founding: came to play in the Campionato Nazionale 1914–15, the last stop before the championship. It spent the next decades in Division I and

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

, after World War II took part in mostly lower tournaments. The club returned to

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

in 2009–10 season after winning Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley Girone B. In the 2011–12 season Acqui finished in 15th place in

Girone A. In summer 2012 it was excluded from Covisod for lack of documentation for to play in

2012–13 Serie D The 2012–13 Serie D was the sixty-fifth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It consisted of 162 teams divided into nine 18-team divisions. ...

. On 23 August 2012, the club was admitted in surplus in Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley/B. Finally it went bankrupt in 2017 and its assets were bought by a minor town club which became the new Acqui FC.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are white and black.

References

Football clubs in Piedmont and Aosta Valley Association football clubs established in 1911 1911 establishments in Italy Serie D clubs Phoenix clubs (association football) {{Italy-footyclub-stub